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GCrowdin vs ModernMT
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 ModernMT if…
- you're in its core audience: localization teams, professional translators
Side by side
Feature Crowdin ModernMT
Pricing modelFreemiumContact for pricing
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CategoryTranslationTranslation
CompanyCrowdinTranslated S.r.l.
Based in——
Founded——
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
M ModernMT
- Translation across 200+ languages
- Document translation in 60+ file formats
- Image translation for 10+ file types
- Audio translation via API in 60+ languages
- Adapts to glossaries, translation memories and style guides
- Trados Studio and memoQ plugins
- MCP server, CLI and SDKs for seven languages
- Integrations with Crowdin, n8n, Blackbird and Google Sheets
Plans and prices
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Crowdin
CrowdinNot listed
Crowdin EnterpriseNot listed
Open Source / Academic LicenseFree
ModernMT
Enterprise / TeamCustom
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
ModernMT
- Supports 200+ languages
- Handles 60+ document formats
- SDKs available for seven programming languages
- Plugins for Trados Studio and memoQ
- ModernMT will shut down by the end of 2026 and is being replaced by Lara
- No public prices; pricing requires contacting sales
- Style guides and profanity detection are available only through the API
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