Every free localization tier that clears our bar in 2026: 6 offers meet the criteria and 7 offers are demoted with a named reason. Recorded changes and a published ranking method. We could not confirm today's terms for 7 of them: on 5 the page we cite did not answer, and on 2 our own read did not confirm them. Each row says why.
Superseded: As of 2026-09-09, simplelocalize.io/pricing reads: The Community plan includes 500 translation keys, unlimited strings, 10 languages, 10 projects, and 1 team member. We are not publishing our stored SimpleLocalize terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-09, names them as the previous ones. Read what we recorded ↓
Localization management. The Free plan is $0 a month: 60,000 hosted words, 1 private project, unlimited public projects, 1 integration, unlimited translators and Crowdin AI. Users on the Free plan donate their translations to Crowdin's translation memory. Pro starts at $50 a month (2 private projects), Team at $150 and Team+ at $450. Open-source and non-profit projects can apply for a free Open Source License. The CDN for over-the-air translations is free up to 1M requests and 10 GB of data transfer. CLI, GitHub integration, REST API
Instantly localize without managing translation files. Free for up to 10,000 characters/month, unlimited languages. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-10-29, we refused the change we considered recording because it named no figure that had moved, and refusing a change is not a confirmation of the terms above, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free for open-source projects; standard free tier includes 250 string keys
Fast, developer-friendly localization platform with seamless and free GitHub/GitLab integration, AI-assisted and manual translations, and a generous free plan (includes 2 users, 500 keys, and unlimited projects). The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-11, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Web-based gettext PO file editor and translator, completely free for everyone. We could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-11-10, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free up to 3 users, always free for Open Source. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-11, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free for 1 user, 1 project, 2 languages with unlimited keys and translations. The page we cite for Texterify states in words that it is free, which confirms the price — the limits stated here come from our own record rather than from that page.
Free for open-source projects with OSI-approved license and no commercialization. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-11, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free up to 2000 translations, Unlimited translators, ten languages/project, 1000 translatable assets/project. The page we cite for Loco names a plan but states no amount, so these limits come from our own record rather than from that page.
Localization platform for apps, websites and content. The free plan covers small projects: up to 200 source keys, all essential localization features, unlimited seats and languages, no credit card required. Professional costs $41 a month billed monthly, or $408 a year ($34 a month) billed annually, for 1,000 source keys. Every new account starts with a 14-day trial of the Business plan. Localazy also runs Startup, Nonprofit and Ambassador programs.
| Vendor | Free Tier | Key Limits | Durability | Read / catalogue date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SimpleLocalize | Free | As of 2026-09-09, simplelocalize.io/pricing reads: The Community plan includes 500 translation keys, unlimited strings, 10 languages… Our stored SimpleLocalize terms are superseded and withheld. | stable discovered 2026-09-09 · effective date unknown |
2026-11-10 / 2026-08-27 |
| Crowdin | Free | Localization management. The Free plan is $0 a month: 60,000 hosted words, 1 private project, unlimited public projects,... | stable | 2026-11-07 / 2026-10-14 |
| AutoLocalise.com | Free | Instantly localize without managing translation files. Free for up to 10,000 characters/month, unlimited languages. | not published no difference measured · 2026-10-29 |
2026-10-29 / 2026-10-04 |
| Tolgee | Free | Free SaaS offering with limited translations, forever-free self-hosted version | stable | 2026-11-04 |
| localizely.com | Free | Free for open-source projects; standard free tier includes 250 string keys | stable | 2026-10-31 |
| POEditor | Free | Free up to 1,000 strings with unlimited projects and 5 contributors | stable | 2026-11-04 |
We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 6 free localization offers that clear our bar, each listed with the terms we publish and the date we last read them. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
6 offers meet our criteria for this category. Of those, 5 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, and we publish no durability signal for 1. The Durability column below says which offer is in which group, and links the dated record behind every change. We withhold the class where the pricing page does not resolve or states no amount, tier or rate we can read, where we refused the last read, where the listing is gated, or where a narrowing in our records cites no source or no archived copy of the vendor's page has confirmed it. We do not rank these by how much you get, because the limits are not comparable without reading each vendor's page.