General-purpose assistants
Grammarly Business
Writing assistant with a business workspace and admin controls.
Last observed 42 days ago. Records are treated as awaiting re-check after ninety days.
Not legal-specific. This is a general-purpose product, not a legal workflow product.
Editorial assessment
A writing assistant with a business workspace, not legal software.
This section is the CounselAtlas editorial desk’s own reading of the dated facts below. It is not a vendor statement, not a rating, and not a recommendation. Every product fact it rests on is recorded with a source in the record.
What it is
A writing assistant sold with a business workspace and administrative controls. The vendor publishes encryption details and holds SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 certification.
What it is not
It is not legal software. It does not cite authority, manage matters, or understand a legal workflow. It improves writing.
Who it tends to fit
- Firms that want writing help across documents and email
- Firms that need administrative controls over who can use it
- Firms that want a published encryption and certification statement
Who it tends not to fit
- Firms looking for legal research or drafting products
- Firms that need matter-aware output
- Firms that cannot police what staff paste into a writing tool
What to ask before you buy
- What is the price, and is it per seat?
- What does the admin console let me control, and what is on by default?
- Where is data processed?
- What is the firm's rule for what may be pasted into the tool?
Limits in the record
- It is not legal-specific, so it does not cite authority or understand matters.
- The vendor does not publish a firm-size scope in the checked source.
- Its value depends on the firm's own usage rules, which the vendor does not supply.
How it sits in General-purpose assistants
Inside general-purpose assistants, this competes on writing quality rather than breadth. The other assistants aim at general work, so this one is narrower and usually adopted alongside them rather than instead of them.
Reading the vendor’s wording
The vendor states that data is encrypted in transit and at rest, that transfer uses TLS 1.2 and storage uses AES-256, and that its SOC 2 Type 2 report covers security, privacy, availability, and confidentiality. It does not publish a training statement in the checked source.
How to evaluate it in a trial
- Ask for the price and whether it is per seat.
- Ask what the admin console controls and what is on by default.
- Ask where data is processed.
- Write the firm's rule for what may be pasted into the tool.
What adopting it costs
It is a writing assistant rather than a system of record, so adopting it does not replace matter management. The switching cost is the firm's own usage policy for what may be pasted into it.
Closest alternative
Writer — The closest writing platform. This one corrects writing; Writer produces content. Both are not legal-specific.
The record
Everything below is a dated observation from the vendor’s own published material. Each line links to the page it came from so you can confirm it yourself.
What we verified
- Vendor
- Grammarly. Observed September 21, 2026 · Vendor page ↗
- Price path
- Public price: Vendor publishes a pricing page. Observed September 21, 2026 · Source ↗
- What it does
- General practice. General-purpose writing assistant; not legal-specific. Confirm admin controls before use. Observed September 21, 2026 · Source ↗
- Firm-size scope
- Not stated. Observed September 21, 2026 · Checked page ↗
- Connections
- Not stated. Observed September 21, 2026 · Checked page ↗
- Data location
- An industry-leading infrastructure provider, AWS is certified as compliant with ISO 27001 and has received a SOC 2 (Type 2) report.. Observed September 21, 2026 · Source ↗