Papago vs Protemos
Papago
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| Figure | Papago | Protemos |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $9.99/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 9 |
| Spec score · Translation apps | 9.1 (#9) | 8.1 (#62) |
| Spec score · Translation Software | 8.8 (#12) | 8.3 (#54) |
| API | Papago Translation API is provided through the Naver Cloud Platform, with text and image translation API offerings linked from Papago Business. | The maker says its API lets users access the Protemos database with their own applications. |
| API access | No | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Glossary tools | Yes | No |
| Product | NAVER describes Papago as an AI translator that uses self-developed AI technology to help users read, write, hear, and speak foreign languages. | Protemos is a business management system for small and midsize translation companies that manages clients, vendors, projects, files, documents and finances. |
| Support | Papago’s Help Center lists help topics for supported languages, voice, image, text, document, conversation, and web translation, plus an inquiry option. | The maker advertises free customer support, training and consulting, and says the amount is as much as customers need. |
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
Protemos
- FreelancePrice not published
- Agency — 3 months€249 a month
- Agency — 1 year€899 a year
- Self-hosted installationPrice not published
- Agency trialFree
- FreelancerFree
- Agency subscription€249 a month
- Agency subscription€899 a year
- Installation on your serverPriced on request
In their own words
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.