Baidu Translate vs Papago
Baidu Translate
fanyi.baidu.com
Papago
papago.naver.comSide by side
| Figure | Baidu Translate | Papago |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | 8.25 CNY/mo | $9.99/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 8 | 5 |
| Spec score · Live Speech Translation Apps | 8.3 (#5) | 8.9 (#3) |
| Spec score · Language Translation Software | 8.2 (#12) | 8.8 (#5) |
| Spec score · AI Translation Tools | 8.1 (#12) | 8.6 (#5) |
| Document translation | The document translation API supports 11 document formats and more than 200 languages, including scanned PDF and images within documents. | Yes |
| Headquarters | Beijing, China | NAVER 1784, 95 Jeongjail-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea |
| Image translation | The image translation API supports 25 languages, automatic source-language detection, and placing translated text back into the scene. | Papago Plus says users can translate up to 100 images at once and edit translated images directly. |
| Translation modes | The platform offers text, multimodal translation, and private deployment solutions. | The app lists text, image, voice, offline text, conversation, handwriting, website, and document translation, plus Edu and a dictionary. |
Plans
Baidu Translate
- TeamPriced on request
- Enterprise BasicPriced on request
- Enterprise StandardPriced on request
- Enterprise PremiumPriced on request
- 团队版99 CNY a year
- 企业基础版168 CNY a year
- 企业标准版279 CNY a year
- 企业尊享版Priced on request
Papago
- Plus Basic$9.99 a month
- Plus Standard$29.99 a month
- Plus Advanced$55.99 a month
- PapagoFree
- Enterprise PassPriced on request
In their own words
Baidu Translate
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.
Papago
Papago is an AI translator that NAVER describes as using its own AI technology to help people read, write, hear, and speak foreign languages. Its app offers text, image, voice, offline text, conversation, handwriting, website, and document translation, plus Edu and a dictionary. The app listing names 14 languages, including Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese in Simplified and Traditional forms, Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Russian, German, Italian, and Arabic. The standard web document translator supports PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, and HWPX files up to 20 MB. Papago Plus adds support for PDF, HWPX, MS Office, and TXT documents while retaining complex formatting, with translated files available for editing. Plus also offers batch image translation, real-time voice translation, custom and shared glossaries, and team accounts. The free Papago plan lists monthly limits for images, documents, voice translation, and glossary terms. Plus Basic costs $9.99 a month; the higher Plus plans cost 29.99 USD and $55.99 a month. A 30-day trial is listed.