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6 products matching your filters. Each one described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

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  • Plunet logo

    Plunet

    Business and translation management system for language service providers and in-house translation departments

    Pricing on request
    • Web
    6 integrations

    3 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • SDL Trados Studio logo

    SDL Trados Studio

    Windows desktop CAT tool that agencies treat as the default exchange format

    Pricing on request
    • Windows
    • Web
    6 integrations

    3 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Smartling logo

    Smartling

    Enterprise translation management sold alongside first-party language services priced per word

    Pricing on request
    • Web
    • API
    10 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Unbabel logo

    Unbabel

    Human-in-the-loop translation combining machine translation with human post-editing, priced per word rather than per character

    Pricing on request
    • Web

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • XTM Cloud logo

    XTM Cloud

    Enterprise translation management from XTM International, now the centre of a private-equity backed roll-up that also owns Transifex

    Pricing on request
    • Web
    • API
    6 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • XTRF logo

    XTRF

    Translation business management system for language service providers, with published pricing starting at $9,000 a year

    Pricing on request
    • Web
    6 integrations

    3 alternatives · 3 questions answered

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Translation tools, compared

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