Papago vs Tilde Machine Translation
Papago
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Tilde Machine Translation
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| Figure | Papago | Tilde Machine Translation |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $9.99/mo | €9.99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 6 |
| Spec score · Translation apps | 9.1 (#9) | 8.3 (#38) |
| Spec score · Translation Software | 8.8 (#12) | 7.9 (#83) |
| Spec score · AI Translation Tools | 8.6 (#5) | 7.8 (#18) |
| API access | No | Yes |
| Document translation | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Headquarters | NAVER 1784, 95 Jeongjail-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea | Riga, Latvia |
| Languages | The Papago app listing says it supports translation across 14 languages: Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Russian, German, Italian, and Arabic. | The product page says TildeOpen LLM delivers translation in 34 languages. |
| Security | Papago Plus says it does not store translation data on its servers and immediately destroys it unless customers request storage; requested stored data is encrypted. | The API page says content is encrypted, not stored, analysed, or used for model training, and deleted after the translation is received. |
| Support | Papago’s Help Center lists help topics for supported languages, voice, image, text, document, conversation, and web translation, plus an inquiry option. | The product FAQ says Tilde’s support team can help with setup and customisation. |
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
Tilde Machine Translation
- Starter€9.99 a month
- Advanced€39.99 a month
- Premium€79.99 a month
- API integration€17.50 a month
- API integration€17.50, paid once
- CustomPriced 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.
Tilde Machine Translation
Tilde Machine Translation is an AI service for translating text, PDFs, documents, and images with TildeOpen LLM. It supports 34 languages, preserves layout and formatting in document and image translations, and lets users create glossaries for consistent terminology. LLM features can rephrase text for tone, summarise key points, and extract insights. The service is available on the web and through an API connecting websites, apps, CAT tools, and workflows; the API supports glossary rules and translation memory. Tilde lists plugins for Trados Studio and Phrase TMS, and also names MemoQ. More than 30 file types are supported, with a 25 MB maximum file size for the API. Tilde says API content is encrypted, not stored or used for model training, and deleted after translation is received. Deployment can be on internal infrastructure, a private cloud, or on-premises. Starter costs €9.99 a month, Advanced 39.99 EUR, and Premium 79.99 EUR; API integration costs €17.50 a month plus €0.02 per image. A 14-day trial is available.