Baidu Translate vs DeepL Write

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.

DeepL Write is a writing assistant for revising text with corrections, alternative wording, rephrasing, and selectable styles and tones. It lists 19 writing languages. Users can access it through mobile and desktop apps, browser extensions, or integrations with Microsoft Word, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and AI agents. Extensions are available for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge; listed apps include Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone, and iPad. The free version includes 50,000 characters per user per month and one file translation per user per month, for files up to 5 MB. The Write Pro add-on costs €6.99 a month, billed annually with VAT included, and is available as an add-on to DeepL Pro Individual or Team. Team plans include administration, analytics and reporting, and single sign-on; teams can share a file translation limit or assign the same limit to each member. DeepL cites ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certified processes and infrastructure. For Pro, content is temporarily stored only as technically needed, then deleted unless otherwise specified.