Amazon Translate vs Trados
Amazon Translate
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Trados
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| Figure | Amazon Translate | Trados |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $15/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 11 |
| Spec score · Translation apps | 8.4 (#31) | 9.3 (#2) |
| Spec score · Translation Software | 8.4 (#37) | 8.6 (#25) |
| Spec score · Language Translation Software | 8.4 (#9) | 8.6 (#7) |
| API access | Yes | Yes |
| Document translation | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Glossary tools | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | AWS documentation describes integrations with Amazon Comprehend, Transcribe, Polly, S3, DynamoDB, Aurora, Redshift, Lambda, and Glue. | The pricing page says browser users can select files from OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, and Google Drive. |
| 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. | Customers get a knowledge base, community forums and free installation/licensing tickets; technical support requires an active support-and-maintenance agreement. |
| What it does | Amazon Translate is a machine translation service for translating text between supported languages on demand. | Trados is RWS's end-to-end translation platform for translators, language-service providers and organizations managing multilingual content. |
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
Trados
- Trados Go Monthly£24 a month
- Trados Go Annual£288 a year
- Trados Freelance Monthly£34 a month
- Trados Freelance Annual£408 a year
- Trados Freelance subscription$408 a year
- Trados Team$1,688 a month
- Trados BusinessPriced on request
- Trados EnterprisePriced on request
- Trados FreelancePrice not published
- Trados GoPrice not published
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.
Trados
Trados is a translation platform for localization professionals, translators, language service providers and organizations managing multilingual content. It combines document translation, translation memory and glossary tools; Studio keeps approved terminology and recommends consistent wording across languages and scripts. Studio handles more than 50 file types. For browser work, Trados Go runs on any device without an installation, and users can select files from OneDrive, Dropbox, Box and Google Drive. The desktop editor is officially supported on Windows, not macOS. Studio licenses include up to 6 million characters of Language Weaver machine translation each year. AI Bridge connects to OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini and DeepSeek. Trados offers online resources and community support; direct technical support requires an active Support and Maintenance Agreement. There is no free plan, and a 14-day trial is listed. Trados Go costs £24 a month or £288 a year; Freelance costs £34 a month or £408 a year. Both price sets exclude VAT.