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GCrowdin vs Smartcat
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 Smartcat if…
- you're in its core audience: enterprise localization teams, l&d teams
Side by side
Feature Crowdin Smartcat
Pricing modelFreemiumFree trial
Starting price—$100/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CategoryTranslationTranslation
CompanyCrowdinSmartcat
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
S Smartcat
- AI translation in 280+ languages
- AI Coworkers for translation, review and QA
- CAT tool and translation management system
- Marketplace of 500K+ human language experts
- File translation for PDF, Excel, InDesign, XLIFF
- Video, audio and subtitle translation
- Free translation memory on all plans
- API access on higher plans
Plans and prices
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Crowdin
CrowdinNot listed
Crowdin EnterpriseNot listed
Open Source / Academic LicenseFree
Smartcat
Adapt$1,200
AccelerateCustom
AnticipateCustom
AutonomousCustom
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
Smartcat
- Supports 280+ languages
- 15-day free trial with no credit card, including API access
- Unlimited users from the entry plan
- Translation memory included free on all plans
- Entry plan starts at $1,200 per year
- Higher tiers are custom-priced only
- API, SSO and 2FA are on the Anticipate tier and above
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