Marlowe on the BookBird Author Score
Author Score · editing & grammar · #5 of 10
Best for: Novelists wanting a structural critique of a full draft, per report
70.3 of 100 points = 7.0 out of 10. How this score is calculated
Author jobs, from Marlowe’s own pages
- Not stated: Grammar and spelling (not stated)
- Yes: Style reports
- Yes: Fiction reports
- Yes: Handles a whole manuscript
- Yes: Works in Word, Google Docs or Scrivener
- Not stated: Custom dictionary or style rules (not stated)
- Yes: Your text is not used for training
Marlowe pricing
Several ways to pay, one-time option. There is a free plan. The plans as Marlowe’s own site listed them on October 7, 2026, in US dollars:
- Marlowe Basic: Free (limited report)
- Marlowe Pro report: $29.95 one-time (1 credit)
- Market Fit report: $29.95 one-time (2 credits)
- Pro + Market Fit bundle: $39.90 one-time
- Subscription: $19.95 a month (4 credits/month)
- Subscription: $159 a year (48 credits/year)
USD on pricing page; annual price from the FAQ.
What Marlowe offers
From Marlowe’s own pages, checked on October 7, 2026:
- Developmental report: plot, pacing, characters, dialogue, structure
- Readability, clichés, adverbs and misspellings flagged
- Comparison with bestsellers in your genre
- Market Fit report: comps, blurbs, KDP keywords, readiness score
- Any book length; minimum 10,000 words
- Upload Word files; Scrivener users compile to EPUB
- Results on an online Author Dashboard (Marlowe 3.0)
- Does not rewrite your text
Runs on: web. Launched: 2020.
Who Marlowe suits, and what its pages do not say
Best for: Novelists wanting a structural critique of a full draft, per report.
Not confirmed on Marlowe’s pages when we checked: grammar and spelling and custom dictionary or style rules. That is what the vendor states, not a test; a feature can exist without being described, and the score only credits what is.
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Marlowe alternatives
| Software | Score | Price from | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProWritingAid | 8.8 | Free plan; paid from $120 a year | Fiction authors wanting line edits plus whole-manuscript story feedback |
| Grammarly | 8.1 | Free plan; paid from $144 a year | Authors wanting grammar checks inside Word, Google Docs and browsers |
| AutoCrit | 8.0 | Free plan; paid from $180 a year | Fiction authors self-editing a full draft in a browser |
| LanguageTool | 7.3 | Free plan; paid from $69.90 a year | Authors writing in several languages, inside Word or Google Docs |
| Hemingway Editor | 6.6 | Free plan; paid from $19.99 one-time | Writers tightening prose; one-time desktop app or AI subscription |
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Marlowe questions
How much does Marlowe cost?
Free plan; paid from $29.95 one-time. Marlowe lists 6 plans; the full list is under Pricing above.
What does Marlowe run on?
web, according to its own site.
How the score is computed: the formula, step by step. Prices and features were read from Marlowe’s own site on October 7, 2026; nobody pays to be listed.