Grammarly for resumes does one job well: it catches the spelling, grammar and punctuation mistakes that make a careful candidate look careless. It does not know what the job posting asks for, it does not check whether your facts are right, and it does not find jobs, fill application forms or answer screening questions. We ran a sample resume excerpt and a sample cover letter through Grammarly's free online checker on 18 October 2026, and the results below show both halves: four real fixes in each document, and several problems it let through. After that come Grammarly's newer Resume Builder and cover letter tools, what the plans cost, and where a tailoring tool fits.
A disclosure: ApplyEze, which publishes this blog, makes a job application tool that writes a resume for each posting and a cover letter when the form asks. That is a different job from Grammarly's, and Grammarly is better at its own. It has a free tier, works on phones and in almost any app, and is a dedicated grammar and tone checker, which ApplyEze is not.
The short answer
| Question | Answer, as of October 2026 |
|---|---|
| Does Grammarly fix resume typos and grammar? | Yes, most of them. In our test it flagged 4 issues in each sample. |
| Does it catch everything? | No. It missed a misspelling on a bullet line, a redundancy and two weak openings. |
| Does it match your resume to a job? | Only in its separate Resume Builder, which says it scores alignment with a pasted job description. |
| Does it find jobs or apply for you? | No. Nothing on its pages says it does. |
| Is it free? | The basic checker is. Pro is shown as "$12 USD" on the plans page, with no billing period printed. |
| Refunds? | The terms say all payments are non-refundable. |
What Grammarly does to a resume: a worked example
Method. We used the free checker at grammarly.com/grammar-check, with no account and default settings, in a fresh browser session each time. The person, employer and numbers below are invented for this post. We planted the mistakes on purpose, the kind that show up on real resumes, and recorded which ones Grammarly underlined and the exact label and fix it offered. We did not test Grammarly Pro, which its plans page says adds sentence rewrites, tone adjustment and "Unlimited personalized suggestions".
The sample resume excerpt
Operations Analyst, Northfield Logistics, 2022 to present
Responsible for managing the weekly inventory report's for 3 warehouses.
Reduced late shipments by 18 percent by building a dashboard in excel.
Was tasked with training new hires on the WMS system and their onboarding.
Lead a team of 4 analyst during peak season, and coordinated with carriers.
Analyze vendor data to identify cost saving oppurtunities.
The suggestions panel showed 4 issues. Clicking each underline gave these cards:
| What we wrote | Grammarly's label | Its suggestion | Right? |
|---|---|---|---|
| report's | Check wording | reports | Yes |
| excel | Capitalize the proper name | Excel | Yes |
| Lead | Wrong verb form | Led | Yes, and a reader would notice this one |
| 4 analyst | Check wording | analysts | Yes |
What it did not underline:
| Problem | Why it matters on a resume |
|---|---|
| "oppurtunities" | A plain misspelling. In a separate run, the same misspelling inside a full sentence ("I found many oppurtunities to save money.") was underlined, but on the bullet line it was not, in three separate sessions. We do not know why. Proofread bullets by eye anyway. |
| "cost saving opportunities" | A compound modifier before a noun is usually hyphenated: "cost-saving". |
| "WMS system" | The S in WMS already stands for system. |
| "Responsible for", "Was tasked with" | Grammatically fine, so a grammar checker has no reason to flag them, but they describe duties instead of results. |
| "and their onboarding" | Vague. Whose onboarding, and what did you do? |
The sample cover letter
Dear Hiring Manager,
I am writing to apply for the Supply Chain Analyst position at your company.
I have three years experience in logistics and I am confident I would be a
great fit for this role. In my current role at Northfield Logistics I reduced
late shipments by 18 percent, which I believe makes me a strong candidate.
I am a hard worker, a team player and a fast learner. I look forward to
hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Jordan Lee
Again 4 suggestions:
| What we wrote | Grammarly's label | Its suggestion |
|---|---|---|
| three years experience | Change preposition | three years of experience |
| in logistics and I am | Punctuation problem | in logistics, and I am |
| at Northfield Logistics I reduced | Add a comma | Logistics, I reduced |
| a team player and a fast learner | Add a comma in a series | a team player, and a fast learner |
All four are defensible. The last is a style choice (the serial comma), not an error. What it left alone is what a hiring manager would actually notice: the letter never names the company ("your company"), never mentions anything from the posting, and spends a full sentence on "a hard worker, a team player and a fast learner", a line that could describe anyone. Grammarly checks how a sentence is built. It cannot tell you that the sentence says nothing.
After: what the fixes add up to
Here is the resume excerpt with Grammarly's four fixes accepted, then with a human edit on top (sample text, same invented person):
Grammarly's fixes only:
Responsible for managing the weekly inventory reports for 3 warehouses.
Reduced late shipments by 18 percent by building a dashboard in Excel.
Led a team of 4 analysts during peak season, and coordinated with carriers.
Analyze vendor data to identify cost saving oppurtunities.
Plus a human edit:
Produced weekly inventory reports for 3 warehouses.
Cut late shipments 18 percent with an Excel dashboard tracking carrier delays.
Led 4 analysts through peak season and coordinated daily with carriers.
Analyze vendor data to find cost-saving opportunities.
The first version is cleaner. The second is better. Grammarly got you a third of the way there, which is worth having for free, but the rest is judgment about what to say.
What it catches and what it misses
| Task | Grammarly Free | Grammarly Pro | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spelling, grammar, punctuation | Yes, "Write without mistakes" | Yes | Plans |
| Tone | "See your writing tone" | Adds "Adjust your writing tone with ease" | Plans |
| Rewrite whole sentences | No | "Rewrite full sentences with a click" | Plans |
| AI text generation | 100 prompts a month | 2,000 prompts a month | Plans |
| Compare a resume with a job posting | Resume Builder, plan limits not stated | Resume Builder | Resume Builder |
| Check that dates, titles and numbers are true | No | No | Nothing on its pages claims this |
| Test how a parser reads your PDF or DOCX | No | No | Nothing on its pages claims this |
| Find jobs | No | No | Not offered |
| Fill and submit application forms | No | No | Not offered |
| Answer screening questions | No | No | Not offered |
The bottom five rows are not criticisms. Grammarly is a writing tool and says so. They are a reminder that a clean resume is a small part of getting an application in front of an employer.
Grammarly's resume and cover letter tools, and their price
Resume Builder
Grammarly's Resume Builder page says you add a target job "by pasting the job description or a link to the posting", and that it "compares it with your resume to identify gaps". It promises to "Get a score that tells you how well your resume aligns with the specific job" and to "Adapt one resume for multiple roles". The page points you to the Resume Builder agent on Superhuman Go.
Two lines on that page are worth reading together. Its FAQ defines an ATS score as a measure of "how well your resume matches a job description", and it also says "we can't guarantee that your resume will pass every ATS filter or result in an interview". That honesty is welcome. The score is Grammarly's own measure. No ATS shows candidates a score, and the employer side does not work the way the phrase suggests: Greenhouse's Talent Matching, for example, sorts candidates into categories such as "Strong match" and "Limited match" for site and job admins, and Greenhouse says it "does not automatically advance or reject candidates." Our post on the resume ATS score covers how each checker builds its number.
The page signs you up under a button marked "It's free" but does not say which Resume Builder features need Pro. If the score matters to you, check inside your own account.
Cover Letter Generator
The AI Cover Letter Generator works "in three quick steps", starting with a resume upload. Accepted formats are listed as "DOC, DOCX, and TXT", so have a Word or text copy ready if your resume lives as a PDF.
The page includes a sample. The prompt gives three facts: two years in customer care, a master's in social work, three years as an executive assistant to a CEO. The generated draft repeats those and then adds "strong communication and organizational skills and the ability to work well in a team" and "valuable experience working with people from all walks of life". Neither was in the prompt. That is how text generators behave: asked for a persuasive letter, they fill gaps with plausible claims. The same habit is why our ChatGPT resume guide ends with a fact check, and it applies here too.
Price, as of October 2026
| Plan | What the plans page shows | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | "$0 USD / month" | Grammar, spelling, tone; 100 AI prompts a month |
| Pro | "$12 USD", "Try for free", "$0 payment today", "Email reminder 2 days before trial ends" | Billing period not printed on the card; 2,000 AI prompts a month |
| Enterprise | "Contact Sales", "available through Superhuman Go" | For organizations |
Source: grammarly.com/plans, seen 18 October 2026. The card does not say whether $12 is a monthly price on an annual bill, and we found no Grammarly page that settles it, so confirm the total at checkout. The terms (effective 29 October 2025) say paid plans are billed in advance on a monthly or annual basis and renew automatically "for additional periods of the same duration".
The refund terms are strict. Section 8.10 says "all payments made by you under these Terms are non-refundable" and "we do not provide refunds or credits for any partially used Subscription periods". Under section 8.8 you can cancel at any time and keep access until the end of the billing cycle, after which the account "will be converted to a Free Subscription". If you start the Pro trial for a resume push, put the end date in your calendar.
Who runs it now
The company behind Grammarly renamed itself Superhuman on 29 October 2025, bringing Grammarly, Coda and Superhuman Mail under one name; the Grammarly product kept its name (Business Wire, Tom's Guide). The plans page footer now reads "2026 © Superhuman Platform".
What users say
- Trustpilot: 3.1 from 10,479 reviews on 18 October 2026, with 68% five stars and 9% one star (Trustpilot). Praise centres on the core proofreading. Complaints centre on renewal charges, hard-to-reach support and refunds.
- Apple App Store: 4.66 from 226,425 ratings for the Grammarly keyboard app on 18 October 2026 (App Store).
- BBB: rated A+, not accredited, with 197 complaints in the last 3 years, of which 77 were filed under product, 52 under billing and 48 under service (BBB). A September 2026 complaint there describes an account moved to the Superhuman platform without being asked.
The split is clear: people like the checker and dislike the billing surprises. Knowing your renewal date avoids most of them.
Grammarly versus a tailoring tool
A reminder that ApplyEze makes a competing product, so weigh this section with that in mind. The two tools answer different questions. Grammarly asks "is this sentence correct?" A tailoring tool asks "does this resume speak to this posting?" Our roundup of the best AI for resume tailoring compares the options on that second question.
| Grammarly Free | Grammarly Pro | ApplyEze | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price (Grammarly in October 2026, ApplyEze in November 2026) | $0 | "$12 USD" (period not shown) | Starter $19 a month for 700 applications and Pro $99 a month for 3,000 (pricing), which is 2.7 and 3.3 cents an application at the full allowance |
| Free tier | Yes | Trial | 50 free credits for new accounts, once per email address, no card; a credit is used only when an application is confirmed as submitted |
| Grammar and tone | Its core strength | Adds rewrites and tone adjustment | Not a grammar checker |
| Works on phones and in other apps | Yes | Yes | No; a desktop app for macOS and Windows |
| Resume per job posting | No | Resume Builder suggestions, one job at a time | A resume written for every posting, as PDF and DOCX, read back by a parser check before upload, and a cover letter when the form asks |
| Keyword alignment | Not in the checker | Resume Builder suggests changes | Brings the posting's named skills and tools onto your skills line, even when your own record does not list them. There is no step to remove one before a live run, so use a dry run to see what it writes |
| What stays fixed | You decide | You decide | Your employers, job titles, dates, schools, degrees and certifications come from your own record; code rejects a rewrite that adds a figure, employer, school or credential your record does not hold |
| Score | Resume Builder shows one | Resume Builder shows one | No "ATS score", because no ATS exposes one |
| Applies for you | No | No | Completes applications on 12 platforms: Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday, Workable, SmartRecruiters, Oracle Recruiting Cloud, JazzHR, BambooHR, Rippling, Pinpoint and Recruitee (Workday and Oracle need a connected application inbox) |
The cost math is simple. ApplyEze Starter's $19 divided by 700 applications is 2.7 cents each, and Pro's $99 divided by 3,000 is 3.3 cents each, but only if you use the whole monthly allowance; at 100 applications a month Starter is 19 cents each. Grammarly Free has no cap to divide by and costs nothing. If you want clean writing and you apply to a handful of jobs by hand, Grammarly Free is the better choice. ApplyEze makes sense when the bottleneck is volume: writing a fresh resume for each posting, a letter when the form asks, and filling the form, on your own machine, with a visible browser you can watch and a dry-run mode that fills the form without clicking Submit. ApplyEze brings the posting's named skills and tools onto your skills line, even when your own record does not list them. There is no step to remove one before a live run, so use a dry run to see what it writes, and be ready to discuss anything on the page.
A simple stack
These steps work with or without any paid tool:
- Proofread the master resume once. Paste it into Grammarly's free checker and accept the fixes you agree with. Then read every bullet line yourself, since our test shows a bullet can slip through.
- Tailor per posting. Mirror the posting's words for things you have done, by hand or with a tool. Our guide on how to tailor a resume walks through it.
- Fact check the tailored copy. Compare every employer, title, date and number against your master. Remove any skill you could not talk about for two minutes.
- Run the checker again. Edits introduce new errors, and the tailored copy is the one employers see.
- Read the cover letter aloud. If a sentence would fit any company, cut it or replace it with something from the posting.