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SLokalise vs Phrase
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Lokalise if…
- you work on iOS, Android, Figma
- you're in its core audience: software developers, product teams
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Choose Phrase if…
- you want the lower entry price ($27/mo vs $149/mo)
- you're in its core audience: localization managers, software developers
Side by side
Feature Lokalise Phrase
Pricing modelFree trialFree trial
Starting price$149/mo$27/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentNoYes
Data retentionAudit log data retained 12 months; content retention not statedDeleted within 60 days after customer deletes content or agreement ends
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPRGDPR
Updates, last 90 days9—
Document translation—
Glossaries
Translation memory
AI quality scoring
Repo & design integrations
PlatformsWeb, API, iOS, Android, FigmaWeb, API
CategoryTranslationTranslation
CompanyLokalise, Inc.Phrase a.s.
Based inUnited StatesCzech Republic
Founded20172010
Part of—Phrase Group Holding s.r.o.
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
P Phrase
- Translation management system with custom workflows
- AI translation with machine translation engine selection
- Translation quality scoring and language quality assessment
- Software localization with in-context visual editor
- Subtitles and dubbing for multimedia content
- Phrase Atlas conversational assistant for projects and reports
- APIs, webhooks, MCP server and CLI
- Integrations with GitHub, Figma, Contentful, Slack
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Lokalise
Explorer$149/mo
Growth$379/mo
Advanced$1049/mo
EnterpriseCustom
Phrase
Freelancer27/mo billed annually
Professional525/mo billed annually
Software UI/UX525/mo billed annually
Team1,245/mo billed annually
BusinessCustom
EnterpriseCustom
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
Phrase
- 14-day free trial on all plans with no automatic charge
- Freelancer plan starts at 27/month billed annually
- Developer tools include APIs, webhooks, MCP server and CLI
- 24/7 customer support on all plans
- Team and Professional plans start at 525–1,245/month
- Listed prices apply only to annual billing
- Business and Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
- No free plan
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