OpenTM2 vs XTM Cloud

OpenTM2 is a free Windows desktop program for managing translation projects and automating repetitive work for professional translators. Its Workbench combines a translation editor, translation memories, and project glossaries, alongside terminology management and alignment tools. Supported formats include HTML, Java properties, OpenOffice, XHTML, generic XML, XLIFF, and TMX translation memory databases; TMX, TBX, and XLIFF are supported for exchanging translation assets. The maker says the software handles all languages, including bidirectional scripts and East Asian ideographic languages. For software localization, XLATE lets translators work on interface strings in context and resize dialog boxes for translated text. Scripts can automate project creation, importing and pretranslating files, word counts, and exports. Translation memories can be shared on a local network, with offline synchronization options for remote translators. OpenTM2 is released under the Eclipse Public License, which the maker describes as suitable for commercial and open-source software. Downloads include an installer/updater and source code; the application has a built-in update mechanism.

XTM Cloud is a translation management system for linguists, project managers and localization teams. Its standard modules—XTM Workflow, XTM Engine and browser-based XTM Workbench—support document and website translation, translation memory, terminology, glossaries, quality checks and alignment. Teams can use it as SaaS on public or private cloud, or deploy it on-premise. Browser access works on PCs and tablets, with the XTM Mobile app for smartphones and tablets; documented browser systems include Windows, Mac and Linux. XTM Connect supplies CMS and repository connectors, alongside SOAP and REST web-service APIs. The system connects to machine translation engines including Amazon Translate, DeepL, Google Translate, Microsoft Translator, OpenAI GPT and SYSTRAN Pure Neural. XTM lists support for 887 languages and 65 file formats, including XLIFF, JSON, XML, Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Office, Google Docs and HTML. The maker says it meets SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and GDPR requirements and does not use customer data to train AI models. Annual plans start at $16,500/yr, and a 30-day trial is offered.