Papago vs Unbabel
Papago
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| Figure | Papago | Unbabel |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $9.99/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 0 |
| Spec score · Translation apps | 9.1 (#9) | 7.7 (#95) |
| Spec score · Translation Software | 8.8 (#12) | 7.0 (#143) |
| Spec score · Language Translation Software | 8.8 (#5) | 7.1 (#23) |
| API | Papago Translation API is provided through the Naver Cloud Platform, with text and image translation API offerings linked from Papago Business. | Unbabel says its APIs can connect the service to systems without a prebuilt integration. |
| API access | No | Yes |
| Document translation | Yes | Yes |
| Glossary tools | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | NAVER 1784, 95 Jeongjail-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea | San Francisco, California, United States |
| 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. | Unbabel states that it is GDPR and CCPA compliant and ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified. |
| Support | Papago’s Help Center lists help topics for supported languages, voice, image, text, document, conversation, and web translation, plus an inquiry option. | Unbabel directs existing customers with technical questions to its help center and prospective customers with pricing questions to its sales team. |
| Website translation | Yes | Yes |
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
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.