Translation · head to head
Amazon Translate vs Reverso
Amazon Translate
Translation
AWS machine translation API priced at $15 per million characters, with a 2 million character monthly free tier for the first 12 months
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
Reverso
Translation
Consumer translation, dictionary and grammar tool with a free tier and a Premium subscription around $6.49 to $9.99 a month
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Amazon Translate the generous 2 million character monthly free tier applies only for a customer’s first 12 months on AWS, so translation costs step up materially in year two with no change in usage.; Reverso there is no meaningful volume-priced developer API, so it is not a fit for embedding translation into an application the way Google, Microsoft or Amazon’s APIs are.
- They diverge on capability: Amazon Translate covers Text translation API, Reverso covers Context search.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Amazon Translate and Reverso actually diverge.
| Attribute | Amazon Translate | Reverso |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per million characters | Per user per month |
| Platforms | Web | Web, iOS, Android, Chrome |
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Translation).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Amazon Translate
- Text translation API
- Document translation
- Active Custom Translation
- Real-time document translation
- Formality control
- AWS-native integration
Only in Reverso
- Context search
- Text and document translation
- Grammar and rephrasing checker
- Vocabulary trainer
- Browser extensions
- Offline mobile access
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Amazon Translate
- An AWS-native development team wanting translation billed through the same console as the rest of their infrastructurenot Reverso
- A new AWS customer running a translation-heavy pilot project inside the generous first-year 2 million character monthly free tiernot Reverso
- A team building a translation pipeline directly integrated with S3 and Lambda for document processingnot Reverso
- A business wanting formality-adjusted output for specific language pairs in customer-facing contentnot Reverso
Reverso
- A language learner wanting real bilingual example sentences alongside a raw translation, not just a single output stringnot Amazon Translate
- A translator using context search to check idiomatic usage before finalising a phrasenot Amazon Translate
- A student or writer subscribing to Premium for ad-free use, offline access and a grammar checker in one toolnot Amazon Translate
- A small business needing occasional document translation within the Pro tier’s 200,000-word annual capnot Amazon Translate
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Amazon Translate
- The generous 2 million character monthly free tier applies only for a customer’s first 12 months on AWS, so translation costs step up materially in year two with no change in usage.
- There is no consumer-facing app or website, so it is unusable for casual personal translation the way Google Translate or Microsoft Translator are.
- Document translation of Office files costs double the standard per-character rate, which is easy to underestimate when budgeting a document-heavy project.
- Active Custom Translation, the tool for improving output with domain-specific data, costs four times the standard rate at $60 per million characters.
- As with all major MT APIs, output for low-resource languages and specialised terminology often still needs human review, so it does not substitute for a human translation service on customer-facing or legally sensitive content.
Reverso
- There is no meaningful volume-priced developer API, so it is not a fit for embedding translation into an application the way Google, Microsoft or Amazon’s APIs are.
- Document translation is capped by annual word count even on paid tiers, ruling it out for high-volume automated translation workloads.
- It has no on-premises or enterprise-scale deployment option, unlike Systran, so organisations with data residency requirements cannot use it for sensitive content.
- The free tier is ad-supported and limited on document translation, pushing regular users toward Premium fairly quickly.
- Context search quality depends on the size and domain coverage of its bilingual corpus, which can thin out for less common language pairs or highly technical terminology.
Pricing, plan by plan
Amazon Translate
Free- Standard text translation$15/month
- $15 per million characters
- 2 million characters per month free for the first 12 months on AWS
- Document translation (Office files)$30/month
- $30 per million characters, double the standard rate
- Real-time document translation$15/month
- Text and HTML documents, no free tier
- Active Custom Translation$60/month
- $60 per million characters
- 500,000 characters per month free for the first 2 months
Reverso
Free- FreeFree
- Text translation and context search, ad-supported
- Limited document translation
- Premium$6.49/month
- Billed annually; $9.99 if billed monthly
- Ad-free, 50,000 words/year document translation
- Premium grammar checker, offline mobile access
- Pro$19.99/month
- 200,000 words/year document translation
- Larger file size support (up to 120MB), more formats
Which should you pick?
Choose Amazon Translate if
- You need text translation api.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want document translation.
Choose Reverso if
- You need context search.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android, Chrome.
- You also want text and document translation.
Questions people ask
- Is Amazon Translate or Reverso better?
- Neither clearly leads. Amazon Translate starts at Free and Reverso at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Amazon Translate or Reverso?
- Amazon Translate starts at Free and Reverso at Free.
- Does Amazon Translate or Reverso run on more platforms?
- Amazon Translate runs on Web. Reverso runs on Web, iOS, Android, Chrome.
- Can I use Amazon Translate for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Amazon Translate best used for?
- Amazon Translate is most often used for an aws-native development team wanting translation billed through the same console as the rest of their infrastructure, a new aws customer running a translation-heavy pilot project inside the generous first-year 2 million character monthly free tier, a team building a translation pipeline directly integrated with s3 and lambda for document processing, a business wanting formality-adjusted output for specific language pairs in customer-facing content. Of those, an aws-native development team wanting translation billed through the same console as the rest of their infrastructure and a new aws customer running a translation-heavy pilot project inside the generous first-year 2 million character monthly free tier are not what Reverso is typically brought in for.
- What can Amazon Translate do that Reverso cannot?
- Amazon Translate covers Text translation API, Document translation, Active Custom Translation, Real-time document translation. Reverso covers Context search, Text and document translation, Grammar and rephrasing checker, Vocabulary trainer.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Amazon Translate: How generous is the free tier really?
2 million characters per month, the largest of the three major cloud APIs, but only for the first 12 months after which standard per-character pricing applies to everything.
Reverso: Is Reverso a machine translation API for developers?
No, it is a consumer-facing product with no significant developer API business; Google, Microsoft or Amazon are the appropriate choice for embedding translation into an application.
Amazon Translate: Is there a consumer app like Google Translate?
No, Amazon Translate is a developer API only, accessed through the AWS console and SDKs, with no separate public-facing app.
Reverso: What is the context search feature?
It shows real bilingual example sentences from translated documents and subtitles alongside a translation, which is useful for checking natural usage rather than a raw one-line output.
Amazon Translate: How much does document translation cost compared to text?
Double the standard rate, at $30 per million characters for Office file formats.
Reverso: How much document translation do I get on Premium?
50,000 words a year on Premium; the Pro tier raises that to 200,000 words a year with larger file support.
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