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Translation software after AI

12 tools in this category. 2 are rated killed and 5 survived — together the non-survivors add up to $1,732 a month.

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12 of 12
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Weglot
translateTranslation· $17
YES
Google · 2024-05 · Chrome and Google Translate render whole sites in any language free
Google Translate and DeepL now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $17/mo is optional.
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Reverso
translateTranslation· $7
YES
OpenAI · 2022-11 · ChatGPT translates with context and explains usage for free
ChatGPT and DeepL now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $7/mo is optional.
S
Smartling
translateTranslation· $1000
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Machine translation quality removed most post-editing work
OpenAI's version covers the headline feature only, so the $1,000/mo is now paying for the workflow around it, not the AI.
U
Unbabel
translateTranslation· $600
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Machine translation plus AI support agents
ChatGPT covers the headline feature free, so the $600/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
S
Smartcat
translateTranslation· $99
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-02 · Frontier models translating whole documents in context better than legacy engines
DeepL and Lingo.dev cover the headline feature free, so the $99/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
D
DeepL
translateTranslation· $9
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Frontier models match specialised translation quality
ChatGPT and Claude cover the headline feature free, so the $9/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
G
Google Translate
translateTranslation· free
KINDA
OpenAI · 2023-03 · GPT-4 class multilingual models
ChatGPT and DeepL cover the headline feature free, and the workflow around it is why you would still open this.
L
Lokalise
translateTranslation· $140
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2024-05 · String management is engineering, not translation
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the translation job, so this one still earns its $140/mo.
C
Crowdin
translateTranslation· $50
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2023-03 · LLMs translate strings cheaply, pressuring localization tooling
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the translation job, so this one still earns its $50/mo.
T
Tolgee
translateTranslation· $25
NOT REALLY
Google · 2025-07 · Frontier models translating software strings accurately at close to zero marginal cost
Google's version overlaps, but does not finish the translation job, so this one still earns its $25/mo.
L
Lingo.dev
translateTranslation· $10
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-09 · Teams piping strings through a model themselves with a short script
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the translation job, so this one still earns its $10/mo.
W
Weblate
translateTranslation· free
NOT REALLY
Google · 2025-07 · AI translation making the translation step nearly free and the platform seem optional
Google's version overlaps, but does not finish the translation job, so this one is still worth keeping open.