Crowdin vs Locize: Which Should You Choose in 2026?
Both prices below were read from each vendor's own pricing page on the date shown.
Pricing side by side
| Plan | Crowdin | Locize |
|---|---|---|
| tier 1 | Free — 60K hosted words, 1 private project, unlimited public projects and translators | $5 — Base fee $5/mo + $0.005 per translation word modification + $0.10 per 1,000 downloads |
| tier 2 | $50/mo — From $50/mo billed annually ($600/yr) — 60K hosted words, 2 private projects | $99 — Includes base usage, SLA guarantee, private Slack channel support, audit log history |
| tier 3 | $150/mo — From $150/mo billed annually ($1,800/yr) — 100K hosted words, 5 managers | — |
| tier 4 | $450/mo — From $450/mo, annual billing only ($5,400/yr) — 500K hosted words, data residency | — |
| tier 5 | On request — Unlimited content, 10 managers, SSO and SCIM | — |
read from both vendors' pricing pages · 20 Aug 2026 · how we verify
Choose Crowdin if
- Open-source and academic projects — both get free licences with unlimited projects and members
- Teams with many translators, since translator seats are unlimited on every paid plan
Choose Locize if
- Engineering and marketing teams building React, Vue, or Next.js multilingual web applications
- SaaS companies seeking flexible pay-for-what-you-use localization infrastructure
Where each one disappoints
Crowdin
- Anyone sizing cost by word count alone — the hosted-words limit multiplies by the number of target languages
- Teams wanting month-to-month on the larger plans — Team+ is annual billing only
Locize
- Non-technical founders looking for visual point-and-click iframe website translation
Compiled by Stepan Noianov from both vendors' own sites. Something wrong? Report an inaccuracy.