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GCrowdin vs DeepL
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Crowdin if…
- you're in its core audience: software and mobile developers, game studios
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Choose DeepL if…
- you work on Windows, macOS, iOS
- you're in its core audience: individual professionals, business and localization teams
Side by side
Feature Crowdin DeepL
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your content—Yes
Data retention—Texts and documents deleted after the contracted services are fully performed
Security and compliance—SOC 2 Type II, GDPR
Document translation—
Glossaries—
Translation memory—
Speech translation—
Office add-ins—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Chrome, API
CategoryTranslationTranslation
CompanyCrowdinDeepL SE
Based in—Germany
Founded—2017
Part of——
Key features
C Crowdin
- Online translation editor with translation memory and glossaries
- AI pre-translation, AI proofreading and automatic QA
- Supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure AI and 40+ MT engines
- Quality checks for placeholders, length and consistency
- Branch-based translation for parallel releases
- Over-the-air content delivery for mobile apps
- 700+ integrations including GitHub, Figma, Unity
- Support for 100+ file formats
D DeepL
- Text translation in 100+ languages
- Document translation that keeps the original layout
- Real-time voice translation for meetings and conversations
- DeepL Write for style and tone adjustments
- Custom glossaries and style rules
- Translation memory on the Business plan
- Add-ins for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace
- Developer API and MCP integrations with AI assistants
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Crowdin
CrowdinNot listed
Crowdin EnterpriseNot listed
Open Source / Academic LicenseFree
DeepL
FreeFree
Individual€7.49/mo billed annually
Team€24.99/user/mo billed annually
Business€49.99/user/mo billed annually
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Crowdin
- Free licenses for open source and academic projects
- Trials available: 14 days for Crowdin, 30 days for Enterprise
- Paid plans include unlimited translators and proofreaders
- 700+ integrations and 100+ file formats
- Exact plan prices are not shown on the pricing page text
- Enterprise is billed annually only
- Hosted word limits count each target language separately
DeepL
- Free version includes 50,000 characters a month
- 30-day free trial on Individual and Team plans
- Apps for desktop, mobile, browsers and Office suites
- API available for developers
- Pricing page lists EUR prices billed annually and does not show USD prices
- Free version allows only 1 file translation a month
- No API pricing is shown on the plans page
- Free trial is not available to users who have had a DeepL trial before
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Freemium
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PP
From $27/mo
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From $18.99/mo
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From $100/mo
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From $149/mo
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