Translation · pricing
Google Translate pricing
Google Translate publishes 4 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, Google Translate pricing is free across 4 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
- Free
- Model
- Per million characters
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Yes
Google Translate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Translate (consumer) | Free | 2 | Entry tier |
| Document translation | $0.08/month | 1 | +$0.08/month, 1 more feature |
| Cloud Translation API (Translation LLM) | $10/month | 1 | +$9.92/month, 1 more feature |
| Cloud Translation API (NMT) | $20/month | 2 | +$10/month, 2 more features |
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.
Google Translate (consumer)
FreeThe entry tier. It covers free web, mobile and browser extension use, no published usage cap for personal use.
Document translation
$0.08/monthOver Google Translate (consumer), this tier adds:
- $0.08 per page for DOCX, PPT and PDF translation
Cloud Translation API (Translation LLM)
$10/monthOver Document translation, this tier adds:
- $10 per million characters input, $10 per million output
Cloud Translation API (NMT)
$20/monthOver Cloud Translation API (Translation LLM), this tier adds:
- $20 per million characters translated
- First 500,000 characters per month free, recurring
Where Google Translate stops being free
Google Translate (consumer), Free
- Free web, mobile and browser extension use
- No published usage cap for personal use
Document translation, $0.08/month
The first thing you pay for:
- $0.08 per page for DOCX, PPT and PDF translation
What the product covers
The full Google Translate 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
- Text translation
- Real-time conversation mode
- Camera translation
- Document upload
- Cloud Translation API
- Custom models (AutoML Translation)
People bring Google Translate in for an individual traveller or student using the free consumer app with no volume constraints, a developer embedding translated user-generated content into an app, paying per million characters translated, a company needing occasional bulk document translation and using the per-page document api pricing, a business training a custom domain-adapted model for specialised terminology using automl translation. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Google Translate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Translate (this page) | Free | Per million characters | - | |
| Unbabel | On request | quote | - | vs Google Translate |
| Microsoft Translator | Free | Per million characters | - | vs Google Translate |
| XTRF | On request | quote | - | vs Google Translate |
| Amazon Translate | Free | Per million characters | - | vs Google Translate |
| Plunet | On request | quote | - | vs Google Translate |
| Reverso | Free | Per user per month | - | vs Google Translate |
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 Google Translate badges page.
Before you pay for Google Translate
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: 4 tiers between Free and $20/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Google Translate runs on web, ios, android, chrome, and is published by Google LLC of Mountain View, California, United States. The full record is on the Google Translate review, and the rest of the category is under best translation tools.
Google Translate pricing questions
- How much does Google Translate cost?
- Google Translate publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Google Translate (consumer) up to $20/month for Cloud Translation API (NMT). The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Google Translate have a free plan?
- Yes. The Google Translate (consumer) tier costs nothing and covers free web, mobile and browser extension use, no published usage cap for personal use. Paying starts at $0.08/month for Document translation.
- What is the difference between Google Translate (consumer) and Document translation on Google Translate?
- Document translation costs $0.08/month against Free, and adds $0.08 per page for docx, ppt and pdf translation.
- Is the Cloud Translation API (NMT) plan on Google Translate worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is $20 per million characters translated, first 500,000 characters per month free, recurring. It costs $20/month against $0.08/month for Document translation. 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?
- 3 of the 8 translation tools listed alongside Google Translate have a free tier: Microsoft Translator, Amazon Translate, Reverso.
- What am I actually paying for with Google Translate?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for an individual traveller or student using the free consumer app with no volume constraints, a developer embedding translated user-generated content into an app, paying per million characters translated, a company needing occasional bulk document translation and using the per-page document api pricing.
- Does Google Translate charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 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 Google Translate 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 Google Translate 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 Google Translate covering price, platforms and features.