Data

Grammarly and the GDPR: AI training, data location and DPA

Pro (team, bought online): Trains on your data unless you switch it off. EU hosting not documented · DPA in the terms.

Vendor: Superhuman Platform Inc. (Grammarly)Writing and emailChecked on How we check

Verdict

Is Grammarly GDPR compliant?

Free

Free

Trains on your data unless you switch it off

EU hosting not documented · no DPA

Price: Free

Pro (team, bought online)

Business

Trains on your data unless you switch it off

EU hosting not documented · DPA in the terms

Price: €12 / mo

No tool is GDPR compliant on its own: that depends on how your business uses it. This page shows the vendor's side, from its own pages. It is not legal advice.

Plans

Which Grammarly plan stops the AI training?

Every one of the 2 plans we checked trains on your data or doesn't say.

Training

Does Grammarly train on your data?

Trains on your data by default? · Free

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Trains on your data unless you switch it off.

Yes. On Grammarly Free, Product Improvement and Training is on by default: Grammarly may use what you write, including content processed by its AI, to train its models

Source: support.grammarly.comTab 'Grammarly Free, Grammarly Premium, and single-user Grammarly Pro accounts' ('on for individual users by default')Checked on

Trains on your data by default? · Pro (team, bought online)

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Trains on your data unless you switch it off.

Yes for multi-user teams bought on the website: Product Improvement and Training starts on and an admin can switch it off. Pro, Business and Enterprise bought through Sales start off

Source: support.grammarly.comTeam account tabsChecked on

Switch-off

How do you turn off AI training in Grammarly?

How to switch training off · Free

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You can switch the training off.

Yes. Turn off 'Product Improvement and Training' at account.grammarly.com/security/privacy; content is then not used for training or product improvement

Source: support.grammarly.com'How do I turn Product Improvement and Training on or off?' (Free and Premium)Checked on

How to switch training off · Pro (team, bought online)

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You can switch the training off.

An admin must act: for multi-user Pro bought on the website, 'Product Improvement and Training' starts on; an admin turns it off for the whole organisation at account.grammarly.com/admin/data_settings. Only admins can change it

Source: support.grammarly.comTab 'Multi-user Grammarly Pro accounts purchased through the Grammarly website'Checked on

Location

Where does Grammarly store your data?

Where data is stored by default · Free

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United States: the Superhuman Platform, Grammarly included, is hosted on AWS in the US

Source: superhuman.comExhibit B, Section 1 and the Grammarly service-specific measuresChecked on

Where data is stored by default · Pro (team, bought online)

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United States (hosting on AWS and/or GCP in the US)

Source: superhuman.comSection 9(a), Exhibit BChecked on

Contract

Does Grammarly sign a data processing agreement?

Data processing agreement (DPA) · Free

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No DPA.

No. For individual users the data controller is Superhuman Platform Inc. under its privacy policy; the Data Privacy Addendum is for business customers

Source: grammarly.comSection 'Data Controller'Second source: superhuman.comChecked on

Data processing agreement (DPA) · Pro (team, bought online)

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DPA in the terms.

Yes. The Superhuman Data Privacy Addendum (effective 8 Jul 2026) is incorporated by reference into the Customer Business Agreement

Source: grammarly.comSection 3.2Second source: superhuman.comChecked on

Processors

Who else handles Grammarly data?

Sub-processors (companies that handle the data for them) · Free

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Business list only.

Public for business customers: one list for the whole Superhuman Platform, 20 third parties, all in the US; individual users get recipient categories in the privacy policy

Source: superhuman.comSection 'Third-party Sub-processors'Second source: grammarly.comChecked on

EU–US Data Privacy Framework · Free

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On the list.

Active (Superhuman Platform Inc., formerly Grammarly, Inc.; EU-US DPF, Swiss-US DPF, UK Extension)

Source: dataprivacyframework.govSearch 'Superhuman'Checked on

Sub-processors (companies that handle the data for them) · Pro (team, bought online)

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20 listed.

Public. 20 third parties, all USA; AI: Anthropic, Azure, OpenAI, Baseten; undated; 30 days' notice to customers who opt in through a form

Source: superhuman.comSub-processor tableSecond source: superhuman.comChecked on

EU–US Data Privacy Framework · Pro (team, bought online)

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On the list.

Active (Superhuman Platform Inc., formerly Grammarly, Inc.; EU-US, Swiss-US, UK Extension)

Source: dataprivacyframework.govSearch 'Superhuman'Checked on

Security

Which certifications and admin controls does Grammarly have?

Security certifications · Free

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SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, 27017:2015, 27018:2019 and 27701:2019 (company-wide)

Source: grammarly.comCompliance sectionChecked on

Admin controls for AI · Free

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Not offered: Free is a personal plan with no admin

Source: grammarly.comPlan card 'Free'Checked on

Security certifications · Pro (team, bought online)

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SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, 27017:2015, 27018:2019 and 27701:2019

Source: grammarly.comSection 'Enterprise-grade attestation and regulatory compliance'Checked on

Admin controls for AI · Pro (team, bought online)

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Yes. On Pro, admins can turn generative AI off for the team: admin Home > Organization > Feature access, set AI assistant, Strategic suggestions and Paragraph-level rewrites to Off

Source: support.grammarly.comSteps (included in Grammarly Pro, Plus, Business, Enterprise and Education)Checked on

Price

What does Grammarly cost?

Price, as shown in Germany · Free

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Free.

Free (EUR 0)

Source: grammarly.comPlan card 'Free'Checked on

Price, as shown in Germany · Pro (team, bought online)

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€12 / mo.

EUR 12 per month shown for Pro (billing period and per-seat basis not stated on the card)

Source: grammarly.comPro cardChecked on

The vendor doesn't say: EU hosting, retention.

Alternatives

Grammarly alternatives that don't train on your data

Other writing and email tools whose business plan doesn't train on your data and includes a DPA.

The five marks, in order: No AI training · EU hosting · DPA · Sub-processors listed · DPF or EU vendor. ✓ meets it, ✕ doesn't, – partly, ? not stated.

Tool · PlanVerdictYour five rules
  • Gmail with Gemini

    Google Workspace Business Standard · See details

    Doesn't train on your dataEU hosting available · DPA in the terms

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • Google Translate in Google Workspace

    Business Standard · €13.60 / user / mo

    Doesn't train on your dataEU hosting available · DPA in the terms

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • LanguageTool

    Team · €56.90 / user / yr

    Doesn't train on your dataData in the EU by default · DPA on request

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • Azure Translator

    S1 pay as you go · See details

    Doesn't train on your dataEU hosting available · DPA in the terms

    ✓✓✓?✓

  • Hunter

    Growth · See details

    Doesn't train on your dataData in the EU by default · DPA in the terms

    ✓✓✓✓✕

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