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GCrowdin vs Lokalise
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Crowdin if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you're in its core audience: software and mobile developers, game studios
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Choose Lokalise if…
- you work on iOS, Android, Figma
- you're in its core audience: software developers, product teams
Side by side
Feature Crowdin Lokalise
Pricing modelFreemiumFree trial
Starting price—$149/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your content—No
Data retention—Audit log data retained 12 months; content retention not stated
Security and compliance—SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR
Updates, last 90 days—9
Document translation—
Glossaries—
Translation memory—
AI quality scoring—
Repo & design integrations—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API, iOS, Android, Figma
CategoryTranslationTranslation
CompanyCrowdinLokalise, Inc.
Based in—United States
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
L Lokalise
- AI translation using approved terminology and tone of voice
- AI quality scoring that sends low-confidence results to humans
- Automatic routing to the best-fit LLM
- Workflow automation for TM, QA, approvals and publishing
- REST API with 95 endpoints and 33 webhooks
- Over-the-air translation updates for mobile apps
- 60+ integrations including Figma, GitHub and Jira
- Supports 30+ file formats
Plans and prices
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Crowdin
CrowdinNot listed
Crowdin EnterpriseNot listed
Open Source / Academic LicenseFree
Lokalise
Explorer$149/mo
Growth$379/mo
Advanced$1049/mo
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
Lokalise
- 14-day free trial on all plans, no credit card required
- Large developer toolkit: 95 API endpoints, 33 webhooks, 10 SDKs
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and ISO 27017 certified
- 60+ integrations
- No free plan; paid plans start at $149/mo
- Enterprise pricing requires a sales demo
- HIPAA-aligned but not HIPAA-certified
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