Lara Translate vs Smartling

Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.

Lara Translate

AI translation of text, documents, images and speech in 200+ languages

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Smartling

Translation management platform with AI, machine and human translation

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Choose Lara Translate if…

you work on iOS, Android
you're in its core audience: professionals and freelancers, business teams

Choose Smartling if…

you're in its core audience: enterprise localization teams, software developers

Side by side

FeatureL

Lara TranslateS

Smartling

Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium

Starting price——

Free plan

Free trial

API

Open source

Trains AI on your content—Yes, unless you opt out

Data retention—Kept as long as necessary for the purpose collected; may retain for business or legal reasons

Security and compliance—SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, ISO 42001, PCI DSS

Glossaries—

Translation memory—

AI quality scoring—

Human translation—

Repo & design integrations—

PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, APIWeb, API

CategoryTranslationTranslation

Rank in its category#11 of 12#9 of 12

CompanyTranslatedSmartling, Inc.

Based in—United States

Founded—2009

Part of——

What the free plans include

Lara Translate

Free plan limits aren't published.

Smartling

Translation memory for 180 days
Basic workflow, user, and project management
Basic linguistic quality assurance tools

Price changes we've recorded

We re-read each pricing page every month and log what changed.

Lara Translate

Nov 2, 2026Pricing model: Pricing unknown → Freemium; New plan: Free (€0); New plan: Pro (€8/mo billed annually); New plan: Team (From €25/mo billed annually); New plan: Enterprise (Custom)

Smartling

No changes since we started tracking.

Key features

L Lara Translate

Translation across 200+ languages
Document translation in 60+ formats with layout preserved
Image translation that keeps the visual design
Audio translation and live AI interpreter
Faithful, fluid and creative translation styles
Glossaries and translation memories
Incognito mode with no storage or training use
Optional human review by professional linguists

S Smartling

Translation management system with customizable workflows
50+ connectors for CMS, CRM, code repos and design tools
LQA Agent scoring AI translations with MQM
Auto Select LLM chooses a model per language pair
Website translation proxy (Global Delivery Network)
CAT tool with visual context and translation memory
Open APIs, SDKs and CI/CD integration
Professional translation from 4,000+ linguists

Plans and prices

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Lara Translate

Free€0

Pro€8/mo billed annually

TeamFrom €25/mo billed annually

EnterpriseCustom

Smartling

CoreFree to start

EnterpriseCustom

Machine TranslationFrom $0.0075/word

AI TranslationFrom $0.06/word

AI Human TranslationFrom $0.12/word

Human TranslationFrom $0.20/word

Strengths and limitations

Lara Translate

Free plan includes 60,000 characters a month and no credit card is required
API access on every plan, including 10,000 free characters a month
Team plans include unlimited free users on a shared quota
Incognito mode states that content is not stored or used for training

Prices are listed only in EUR
Pro and Team prices are shown only with annual billing; monthly-billing prices aren't listed
The Free plan has no extra usage beyond its monthly limit
Mobile apps and scanned PDF support require the Pro plan or higher

Smartling