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Alternatives to Phrase
24 translation tools sit alongside Phrase in this directory. Below is what separates each from Phrase on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 24
- With a free tier
- 12
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Phrase starts at
- On request
Why people look past Phrase
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Phrase entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Phrase carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 12 of the 24 alternatives below can be used without paying.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Phrase publishes 5 tiers, from $27/month up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Phrase pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Simple, transparent pricing. Start free and scale as you grow.
- Can be used without paying; Phrase cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Phrase does not.
- 1 tier to Phrase's 5.
AI-powered language translation
- Can be used without paying; Phrase cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $8.99/month, where Phrase does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
- 3 tiers to Phrase's 5.
New packages to fuel your revenue growth
- Can be used without paying; Phrase cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $144/month, where Phrase does not.
- 4 tiers to Phrase's 5.
Adapt your communication to local cultures with memoQ
- Publishes an entry price of €2904/year, where Phrase does not.
- 4 tiers to Phrase's 5.
Free, open source desktop CAT tool under the GPLv3, maintained by a volunteer community rather than a company
- Can be used without paying; Phrase cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than subscription.
- 1 tier to Phrase's 5.
Azure AI Translator, priced at $10 per million characters for standard text translation with volume commitment discounts available
- Can be used without paying; Phrase cannot.
- Sold on a Per million characters model rather than subscription.
- 3 tiers to Phrase's 5.
Every Phrase alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phrase (this page) | On request | Subscription | 5 | |
| CrowdinSimple, transparent pricing. Start free and scale as you grow | Free | Subscription | 1 | vs Phrase |
| DeepLAI-powered language translation | Free, then $8.99/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Phrase |
| LokaliseNew packages to fuel your revenue growth | Free, then $144/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Phrase |
| memoQAdapt your communication to local cultures with memoQ | €2904/year | Subscription | 4 | vs Phrase |
| OmegaT | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Phrase |
| Microsoft Translator | Free | Per million characters | 3 | vs Phrase |
| Amazon Translate | Free | Per million characters | 4 | vs Phrase |
| Google Translate | Free | Per million characters | 4 | vs Phrase |
| MateCat | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Phrase |
| Reverso | Free | Per user per month | 3 | vs Phrase |
| wxrks | Free, then $38/month | Per year by processed word volume | 8 | vs Phrase |
| POEditor | Free, then $14.99/month | Per month by string count | 4 | vs Phrase |
| Pontoon | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Phrase |
| Plunet | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Phrase |
| XTRF | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Phrase |
| Unbabel | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Phrase |
| Systran | On request | Per user per month, or quote for Enterprise | 3 | vs Phrase |
| Gengo | On request | Per word | 2 | vs Phrase |
| Smartcat | $1200/year | Per year by Smartword volume | 4 | vs Phrase |
| SDL Trados Studio | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Phrase |
| Sonix | $10/month | Per hour of transcription | 5 | vs Phrase |
| Smartling | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Phrase |
| XTM Cloud | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Phrase |
| Wordbee | €150/month | Per power user per month | 7 | vs Phrase |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Phrase badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (12)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Crowdin , Free
- DeepL , Free, then $8.99/month
- Lokalise , Free, then $144/month
- OmegaT , Free
- Microsoft Translator , Free
- Amazon Translate , Free
- Google Translate , Free
- MateCat , Free
What you would be giving up
Phrase is most often brought in for software localization, translation management, multi-language content delivery. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Phrase is broadly right and the question is cost, the Phrase pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Translation category lists everything the directory holds, and best translation tools ranks them.
Phrase runs on not recorded. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Phrase alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Phrase?
- 24 other translation tools are listed in this directory, led by Crowdin, DeepL, Lokalise, memoQ. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Phrase?
- 12 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Crowdin, DeepL, Lokalise, OmegaT, Microsoft Translator.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Phrase?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Phrase?
- Phrase is most often brought in for software localization, translation management, multi-language content delivery. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Phrase?
- None of the translation tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Phrase alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Translation, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Phrase against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Phrase covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every translation tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Translation category, 24 tools beside Phrase. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.