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GLokalise vs Smartling
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Lokalise if…
- you want to trial it before paying
- you work on iOS, Android, Figma
- you're in its core audience: software developers, product teams
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Choose Smartling if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you're in its core audience: enterprise localization teams, software developers
Side by side
Feature Lokalise Smartling
Pricing modelFree trialFreemium
Starting price$149/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentNoYes, unless you opt out
Data retentionAudit log data retained 12 months; content retention not statedKept as long as necessary for the purpose collected; may retain for business or legal reasons
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPRSOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, ISO 42001, PCI DSS
Updates, last 90 days9—
Document translation—
Glossaries
Translation memory
AI quality scoring
Human translation—
Repo & design integrations
PlatformsWeb, API, iOS, Android, FigmaWeb, API
CategoryTranslationTranslation
CompanyLokalise, Inc.Smartling, Inc.
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded20172009
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
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
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Lokalise
Explorer$149/mo
Growth$379/mo
Advanced$1049/mo
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
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
Smartling
- Core plan is free to start
- Per-word rates published, from $0.0075/word for machine translation
- Customers can export translation memory (TMX) and content (XLIFF)
- Lists SOC 2, ISO/IEC 42001, HIPAA and GDPR compliance
- Enterprise plan pricing is not published
- Core plan keeps translation memory for only 180 days
- Some connectors require a higher tier or an add-on
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