Smartcat
$1,200/yr
33% less than Lokalise
Lokalise vs Smartcat
Price, free plan and alternatives, side by side
The comparison in short
- Lokaliseno free plan
- Smartcathas a free plan
Lokalise
With trade-offs
multi-day
On price, Smartcat wins. To start without paying, Smartcat has a free plan. If you would rather build it, Lokalise is the simplest to rebuild.
Side-by-side comparison
| APPLICATION | LokaliseLocalization | SmartcatLocalization |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly billing | $169/mo$169Explorer | $100/mo$100Adapt |
| Per year | $1,788/yrannual plan · −12% | $1,200/yr |
| Billing model | Flat subscription | Usage-based |
| Free tier | no free tier; 14-day Enterprise-feature trial, no credit card | Unlimited users, projects and languages; initial AI balance is 15,000 Smartwords for corporate-email trials (14 days) or 3,000 for non-corporate-email trials (7 days), then AI use needs a top-up or paid plan |
| Additional costs | Pricing scales on processed source words and advanced seats; processed-word overage and extra advanced seats are purchasable, while translator/reviewer seats and hosted words are unlimited. | Smartwords expire at renewal and extra Smartwords are paid; Marketplace commission is 20% on Forever Free and lower on paid plans; AI dubbing consumes 10 Smartwords per word and OCR image translation costs 1,000 Smartwords per image. |
| Can you rebuild it? | With trade-offsmulti-day | Worth subscribingclosest consolation build: one sitting |
| Free alternatives | ||
| Checked on | 10/20/2026 | 10/20/2026 |
| Buy on the official site | Buy View app page | Buy View app page |
The free plan compares up to 2 apps. Pro compares up to 4. See plans →
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