Papago vs YiCAT
Papago
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| Figure | Papago | YiCAT |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $9.99/mo | 48 CNY/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | 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) | 8.4 (#36) |
| Spec score · Translation Software | 8.8 (#12) | 8.0 (#77) |
| API | Papago Translation API is provided through the Naver Cloud Platform, with text and image translation API offerings linked from Papago Business. | YiCAT's continuous internationalization API can send translations to the YiCAT translation management system and includes endpoints to upload documents and retrieve files and segment information. |
| API access | No | Yes |
| Document translation | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Glossary tools | Yes | Yes |
| 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 maker says YiCAT supports hundreds of 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 maker says Shanghai Yizhe Information Technology Co., Ltd. and its affiliated companies hold ISO 27001 information security management system certification. |
| 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's plan comparison lists 8/5 technical support for Enterprise Basic and Advanced, and 24/7 technical support for Flagship. |
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
YiCAT
- Team FreeFree
- Team FreeFree
- Team Enhanced48 CNY a month
- Enterprise AdvancedPriced on request
- Enterprise BasicPriced on request
- Enterprise FlagshipPriced 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.