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Microsoft Translator pricing
Microsoft Translator publishes 3 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, Microsoft Translator pricing is free across 3 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
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Microsoft Translator 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Translator (consumer app) | Free | 1 | Entry tier |
| Azure AI Translator (standard) | $10/month | 2 | +$10/month, 2 more features |
| Azure AI Translator (commitment tier) | On request | 1 | 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.
Microsoft Translator (consumer app)
FreeThe entry tier. It covers free text, voice and camera translation.
Azure AI Translator (standard)
$10/monthOver Microsoft Translator (consumer app), this tier adds:
- $10 per million characters translated
- Free tier for limited monthly volume
Azure AI Translator (commitment tier)
On requestOver Azure AI Translator (standard), this tier adds:
- Discounted per-character rate for a committed minimum monthly volume, quoted by Microsoft
Where Microsoft Translator stops being free
Microsoft Translator (consumer app), Free
- Free text, voice and camera translation
Azure AI Translator (standard), $10/month
The first thing you pay for:
- $10 per million characters translated
- Free tier for limited monthly volume
What the product covers
The full Microsoft Translator 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 API
- Document translation
- Speech translation
- Custom Translator
- Microsoft Translator app
- Volume commitment pricing
People bring Microsoft Translator in for a developer already building on azure who wants translation billed through the same cloud account as other services, an enterprise with high, predictable translation volume that negotiates a commitment-tier discount, a microsoft 365 organisation using built-in document and teams translation without a separate integration project, a team needing speech translation as part of a broader azure ai speech deployment. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Microsoft Translator 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Translator (this page) | Free | Per million characters | - | |
| Unbabel | On request | quote | - | vs Microsoft Translator |
| XTRF | On request | quote | - | vs Microsoft Translator |
| Amazon Translate | Free | Per million characters | - | vs Microsoft Translator |
| Plunet | On request | quote | - | vs Microsoft Translator |
| Reverso | Free | Per user per month | - | vs Microsoft Translator |
| Google Translate | Free | Per million characters | - | vs Microsoft Translator |
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 Microsoft Translator badges page.
Before you pay for Microsoft Translator
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: 3 tiers between Free and On request, 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.
Microsoft Translator runs on web, ios, android, windows, and is published by Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, Washington, United States. The full record is on the Microsoft Translator review, and the rest of the category is under best translation tools.
Microsoft Translator pricing questions
- How much does Microsoft Translator cost?
- Microsoft Translator publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Microsoft Translator (consumer app) up to On request for Azure AI Translator (commitment tier). The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Microsoft Translator have a free plan?
- Yes. The Microsoft Translator (consumer app) tier costs nothing and covers free text, voice and camera translation. Paying starts at $10/month for Azure AI Translator (standard).
- What is the difference between Microsoft Translator (consumer app) and Azure AI Translator (standard) on Microsoft Translator?
- Azure AI Translator (standard) costs $10/month against Free, and adds $10 per million characters translated, free tier for limited monthly volume.
- Is the Azure AI Translator (commitment tier) plan on Microsoft Translator worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is discounted per-character rate for a committed minimum monthly volume, quoted by microsoft. It costs On request against $10/month for Azure AI Translator (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?
- 3 of the 8 translation tools listed alongside Microsoft Translator have a free tier: Amazon Translate, Reverso, Google Translate.
- What am I actually paying for with Microsoft Translator?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a developer already building on azure who wants translation billed through the same cloud account as other services, an enterprise with high, predictable translation volume that negotiates a commitment-tier discount, a microsoft 365 organisation using built-in document and teams translation without a separate integration project.
- Does Microsoft Translator charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 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 Microsoft Translator 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 Microsoft Translator against before paying?
- The closest translation tools in this directory are Unbabel, XTRF, Amazon Translate, Plunet. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Microsoft Translator covering price, platforms and features.