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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.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 and lower versions like CKEditor 3.xx.

DescriptionCloud FreeCloud TrialCloud Paid
OverviewThe
Free
free version of SCAYT
and WSC plugins
for CKEditor 4 is provided with banner ads and limited functionality.CKEditor
users
's customers can subscribe to the
30
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

30

14 days starting from the subscription date

$250 per year


Contact our sales team.

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. 

Bannerless

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

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. 
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    titleDeprecated


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

The Trial

version comes with banner ads suggesting you

to

upgrade to the

Paid

full version.

No banner ads. Upon the upgrade from

Free/Trial versions

the free version to the

Paid

full one, the banner ads are removed.

Spell
Checking
checkingAvailable
AvailableAvailable

Grammar

Checking

checking

Not available

Available

for 14 languages
Note

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

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

Supported languages

Available for 14 languages

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 Languages14

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 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 request.

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 $500 per language (one-time fee).

Custom Dictionary

*Custom Dictionary

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.

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.

Not available

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. 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 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 Dictionary functionality will be saved in

    browser

    cookies, as well on the end user’s side

    .

    Unlike the

    Free and Trial versions

    free version, end users are provided with an option to save their

    personal

    user dictionaries on

    our servers

    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
    security (
    SSL version
    SSL version
    *WebSpellChecker services can be used over HTTP/HTTPS
    HTTPS (TLS 1.2)
    Subscription management
    HTTP/HTTPSHTTP/HTTPSHTTP/HTTPSSubscription Management
    Not available. Those who use the
    Free
    free version do not have a separate account page. The
    Free
    free version
    are
    is already configured and tied to specific service ID that available for all
    Free
    free users.

    Available. On the subscription to

    Trial

    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
    • paid version /
    Renew subscription / Unsubscribe.
  • Manage Custom dictionaries.
    • renew or cancel subscription / request account deletion.
    • Manage custom dictionaries.
    Technical supportNot

    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
    • 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: 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.
    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
    policy

    WebSpellChecker hosts and

    process

    processes 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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