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The Free versions of WebSpellChecker (WSC) and SpellCheckAsYouType (SCAYT) products are provided as plugins which integrated by default in CKEditor 4 WYSIWYG editor. The Free version is available with a banner ad and has some limitations in the functionality in comparison with the Cloud Paid services provided by WebSpellChecker.

You can find more detailed information about the Cloud Free and Paid versions of SCAYT and WSC plugins for CKEditor.

Note

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


Available 14 languagesWith release 5.0.1 on June 14, 2018, we rolled back grammar checker for14 languages.

Available for 14 languages

DescriptionCloud FreeCloud TrialCloud Paid
OverviewThe Free version of SCAYT and WSC plugins for CKEditor is provided with banner ads and limited functionality.CKEditor users 's customers can subscribe to the 30-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 and receive additional benefits.
Pricing, $Free

Free for 30 days starting from the subscription date



$250 per yearStarts from $150/y

Note

SCAYT and WSC are two separate products. Thus, if you are interested in using both SCAYT and WSC, you are required to obtain two service subscriptions accordingly. 


Words Usage Limits

Up to 10 100,000 words processed per day from a single website (domain). Once the limit is reached the proofreading stops until the next day (00:00 UTC-0).

Note

This limitation will come came into force on Jan 14, 2019. The daily usage limited was updated on Oct 30, 2019.

  • 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.

Depending on the pricing plan, the usage limit varies from

20 to 100 million

400 million to billions of words processed during the year. There is no daily limit set. Once the yearly limit is reached, the service will stop working.

  • WSC Dialog: The maximum allowed text size for a single request is set to 1MB.
Bannerless

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

The Trial version comes with banner ads suggesting you to upgrade to the Paid version.

No banner ads. Upon the upgrade from Free/Trial versions to the Paid, the banner ads are removed.
Spell CheckingAvailableAvailable

Grammar Checking

Not available

Available for

Note
Note

With release 5.0.1 on June 14, 2018, we rolled back grammar checker for 14 languages.

ThesaurusNot availableAvailable. The thesaurus feature is available only in WSC plugin for CKEditor for the following languages: American and British English, France, Italian, German and Spanish.Available. The thesaurus feature is available only in WSC plugin for CKEditor for the following languages: American and British English, France, Italian, German and Spanish.Default Spell Checking Languages

14 15 languages

Note

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

16 languages

16


17 languages


Additional Spell Checking languages (140+ languages)Not available

The customers under Trial version who are interested in evaluation of a certain additional language have an option to try such language(s) during seven days from the date of requestactive period of a trial subscription.

The customers who obtained the Paid version have an option to extend the default list of languages with an additional language(s). Here is a full list of Additional Languages supported by our products.

The additional language support costs $100 per language per year.

Custom Dictionary

*Custom Dictionary is aimed at extending a list of words in the default dictionaries with your custom words and are stored on our servers.

Not available

Available

Available

User Dictionary

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


Depending on the type of the product used (SCAYT or WSC), the initial storage for words will be different.

  • 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.
  • The words added using WSC User Dictionary functionality will be saved in browser cookies, as well on the end user’s side.

Depending on the type of the product used (SCAYT or WSC), the initial storage for words will be different.

  • 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.
  • The words added using WSC
    • Dialog User Dictionary functionality will be saved in browser cookies, as well on the end user’s side.

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

    Depending on the type of the product used (SCAYT or WSC), the initial storage for words will be different.

    • 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.
    • The words added using WSC
    User
    • Dialog User Dictionary functionality will be saved in browser cookies, as well on the end user’s side.

    Unlike the Free

    and Trial versions

    version, end users are provided with an option to save their personal user dictionaries on our servers. 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) 
    *WebSpellChecker services can be used over HTTP/HTTPSHTTP/HTTPSHTTP/HTTPSSSL version) HTTP/HTTPSSubscription ManagementNot available. Those who use the Free version do not have a separate account page. The Free version are 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 subscription / Unsubscribe.
  • Manage Custom dictionaries.

    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 subscription / Unsubscribe.
    • Manage Custom dictionaries.
    Usage Limitations
    Technical SupportNot
    • 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 trial customer. 
    • Cloud WSC: The maximum allowed text size for a single request is set to 1MB.
    • Cloud SCAYT: 50 million words per year. No freeze or delays are set for the paid customer. 
    • Cloud WSC: 50 million words per year. The maximum allowed text size for a single request is set to 1MB.
    Technical SupportNot available
    Technical support assistance is limited to providing general configuration instructions.


    Technical support assistance is available and includes help help with migration to the paid version; configuration instructions; basic customer support.

    Privacy Policy

    WebSpellChecker hosts and process processes data with Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosting service provider in the United States (US). AWS  AWS is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield which enables the compliant transfer compliant transfer of personal data from the EU to the US. Please  Please check more detailed information in our Privacy Policy.


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