BabelEdit vs Localizely
BabelEdit
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| Figure | BabelEdit | Localizely |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $16/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 11 |
| Spec score · Localization Management Software | 8.6 (#7) | 9.2 (#1) |
| Spec score · Translation Software | 8.6 (#20) | 9.1 (#3) |
| Spec score · Translation apps | 7.9 (#79) | 9.2 (#4) |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Product | BabelEdit is a desktop editor for translation files including JSON, YAML, PHP, ARB, properties, RESX, and XLIFF. | Localizely is a translation management system for managing and translating mobile app, game, and website content. |
| Translation memory | Yes | Translation memory reuses previous translations to improve consistency and speed. |
Plans
BabelEdit
- Single User License$49.99, paid once
- Volume License$49.99, paid once
- Translation CreditsPrice not published
- BabelEdit Single User License$49.99, paid once
- BabelEdit Volume License$49.99, paid once
Localizely
- FreeFree
- Starter$16 a month
- Advanced$32 a month
- Pro$65 a month
- Bronze$125 a month
- Over the air add-on: 30K monthly active usersFree
- Over-the-Air add-on$50 a month
- Over the air add-on: 200K monthly active users$50 a month
- Silver$250 a month
- Custom planPriced on request
In their own words
BabelEdit
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Localizely
Localizely is a translation management system for mobile app, game, and website content. It combines AI and machine translation with professional translation orders, translation memory, glossaries, quality checks, screenshots, tasks, reports, and branching. Supported file types include Flutter ARB, Android XML, Apple strings, JSON, YAML, PO, XLIFF,.NET RESX, CSV, Excel, and TMX. Integrations include GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Figma, AWS S3, an API, and a CLI. GitHub sync can retrieve localization files manually or through a webhook and return translations as a pull request. Its Flutter SDK can send translation updates over the air and provides in-context editing. Localizely is SaaS only, with no self-hosted option. The free plan includes one project and 250 hosted string keys. Starter is $16 a month when billed annually, or $19 per month when billed monthly; a 15-day trial is listed. The CLI runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, and is also offered as a Docker image.