Apertium vs SimpleLocalize
Apertium
apertium.comSimpleLocalize
simplelocalize.ioSide by side
| Figure | Apertium | SimpleLocalize |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · Translation Software | 8.7 (#13) | 8.9 (#9) |
| Spec score · Translation apps | 8.2 (#48) | 9.0 (#13) |
| API access | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Translation memory | Yes | Yes |
| What it does | Apertium describes itself as a free/open-source platform for developing rule-based machine translation systems. | SimpleLocalize is a cloud translation-management platform for synchronizing, editing, translating, hosting, and delivering localization files for software, websites, and apps. |
Plans
SimpleLocalize
- CommunityFree
- Developer$12 a month
- Team$35 a month
- Business€99 a month
In their own words
SimpleLocalize
SimpleLocalize helps teams manage software translations and automate localization workflows. Its web translation editor offers customizable views, collaboration features, and word and character counters. Teams can use AI and machine auto-translation, no-code workflow automations, and host project translations behind a CDN. Developer tools include a REST API and an open-source CLI for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The CLI handles more than 30 localization file formats, including JSON, YAML, XLIFF, PO, ARB, Android XML, iOS Strings, CSV, and Excel. Listed integrations include GitHub, Figma, VS Code, IntelliJ, Shopify, Webflow, DeepL, and OpenAI. Users can import Excel or CSV data and export to Excel, CSV, or JSON. The free Community plan costs nothing and includes 500 translation keys, unlimited strings, 10 projects, 10 languages, one team member, and a 90-day activity and history log. A 14-day trial is listed. All plans are subject to a Fair Use Policy, and custom plans are available for large teams and enterprises. The maker says data is encrypted in transit and production data is regularly backed up with encrypted backups.