Lokalise alternatives
At the entry plan, Lokalise costs $169 a month. 2 translation or localization tools cost less, from $17 (Weglot). The closest match, Crowdin, covers 93% of what Lokalise does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What Lokalise does
Core: Software string management, Git, CLI and API sync.
Important: Instant machine translation (partly), Over-the-air updates (partly), In-context visual editing, Translation memory (partly), Glossary and terminology (partly), Customizable AI translation, Choice of MT engines (partly), Review workflow and QA, Integrations ecosystem, Security and compliance (partly).
Also has: Document file translation (partly), Multilingual website (partly), Professional translation ordering (partly).
Alternatives to Lokalise at the entry plan, best match first
- Crowdin: $60/mo Monthly price inferred from annual: $50/mo billed yearly (Pro plan, monthly billing (inferred, see pointNotes)). It covers 93% of Lokalise; missing or partial: In-context visual editing (partly), Customizable AI translation (partly). Free plan: Free plan at $0: essential translator features; open-source projects welcome; limits not published on the static page..
- Weglot: $17/mo USD is Weglot's estimate; billed in EUR (Starter plan, monthly billing). It covers 69% of Lokalise; missing or partial: Software string management (partly), Git, CLI and API sync (partly), Translation memory, Customizable AI translation (partly), Review workflow and QA (partly). Free plan: Free: $0, 2,000 translated words, 1 translated language, 1 project; Weglot badge shown outside WordPress and Squarespace..
- DeepL: $8.74/mo Annual billing (Individual (cheapest paid individual plan; USD monthly price not verified)). It covers 45% of Lokalise; missing or partial: Software string management, Git, CLI and API sync, Over-the-air updates, In-context visual editing, Customizable AI translation (partly). Free plan: Free version: 50,000 characters per user per month and 1 file translation per user per month (up to 5 MB).. Last price hike: Apr 2026.
Other kinds of products that cover part of Lokalise
- Gemini (AI assistants): covers 31% of Lokalise; missing or partial: Software string management, Git, CLI and API sync, Over-the-air updates, In-context visual editing, Translation memory
- HeyGen (AI video): covers 31% of Lokalise; missing or partial: Software string management, Git, CLI and API sync, Over-the-air updates, In-context visual editing (partly), Translation memory
Prices at every size
- Lokalise: the entry plan $169/mo, a 10,000-word website in 2 languages no public price, an app in 3 languages with 5 users $439/mo (Monthly billing; history is annual-billed)
- Crowdin: the entry plan $60/mo, a 10,000-word website in 2 languages no public price, an app in 3 languages with 5 users no public price (Monthly price inferred from annual: $50/mo billed yearly)
- Weglot: the entry plan $17/mo, a 10,000-word website in 2 languages $32/mo, an app in 3 languages with 5 users not offered (USD is Weglot's estimate; billed in EUR)
- DeepL: the entry plan $8.74/mo, a 10,000-word website in 2 languages no public price, an app in 3 languages with 5 users no public price (Annual billing)
Prices are USD per month on monthly billing (annual-only plans and WordPress plugin licences divided by 12): the cheapest paid plan that does each product's core job, a 10,000-word website translated into 2 languages, and an app with 2,000 keys localized into 3 languages by a 5-person team. A dash means the product does not do that job.
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