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Gengo pricing
Gengo publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, Gengo pricing is on request across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- Per word
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
Gengo plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $0.06/month | 2 | Entry tier |
| Pro | On request | 2 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Standard
$0.06/monthThe entry tier. It covers human translation, $0.06 per word starting rate, no minimum spend or setup fee.
Pro
On requestOver Standard, this tier adds:
- Higher-quality tier, rate varies by language pair and content type
- Human translation with additional review
What the product covers
The full Gengo feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Standard and Pro quality tiers
- Developer API
- No minimum spend
- Crowdsourced translator network
- Bulk file upload
- CMS and platform integrations
People bring Gengo in for an e-commerce seller translating product listings into multiple languages without a minimum spend requirement, a company integrating the gengo api into a content pipeline to automatically route text for human translation, a support team needing occasional human-translated responses without committing to unbabel’s enterprise minimum, a publisher needing straightforward, transparently priced human translation for shorter, lower-stakes content. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Gengo are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Translation
Too few translation tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gengo (this page) | On request | Per word | - | |
| Unbabel | On request | quote | - | vs Gengo |
| Microsoft Translator | Free | Per million characters | - | vs Gengo |
| XTRF | On request | quote | - | vs Gengo |
| Amazon Translate | Free | Per million characters | - | vs Gengo |
| Plunet | On request | quote | - | vs Gengo |
| Reverso | Free | Per user per month | - | vs Gengo |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Gengo badges page.
Before you pay for Gengo
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between $0.06/month and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Gengo against the tools that do have one before committing.
Gengo runs on web, and is published by Gengo (a Lionbridge company) of Tokyo, Japan. The full record is on the Gengo review, and the rest of the category is under best translation tools.
Gengo pricing questions
- How much does Gengo cost?
- Gengo publishes 2 tiers, from $0.06/month for Standard up to On request for Pro. The cheapest paid tier is $0.06/month.
- Does Gengo have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Gengo is listed as Per word. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Standard and Pro on Gengo?
- Pro costs On request against $0.06/month, and adds higher-quality tier, rate varies by language pair and content type, human translation with additional review.
- Is the Pro plan on Gengo worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is higher-quality tier, rate varies by language pair and content type, human translation with additional review. It costs On request against $0.06/month for Standard. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which translation tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 translation tools listed alongside Gengo have a free tier: Microsoft Translator, Amazon Translate, Reverso, Google Translate.
- What am I actually paying for with Gengo?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for an e-commerce seller translating product listings into multiple languages without a minimum spend requirement, a company integrating the gengo api into a content pipeline to automatically route text for human translation, a support team needing occasional human-translated responses without committing to unbabel’s enterprise minimum.
- Does Gengo charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Gengo prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Gengo against before paying?
- The closest translation tools in this directory are Unbabel, Microsoft Translator, XTRF, Amazon Translate. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Gengo covering price, platforms and features.