Crowdin vs SYSTRAN: 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 | SYSTRAN |
|---|---|---|
| tier 1 | Free — 60K hosted words, 1 private project, unlimited public projects and translators | $15/mo — Web and document translation, 55 languages, standard glossary creation |
| tier 2 | $50/mo — From $50/mo billed annually ($600/yr) — 60K hosted words, 2 private projects | $30/mo — Full MS Office integration, speech translation, advanced dictionary manager |
| tier 3 | $150/mo — From $150/mo billed annually ($1,800/yr) — 100K hosted words, 5 managers | $850/mo — On-premise deployment, custom neural model training, unlimited internal users |
| 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 SYSTRAN if
- Global enterprises localizing technical documentation and marketing campaigns
- Multinational corporate communications teams requiring strict data privacy
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
SYSTRAN
- Indie hackers building simple single-page affiliate sites
Compiled by Stepan Noianov from both vendors' own sites. Something wrong? Report an inaccuracy.