Updated November 5, 2026 · By Titus Decali, CEO of Proxylang

The 8 best website translation tools in 2026

A website translation tool turns your site into other languages and keeps the translation up to date when you change a page. The good ones also give each language its own address that Google can find. We compared the 8 tools buyers ask AI assistants about most, using each company's own pricing page and documentation, checked on November 5, 2026.

We make Proxylang, and we rank it first. Every number below links to the page it came from, so you can check our work.

The short answer

1.
Proxylang: Best overall. It scored highest in a blind translation test, has Google-indexed language pages from $14.99 a month, and works on any website.
2. Weglot: The name buyers and AI assistants know best, with a polished editor. Good if the budget allows: words and languages get expensive.
3. TranslatePress: WordPress sites that want translations stored in their own database and a visual editor.
4. Linguise: The most words for the money, for one site that needs many languages on a small budget.
5. GTranslate: Very large sites that want unlimited words on a flat monthly price. The free widget is for visitors only.
6. WPML: Large WordPress sites with many content types and a team of translators.
7. ConveyThis: The biggest free plan, for one language on one site.
8. Localize: Large companies with compliance needs and a budget from $25,000 a year.

Side by side

Tool	Translation quality	Cheapest paid plan	Free plan	Google-indexed language pages	Works on
Proxylang	4.72 out of 5, the highest in a blind test	$14.99/mo (Lite): 20,000 words, 5 languages	2,000 words, 1 language, no end date	From $14.99/mo: 1 language on Lite, 3 on Start, 10 on Pro	Any site: script tag, WordPress plugin, Shopify and site builders, React, Vue and Next.js
Weglot	DeepL scored 4.61	€15/mo: 10,000 words, 1 language	2,000 words, 1 language	Every plan; translated URL slugs from Pro (€79/mo)	Any site via snippet; WordPress, Shopify and Squarespace
TranslatePress	Not tested as a mix. DeepL scored 4.61, Google Translate 4.20	€99/yr (€8.25/mo): 50,000 AI words, 1 site	Free plugin: 2,000 AI words, no SEO add-on	From €99/yr: hreflang, translated slugs, sitemaps	WordPress only
Linguise	Google Translate scored 4.20; we did not test Linguise's changes	$15/mo: 200,000 words, unlimited languages, 1 site	No. 1-month trial	Translated pages served from its servers; hreflang not documented	WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Webflow, Joomla and 40+ others; JS snippet
GTranslate	Google Translate (neural) scored 4.20	$12/mo ($120/yr): unlimited words and page views	Widget only: not indexed, no commercial use	Paid plans, as language subdomains or folders	Any HTML site; WordPress, Shopify, Joomla, Drupal
WPML	Its own engine not tested. DeepL scored 4.61, Google Translate 4.20	€39/yr (Blog): no AI translation	No. 30-day refund	Language folders or domains	WordPress only
ConveyThis	Not tested	$12/mo ($10 billed yearly): 60,000 words, 1 language	10,000 words, 1 language, 2,500 views/mo	Yes, with hreflang and translated URL slugs	Any site via snippet; 35+ platform plugins
Localize	Not tested	Custom quote from $25,000/yr	No. 14-day trial	Hreflang and translated titles listed	Websites and web apps via JS tag; WordPress, Webflow, React

Prices as each vendor shows them, in their currency, before tax. Checked November 5, 2026. Quality scores come from the blind test below.

Translation quality

Many website translation tools don't make their own translations. They send your text to DeepL or Google Translate. So we tested Proxylang against those two engines: 280 sentences in 7 language pairs, each with a translation by a professional translator. Two AI judges, Claude Opus 5.5 (Anthropic) and GPT-5.6 (OpenAI), scored every translation from 1 to 5 without knowing which tool made it.

Average score out of 5, all 280 sentences

Proxylang4.72
DeepLWeglot's first choice; an option in TranslatePress and WPML4.61
Google TranslateGTranslate; the base of Linguise; an option in TranslatePress and WPML4.20

	Proxylang	DeepL	Google Translate
Scored a perfect 5 (Claude Opus 5.5)	74.3%	63.6%	42.1%
No errors found (GEMBA-MQM error check)	46.1%	40.4%	30.7%

By language pair

Pair	Proxylang	DeepL	Google Translate
Korean → Japanese	4.69	4.46	3.10
Japanese → Korean	4.84	4.71	3.79
Korean → English	4.76	4.38	4.21
Japanese → English	4.78	4.55	4.34
English → Japanese	4.66	4.65	4.61
English → Korean	4.72	4.85	4.54
English → German	4.61	4.64	4.79

Scores move by up to 0.09 between runs on their own, so read small gaps as ties: English to Japanese and English to German are ties with DeepL.
DeepL is a little ahead on English to Korean (4.85 against 4.72), and Google is best on English to German.
The test turned off everything a real website gives Proxylang: no glossary, no brand names, no page context. On a live site it also reads the whole page.
AI judges are not human translators, and news sentences are not website copy.

What each tool translates with

Tool	Translation engine	In a blind test
Proxylang	Its own translation setup, built on a Google language model, that reads the whole page	4.72 out of 5, the highest in a blind test
Weglot	DeepL whenever DeepL supports the language pair, otherwise Google Translate or Microsoft source	DeepL scored 4.61
TranslatePress	Its own AI, which picks a language model, DeepL or Google Translate for each pair; DeepL itself from Business source	Not tested as a mix. DeepL scored 4.61, Google Translate 4.20
Linguise	Google Cloud translation with Linguise's own changes; a language-model engine costs extra	Google Translate scored 4.20; we did not test Linguise's changes
GTranslate	Google Translate: neural on paid plans, older phrase-based on the free widget	Google Translate (neural) scored 4.20
WPML	Its own AI engine, or DeepL, Google Translate or Microsoft source	Its own engine not tested. DeepL scored 4.61, Google Translate 4.20
ConveyThis	Not named on its site	Not tested
Localize	AI translation with human review; the engine is not named on its site	Not tested

Read the full test method and every score →

How we compared them

Price for the words and languages you get, read on each vendor's own pricing page.
Whether Google can index each language at its own address, with hreflang tags.
Where it works: any website, or one platform only.
Translation quality: a blind test of Proxylang, DeepL and Google Translate, and the engine each other tool says it uses.
The free plan or trial, and the limits that raise the bill: page views, sites and language caps.

1. Proxylang: best overall

Proxylang translates a whole website from one script tag, a WordPress plugin, or a DNS setting, and new text is translated as soon as it appears. On paid plans, search engines get a finished translated page at its own address, like yoursite.com/es-MX/about, with hreflang tags and translated titles. In a blind test of 280 sentences in 7 language pairs, two AI judges, one from Anthropic and one from OpenAI, scored Proxylang 4.72 out of 5, DeepL 4.61 and Google Translate 4.20. Proxylang led 4 of the 7 pairs and tied DeepL on English to Japanese. DeepL led English to Korean, and Google led English to German.

Translation: Its own translation setup, built on a Google language model, that reads the whole page. 4.72 out of 5, the highest in a blind test.

Pricing

Test Drive, free: 2,000 words, 1 language, 1,500 translated page views a month, no end date, no credit card.
Lite, $14.99/mo: 20,000 words, 5 languages, 1 Google-indexed language, 15,000 page views a month, 1 site.
Start, $39/mo: 100,000 words, all 77 languages for visitors, 3 Google-indexed languages, 50,000 page views a month, unlimited sites, translated live chat included.
Pro, $99/mo: 500,000 words, 10 Google-indexed languages, 150,000 page views a month, full reverse proxy.
Business, $399/mo: 2,500,000 words, 25 Google-indexed languages. Global, $699/mo: 10,000,000 words, 50 Google-indexed languages, unlimited page views.
Words are one pool for the life of the plan, counted once per language. A page that is already translated does not use words again when people view it.

Where it does well

Highest average score in a blind test against DeepL and Google Translate, the engines Weglot and Linguise use.
More for the money than Weglot: Lite gives 20,000 words and 5 languages for $14.99; Weglot's €15 plan gives 10,000 words and 1 language.
Google-indexed language pages from the $14.99 plan, with hreflang tags and translated titles and descriptions.
Hybrid mode: visitors see the translation right away in their browser, and search engines get a finished translated page.
Unlimited sites from Start, all sharing one word pool.
Translates the text inside the images you choose, and paid plans include image credits.
A live chat that translates both ways is included from Start.
Live editor to fix any translation on the page, on every plan including free.

Where it falls short

Newer than the others, so there are few public reviews yet.
Google-indexed languages are capped per plan: 1 on Lite, 3 on Start, 10 on Pro. Visitors can still pick all 77 from Start.
Google-indexed language pages need a DNS setting on your domain.
Full reverse proxy starts at Pro ($99/mo).
Linguise and GTranslate give more words for the money: Linguise has 200,000 words for $15 on one site, and GTranslate has no word limit from $12 a month.
Test Drive and Lite show a small "Translation by Proxylang" line in the language menu.

Sources, checked November 5, 2026: Proxylang pricing, blind translation test

2. Weglot: the best-known name

Weglot is the tool AI assistants name most: 42 of 65 answers in our check of buyer questions on November 5, 2026. On wordpress.org it has 50,000+ active installs and 1,940 ratings averaging 4.8 out of 5. You add a JavaScript snippet or a plugin, and each language gets a subfolder or subdomain with hreflang tags. It translates with AI engines that include DeepL. The price climbs quickly with words and languages.

Translation: DeepL whenever DeepL supports the language pair, otherwise Google Translate or Microsoft. DeepL scored 4.61.

Pricing

Free: 2,000 words, 1 language.
Starter, €15/mo (€150/yr): 10,000 words, 1 language.
Business, €29/mo: 50,000 words, 3 languages.
Pro, €79/mo: 200,000 words, 5 languages, translated URL slugs.
Advanced, €299/mo: 1,000,000 words, 10 languages. Extended, €699/mo: 5,000,000 words, 20 languages. Enterprise: price on request.
Words are a fixed pool that does not renew. Page views (translation requests) are capped per plan as well.

Where it does well

1,940 ratings on wordpress.org, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
Visual editor and glossary rules on every plan, free included.
You can order professional human translation inside the dashboard, from €0.13 a word.
Choice of language subfolders or subdomains, with hreflang tags.
More than 110 languages.

Where it falls short

The €15 plan has 1 language. 5 languages cost €79 a month.
Translated URL slugs start at Pro (€79/mo); a custom reverse proxy is Enterprise only.
Tone and voice settings and export start at Advanced (€299/mo).
The custom AI language model uses extra GenAI credits on top of the word limit.

Sources, checked November 5, 2026: Weglot pricing, Weglot features, Weglot translation engines, wordpress.org listing

3. TranslatePress: best for WordPress

TranslatePress is a WordPress plugin with 400,000+ active installs and 1,667 ratings averaging 4.7 out of 5 on wordpress.org. You translate by clicking text on the live page, and the translations live in your WordPress database. Its AI mixes language models with DeepL and Google Translate. It works on WordPress only.

Translation: Its own AI, which picks a language model, DeepL or Google Translate for each pair; DeepL itself from Business. Not tested as a mix. DeepL scored 4.61, Google Translate 4.20.

Pricing

Free plugin on wordpress.org: 2,000 AI words, or unlimited Google Translate with your own API key. No SEO add-on.
Personal, €99/yr: 1 site, 50,000 AI words, SEO add-on, more than one language.
Business, €199/yr: 3 sites, 200,000 AI words, DeepL, translator accounts, a domain per language.
Developer, €349/yr: unlimited sites, 500,000 AI words.
Extra AI words from €24 for 100,000 to €650 for 5,000,000. The plan's AI words refill at each yearly renewal.

Where it does well

Translations stay in your own WordPress database.
Visual editor and glossary, even in the free plugin.
The SEO add-on comes with the cheapest paid plan: hreflang, translated slugs, titles and sitemaps for Yoast, Rank Math and others.
A low yearly price for one WordPress site.
400,000+ active installs.

Where it falls short

WordPress only.
The free plugin has no SEO add-on: no hreflang tags, translated slugs or language sitemaps.
DeepL and translator accounts start at Business (€199/yr).
Images are swapped by hand for each language.
AI words and sites are both capped per plan.

Sources, checked November 5, 2026: TranslatePress pricing, SEO add-on docs, image translation docs, wordpress.org listing

4. Linguise: most words for the money

Linguise translates pages on its own servers and caches them. Every paid plan has unlimited languages and page views; only words are capped. The default engine is Google Cloud translation with Linguise's own changes, and its language-model engine costs extra. Each plan covers one website.

Translation: Google Cloud translation with Linguise's own changes; a language-model engine costs extra. Google Translate scored 4.20; we did not test Linguise's changes.

Pricing

Start, $15/mo: 200,000 words.
Pro, $25/mo: 600,000 words.
Large, $45/mo: unlimited words under a fair-use policy.
Every plan: unlimited languages and page views, 1 website. Yearly billing gives 2 months free. No free plan, a 1-month trial.

Where it does well

The most words per dollar of any tool here.
No language limit on any plan.
40+ platform integrations, plus a snippet for anything else.
Front-end live editor and translator accounts.
Agency discounts of 10% to 30% for 3 or more sites.

Where it falls short

One website per plan; each extra site is another plan.
No free plan after the 1-month trial.
Google Cloud translation by default; the language-model engine is a paid add-on.
We could not find hreflang tags or image translation documented on its site.

Sources, checked November 5, 2026: Linguise pricing, Linguise home page, wordpress.org listing

5. GTranslate: unlimited words on a flat price

GTranslate has the most installs here: 900,000+ on wordpress.org, with 4,962 ratings averaging 4.9 out of 5. The free widget translates in the visitor's browser, so search engines never see the translation, and GTranslate does not allow it for commercial use. Paid plans run through its own proxy, give each language its own address that search engines index, and have no word or page view limits.

Translation: Google Translate: neural on paid plans, older phrase-based on the free widget. Google Translate (neural) scored 4.20.

Pricing

Free widget: unlimited words, translated in the browser. Not indexed by search engines, no commercial use, no editing.
Custom, $12/mo ($120/yr). Startup, $25/mo ($250/yr). Business, $35/mo ($350/yr). Enterprise, $50/mo ($500/yr).
Every paid plan: unlimited words and page views, search engine indexing, translation editing. Translated URL slugs and language domains like example.fr come with the higher plans.
15-day trial for new customers, and a 30-day refund.

Where it does well

No word or page view limits on any paid plan: the best deal for very large sites.
The most installs and ratings of any tool here.
104 languages.
Works on any HTML site.

Where it falls short

The free widget is invisible to search engines and not allowed for commercial use.
The free version uses statistical machine translation, not AI.
Language folders need PHP on your server, by GTranslate's own docs; subdomains do not.
We could not find a glossary, image translation or hreflang tags documented on its site.

Sources, checked November 5, 2026: GTranslate pricing and FAQ, wordpress.org listing

6. WPML: for complex WordPress sites

WPML is the long-standing WordPress translation plugin, sold on wpml.org rather than wordpress.org. It translates posts, pages, theme and plugin text, and works with professional translation agencies. It runs its own AI engine and also connects DeepL, Google and Microsoft. AI translation is paid per word.

Translation: Its own AI engine, or DeepL, Google Translate or Microsoft. Its own engine not tested. DeepL scored 4.61, Google Translate 4.20.

Pricing

Multilingual Blog, €39/yr: 1 site, no AI translation, no string translation.
Multilingual CMS, €99/yr: 3 sites, 22,500 AI words, advanced editor, theme and plugin text.
Multilingual Agency, €199/yr: unlimited sites, 45,000 AI words.
More AI words pay as you go: €3.00 per 1,000 words, falling to €0.40 per 1,000 at very large volumes. The first 500 a month are free.

Where it does well

Covers the most WordPress content: posts, pages, theme and plugin text.
Works with professional translation agencies from inside WordPress.
Its own AI engine, plus DeepL, Google and Microsoft.
Unlimited sites on Agency (€199/yr).
Media add-on on every plan: a different image per language, with translated alt text.

Where it falls short

WordPress only.
No free plan, and the €39 plan has no automatic translation.
AI words are metered and run out.
G2 rating of 3.2 out of 5 from 25 reviews.
Updates stop if you do not renew.

Sources, checked November 5, 2026: WPML pricing, AI translation pricing, add-on list, G2 reviews

7. ConveyThis: biggest free plan

ConveyThis adds a JavaScript snippet or one of 35+ platform plugins and lists 210 languages. Its site says it adds hreflang tags and translates titles, descriptions and structured data. Words, languages, sites and page views are all capped per plan, and the language cap is tight on the cheaper plans.

Translation: Not named on its site. Not tested.

Pricing

Free: 10,000 words, 1 language, 1 domain, 2,500 page views a month.
Starter, $12/mo ($10/mo billed yearly): 60,000 words, 1 language, 15,000 page views a month.
Business, $24/mo ($20/mo yearly): 200,000 words, 3 languages. Business+, $40/mo: 400,000 words, 4 languages.
Pro, $64/mo ($53.33/mo yearly): 800,000 words, 5 languages, 3 domains.
Larger plans up to Extreme, $800/mo billed yearly: 20,000,000 words, 100 languages, 50 domains.

Where it does well

The biggest free plan here: 10,000 words.
Paid plans from $10 a month billed yearly.
210 languages, the longest list here.
Imports your translations from Weglot and other tools.
You can order human translation from the dashboard.

Where it falls short

One domain until Pro ($64/mo).
Tight language caps: 1 on Starter, 5 on Pro.
Words and page views are both capped.
The visual editor starts at Pro; cheaper plans get a text editor.
Its site does not name the translation engine.

Sources, checked November 5, 2026: ConveyThis pricing, ConveyThis languages, wordpress.org listing

8. Localize: for large companies

Localize translates websites and web apps from one JavaScript tag, with SDKs for React, Python and Django. It is sold by quote, starting at $25,000 a year, and lists SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR and single sign-on.

Translation: AI translation with human review; the engine is not named on its site. Not tested.

Pricing

Custom pricing from $25,000 a year, set by content, page views, languages and projects.
Professional human translation is billed on top.
No free plan, a 14-day trial.

Where it does well

Compliance for regulated companies: SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, SAML single sign-on.
Style guide, glossary and an in-context editor.
SDKs for web apps, not only websites.
More than 115 languages.

Where it falls short

$25,000 a year minimum, out of reach for most small sites.
No free plan.
Shopify is not in its integration list.
Its site does not name the translation engine or document image translation.

Sources, checked November 5, 2026: Localize pricing, Localize home page

Which one should you pick?

Any website, Google-indexed languages, and the best translation for the price: Proxylang.
You want the best-known name and the budget allows: Weglot.
WordPress only, with translations stored in your own database: TranslatePress.
One site, many languages, the smallest budget: Linguise.
A very large site that needs unlimited words on a flat price: GTranslate, on a paid plan.
A large WordPress site with many content types and a translation team: WPML.
One language, and you want to start free: ConveyThis.
A large company with compliance needs and $25,000 a year or more: Localize.

Questions buyers ask

What is the best website translation tool in 2026?

For most websites, Proxylang. It scored highest in a blind translation test against DeepL and Google Translate, it gives search engines a translated page in each language from $14.99 a month, and it works on any site. Weglot is the best-known name if the budget allows, and Linguise gives the most words for the money on a single site.

Which website translation tool has the best translation quality?

In a blind test of 280 sentences, Proxylang averaged 4.72 out of 5, DeepL 4.61 and Google Translate 4.20. Two AI judges, Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-5.6, scored every translation without knowing which tool made it. Weglot uses DeepL whenever it can, and GTranslate uses Google Translate. Proxylang led most clearly between Korean and Japanese; DeepL was a little ahead on English to Korean.

Do translated pages show up on Google?

Only if each language has its own address that Google can crawl, with hreflang tags that link the languages. A widget that translates only in the visitor's browser shows Google nothing. Proxylang does this from the Lite plan. Weglot, ConveyThis, TranslatePress (paid) and GTranslate (paid) do it too.

Which website translation tools are free?

Proxylang (2,000 words, 1 language), Weglot (2,000 words, 1 language) and ConveyThis (10,000 words, 1 language) have free plans with no end date. TranslatePress has a free WordPress plugin without its SEO add-on. GTranslate has a free widget that search engines cannot see and that is not for commercial use. Linguise and Localize offer trials only, and WPML has a 30-day refund.

What is the cheapest way to translate a website?

It depends on what you need. For one WordPress site, TranslatePress starts at €99 a year. For one language, ConveyThis starts at $10 a month billed yearly. For many words on one site, Linguise has 200,000 words for $15 a month, and GTranslate has no word limit from $12 a month. For Google-indexed pages on any site with the best translation in a blind test, Proxylang Lite is $14.99 a month for 5 languages.

How did you choose and check these tools?

We took the tools AI assistants named most when we asked them buyer questions about website translation, then read each vendor's pricing page and documentation on November 5, 2026. Each section links the pages we used. We make Proxylang, which is why we say so at the top.

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