locize vs Trados
locize
locize.com
Trados
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| Figure | locize | Trados |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $7/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 11 |
| Spec score · Translation apps | 9.4 (#1) | 9.3 (#2) |
| Spec score · Translation Software | 9.1 (#4) | 8.6 (#25) |
| Spec score · Localization Management Software | 9.1 (#2) | 8.5 (#10) |
| Spec score · Game Localization Software | 9.3 (#1) | 8.6 (#4) |
| Spec score · Translation Management Software | 9.1 (#2) | 8.6 (#9) |
| Company headquarters | The registered office is Seezelgstrasse 57, 8595 Altnau, Switzerland. | RWS lists its headquarters in Maidenhead, United Kingdom. |
| Company legal name | Locize is owned and operated by inweso GmbH, a Swiss corporation. | The maker identifies itself as RWS Holdings plc, with Trados as part of RWS. |
| Data residency | Customer data is hosted on AWS in Ireland, with encrypted disaster-recovery copies of translation namespaces and project configurations stored on BunnyCDN Storage in the EU. | Language Cloud hosting options include AWS Frankfurt and AWS Montreal. |
| Documentation depth | Documentation covers integration guides, production deployment, API endpoint exploration, CLI workflows, CDN choices, file formats, plugins and security guidance. | Developer documentation is generated with DocFX and links to API, SDK, licensing, AppStore publishing and a developer community. |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Integrations | Official integration documentation lists REST API, CLI, Figma plugin, GitHub Action, repository-dispatch events, i18next, react-intl, Vue-i18n, LinguiJS, Polyglot, MCP, Microsoft Teams, Slack and webhooks. | The pricing page says browser users can select files from OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, and Google Drive. |
| Rating on Capterra | 4.4 out of 5 from 22 reviews | 4.3 out of 5 from 88 reviews |
| Rating on G2 | 4.0 out of 5 from 3 reviews | G2 displays individual Trados reviews including scores from 3.5/5 to 5/5, but the opened page did not state an aggregate rating or review count. |
| Rating on Software Advice | 4.4 out of 5 from 22 reviews | 4.3 out of 5 from 88 reviews |
| Self-hosting | Locize documentation describes hosted CDN/API delivery; it does not document a self-hosted Locize server edition. | RWS lists Trados Edge as self-hosted translation management software formerly known as GroupShare. |
| Support | The site directs users with questions about plan selection or usage to [email protected]. | Customers get a knowledge base, community forums and free installation/licensing tickets; technical support requires an active support-and-maintenance agreement. |
| Translation memory | Yes | Studio and cloud plans provide translation-memory reuse to improve consistency and productivity. |
| What it does | Locize is a continuous localization and translation-management service connecting source code, translators and product teams. | Trados is RWS's end-to-end translation platform for translators, language-service providers and organizations managing multilingual content. |
Plans
locize
- FreeFree
- Starter$7 a month
- Starter-Plus$19 a month
- Growth$49 a month
- Professional$99 a month
- Professional-Plus$149 a month
- Enterprise$199 a month
- FreeFree
Trados
- Trados Go Monthly£24 a month
- Trados Go Annual£288 a year
- Trados Freelance Monthly£34 a month
- Trados Freelance Annual£408 a year
- Trados Freelance subscription$408 a year
- Trados Team$1,688 a month
- Trados BusinessPriced on request
- Trados EnterprisePriced on request
- Trados FreelancePrice not published
- Trados GoPrice not published
In their own words
locize
Locize is a localization platform for connecting software code and internationalization setups with translators, then delivering translation updates through a CDN or API without a full app redeploy. Developers can sync keys and source strings through CLI or CI, while translators and reviewers use a separate interface with translation memory, in-context editing, review workflows, and machine or generative AI translations. Listed integrations and support include i18next, React, Vue, Angular, Next.js, Node.js, Figma, iOS and Android, plus PHP, Python, Java, and.NET. The Free plan is free and includes one user, two languages, five namespaces, and 100K standard CDN downloads per month. Starter costs $7 a month, and a 14-day trial is listed. Download limits matter: fixed plans block a project after standard CDN use exceeds 110% of its allowance, while Free automatically unpublishes translations. Locize lists MFA options, SAML 2.0 SSO, role-based permissions, backups, encryption, and Swiss FADP and EU GDPR coverage.
Trados
Trados is a translation platform for localization professionals, translators, language service providers and organizations managing multilingual content. It combines document translation, translation memory and glossary tools; Studio keeps approved terminology and recommends consistent wording across languages and scripts. Studio handles more than 50 file types. For browser work, Trados Go runs on any device without an installation, and users can select files from OneDrive, Dropbox, Box and Google Drive. The desktop editor is officially supported on Windows, not macOS. Studio licenses include up to 6 million characters of Language Weaver machine translation each year. AI Bridge connects to OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini and DeepSeek. Trados offers online resources and community support; direct technical support requires an active Support and Maintenance Agreement. There is no free plan, and a 14-day trial is listed. Trados Go costs £24 a month or £288 a year; Freelance costs £34 a month or £408 a year. Both price sets exclude VAT.