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MateCat pricing
MateCat publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the translation tools listed alongside it.
As of 1 September 2026, MateCat pricing is free. 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
- Open source, no licence fee
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
MateCat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MateCat | Free | 2 | Entry tier |
Where MateCat stops being free
MateCat, Free
- Free browser-based CAT tool, LGPL licensed
- Hosted and operated by Translated srl
No paid tier on record
MateCat lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full MateCat 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
- Browser-based CAT interface
- Machine translation suggestions
- Translation memory
- Quality assurance checks
- Project management
- File translation
People bring MateCat in for a freelance translator wanting a no-install, browser-based cat tool with built-in machine translation suggestions, a small agency wanting basic hosted project management without paying for a commercial tms, a translator who wants mt suggestions from multiple engines surfaced alongside translation memory matches in one interface, a team occasionally needing quick file translation through a browser without setting up desktop software. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to MateCat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MateCat (this page) | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | |
| Unbabel | On request | quote | - | vs MateCat |
| Microsoft Translator | Free | Per million characters | - | vs MateCat |
| XTRF | On request | quote | - | vs MateCat |
| Amazon Translate | Free | Per million characters | - | vs MateCat |
| Plunet | On request | quote | - | vs MateCat |
| Reverso | Free | Per user per month | - | vs MateCat |
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 MateCat badges page.
Before you pay for MateCat
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: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
MateCat runs on web, and is published by Translated srl of Rome, Italy. The full record is on the MateCat review, and the rest of the category is under best translation tools.
MateCat pricing questions
- How much does MateCat cost?
- MateCat publishes a single tier, MateCat, at Free.
- Does MateCat have a free plan?
- Yes. The MateCat tier costs nothing and covers free browser-based cat tool, lgpl licensed, hosted and operated by translated srl.
- Which translation tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 translation tools listed alongside MateCat have a free tier: Microsoft Translator, Amazon Translate, Reverso, Google Translate.
- What am I actually paying for with MateCat?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a freelance translator wanting a no-install, browser-based cat tool with built-in machine translation suggestions, a small agency wanting basic hosted project management without paying for a commercial tms, a translator who wants mt suggestions from multiple engines surfaced alongside translation memory matches in one interface.
- Does MateCat charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 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 MateCat 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 MateCat 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 MateCat covering price, platforms and features.