What is Tolgee?
Tolgee is an open-source localization platform for translating app and website text, with in-context editing, AI and machine translation, a CLI, a REST API and a Figma plugin. It runs as a hosted cloud service or as a self-hosted install, with SDKs for web frameworks (React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, Next.js), Flutter and Android.
Who it's for
Tolgee describes its audience as developers plus the non-developers they delegate translation to, such as colleagues, clients or volunteer translators. Its pricing page points teams with security, compliance or data residency needs to the self-hosted option.
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Tolgee lists a permanent free cloud plan with 30,000 hosted words, 3 seats and no credit card required; its homepage also lists 10,000 MT credits on that plan.
- Tolgee says paid cloud plans (Translate, Optimise, Manage) include unlimited seats and 400,000 MT credits, and that machine translation is included on every cloud plan.
- Tolgee lists machine translation through Tolgee AI, Google Translate, Amazon Translate, DeepL and Microsoft Azure Translator, and says you can use your own keys for providers such as OpenAI, Azure, Anthropic and Google AI.
- Tolgee says the free self-hosted version has unlimited keys and up to 10 seats, with the core under the Apache License 2.0 and a Tolgee Enterprise Edition License covering the ee/ directories.
- Tolgee lists ISO 27001 certification and says it does not hold SOC 2 today. It says the Optimise plan is free for open-source projects.
Limitations
- The pricing page does not show hosted-word limits for the paid cloud tiers. A comparison page on tolgee.io shows paid tiers 'from 50,000' words, which is not on the pricing page. Hosted words count the base text and every translation.
- Tolgee says there is no pay-as-you-go overage on hosted words and that auto-upgrade to a higher tier is on by default; the pricing page also says annual payers may still be charged monthly if they exceed limits. Confirm how this applies to you.
- Tolgee's terms say MT credits used beyond the subscription are charged as excess use, and that fees are non-cancelable and non-refundable unless the terms say otherwise. Subscriptions renew automatically, with non-renewal by written notice.
- SSO, a dedicated Slack channel, premium support and an account manager are listed under Enterprise. The pricing page does not detail per-plan feature differences among Translate, Optimise and Manage, and a comparison page lists granular permissions, activity history and tasks under Manage.
- Self-hosted paid licenses have no published price (priced by keys and seats). The free self-hosted version excludes SSO and granular permissions, has no support beyond docs and GitHub Discussions, and professional translations ordered through Tolgee are cloud-only.
Plans and pricing
- Free (cloud): €0. 30,000 hosted words and 3 seats, with machine translation and all integrations. No credit card required. Homepage lists 10,000 MT credits.
- Translate: €58 a month billed annually. Unlimited seats and 400,000 MT credits. Monthly-billing price and word limit not shown on the pricing page.
- Optimise: €133 a month billed annually. Unlimited seats and 400,000 MT credits. Described as aimed at mid-size teams; free for open-source projects per the self-hosted page.
- Manage: €373 a month billed annually. Unlimited seats and 400,000 MT credits. Word limit not shown on the pricing page.
- Enterprise: Contact sales. Lists premium support, dedicated Slack channel, SSO, account manager, team training and prioritized feature requests.
- Self-hosted: Free version; licenses contact sales. Free version has unlimited keys and up to 10 seats with core features. Licensed plans are priced by keys and seats, billed monthly or annually, and add SSO and granular permissions.
Cloud prices were read from the official pricing page in euros, shown as per-month figures for annual billing ('Get 2 months FREE'); monthly-billing prices and paid-tier word limits were not shown, and a USD toggle displayed no amounts. A comparison page on tolgee.io lists $66, $149 and $416 a month billed annually for Translate, Optimise and Manage, which differs from the euro figures. Confirm on the live pricing page.
Details checked October 2026 against the vendor's own pages. Prices and limits change, so confirm before you buy. Official pricing page ↗
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Tolgee — at a glance
Tolgee is an open-source localization platform for translating app and website text, with in-context editing, AI and machine translation, a CLI, a REST API and a Figma plugin. It runs as a hosted cloud service or as a self-hosted install, with SDKs for web frameworks (React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, Next.js), Flutter and Android.
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