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Translation

Dedicated translators and the general models that translate well, plus translation APIs and engines that run entirely on your own hardware.

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Models

The engines themselves. Use them through an API or inside the apps on the right.

Apps

Ready-made apps with a UI: sign in or install, then start.

APIs & offline engines

Translation APIs for your own apps, and open engines that translate without a connection.

Everything, in order

All translation options in quality order
TierNameApproachRunsRated byPriceSkill
– llama.cpp
ggml-org
APIs & offline enginesLocalNo public result yetFreeadvanced
– LibreTranslate
LibreTranslate (open-source project)
APIs & offline enginesLocalNo public result yetFreeadvanced
– Argos Translate
Argos Open Technologies
APIs & offline enginesLocalNo public result yetFreeadvanced
– CTranslate2
OpenNMT
APIs & offline enginesLocalNo public result yetFreeadvanced
– Firefox Translations
Mozilla
AppsLocalNo public result yetFreebeginner
– Amazon Translate
Amazon Web Services
APIs & offline enginesCloudNo public result yetFree tierintermediate
– Baidu Translate
Baidu
AppsCloudNo public result yet—beginner
– ChatGPT
OpenAI
AppsCloudNo public result yetFree tier · $20/mobeginner
– Claude
Anthropic
AppsCloudNo public result yetFree tier · $20/mobeginner
– DeepL
DeepL
Apps + APIs & offline enginesCloudNo public result yetFree tierbeginner
– DeepSeek
DeepSeek
AppsCloudNo public result yetFreebeginner
– Gemini
Google
AppsCloudNo public result yetFree tier · $4.99/mobeginner
– Google Lens
Google
AppsCloudNo public result yet—beginner
– Google Translate
Google
Apps + APIs & offline enginesCloudNo public result yetFreebeginner
– Grok
SpaceXSI (formerly xAI)
AppsCloudNo public result yetFree tier · $8/mobeginner
– Hy-MT2-30B-A3B
Tencent
ModelsLocalNo public result yet~19 GB VRAM—
– Immersive Translate
Immersive Translate
AppsCloudNo public result yetFree tierbeginner
– Kagi Translate
Kagi
AppsCloudNo public result yetFree tierbeginner
– Kimi
Moonshot AI
AppsCloudNo public result yetFree tierbeginner
– Lara Translate
Translated
Apps + APIs & offline enginesCloudNo public result yetFree tierbeginner
– Meta AI
Meta
AppsCloudNo public result yetFree tierbeginner
– Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft
AppsCloudNo public result yetFree tier · $9.99/mobeginner
– Microsoft Translator
Microsoft
Apps + APIs & offline enginesCloudNo public result yetFreebeginner
– North Small Translate 1.0
Cohere
ModelsLocalNo public result yet~126 GB VRAM—
– OpenRouter
OpenRouter
APIs & offline enginesCloudNo public result yetFree tierintermediate
– Papago
Naver
AppsCloudNo public result yet—beginner
– Qwen Chat
Alibaba (Qwen team)
AppsCloudNo public result yetFreebeginner
– qwen-mt-plus
Alibaba (Qwen)
ModelsCloudNo public result yet——
– Smartcat
Smartcat
AppsCloudNo public result yet$100/mointermediate
– SYSTRAN Translate
SYSTRAN
Apps + APIs & offline enginesCloudNo public result yetFree tierbeginner
– TranslateGemma 27B
Google
ModelsLocalNo public result yet~18 GB VRAM—
– Vibe (formerly Le Chat)
Mistral AI
AppsCloudNo public result yetFree tier · $15/mobeginner
– Youdao Translate
NetEase Youdao
AppsCloudNo public result yetFree tierbeginner

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