Amazon Translate vs locize
Amazon Translate
aws.amazon.com
locize
locize.comSide by side
| Figure | Amazon Translate | locize |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $15/mo | $7/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 8 |
| Spec score · Translation apps | 8.4 (#31) | 9.4 (#1) |
| Spec score · Translation Software | 8.4 (#37) | 9.1 (#4) |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Integrations | AWS documentation describes integrations with Amazon Comprehend, Transcribe, Polly, S3, DynamoDB, Aurora, Redshift, Lambda, and Glue. | Official integration documentation lists REST API, CLI, Figma plugin, GitHub Action, repository-dispatch events, i18next, react-intl, Vue-i18n, LinguiJS, Polyglot, MCP, Microsoft Teams, Slack and webhooks. |
| Security | AWS describes security as a shared responsibility and lists data protection, identity and access management, monitoring, compliance validation, resilience, infrastructure security, and VPC endpoints among the service security topics. | Built-in security features include MFA options, SAML 2.0 SSO, API token permission control, role-based permissions, backups, and encryption at rest for personal data and stored third-party API credentials. |
| Support | The FAQ directs customers to AWS Customer Service for technical support and says feedback can be submitted through Customer Service or the Translate console. | The site directs users with questions about plan selection or usage to [email protected]. |
| What it does | Amazon Translate is a machine translation service for translating text between supported languages on demand. | Locize is a continuous localization and translation-management service connecting source code, translators and product teams. |
Plans
Amazon Translate
- Standard Text Translation$15 a month
- Batch Document Translation$15 a month
- Real-Time Document Translation (Text & HTML)$15 a month
- Real-Time Document Translation (Docx)$30 a month
- Active Custom Translation$60 a month
locize
- FreeFree
- Starter$7 a month
- Starter-Plus$19 a month
- Growth$49 a month
- Professional$99 a month
- Professional-Plus$149 a month
- Enterprise$199 a month
- FreeFree
In their own words
Amazon Translate
Amazon Translate is a paid API service for on-demand machine translation between 75 supported languages. It provides real-time and batch translation, website and document translation, glossary tools, and API access. Active Custom Translation uses parallel data examples to adapt output at runtime without requiring a customer-built custom model. Real-time requests are limited to 5,000 bytes per call. Batch jobs accept up to 5 GB per call, with individual documents up to 20 MB and 1,000,000 characters; supported formats include TXT, HTML, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, and XLIFF. AWS documents integrations with Comprehend, Transcribe, Polly, S3, DynamoDB, Aurora, Redshift, Lambda, and Glue. Listed plans include Standard Text Translation and Batch Document Translation at $15 a month, Real-Time Document Translation (Text & HTML) at $15 a month, Real-Time Document Translation (Docx) at $30 a month, and Active Custom Translation at $60 a month. A free plan and free trial are listed.
locize
Locize is a localization platform for connecting software code and internationalization setups with translators, then delivering translation updates through a CDN or API without a full app redeploy. Developers can sync keys and source strings through CLI or CI, while translators and reviewers use a separate interface with translation memory, in-context editing, review workflows, and machine or generative AI translations. Listed integrations and support include i18next, React, Vue, Angular, Next.js, Node.js, Figma, iOS and Android, plus PHP, Python, Java, and.NET. The Free plan is free and includes one user, two languages, five namespaces, and 100K standard CDN downloads per month. Starter costs $7 a month, and a 14-day trial is listed. Download limits matter: fixed plans block a project after standard CDN use exceeds 110% of its allowance, while Free automatically unpublishes translations. Locize lists MFA options, SAML 2.0 SSO, role-based permissions, backups, encryption, and Swiss FADP and EU GDPR coverage.