Alternatives to Lokalise
Below are the 16 other tools in Translation & Localization, the category where we list Lokalise. For each one you get what it is, the starting price shown on its own site, and whether it has a free tier.
Lokalise starts at $149/mo, and we do not list a free tier for it. Read the full Lokalise profile, or see everything in Translation & Localization.
Price and free tier at a glance
| Tool | Starting price | Free tier |
|---|---|---|
| Lokalise | $149/mo (checked October 2026) | Not listed |
| Crowdin | Free; paid plans from $50/mo (checked October 2026) | Yes |
| DeepL | Free; paid plans from €7.49/mo (checked October 2026) | Yes |
| Google Translate | Free (checked October 2026) | Yes |
| Lara Translate | Free; paid plans from $9.99/mo (checked October 2026) | Yes |
| Localazy | Free; paid plans from $34/mo (checked October 2026) | Yes |
| memoQ | $36.33/mo (checked October 2026) | Not listed |
| Microsoft Translator | Free / Usage-based (checked October 2026) | Yes |
| Phrase | $27/mo | Not listed |
| Rask AI | $28/mo (checked October 2026) | Not listed |
| Smartcat | $100/mo (checked October 2026) | Not listed |
| Smartling | Custom pricing (checked October 2026) | Not listed |
| Tolgee | Free; paid plans from €58/mo (checked October 2026) | Yes |
| Transifex | Custom pricing (checked October 2026) | Not listed |
| Unbabel | Usage-based (checked October 2026) | Not listed |
| Weblate | Free; paid plans from €39/mo (checked October 2026) | Yes |
| Weglot | Free; paid plans from €12.50/mo (checked October 2026) | Yes |
Lokalise is the first row. The rest are in alphabetical order.
Alternatives with a free tier
9 of the 16 alternatives list a free tier or free plan. Free tiers usually come with usage limits.
Listed at a lower starting price than Lokalise
10 of the 16 tools below list a lower starting price ($149/mo) than Lokalise. A lower starting price does not mean the same features: plan limits differ a lot between tools.
- Crowdin · $50/mo
- Lara Translate · $9.99/mo
- Localazy · $34/mo
- memoQ · $36.33/mo
- Phrase · $27/mo
- Rask AI · $28/mo
- Smartcat · $100/mo
- Tolgee · $58/mo
- Weblate · $39/mo
- Weglot · $12.50/mo
Head-to-head comparisons
All 16 alternatives
Crowdin
Cloud localization platform for software, apps and websites with translation memory, QA checks and AI translation; Free plan, paid plans from $50 a month billed annually.
DeepL
AI translation for text and documents, plus DeepL Write and a developer API. Free plan covers 50,000 characters a month; Individual plan €7.49/month billed annually.
Google Translate
Google's translation site and apps for text, speech, photos, documents and web pages, free to use; the Cloud Translation API is billed separately from $20 per million characters.
Lara Translate
AI translation for text, documents, images and audio in 200+ languages and 70 file formats; Free has 60,000 characters a month. Pro is $9.99 a month billed annually.
Localazy
Translation management platform for software, priced by source keys; Free covers 200 keys. Paid plans start at $34 a month billed annually ($41 monthly).
memoQ
Windows CAT tool for translators with translation memory, term bases and LiveDocs; $436 a year billed annually ($36.33/mo) or $54 monthly.
Microsoft Translator
Free Microsoft Translator app for text, speech and image translation; Azure Translator API has a 2M-character free tier, then pay-as-you-go (Reported $10 per million characters).
Phrase
Localization platform with translation management, string management and AI translation; plans start at $27 a month billed annually (Freelancer).
Rask AI
AI video translation and dubbing into 135+ languages with voice cloning in 32; 3-minute trial. Creator starts at $28 a month billed annually ($39 monthly).
Smartcat
Content translation and creation platform with AI agents, translation memory and a human linguist Marketplace. Adapt starts at $1,200 a year, billed annually (about $100 a month).
Smartling
Translation management platform with AI, machine and human translation and about 60 integrations; plans are not priced publicly, and per-word services start at $0.0075.
Tolgee
Open-source localization platform with a free cloud plan, a free self-hosted version, and paid cloud plans from €58 a month billed annually.
Transifex
Localization platform with AI translation; one plan billed per AI-translated word at a volume-based rate, with pricing available through sales.
Unbabel
Language AI platform that translates support and marketing content with machine translation and optional human review; priced per word from $0.00020, with annual minimums on higher tiers.
Weblate
Open-source (GPLv3+) localization platform; free for public open-source projects. Hosted plans start at about €39 a month billed annually (€470 a year; €47 monthly).
Weglot
Website translation service with AI and machine translation, 110+ languages and a free plan under 2,000 words. Starter is €12.50 a month billed annually (€15 monthly).
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