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The Free versions of WebSpellChecker (WSC) and free version of SpellCheckAsYouType (SCAYT) products are product is provided as plugins a plugin which is integrated by default in the CKEditor 4 WYSIWYG editor. The Free free version is available with a banner ad and has some limitations in the functionality in comparison with the Cloud Paid compared to the paid services provided by WebSpellChecker.More detailed comparison analysis is presented below in the table.

Note
This information provided here is actual only for CKEditor 4.xx and lower versions like CKEditor 3.xx.

Description	Cloud Free	Cloud Trial	Cloud Paid
Overview	The

Free

free version of SCAYT

and WSC products is built-in by default under ABC button in the CKEditor rich text editor with a banner ad

for CKEditor 4 is provided with banner ads and limited functionality.

CKEditor

users

's customers can subscribe to the

14-day SCAYT

and WSC

to evaluate the full version of our products with their system to understand if our solution meets their expectations and requirements.

CKEditor

users

's customers can migrate from the Free or Trial to WebSpellChecker Paid services and get rid of the banner

add

ad and receive additional benefits.
Pricing, $	Free	Free for

14 days starting from the subscription date

$250 per year

Contact our sales team.

Note
SCAYT and WSC are two separate products

thus you would need to have two subscriptions accordingly (

Status

colour	Red
title	No

InfoThe free and trial product versions come with small banners, which contain the offer to upgrade services up to the Paid version.

. Thus, if you are interested in

both products)Banerless

using both SCAYT and WSC, you are required to obtain two service subscriptions accordingly.

Words usage

As of Jan 14, 2019, up to 50,000 words are processed per day from a single website (domain). Once the limit is reached, the proofreading stops until the next day (00:00 UTC-0).
Spell Check (WSC) Dialog: The maximum allowed text size for a single request is set to 10KB. To be able to check larger text, divide your text into smaller chunks or upgrade to the paid services.

Status
colour Red
title

Info
The free and trial product versions come with small banners, which contain the offer to upgrade services up to the Paid version.

Status

colour	Green
title	Yes

Technical Support

Status

colour	Red
title	No

Deprecated

Depending on the pricing plan, the usage limit varies from 200 million to billion words processed during the year. There is no daily limit set. Once the yearly limit is reached, the service will stop working.

Bannerless

The Free version comes with banner ads suggesting you upgrade to the full version.

No banner ads. Upon the upgrade from the free version to the full one, the banner ads are removed.

Spell checking

Available

Grammar checking

Not available

Available in over 20 languages, check details in the Supported languages guide.

Supported languages

Status

colour	Blue
title	Partial

Info
Providing general configuration instructions

Status

colour	Green
title	Yes

Info
Help with migration to the paid version; configuration instructions; customer support

Default languages14

languages

Note
Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese languages are excluded from the default languages list for the Free services in May 2017.

16 languages

Additional languages (140+ languages)

Status

colour	Red
title	No

Status

colour	Green
title	Yes

Note
Trial customers can ask to evaluate additional language within a week. If you will chose this option please subscribe to Cloud Trial and get back to us with your Customer ID, which you will receive via email.

Status

colour	Green
title	Yes

Info
Paid customers can extend the default list of languages and add any of the additional languages to the list of supported languages for an additional one-time fee at $500.00 per language.

Grammar Support

*American and British English

Status

colour	Green
title	Yes

Status

colour	Green
title	Yes

Status

colour	Green
title	Yes

Custom Dictionary

*Custom Dictionary

Read more here.

Supported languages

Custom dictionary

*Company-wide custom dictionary is aimed at extending a list of words in the default dictionaries with your custom words and are stored on our servers.

Status

colour	Red
title	No

Status

colour	Green
title	Yes

Status

colour	Green
title	Yes

Not available	Available
User custom dictionary	All the words added using SCAYT User Dictionary functionality will go to the browser local storage. Thus, all the words will be stored on the end user’s side and will be available from this particular browser.	User dictionaries

User Dictionary

*User Dictionary functionality is aimed at end-customers that allowing them to create personal dictionaries.

Status

colour	Green
title	Yes

Info
User Dictionary

Status

colour	Green
title	Yes

InfoUser Dictionaries

are separated and tied to separate customer ID, thus, they are more secure.

Status

colour	Green
title	Yes

Info
User Dictionaries are separated and tied to separate customer ID, thus they are more secure.

Data Security (SSL version)
*WebSpellChecker services can be used over HTTP/HTTPS

Status

colour	Green
title	Yes

Status

colour	Green
title	Yes

Status

colour	Green
title	Yes

Subscription Management

Status

colour	Red
title	No

Status

colour	Green
title	Yes

Status

colour	Green
title	Yes

Usage Limitations

Cloud SCAYT: There is a 7-second delay set after each 5 words entered by a user.
Cloud WSC: The maximum allowed text size for a single request is set to 10KB. To be able to check larger text divide your text into smaller chunks or upgrade to the paid services.

Cloud SCAYT: No freeze or delays are set for the paid customer.
Cloud WSC: The maximum allowed text size for a single request is set to 1MB.

Cloud SCAYT: Up to 5 million requests or 50 million words per year. No freeze or delays are set for the paid customer.
Cloud WSC: Up to 5 million requests or 50 million words per year. The maximum allowed text size for a single request is set to 1MB.

Privacy Policy

All the words added using SCAYT User Dictionary functionality will go to the browser local storage. Thus, all the words will be stored on the end user’s side and will be available from this particular browser. Unlike the free version, end users are provided with an option to save their user dictionaries on server. This will allow users to use their saved dictionaries within a number of devices, browsers. Thus, they don't need to create dictionaries each time they clean browser cache or need to login to the system from a different computer or device.
Data security (SSL version)	HTTPS (TLS 1.2)
Subscription management	Not available. Those who use the free version do not have a separate account page. The free version is already configured and tied to specific service ID that available for all free users.	Available. On the subscription to trial version, we create an account on our website that allows our customers to manage their subscription: Review and update profile information, contact details that are associated with the service subscription. Check the general information about subscription (registration date, last payment date, type of the subscription, expiration date, your service ID, and service activation key). Monitor the service usage. Upgrade to paid version / renew or cancel subscription / request account deletion. Manage custom dictionaries.
Technical support	Not available	Technical support assistance is limited to providing general configuration instructions.	Technical support assistance is available and includes help with migration to the paid version; configuration instructions; basic customer support.
Privacy policy	WebSpellChecker hosts and processes

WebSpellChecker hosts and process

data with Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosting service provider in the United States (US)

. AWS is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield which enables the compliant transfer of personal data from the EU to the US

Please check more detailed information in

our

the Privacy Policy.

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