{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "amazon-translate", "name": "Amazon Translate", "vendor": "Amazon Web Services", "vendorUrl": "https://aws.amazon.com/translate/", "kind": "http-api", "category": "translation", "summary": "AWS's neural translation API across 75 languages.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-translate", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-translate.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-translate.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/amazon-translate.json", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://translate.us-east-1.amazonaws.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@aws-sdk/client-translate" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "boto3" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "AWS Signature Version 4 with IAM access keys or a role. Regional endpoints `translate.\u003cregion\u003e.amazonaws.com`.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "$15 per million characters for real-time text, batch and real-time text or HTML documents. Real-time Word (.docx) documents are $30 per million and Active Custom Translation $60. Parallel data storage is free to 200 GB, then $0.023 per GB a month. The pricing page lists 2 million characters a month free for up to 12 months from the first translation request, and 500,000 a month for 2 months of Active Custom Translation. Unused free characters don't roll over. Over 1 billion characters a month is by quote (https://aws.amazon.com/translate/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 600597, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/translate/", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/translate/latest/dg/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "translate.text", "translate.documents", "translate.glossary", "translate.detect", "translate.formality" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "python", "typescript", "enterprise", "batch", "async-jobs", "card-required" ], "lastRelease": "2023-10-31", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 69.5, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 154, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 25, "payments": 20, "reliability": 90, "schema": 90, "security": 75, "transparency": 69 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "high", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "IAM policies scope access per action and resource, with a `TranslateReadOnly` managed policy, and CloudTrail logs each call. AWS may store and use text to improve Amazon AI services unless the organisation sets an opt-out policy.", "bestFor": "Operators already on AWS who want translation inside IAM and CloudTrail, with S3 batch jobs and terminology files.", "strengths": [ "IAM policies scope access per action and resource, with a `TranslateReadOnly` managed policy, and CloudTrail logs each call", "Formality, profanity masking and brevity on `TranslateText`, reported back in `AppliedSettings`", "S3 batch jobs up to 5 GB and 1 million documents, with a `ClientToken` for idempotency", "Covered by the Amazon Machine Learning Language SLA", "Public service model and llms.txt for the developer guide" ], "weaknesses": [ "AWS may store and use text to improve Amazon AI services unless the organisation sets an opt-out policy", "No new capability in the document history since 2023-10-31", "10,000 bytes a `TranslateText` call and one string per call", "No published request rate for `TranslateText`", "A new AWS account needs a card before the free characters apply" ], "agentNotes": [ "Chunk real-time text under 10,000 bytes, not characters, so multibyte scripts fit less per call", "Pass `SourceLanguageCode` auto to detect the source language, and handle `DetectedLanguageLowConfidenceException`", "Read `AppliedSettings` in the response, since unsupported formality or profanity settings are dropped without an error", "Retry `TooManyRequestsException` with backoff, which the AWS SDKs do by default", "Set the AI services opt-out policy before sending private text" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "high", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 69.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 25, "payments": 20, "reliability": 90, "schema": 90, "security": 75, "transparency": 50 }, "provenanceScore": 88 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install boto3 # or: npm i @aws-sdk/client-translate", "http": "curl -X POST \"https://translate.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/\" \\\n --aws-sigv4 \"aws:amz:us-east-1:translate\" --user \"$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1\" -H \"X-Amz-Target: AWSShineFrontendService_20170701.TranslateText\" \\\n -d '{\"Text\":\"Your table is booked for seven.\",\"SourceLanguageCode\":\"en\",\"TargetLanguageCode\":\"fr\",\"Settings\":{\"Formality\":\"FORMAL\"}}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/translate.text", "tool": "https://letme.dev/amazon-translate" }, "sameCompany": [ "amazon-bedrock-guardrails", "amazon-transcribe", "amazon-polly", "aws-secrets-manager", "aws-mcp-servers", "amazon-ses", "amazon-location", "amazon-ads-api" ], "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Standard text and batch", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 15, "note": "Also real-time text and HTML documents" }, { "item": "Real-time Word documents", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 30 }, { "item": "Active Custom Translation", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 60 }, { "item": "Parallel data storage", "unit": "gb-month", "usd": 0.023, "note": "Above 200 GB free" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Amazon Web Services, Inc.", "domain": "amazon.com", "domainRegistered": "1994-11-01", "domainNote": "The endpoints are on amazonaws.com, an AWS domain. The security.txt on aws.amazon.com passed its Expires date on 2026-09-24.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/", "privacy": "https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status", "changelog": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/translate/latest/dg/doc-history.html", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-09-30", "score": 88 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-translate.json", "live": { "slug": "amazon-translate", "probe": { "target": "https://translate.us-east-1.amazonaws.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:15.385400511Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 247, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 257, "p95ms24h": 309, "samples24h": 270, "samples30d": 1962, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 246, "ok": 246 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@aws-sdk/client-translate", "version": "3.1147.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T15:58:15.758277828Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "boto3", "version": "1.43.109", "released": "2026-10-07", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T15:58:19.122903114Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 744769, "pypiWeekly": 573748207, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://amazon.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:45.56973403Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/translate/latest/dg/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:08.067744094Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "amazon.com", "registered": "1994-11-01", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/amazon.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:06:18.739682554Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/translate/latest/dg/doc-history.html", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:26.650770831Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "4ed712c7a38a" }, { "url": "https://aws.amazon.com/translate/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:47.784867052Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "5e80ed498008" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:15.385400511Z" } }, "answer": "Amazon Translate scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against SYSTRAN Translate API's 40 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. SYSTRAN Translate API leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "systran", "name": "SYSTRAN Translate API", "vendor": "SYSTRAN (ChapsVision)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.systransoft.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "translation", "summary": "Machine translation API from SYSTRAN, part of ChapsVision, for text and files in 55 languages, with user dictionaries, translation memories and translation profiles. Access needs an API key or OAuth token on a paid or trial subscription.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/systran", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/systran.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/systran.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/systran.json", "license": "Proprietary service under the SYSTRAN Translate PRO terms and conditions", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api-translate.systran.net", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "An API key or an OAuth access token, both issued from the SYSTRAN Translate account. Keys go in `Authorization: Key \u003capi_key\u003e` or, as a documented option, in a `?key=` query parameter. Tokens come from client credentials or PKCE and go in `Authorization: Bearer`. Access is self-serve. A person signs up in a browser, and the API works only on the API, Premium or Infinite plans or the trial. No key scopes were found.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "€14.99 per 1 million characters, billed monthly, on the developer pricing page (https://www.systransoft.com/pricing/developers/). A 14-day trial includes 500,000 characters and needs no credit card, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. The terms say API characters are billed by use above a minimum monthly commitment, whose size they don't state, and that prices are in dollars for North America. Enterprise plans are sold through sales.", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API reference, the pricing page or the terms (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.systran.net/translateAPI/en/", "capabilities": [ "translate.text", "translate.documents", "translate.glossary", "translate.detect" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "api-key", "oauth", "usage-priced", "free-trial", "no-card", "eu", "iso27001", "sla", "async-jobs", "batch", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2023-06-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 40, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 691, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 4, "payments": 40, "reliability": 25, "schema": 42, "security": 55, "transparency": 51 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Five documented REST APIs cover text, files, dictionaries, translation memories and profiles, with a Google-compatible mode and a public price of €14.99 per million characters. The reference pages date from June 2023, and no changelog, status page, rate limit, SDK or downloadable OpenAPI file was found. The terms bar benchmark tests and automated use beyond human volumes.", "bestFor": "Teams that want European Union hosting, user dictionaries and translation memories applied through profiles, or the same API on an on-premises SYSTRAN server.", "strengths": [ "Text, file, dictionary, corpus and profile APIs, 60 documented operations in all, plus a mode that mirrors Google Translate v2 paths", "€14.99 per million characters is published without a login, and the 14-day trial of 500,000 characters needs no credit card", "The terms say content is destroyed once the translation is done, with a 72-hour encrypted exception for error analysis", "The terms place all stored data on servers in the European Union and promise one month's notice before a move", "The terms promise backward-compatible API changes and one month's email notice before an old API version is switched off" ], "weaknesses": [ "The terms forbid benchmark tests and automated access that exceeds normal human volumes, which matters for any agent workload", "No status page, changelog, llms.txt, SDK or downloadable OpenAPI file was found, and the reference pages were last modified on 16 June 2023", "No request rate limit, 429 response or retry guidance is documented. Only 400 and 500 appear in the reference", "The API key may travel in the URL as `?key=`, and no key scopes were found", "No privacy policy for the product. The terms link to a legal notice that points to ChapsVision's group policy" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key as `Authorization: Key \u003capi_key\u003e` and avoid the documented `?key=` query option, which puts the secret in URLs and logs", "Expect HTTP 400, not 401, when credentials are missing. The body reads `No key / credentials provided`", "Call `/translation/file/translate` with `async=true` for large files, then poll `/translation/file/status` and fetch `/translation/file/result` with the returned `requestId`", "Apply dictionaries and translation memories through a profile and pass its UUID as `profile`. `withDictionary` and `withCorpus` are deprecated", "Read the terms before automating. They bar benchmark tests and request volumes beyond normal human use, and SYSTRAN may throttle or suspend access" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 40 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 4, "payments": 40, "reliability": 25, "schema": 42, "security": 55, "transparency": 47 }, "provenanceScore": 54 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST \"https://api-translate.systran.net/translation/text/translate?source=auto\u0026target=fr\u0026input=The%20table%20is%20booked%20for%20seven.\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Key $SYSTRAN_API_KEY\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/translate.text", "tool": "https://letme.dev/systran" }, "area": "everyday", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "SYSTRAN SAS", "domain": "systran.net", "domainRegistered": "1997-09-08", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.systransoft.com/systran/terms-of-service-translate-pro/", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Translate PRO terms, in force since 1 May 2023, name SYSTRAN SAS and cover the API plan. The site's legal notice names Chapsvision SAS, 4 rue du Port aux Vins, 92150 Suresnes, as publisher.", "No privacy policy for the product was found, so the field is left out. The address the terms give, www.systransoft.com/systran/privacy-policy/, is a legal notice that links to ChapsVision's group policy at www.chapsvision.com/privacy-policies/.", "The API, the docs, the web app and the OpenID server are on systran.net (registered 1997-09-08 per RDAP). Marketing, pricing and terms are on systransoft.com (registered 1996-11-28).", "www.systransoft.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and the API host returns its JSON error for that path.", "No status page or API changelog was found. Enterprise customers have separate terms at www.systransoft.com/systran/terms-of-service-translate-enterprise/." ], "score": 54 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/systran.json", "live": { "slug": "systran", "probe": { "target": "https://api-translate.systran.net", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:35.266972075Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 400, "lastMs": 91, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 93, "p95ms24h": 165, "samples24h": 28, "samples30d": 28, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 28, "ok": 28 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:35.266972075Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Amazon Web Services", "b": "SYSTRAN (ChapsVision)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://translate.us-east-1.amazonaws.com", "b": "https://api-translate.systran.net", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$15 per 1M characters", "b": "not published", "name": "Price for translate text" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under the SYSTRAN Translate PRO terms and conditions", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2023-10-31", "b": "2023-06-16", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-05-18", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "601k npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "4/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Amazon Translate scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against SYSTRAN Translate API's 40 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. SYSTRAN Translate API leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Amazon Translate or SYSTRAN Translate API?" }, { "answer": "Amazon Translate needs an API key. SYSTRAN Translate API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Amazon Translate and SYSTRAN Translate API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Amazon Translate has a hosted endpoint at https://translate.us-east-1.amazonaws.com and SYSTRAN Translate API at https://api-translate.systran.net.", "question": "Can an agent call Amazon Translate and SYSTRAN Translate API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 90 against 25", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 90 against 42", "Agent ergonomics, 80 against 54", "Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 55", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 25 against 4", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 69 against 51" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Operators already on AWS who want translation inside IAM and CloudTrail, with S3 batch jobs and terminology files.", "slug": "amazon-translate", "watchFor": "AWS may store and use text to improve Amazon AI services unless the organisation sets an opt-out policy" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Teams that want European Union hosting, user dictionaries and translation memories applied through profiles, or the same API on an on-premises SYSTRAN server.", "slug": "systran", "watchFor": "The terms forbid benchmark tests and automated access that exceeds normal human volumes, which matters for any agent workload" } ], "job": { "capability": "translate.text", "name": "Translate text" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-azure-translator.json", "title": "Amazon Translate vs Azure Translator", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-azure-translator" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-crowdin.json", "title": "Amazon Translate vs Crowdin", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-crowdin" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-deepl-api.json", "title": "Amazon Translate vs DeepL API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-deepl-api" }, { "json": 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"title": "Amazon Translate vs Lingvanex Translation API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-lingvanex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-lokalise.json", "title": "Amazon Translate vs Lokalise", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-lokalise" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-phrase.json", "title": "Amazon Translate vs Phrase", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-phrase" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-systran.json", "title": "Azure Translator vs SYSTRAN Translate API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-systran" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crowdin-vs-systran.json", "title": "Crowdin vs SYSTRAN Translate API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crowdin-vs-systran" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingo-dev-vs-systran" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingvanex-vs-systran.json", "title": "Lingvanex Translation API vs SYSTRAN Translate API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingvanex-vs-systran" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lokalise-vs-systran.json", "title": "Lokalise vs SYSTRAN Translate API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lokalise-vs-systran" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/phrase-vs-systran.json", "title": "Phrase vs SYSTRAN Translate API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/phrase-vs-systran" } ], "scores": [ { "amazon-translate": 90, "by": 65, "edge": "amazon-translate", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "systran": 25, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "amazon-translate": 90, "by": 48, "edge": "amazon-translate", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 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categories. SYSTRAN Translate API leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do translate text.", "verdicts": { "amazon-translate": "IAM policies scope access per action and resource, with a `TranslateReadOnly` managed policy, and CloudTrail logs each call. AWS may store and use text to improve Amazon AI services unless the organisation sets an opt-out policy.", "systran": "Five documented REST APIs cover text, files, dictionaries, translation memories and profiles, with a Google-compatible mode and a public price of €14.99 per million characters. The reference pages date from June 2023, and no changelog, status page, rate limit, SDK or downloadable OpenAPI file was found. The terms bar benchmark tests and automated use beyond human volumes." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-systran", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-systran.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-systran.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-systran.min.md" }, "markdown": "Amazon Translate scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against SYSTRAN Translate API's 40 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. SYSTRAN Translate API leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do translate text.\n\n- Amazon Translate: grade B, 69.5/100, rank #154 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-translate.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/amazon-translate.json\n- SYSTRAN Translate API: grade E, 40/100, rank #691 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/systran.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/systran.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Amazon Translate (B)\n\nGood for: Operators already on AWS who want translation inside IAM and CloudTrail, with S3 batch jobs and terminology files.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 90 against 25\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 90 against 42\n- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 54\n- Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 55\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 25 against 4\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 69 against 51\n\nWatch for: AWS may store and use text to improve Amazon AI services unless the organisation sets an opt-out policy\n\n### SYSTRAN Translate API (E)\n\nGood for: Teams that want European Union hosting, user dictionaries and translation memories applied through profiles, or the same API on an on-premises SYSTRAN server.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: The terms forbid benchmark tests and automated access that exceeds normal human volumes, which matters for any agent workload\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Amazon Translate | SYSTRAN Translate API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 90 | 25 | Amazon Translate +65 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 90 | 42 | Amazon Translate +48 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 54 | Amazon Translate +26 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 75 | 55 | Amazon Translate +20 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 40 | SYSTRAN Translate API +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 25 | 4 | Amazon Translate +21 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 69 | 51 | Amazon Translate +18 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **69.5 · B** | **40 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Amazon Translate | SYSTRAN Translate API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | SYSTRAN (ChapsVision) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://translate.us-east-1.amazonaws.com` | `https://api-translate.systran.net` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| Price for translate text | $15 per 1M characters | not published |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the SYSTRAN Translate PRO terms and conditions |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2023-10-31 | 2023-06-16 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 601k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Amazon Translate.** IAM policies scope access per action and resource, with a `TranslateReadOnly` managed policy, and CloudTrail logs each call. AWS may store and use text to improve Amazon AI services unless the organisation sets an opt-out policy.\n\n**SYSTRAN Translate API.** Five documented REST APIs cover text, files, dictionaries, translation memories and profiles, with a Google-compatible mode and a public price of €14.99 per million characters. The reference pages date from June 2023, and no changelog, status page, rate limit, SDK or downloadable OpenAPI file was found. The terms bar benchmark tests and automated use beyond human volumes.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Amazon Translate\n\n1. Chunk real-time text under 10,000 bytes, not characters, so multibyte scripts fit less per call\n2. Pass `SourceLanguageCode` auto to detect the source language, and handle `DetectedLanguageLowConfidenceException`\n3. Read `AppliedSettings` in the response, since unsupported formality or profanity settings are dropped without an error\n4. Retry `TooManyRequestsException` with backoff, which the AWS SDKs do by default\n5. Set the AI services opt-out policy before sending private text\n\n### SYSTRAN Translate API\n\n1. Send the key as `Authorization: Key \u003capi_key\u003e` and avoid the documented `?key=` query option, which puts the secret in URLs and logs\n2. Expect HTTP 400, not 401, when credentials are missing. The body reads `No key / credentials provided`\n3. Call `/translation/file/translate` with `async=true` for large files, then poll `/translation/file/status` and fetch `/translation/file/result` with the returned `requestId`\n4. Apply dictionaries and translation memories through a profile and pass its UUID as `profile`. `withDictionary` and `withCorpus` are deprecated\n5. Read the terms before automating. They bar benchmark tests and request volumes beyond normal human use, and SYSTRAN may throttle or suspend access\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Amazon Translate or SYSTRAN Translate API?\n\nAmazon Translate scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against SYSTRAN Translate API's 40 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. SYSTRAN Translate API leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Amazon Translate and SYSTRAN Translate API need an API key?\n\nAmazon Translate needs an API key. SYSTRAN Translate API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Amazon Translate and SYSTRAN Translate API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Amazon Translate has a hosted endpoint at https://translate.us-east-1.amazonaws.com and SYSTRAN Translate API at https://api-translate.systran.net.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-systran.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-systran.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"amazon-translate\", \"b\": \"systran\"}`. 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