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DeepL vs Smartling AI Translation
DeepL or Smartling AI Translation? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In inglese
In short
- Both: Tone, Translation, API
- Only DeepL states: Rewrites, Grammar, Browser extension
DeepL
DeepL translates text, documents, images, and speech, and provides writing tools and APIs for multilingual work.
Plans
Free version
Free
- 50,000 characters per user/month
- 1 saved translation
- 1 file translation per user/month
- Up to 5 MB max. file size
- 1 glossary
Individual
- €7.49 per month, billed annually 1
- €8.99 per month1
- No data training
- 300,000 characters per month
- 3 file translations per month
- 1 glossary
- 1 saved translation
- Full-page translation
Team
- €24.99 per user/month, billed annually 1
- €29.99 per user/month1
- 1,000,000 characters per user/month
- 20 file translations per month
- Bulk file translation
- 5 shared style rule lists
- 5 glossaries
- Team administration
Business
- €49.99 per user/month, billed annually 1
- €59.99
- Unlimited characters
- 100 file translations per month
- 20 shared style rule lists
- Unlimited glossaries
- Translation memory
- User provisioning (SCIM)
Enterprise
Price on request
- Customize your character and file limits
- Unlimited shared style rule lists
- Unlimited glossaries
- Translation memory
- Bring your own key
- Dedicated account team
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Rewrites — “easily refine your text” source
- Grammar — “Write clearly and error-free” source
- Tone — “Perfect your business writing, with style and tone adaptations to fit your brand and target audience.” source
- Translation — “Quickly and securely translate documents in all major formats into 100+ languages, while preserving layout and visual context, built for bulk and enterprise workflows.” source
- Browser extension — “DeepL Chrome extension” source
- API — “API reference Community Free API Key” source
Security
- SOC 2 Type II — “DeepL has successfully achieved the C5 Type 2 attestation and renewed its SOC 2 Type 2 report.” source
- SOC 2 — “DeepL has successfully achieved the C5 Type 2 attestation and renewed its SOC 2 Type 2 report.” source
- ISO 27001 — “DeepL Agent has successfully achieved ISO 27001:2022 certification , reinforcing our unwavering commitment to information security and data protection.” source
- GDPR — “DeepL remains fully GDPR compliant.” source
- HIPAA — “DeepL has achieved HIPAA compliance , marking another significant milestone in our commitment to safeguarding sensitive data and providing the highest standards of security and privacy for our users.” source
- Data kept in the EU — “This option provides: Geographic Control - Assurance that your customer content data is stored, processed, and managed exclusively within your selected region” source
- Not trained on your data — “All customer data remains within EU regions, and our strict no-LLM-training policy ensures your data is never used to train or update the underlying models.” source
Latest updates
- September 2026
Voice API now supports Catalan and Galician as source languages and translation and translated-speech targets.
- August 2026
Custom reporting tags now attribute Voice API usage, and usage analytics reports voice minutes.
- July 2026
Admin API access expanded to API Pro subscribers; German (Swiss) and French (Canadian) became generally available.
Smartling AI Translation
Smartling AI Translation uses AI, machine translation, and linguistic assets to translate business content through managed localization workflows.
Plans
Core
Free
- Basic workflow, user, and project management
- Easy drag and drop
- CAT Tool with visual context and in-platform communication
- Translation memory for 180 days
- Essential reporting and automated quality checks
- Basic linguistic quality assurance tools
Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Tone — “Tone enforcement and bias detection” source
- Translation — “An AI-powered portal delivering instant, on-brand translations” source
- API — “For custom setups, Smartling provides open APIs, SDKs, Zapier support, and professional services.” source
Security
- SOC 2 — “Smartling has continuously maintained compliance with SOC 2 standards since 2013.” source
- ISO 27001 — “ISO 27001 Certification” source
- ISO 42001 — “ISO 42001:2023 Certification” source
- GDPR — “Protecting personal data in the EU, Smartling has met GDPR’s strict security and privacy standards since its introduction in 2018.” source
- HIPAA — “Smartling has maintained HIPAA compliance since 2013.” source