Google Translate vs Papago
Google Translate
translate.google.com
Papago
papago.naver.comSide by side
| Figure | Google Translate | Papago |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $9.99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 5 |
| Spec score · Live Speech Translation Apps | 8.4 (#4) | 8.9 (#3) |
| Spec score · Translation apps | 8.5 (#28) | 9.1 (#9) |
| Spec score · Translation Software | 8.3 (#50) | 8.8 (#12) |
| Spec score · Language Translation Software | 8.3 (#10) | 8.8 (#5) |
| Spec score · AI Translation Tools | 8.2 (#10) | 8.6 (#5) |
| API access | Yes | No |
| Document translation | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Support | Google provides a Translate Help Center and a user community for questions and troubleshooting. | Papago’s Help Center lists help topics for supported languages, voice, image, text, document, conversation, and web translation, plus an inquiry option. |
| Website translation | Users can enter a website URL to translate a webpage, though website translation is not supported in all regions. | Yes |
Plans
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
Google Translate
Google Translate provides translation for text, speech, images, conversations, documents, and websites, with API access. On the web, users can enter text, have its source language detected, and select a translation language. The mobile app can translate text through a camera or from phone images, accept voice input and handwriting, and support conversations between speakers of different languages. Language packs allow offline translation, while copied text from another app can be translated with a tap. Saved words and phrases are available across devices. The Google Play listing says typed text translation covers 108 languages. On the web, DOCX, PDF, PPTX, and XLSX document translation supports files up to 10 MB, with PDFs limited to 300 pages. Document translation is unavailable on mobile and smaller screens, and does not translate text embedded in images or scanned PDF pages. Computer microphone translation is fully supported in Chrome and has limited support in Safari and Edge. Google Translate is free to use at free on Android, iOS, web, and API.
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.