Best free AI paraphrasing tools: what each free plan allows (Oct 2026)

3 of the 3 AI paraphrasing tools we track have a permanent free plan. Every $0 allowance below is quoted from the vendor.

3 tools checked

Short answer

Top free plans: QuillBot: paraphrase up to 100 words at a time in 2 modes (Standard and Fluency); ZeroGPT: Up to 300 words per paraphrase with no sign-up; Grammarly: Free with a Grammarly account: six preset rewrite styles, in English, Spanish, French, German….

  1. 01
    QuillBotFree plan
    $0

    paraphrase up to 100 words at a time in 2 modes (Standard and Fluency). Upgrade: Premium $19.95/mo.

    Try QuillBot (opens in new tab)Official site · quillbot.com
  2. 02
    ZeroGPTFree plan
    $0

    Up to 300 words per paraphrase with no sign-up. Upgrade: Pro $14.99/mo.

    Try ZeroGPT (opens in new tab)Official site · zerogpt.com
  3. 03
    GrammarlyFree plan
    $0

    Free with a Grammarly account: six preset rewrite styles, in English, Spanish, French, German…. Upgrade: Pro $12/mo.

    Try Grammarly (opens in new tab)Official site · grammarly.com

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Next stepStart with QuillBot, the #1 free plan hereFree plan: paraphrase up to 100 words at a time in 2 modes (Standard and Fluency). All 3 tools are compared below.

Try QuillBot free (opens in new tab)Official site · quillbot.com
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Free AI paraphrasers

ToolUpgradeFreeStatusWhat you get for $0 & source
Free plans
01QuillBotTry QuillBot (opens in new tab)
 Cheapest upgrade
Premium · $19.95/mo		$0Free tier
Allowance stated
Free: paraphrase up to 100 words at a time in 2 modes (Standard and Fluency); Premium gives full access with 9 modes and unlimited Custom modes.
Source: quillbot.com (opens in new tab) · checked 2026-11-02
02ZeroGPTTry ZeroGPT (opens in new tab)
 Cheapest upgrade
Pro · $14.99/mo		$0Free tier
Allowance stated
Up to 300 words per paraphrase with no sign-up; the page calls it '100% free' with unlimited usage. Longer texts need a paid plan.
Source: zerogpt.com (opens in new tab) · checked 2026-11-02
03GrammarlyTry Grammarly (opens in new tab)
 Cheapest upgrade
Pro · $12/mo		$0Free tier
Free with a Grammarly account: six preset rewrite styles, in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian; usage limits are not stated on the page.
Source: grammarly.com (opens in new tab) · checked 2026-11-02

Compare the top 3 plans side by side Models, limits, resets and what happens at the cap, in one table.

Who should pick what

  • You paraphrase a sentence or a short paragraph at a time: QuillBot. QuillBot: paraphrase up to 100 words at a time in 2 modes (Standard and Fluency); Premium gives full access with 9 modes and unlimited Custom modes.
  • You paste in longer passages without signing up: ZeroGPT. ZeroGPT: Up to 300 words per paraphrase with no sign-up; the page calls it '100% free' with unlimited usage.
  • You want rewrites in other languages or styles: Grammarly. Grammarly: Free with a Grammarly account: six preset rewrite styles, in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian; usage limits are not…
  • You want all 9 paraphrasing modes: QuillBot. QuillBot Premium is $19.95/mo month to month or $8.33/mo billed yearly.

Next steps

Ready to try one?QuillBot tops this rankingFree plan: paraphrase up to 100 words at a time in 2 modes (Standard and Fluency); Premium gives full access with 9 modes and unlimited Custom modes.

Try QuillBot free (opens in new tab)Official site · quillbot.com

How this list is ranked

Free plans that put a number on the allowance (credits, minutes, images, messages) rank first, because you can plan around a number; free plans with unpublished allowances follow. Within each group, order reflects how much each free plan lets you make and use; the note below explains it. Trials and paid-only tools are listed after the ranking so you know they were checked.

Why this order (checked 2026-11-02): QuillBot and ZeroGPT both state a word limit per paraphrase: QuillBot 100 words in 2 modes, ZeroGPT 300 words with no sign-up. QuillBot comes first because its free modes are documented on its plan page. Grammarly's Paraphraser is free with an account but its page states no limit.

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Recent changes in this list

  1. correctionCorrection
    QuillBot Premium price corrected to $19.95 (we had listed $23.95)

    Our data listed QuillBot Premium at $23.95 a month. QuillBot's Premium page reads '$19.95 USD Per month' in our saved copies from 2026-10-22, 2026-10-23 and 2026-10-27, so we corrected the figure. This fixes our own error; QuillBot did not change its price. The $8.33 billed-annually figure was already correct.

Questions people ask

What is the cheapest AI paraphrasing tool?

Grammarly: Grammarly Pro costs $12/mo. Next cheapest: ZeroGPT ($14.99/mo), QuillBot ($19.95/mo). Prices checked 2026-10-16.

Which AI paraphrasing tools have a free plan?

QuillBot, ZeroGPT, Grammarly.

Which free AI paraphrasing tool tells you exactly what you get?

QuillBot: Free: paraphrase up to 100 words at a time in 2 modes (Standard and Fluency); Premium gives full access with 9 modes and unlimited Custom modes.; ZeroGPT: Up to 300 words per paraphrase with no sign-up; the page calls it '100% free' with unlimited usage. Longer texts need a paid plan.

How current is this ranking?

It is rebuilt from our data every time prices are checked; the last check was 2026-10-16. Every price links to the vendor page it came from.

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