Baidu Translate
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What it is
Baidu Translate offers text, document, image, and speech translation, alongside APIs for applications and websites. Its general text translation API covers more than 200 languages across more than 40,000 language directions, with automatic source-language detection available. Document translation supports 11 formats, including scanned PDFs and images embedded in documents. The image API supports 25 languages and can place translated text back into the scene; speech translation combines recognition, text translation, and speech synthesis for more than 10 languages. A large-model API supports custom prompts and industry terminology customization, while advanced and premium API editions support custom terminology translation. Identity-verified users can receive up to 2 million free characters per month through the general text API. The platform also offers multimodal translation and private deployment, including offline web, desktop, API, and plug-in access. It lists Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, web, self-hosted, API, and extension platforms. Baidu was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.
Spec sheet
- Headquarters
- Beijing, ChinaRead 28 Sep 2026 · fanyi.baidu.com
- Founded
- 2000Read 28 Sep 2026 · fanyi.baidu.com
- AI translation
- The platform describes its large-model translation API as supporting multiple languages, custom prompts, and industry terminology customization.Read 7 Oct 2026 · api.fanyi.baidu.com
- Company details
- Baidu says it was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.Read 7 Oct 2026 · ir.baidu.com
- Customization
- The API product page states that advanced and premium editions support custom terminology translation.Read 7 Oct 2026 · api.fanyi.baidu.com
- Developer integration
- The platform says its APIs can be integrated into applications and websites, and its general translation API accepts text plus source and target languages with automatic source-language detection available.Read 7 Oct 2026 · api.fanyi.baidu.com
- Document translation
- The document translation API supports 11 document formats and more than 200 languages, including scanned PDF and images within documents.Read 7 Oct 2026 · api.fanyi.baidu.com
- Enterprise data
- The enterprise translation page says data is stored in Baidu Cloud under enterprise-level standards and describes this as safeguarding enterprise data security.Read 7 Oct 2026 · api.fanyi.baidu.com
- Enterprise support
- The enterprise page lists one-to-one customer success for the standard plan and expert team service with priority support for the premium plan.Read 7 Oct 2026 · api.fanyi.baidu.com
- Free API quota
- The general text translation API page says identity-verified users can receive up to 2 million free characters per month.Read 7 Oct 2026 · api.fanyi.baidu.com
- Image translation
- The image translation API supports 25 languages, automatic source-language detection, and placing translated text back into the scene.Read 7 Oct 2026 · api.fanyi.baidu.com
- Private deployment
- The private deployment offering supports offline web, desktop, API, and plug-in access, with configurable enterprise features, models, and system performance.Read 7 Oct 2026 · api.fanyi.baidu.com
- Speech translation
- The speech translation API supports more than 10 languages and combines speech recognition, text translation, and speech synthesis.Read 7 Oct 2026 · api.fanyi.baidu.com
- Translation coverage
- The general text translation API supports translation between more than 200 languages across more than 40,000 language directions.Read 7 Oct 2026 · api.fanyi.baidu.com
- Translation modes
- The platform offers text, multimodal translation, and private deployment solutions.Read 7 Oct 2026 · api.fanyi.baidu.com
Plans and prices
Strong points and limits
Strong points
- General text API covers over 200 languages.
- Document translation supports 11 formats.
- Image API can place translated text into scenes.
- Speech translation combines recognition, translation, and synthesis.
- Identity-verified users can receive a monthly free API quota.
Limits
- Team plans require at least five users.
- Enterprise Basic requires at least ten users.
- Enterprise Standard requires at least 15 users.
Who it suits
It suits individuals, businesses, and developers needing translation across text, documents, images, or speech. Teams can consider the API, enterprise plans, or private deployment options for their workflows.
Verdict
Baidu Translate combines broad language coverage with specialist document, image, and speech APIs.
Where Specifiction places it
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