Gridly vs Live Link Face

Gridly is a cloud platform for managing and localizing digital content, including multilingual content across platforms and devices. It offers Content Management, Translation Management, and Computer-Assisted Translation modules. The CAT tools include an editor, contextual information, working translation memory, AI suggestions, and concordance search; TMS adds tasks, workflows, progress tracking, analysis, and document translation. Gridly also lists website translation, glossary tools, and API access. Integrations include Google Sheets, OpenAI, DeepL, Unity, WPML, Unreal Engine, memoQ, Discord, Figma, Phrase, Slack, Jira, and XTM. Connectivity options include APIs, webhooks, Google Sheets, MySQL and PostgreSQL connectors, AWS Lambda functions, and SDKs. Plans are organized by module and tier: Basic TMS costs €50.00 per month and includes one seat, 2,500 automated updates monthly, and 3,000 API requests monthly. A 14-day trial provides the full Team-tier feature set across modules. Gridly states that it holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, encrypts stored data with AES-256, and uses TLS 1.2 or higher for transfers.

Live Link Face captures facial performances and generates animation for MetaHuman characters in Unreal Engine. The iOS app supports real-time and processed animation and can capture raw video and depth data for the MetaHuman plugin. Epic describes the Android app as a beta for real-time MetaHuman facial animation. Animation streams over a network to Unreal Engine through the MetaHuman Live Link plugin; the phone and computer must be connected to a network. App settings include OSC connections for external controllers and devices. Android timecode can use the system clock, an NTP server, or a Tentacle Sync device for multi-device synchronization. Real-time Android animation is limited to certain Qualcomm chipsets, and Snapdragon 8s chipsets are unsupported; Android does not support capture for offline processing. Live Link Hub can download recorded media from Android and iOS devices and trigger recording on a connected phone. The app is free on iOS and Android. The App Store listing requires iOS 16 or later, while Epic’s workflow description specifies an iPhone 12 or later and a Windows 10/11 desktop PC.