july 1 2009 ; 7 years ago 2009 07 01 1 headquarters san francisco california u.s. area served worldwide founder s alex shevchenko and max lytvyn key people brad hoover ceo products grammar checker spell checker services proofreading plagiarism detection slogan s the world s best grammar checker website grammarly.com alexa rank 967 october 2016 update 2 registration optional required for higher privileges current status active grammarly is an english language writing enhancement platform developed by grammarly inc. and launched in 2009 . grammarly s proofreading and plagiarism detection resources 3 check for a writer s adherence to more than 250 grammar rules . 4 5 6 contents 1 history 2 recognition 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded in 2009 by alex shevchenko and max lytvyn . 6 7 brad hoover the company s chief executive officer is an investor with a background in engineering who learned about grammarly while searching for an automated proofreading tool for his own writing . 7 grammarly inc. is headquartered in san francisco with an additional office in kyiv ukraine . 7 recognition edit in the 2013 best online grammar checker comparisons and reviews grammarly won the toptenreviews gold award with a rating of 8.88 . 3 8 see also edit comparison of anti plagiarism software natural language processing references edit grammarly.com whois dns & domain info domaintools . whois . retrieved 2016 08 27 . grammarly.com site info . alexa internet . 2016 10 07 . retrieved 2016 10 09 . a b grammarly review . toptenreviews . retrieved december 24 2012 . geeta padmanabhan september 21 2011 . cool tool . the hindu . the hindu group . retrieved december 24 2012 . lee chang sup may 1 2012 . english again in new year s resolution . the korea times . retrieved december 24 2012 . a b cheryl conner october 21 2012 . i don t tolerate poor grammar . forbes . forbes publishing . pp. 1 2 . retrieved december 24 2012 . a b c don tennant . how cloud power is improving written english . it business edge by quinstreet . retrieved december 24 2012 . 2013 best online grammar checker comparisons and reviews . toptenreviews . retrieved december 24 2012 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title grammarly & oldid 743861127 categories internet properties established in 2009grammar checkersspell checkersfirefox add onsgoogle chrome extensionshidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from october 2016all articles containing potentially dated statementsofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 17 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view