TextUnited vs Weblate

TextUnited is a language platform for companies managing multilingual product, software, technical documentation, marketing, legal, and localization work. Teams can run self-service projects and file translations, connect through the API, use automation platforms, or work with an MCP Server. Its AI localization widget applies company terminology, tone, and writing style, while human linguists review high-impact copy and low-scoring segments. The API supports more than 120 languages, including dialects and right-to-left languages, and accepts files, strings, JSON, and XML through REST endpoints. The service preserves PDF, DOCX, HTML, XML, Markdown, and XLIFF formatting, including layouts, placeholders, and metadata. Listed API use cases include GitHub CI pipelines, Contentful, Sitecore, Git repositories, Sanity CMS, Next.js, Salesforce, and legacy apps. TextUnited says its API is SOC 2-compliant, GDPR-ready, AES-256 encrypted, hosted on dedicated IBM Cloud infrastructure, and includes granular access controls and audit trails. Customer data remains in the selected region, according to the company. The free plan includes 15,000 words and 15 PDF pages per month for one user. TEAM is 150€/mo; OnePlatform is 780€/mo.

Weblate is an open-source localization platform for connecting version-control repositories with translation work. New strings can move to translators, and completed translations can return to version control alongside project code. Translation context includes screenshots, nearby strings, source references, shared glossaries, and translation memory. Teams can use customizable quality checks, discussion, and review to catch problems. Machine translation and LLM suggestions are optional; human acceptance and reviewer approval can be required. Weblate supports website and document translation and lists formats such as Android and Apple iOS strings, .NET resources, gettext, JSON, XLIFF, YAML, and WebExtension JSON. Integrations include repositories, an API, add-ons, and import and export tools. It can be deployed using pip or Docker, with guides for OpenShift and Kubernetes. Platforms listed are API, Linux, self-hosted, and web. Self-hosting is free; cloud plans start at €47/mo, and cloud plans include a 14-day trial. Cloud hosting is priced by hosted strings, counting the source language.