Free Website Translation and Localization Tools
Which website translation and localization tools a startup can translate its site and app with for free today, how many languages and words the free plan covers, whether a card is needed and what the first paid plan costs, read from each provider's own page.
Free allowances read on each provider's own pages, all checked on or after . Website translation tools change their free plans from time to time: confirm the terms on the provider's page before you rely on it.
Website translation tools a startup can use for free today include ConveyThis (Free plan: 10,000 words, 1 language), Tolgee (Free plan: 30,000 words, 3 seats), Weglot (Free plan: 2,000 words, 1 language), Localazy (Free plan: 200 source keys), and Linguise (1-month trial: 600,000 words). Each of the 12 free plans below links to the provider's page that states it, with its main limit, how many languages and words it covers, whether a card is needed and what the first paid plan costs.
Reaching customers in another language means translating your website or app. Website translation tools translate a site through a plugin or a snippet, and localization platforms manage app strings with your team. Several have a free plan, and WordPress plugins and open-source platforms are free to use.
The headline rarely tells you how far it goes. Free plans cap translated words, pages or keys, cover one language, or are free only for public projects, and some free words never renew. Each tool below shows what is free, its main limit, the languages and words it covers, whether a card is needed and what the first paid plan costs, quoted from the provider's own page with the date we read it. Machine translation APIs are compared in our free translation APIs guide.
Which tools we picked and the order they appear in are our editorial choices; the terms are the providers'. Some of these providers pay us a referral commission when someone signs up through our link: those links are labeled, and they play no part in which tools are listed or where.
Website translation tools with a free plan
Translate a website with a plugin or a snippet, free to start.
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ConveyThis
A small site that needs one language, with no time limit
ConveyThis's Free plan costs $0 and has no time limit, with 10,000 translated words and one translation language. No credit card is needed to sign up. Paid plans start at $12 a month.
- Languages and words
- 1 language, 10,000 words (source: conveythis.com)
- Payment card
- No credit card needed (source: conveythis.com)
- First paid plan
- Starter: $12 a month (source: conveythis.com)
Start free at ConveyThisTerms read on conveythis.com on ConveyThis: the free allowance and how to start - 2
Weglot
Testing a small site in one extra language
Weglot's Free plan needs no credit card and covers one translated language. Its 2,000 words are a fixed total that does not renew. Starter is about $17 a month.
- Languages and words
- 1 language, 2,000 words (source: weglot.com)
- Payment card
- No credit card required (source: weglot.com)
Start free at WeglotTerms read on weglot.com on Weglot: the free allowance and how to start Go Global by Weglot: what startups get - 3
Linguise
A site that wants a full month to test translation
Linguise lets you translate up to 600,000 words for one month, with no credit card needed. After the free month, the monthly prices start at $15 a month.
- Languages and words
- Unlimited languages, 600,000 words (source: linguise.com)
- Payment card
- No credit card needed (source: linguise.com)
- First paid plan
- Start: $15 a month (source: linguise.com)
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Clonable
A small site with up to 20 pages to translate
Clonable's Free plan includes one clone and up to 20 translated pages.
Start free at ClonableReferral linkTerms read on clonable.net on Clonable: the free allowance and how to start - 5
Polylang
WordPress sites on a free plugin with community help
Polylang's free plugin is on wordpress.org, and Polylang's own pricing page points to it. Support for the free plugin is community support on wordpress.org.
- What's free
- Free WordPress plugin (source: polylang.pro)
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TranslatePress
WordPress sites that translate the page by hand
The free TranslatePress plugin lets you translate the entire page at once, including output from shortcodes, forms and page builders.
Start free at TranslatePressTerms read on translatepress.com on TranslatePress: the free allowance and how to start
Localization platforms with a free plan
Manage app and product translations with your team, free to start.
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Tolgee
Teams that want to start localizing with no card
Tolgee's Free plan costs nothing, with 30 000 words and 3 seats, and needs no credit card.
- Payment card
- No credit card required (source: tolgee.io)
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Localazy
Apps with up to 200 source keys in many languages
Localazy's free plan has up to 200 source keys, with unlimited seats and languages, and no credit card is required. The Autopilot plan is $89 a month.
- Languages and words
- Unlimited seats and languages (source: localazy.com)
- Payment card
- No credit card required (source: localazy.com)
- First paid plan
- Autopilot: $89 a month (source: localazy.com)
Start free at LocalazyTerms read on localazy.com on Localazy: the free allowance and how to start Localazy for Startups: what startups get - 3
Crowdin
Open-source projects and small teams localizing strings
Crowdin's Free Plan starts localizing for free, with all essential features for translators included. Open-source projects are welcome to use it. Every plan has a cap on hosted words.
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POEditor
Small projects with up to 1,000 strings
POEditor's free plan costs $0 a month and is for small projects, with a string limit of 1,000. The Start plan is $20 a month for integrators.
- First paid plan
- Start: $20 a month (source: poeditor.com)
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Weblate
Public open-source projects
Weblate's Libre plan is free for libre projects, and only for public projects. It has the same limits as the 160k plan.
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Lokalise
Teams that want the full product for two weeks
Lokalise gives every plan a free 14-day trial, and no credit card is required. After the trial, the Explorer plan is $149 a month.
- Payment card
- No credit card required (source: lokalise.com)
- First paid plan
- Explorer: $149 a month (source: lokalise.com)
Developer startup programs
Programs from developer tool companies that give startups credits or discounts on paid plans.
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How this comparison is built
The list covers website translation and localization tools a founder can use for free today without applying to a program. The order and the "best for" notes are our editorial reading of each tool's terms. Every term comes from the tool's own pricing or help page on the date shown, never from a third-party list; follow each link for the full conditions. A cap on translated words or languages, the provider's branding on the language switcher, a free plan only for open-source projects can matter more than the headline, so the comparison quotes them wherever the provider states them. Some of these tools pay StartupPerks a referral commission, and their links are labeled as referral links; that decides neither whether nor where a tool appears, and no tool pays for a placement on this page.
Read the full methodologyCommon questions
What is the best free website translation tool?
It depends on your site. By the terms each provider states, ConveyThis's free plan covers 10,000 words in 1 language, Weglot's 2,000 words in 1 language, Clonable's 20 translated pages, and Polylang and TranslatePress are free WordPress plugins.
Is Weglot free?
Weglot's free plan covers 2,000 words in 1 language, and those words never renew.
Is there a free localization platform?
Yes. By their own pages, Tolgee's free plan includes 30,000 words and 3 seats, Localazy's 200 source keys with unlimited seats and languages, POEditor's 1,000 strings, and Weblate's Libre plan is free for public projects.
Is Crowdin free?
Crowdin has a free plan with essential features; every plan caps hosted words.
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