FirstEdit and PerfectIt are complementary tools that sit at different points in the workflow:
- FirstEdit is an AI editor that runs before human review. It automatically makes changes for you so that your team saves times working on text. It focuses on organizational style rules, brand compliance, and industry terminology as well as other high-confidence corrections.
- PerfectIt is an interactive checker that does not use AI. It is primarily used in the final stages of checking (although it can be used at other times too). Its focus is on consistency, house style, and adding a final polish to text.
FirstEdit takes advantage of AI in order to make changes directly and save time by delivering a cleaner text. PerfectIt’s checks are more encompassing but require human interaction to take advantage of what it finds.
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FirstEdit |
PerfectIt |
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When to use |
Early — before human review begins |
Late — before publication or submission |
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How it works |
Autonomous: runs on your document and returns tracked changes |
Interactive: you work through issues one by one in Word |
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Primary strength |
First-pass cleanup and brand/compliance enforcement |
Meticulous final consistency check and style guide polish |
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Uses AI |
Yes |
No |
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Offline use |
No — requires an internet connection |
Yes — can run fully offline |
To get the biggest time savings use both tools together: FirstEdit for the initial cleanup pass, PerfectIt for the final polish before submission.