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| Feature | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Setup & Architecture | ||||
| Works on any website or stack Static sites, React/Vue/Next, site builders, e-commerce — no platform lock-in | ||||
| One-line script-tag install Paste one snippet, translations go live — about 60 seconds on Proxylang | ~60-second setup | |||
| Full reverse-proxy mode Server-side translation with zero code on your site | Included on every plan | Custom reverse proxy is Enterprise-only | Paid plans | |
| Hybrid mode Visitors get instant client-side translation; search engines get pre-rendered HTML | Best of both, one setup | |||
| No duplicate pages to manage Translations are rendered on the fly — no per-language copies of your content to keep in sync | Served from edge cache | |||
| New content translated automatically Fresh posts, products, and comments picked up without re-setup | Dynamic-content glitches reported | |||
| Multilingual SEO | ||||
| Search-engine indexable translations Translated pages served as real HTML that Google, Bing, Naver, and Yandex can crawl | Hybrid & proxy modes | Paid plans only — free widget is invisible to search engines | Paid plans only | |
| Automatic hreflang tags | Paid plans | Paid plans | ||
| Localized URLs (/es/, /fr/, /de/) Clean per-language subdirectory URLs on your own domain | Pro plan and up | Top tiers for URL translation | ||
| Translated meta tags & structured data | Paid plans | |||
| RTL languages (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian…) Automatic right-to-left page mirroring | Auto page flip | |||
| Translation Quality & Editing | ||||
| AI / LLM translation engine Modern LLM-grade translation, not legacy phrase-based MT | Brand-safe AI, included | AI layer uses GenAI credits | Neural MT | |
| Glossary & no-translate rules Lock brand names and force preferred terminology per language | Limited rules | |||
| Visual / live editor Edit translations in-context on the live page | Start plan and up | Paid plans | Paid plans | |
| Image translation Translate the text inside your images, not just the page copy | Fully automatic — tag any image, AI does the rest | Manual — you create and upload translated images | — Not publicly documented | |
| Reverse Search Translation Proxylang-exclusive: translate the queries people search for, so they find you in their language | Proxylang exclusive | |||
| Pricing & Limits | ||||
| Starting paid plan | $39/moStart — 100k words · 3 languages | €15/mo10k words · 1 language | ~$10/mo*Pricing varies by source | $12/mo30k words · 1 language |
| Free plan | 2k words · fully functional | 2k words · 1 language | Widget only — not SEO-indexable | 5k words · 1 language |
| How usage is metered | Lifetime wordsTranslate once, serve forever — cached views are free | Words × languagesBoth capped per plan — hit either, upgrade | Features & languagesNo word caps | Words + languages + domainsAll capped per plan |
| Languages available | 68 | 110+ | 103 | 200+ |
| Platforms | ||||
| WordPress plugin | Free on wordpress.org | |||
| Shopify, Wix, Squarespace & site builders | Script-tag mode | |||
| React, Vue, Next.js & modern frameworks Handles hydration and client-side rendering without breaking the app | Hybrid mode built for SPAs | Server-rendered HTML only — own docs list SPA/JS-rendered content as unsupported | ||
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Free plan, no credit card — the same engine as every paid tier.
Weglot is the polished category leader with deep CMS integrations and more interface languages. Where it hurts is the dual cap: every plan limits both total words and language count, so growing sites jump full tiers for one extra language. Proxylang meters lifetime words (translate once, serve forever), includes reverse-proxy mode on every plan instead of Enterprise-only, and adds a hybrid mode Weglot doesn't offer.
GTranslate's free widget is genuinely free — but it renders client-side only, so search engines never see your translations. SEO-indexable translation, hreflang, and localized URLs all sit on paid tiers. Proxylang's hybrid and proxy modes serve real pre-rendered HTML to crawlers, and its free plan runs the same engine and architecture as paid plans.
ConveyThis covers a huge language list at a low entry price. The catch is that words, languages, and domains are all capped per plan, and reviewers report costs roughly doubling year over year as sites grow, alongside slow support. On Proxylang, words never expire and cached pages don't re-bill.
Linguise is aggressive on price, with an unlimited-words top tier at $45/mo — a strong deal for one large content site. But each plan covers a single website, its dedicated-LLM engine is a separate prepaid quota on top of the plan, and there is no permanent free tier. Proxylang's LLM-grade translation is included in every plan, with script-tag, hybrid, and full-proxy installs from the same account.
Localize is built for web apps, with solid in-context editing and human-translation workflows. Pricing factors in monthly pageviews and is fully quote-based — there are no published prices — which makes costs hard to predict for high-traffic marketing sites. Proxylang doesn't bill for cached views, publishes its prices, and starts free.
Clonable is the closest architectural cousin — a true reverse proxy that clones your site per language, fully indexable by design. It meters by page count though, which gets unpredictable on large or dynamic sites, and there's no script-tag or hybrid option. Proxylang gives you the same proxy architecture plus two lighter install modes, metered by words instead of pages.
On a pure WordPress site, WPML is a fair choice: server-side, SEO-native, one annual fee. But it is WordPress-only, setup is famously involved, and automatic translation runs on prepaid credit top-ups. Proxylang works on WordPress (free plugin) and everything else you run — with a 60-second setup and no credit juggling.
Every claim was checked against each vendor's public pricing page, documentation, or major review platforms (G2, Capterra) as of July 2026. Where a vendor doesn't publish a data point, we mark it "not publicly documented" rather than guessing. If you spot something outdated, tell us and we'll fix it.
Three things: install flexibility (script-tag, hybrid, and full reverse-proxy modes on every plan), a hybrid mode that serves visitors instant client-side translation while search engines get pre-rendered HTML, and lifetime word metering — once a page is translated, serving it from cache is free forever.
Yes. Because Proxylang works from a script tag or DNS setting, there is nothing to migrate — remove the old snippet or plugin, add Proxylang, and your pages re-translate automatically. Glossary rules and no-translate terms can be recreated in the dashboard in minutes.
Yes. In hybrid and proxy modes, search engines receive fully pre-rendered translated HTML with correct hreflang tags and localized URLs (/es/, /fr/, /de/) on Pro plans and up. Naver, Bing, and Yandex are supported alongside Google.
Yes — 2,000 words and 1,500 monthly page views, running on the same translation engine and infrastructure as paid plans. No credit card required.