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Smartling pricing
Smartling 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 31 August 2026, Smartling pricing is on request 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
- On request
- Model
- Quote
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Smartling 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core | On request | 5 | Entry tier |
| Enterprise | On request | 5 | Priced on request |
| Language services, charged separately per word | On request | 5 | 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.
Core
On requestThe entry tier. It covers subscription price not published, basic workflow, user and project management, browser cat editor with visual context, translation memory retained for 180 days, essential reporting and basic quality review.
Enterprise
On requestOver Core, this tier adds:
- Fully configurable dynamic workflows
- Translation memory with unlimited storage
- Full linguistic quality assurance suite
- Sized by the vendor against your content, workflows and languages
Language services, charged separately per word
On requestOver Enterprise, this tier adds:
- Machine translation from 0.0075 USD per word
- AI translation from 0.06 USD per word
- AI translation with human review from 0.12 USD per word
- Human and creative translation from 0.20 USD per word
- Rates are published as starting figures and carry conditions
What the product covers
The full Smartling 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
- Translation memory
- Visual context CAT editor
- Configurable workflows
- First-party language services
- Linguistic quality assurance
- Connectors and API
People bring Smartling in for a company that wants one supplier answerable for both the translation platform and the quality of the translated output, marketing sites where a translator needs to see the rendered page, not a spreadsheet of strings, to get tone and length right, replacing a platform vendor plus several separate agencies with a single contract and a single invoice, content operations at a volume where per-word rates are the dominant cost and the tooling fee is noise. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Smartling 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smartling (this page) | On request | quote | - | |
| Unbabel | On request | quote | - | vs Smartling |
| Microsoft Translator | Free | Per million characters | - | vs Smartling |
| XTRF | On request | quote | - | vs Smartling |
| Amazon Translate | Free | Per million characters | - | vs Smartling |
| Plunet | On request | quote | - | vs Smartling |
| Reverso | Free | Per user per month | - | vs Smartling |
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 Smartling badges page.
Before you pay for Smartling
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 On request and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Smartling against the tools that do have one before committing.
Smartling runs on web, api, and is published by Smartling, Inc. of New York, New York, United States. The full record is on the Smartling review, and the rest of the category is under best translation tools.
Smartling pricing questions
- How much does Smartling cost?
- Smartling publishes 3 tiers, from On request for Core up to On request for Language services, charged separately per word. The cheapest paid tier is On request.
- Does Smartling have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Smartling is listed as quote. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Core and Enterprise on Smartling?
- Enterprise costs On request against On request, and adds fully configurable dynamic workflows, translation memory with unlimited storage, full linguistic quality assurance suite, sized by the vendor against your content, workflows and languages.
- Which translation tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 translation tools listed alongside Smartling have a free tier: Microsoft Translator, Amazon Translate, Reverso, Google Translate.
- What am I actually paying for with Smartling?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a company that wants one supplier answerable for both the translation platform and the quality of the translated output, marketing sites where a translator needs to see the rendered page, not a spreadsheet of strings, to get tone and length right, replacing a platform vendor plus several separate agencies with a single contract and a single invoice.
- Does Smartling 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 Smartling 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 Smartling 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 Smartling covering price, platforms and features.