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SLokalise vs Microsoft Translator
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Lokalise if…
- you work on Figma
- you're in its core audience: software developers, product teams
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Choose Microsoft Translator if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you work on Windows
- you're in its core audience: travelers, developers
Side by side
Feature Lokalise Microsoft Translator
Pricing modelFree trialFreemium
Starting price$149/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentNo—
Data retentionAudit log data retained 12 months; content retention not stated—
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR—
Updates, last 90 days9—
Document translation—
Glossaries—
Translation memory—
AI quality scoring—
Repo & design integrations—
PlatformsWeb, API, iOS, Android, FigmaWeb, iOS, Android, Windows, API
CategoryTranslationTranslation
CompanyLokalise, Inc.Microsoft
Based inUnited States—
Founded2017—
Part of——
Key features
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
M Microsoft Translator
- Real-time conversation translation
- Multi-device conversation translation
- Offline translation of menus and street signs
- Website and document translation
- Live captioning for classrooms
- Translator API for text and speech
- Custom translation model training and hosting
- Built into Bing and Outlook, with an Outlook add-in
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Lokalise
Explorer$149/mo
Growth$379/mo
Advanced$1049/mo
EnterpriseCustom
Microsoft Translator
Free (F0)Free
S1 Pay-as-you-goPer million characters
D3 Custom volume$40 per million characters
Strengths and limitations
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
Microsoft Translator
- API free tier includes 2 million characters a month
- Apps for Android, iOS and Windows
- Custom model training is capped at $300 per run
- Built into Bing and Outlook
- S1 pay-as-you-go rates did not display on the pricing page we fetched
- Business API use requires an Azure subscription
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