{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "azure-translator", "name": "Azure Translator", "vendor": "Microsoft Azure", "vendorUrl": "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-services/ai-translator", "kind": "http-api", "category": "translation", "summary": "Microsoft's translation API, now part of Foundry Tools.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-translator", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-translator.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-translator.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/azure-translator.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/translation", "license": "MIT (SDKs)", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "azure-ai-translation-text" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@azure-rest/ai-translation-text" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "`Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key` with the resource key plus `Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Region`, a time-limited bearer token, or Microsoft Entra ID (managed identity or service principal). LLM translation also needs a Microsoft Foundry resource.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free F0 tier with 2 million characters a month of standard translation and custom training combined (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/translator/). Pay as you go (S1) in East US is $10 per million characters for text, $15 for document translation, $40 for custom-model translation and $10 for custom training, plus $10 a month per hosted custom model per region. Commitment tiers are $2,055 a month for 250 million characters ($8.22 per million over), $6,000 for 1 billion ($6) and $22,000 for 4 billion ($5.50) (https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?$filter=productName%20eq%20%27Translator%20Text%27). LLM translation bills input and output tokens at Azure OpenAI rates instead of characters (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/translator/text-translation/overview).", "priceSummary": "$10 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 156429, "pypiWeekly": 39569, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/translator/", "openapi": "https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/main/specification/translation/data-plane/TextTranslation/stable/2026-06-06/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "translate.text", "translate.documents", "translate.glossary", "translate.detect", "translate.formality" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "closed-source", "openapi", "python", "typescript", "enterprise", "batch", "async-jobs", "card-required" ], "lastRelease": "2026-06-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 72.2, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 73, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 82, "maintenance": 70, "payments": 20, "reliability": 83, "schema": 83, "security": 75, "transparency": 80 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "$10 per million characters pay as you go, 2 million free a month on F0, commitment overage down to $5.50. The 2026-06-06 schema breaks v3.0 clients and drops BreakSentence and dictionary lookups from the spec.", "strengths": [ "$10 per million characters pay as you go, 2 million free a month on F0, commitment overage down to $5.50", "Text isn't stored and documents are hard-deleted after processing", "OpenAPI documents for 3.0 and 2026-06-06 in Microsoft's public spec repository", "Up to 1,000 texts and 50,000 characters in one NMT request, several targets per call", "Microsoft Entra ID with managed identities as well as keys" ], "weaknesses": [ "The 2026-06-06 schema breaks v3.0 clients and drops BreakSentence and dictionary lookups from the spec", "LLM translation needs a Foundry deployment and bills tokens on the Azure OpenAI meter", "Tone and gender controls only on the LLM option, which takes 50 texts of 5,000 characters a call", "No backoff or Retry-After guidance for 429", "The key can travel in a `Subscription-Key` query parameter" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Region` with the key for a regional resource", "Pin `api-version=3.0` until your client handles the 2026-06-06 `inputs` and `value` shape", "Batch up to 1,000 strings a call rather than one call per string", "Spread load across the hour, since the character caps are hourly and bursts get 429", "Treat 403001 as the free quota running out, not a permissions error" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 72.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 82, "maintenance": 70, "payments": 20, "reliability": 83, "schema": 83, "security": 75, "transparency": 65 }, "provenanceScore": 95 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install azure-ai-translation-text # or: npm i @azure-rest/ai-translation-text", "http": "curl -X POST \"https://api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com/translate?api-version=3.0\u0026to=fr\" \\\n -H \"Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: $AZURE_TRANSLATOR_KEY\" -H \"Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Region: $AZURE_TRANSLATOR_REGION\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '[{\"Text\":\"Your table is booked for seven.\"}]'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/translate.text", "tool": "https://letme.dev/azure-translator" }, "sameCompany": [ "azure-foundry-fine-tuning", "azure-ai-content-safety", "azure-speech-to-text", "azure-text-to-speech", "microsoft-learn-mcp", "playwright-mcp", "azure-mcp", "microsoft-graph-calendar" ], "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "S1 text translation", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 10, "note": "East US, pay as you go" }, { "item": "S1 document translation", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 15 }, { "item": "S1 custom-model translation", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 40 }, { "item": "Custom model training", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 10, "note": "Source plus 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"url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/translator/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:28.531823742Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "24497cdc31d5" }, { "url": "https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?$filter=productName%20eq%20%27Translator%20Text%27", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:01.205593595Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:19.818954979Z" } }, "b": { "slug": "deepl-api", "name": "DeepL API", "vendor": "DeepL", "vendorUrl": "https://www.deepl.com/en/products/api", "kind": "http-api", "category": "translation", "summary": "Translation API for text and documents in over 100 languages, with glossaries, formality control, style rules, custom instructions, a writing endpoint and a voice API.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepl-api", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepl-api.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepl-api.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepl-api.json", "repo": "https://github.com/DeepL/deepl-mcp-server", "license": "MIT (MCP server)", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.deepl.com/v2/translate", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "deepl-node" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "deepl" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "deepl-mcp-server" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "`Authorization: DeepL-Auth-Key \u003ckey\u003e` header. API Free keys end in `:fx` and go to api-free.deepl.com, paid keys to api.deepl.com. The hosted MCP at mcp.deepl.com signs in with OAuth 2.1 against a DeepL account and takes no API key. The local MCP server reads `DEEPL_API_KEY`.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "DeepL has replaced its API plans. API Free (500,000 characters a month) and API Pro can no longer be bought. API Developer, where the free API key sign-up leads, allows 1,000,000 characters in total and never resets. API Growth is a monthly or yearly subscription with 1 million characters a month included (12 million a year), pay-as-you-go above that, and caps of 50 million characters and 300 speech-to-text hours a month. Enterprise is custom (https://support.deepl.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021200939-DeepL-API-plans, https://www.deepl.com/en/ai-agents). Every source character counts, spaces included, but HTML and XML tags don't when tag handling is on. Word, PowerPoint, Excel and PDF files bill at least 50,000 characters each (https://support.deepl.com/hc/en-us/articles/360020685720-Usage-count-and-billing-in-DeepL-API). We couldn't read the per-character rates, which the pricing page renders only in a browser.", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 13, "popularity": { "githubStars": 117, "npmWeekly": 328192, "pypiWeekly": 291467, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.deepl.com", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.deepl.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://developers.deepl.com/api-reference/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "translate.text", "translate.documents", "translate.glossary", "translate.detect", "translate.formality", "speech.translation" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "typescript", "python", "eu", "enterprise", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 72.4, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 70, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 87, "payments": 30, "reliability": 52, "schema": 95, "security": 82, "transparency": 84 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Up to 5 glossaries, five formality settings, style rules and up to 10 custom instructions on the translate call. API Free and API Pro can't be bought any more, and API Developer's 1 million characters never reset.", "strengths": [ "Up to 5 glossaries, five formality settings, style rules and up to 10 custom instructions on the translate call", "OpenAPI document synced daily to GitHub, llms.txt and 17 dated changelog entries since 1 July 2026", "API Key Permissions scope a key to chosen endpoints, and keys travel only in a header", "Two official MCP servers, hosted with OAuth and local with an API key, the local one with CI and 15 releases since July", "Documented retry rules, retry 429, 529 and 5xx with backoff, don't retry 456" ], "weaknesses": [ "API Free and API Pro can't be bought any more, and API Developer's 1 million characters never reset", "Per-character rates only appear on a browser-rendered pricing page", "No published request rate and no SLA found for self-serve plans", "The privacy policy doesn't say how API Developer text is handled", "Office and PDF files bill at least 50,000 characters each" ], "agentNotes": [ "Match the host to the key. Keys ending `:fx` go to api-free.deepl.com, others to api.deepl.com", "Send the key in the `Authorization: DeepL-Auth-Key` header, since query and body keys now get 403", "Retry 429 and 529 with exponential backoff but stop on 456, which means the quota is spent", "Set `tag_handling` to html for markup so the tags survive and aren't billed", "Put a key-level usage limit on any key an agent holds, and scope it to the endpoints it needs" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 72.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 87, "payments": 30, "reliability": 52, "schema": 95, "security": 82, "transparency": 67 }, "provenanceScore": 100 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install deepl # or: npm i deepl-node", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.deepl.com/v2/translate -H \"Authorization: DeepL-Auth-Key $DEEPL_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"text\":[\"Your table is booked for seven.\"],\"target_lang\":\"FR\",\"formality\":\"prefer_more\"}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http deepl https://mcp.deepl.com/v1/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "deepl": { "args": [ "-y", "deepl-mcp-server" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "DEEPL_API_KEY": "${DEEPL_API_KEY}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/translate.text", "tool": "https://letme.dev/deepl-api" }, "area": "everyday", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "DeepL SE", "domain": "deepl.com", "domainRegistered": "2010-04-22", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.deepl.com/en/pro-license", "privacy": "https://www.deepl.com/en/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.deepl.com", "changelog": "https://developers.deepl.com/docs/resources/roadmap-and-release-notes", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The privacy policy names DeepL SE and DeepL AI GmbH, Maarweg 165, 50825 Cologne, as controllers.", "security.txt is PGP-signed and expires on 2026-12-01, per the 30 September check.", "The changelog says status.deepl.com became one combined page with a dedicated API view on 2026-07-16. It renders only in a browser." ], "score": 100 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepl-api.json", "live": { "slug": "deepl-api", "probe": { "target": "https://api.deepl.com/v2/translate", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:22.406968872Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 403, "lastMs": 122, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 116, "p95ms24h": 159, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 903, "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": 3, "ok": 3 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.deepl.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:39:56.229450299Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "DeepL/deepl-mcp-server", "version": "v1.3.11", "released": "2026-10-01", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:25:27.807003735Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "deepl-mcp-server", "version": "1.3.11", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:25:26.603084889Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "deepl-node", "version": "1.28.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:25:25.596712396Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "deepl", "version": "1.32.0", "released": "2026-08-13", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:25:26.421996174Z" } ], "githubStars": 117, "npmWeekly": 337611, "pypiWeekly": 281954, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://deepl.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2026-12-01T09:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:41.728204325Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developers.deepl.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:30.348086965Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "deepl.com", "registered": "2010-04-22", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/deepl.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:05:06.317725836Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developers.deepl.com/docs/resources/roadmap-and-release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:42:47.389843547Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e0e43262ddce" }, { "url": "https://www.deepl.com/en/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:49:59.644862858Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e08bbf1a8cc4" }, { "url": "https://www.deepl.com/en/pro-license", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:50:01.782037578Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c66ffa503bdb" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:22.406968872Z" } }, "summary": "DeepL API has a score of 72.4 (BB) against Azure Translator's 72.2 (BB). Both do translate text. The largest gap is reliability, 31 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-deepl-api", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-deepl-api.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-deepl-api.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-deepl-api.min.md" }, "markdown": "DeepL API has a score of 72.4 (BB) against Azure Translator's 72.2 (BB). Both do translate text. The largest gap is reliability, 31 points.\n\n- Azure Translator: grade BB, 72.2/100, rank #73 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-translator.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/azure-translator.json\n- DeepL API: grade BB, 72.4/100, rank #70 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepl-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepl-api.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Azure Translator for reliability (+31).\n\nPick DeepL API for schema \u0026 documentation (+12), security \u0026 auth (+7), payments \u0026 pricing (+10), maintenance \u0026 community (+17).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Azure Translator | DeepL API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 83 | 52 | Azure Translator +31 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 83 | 95 | DeepL API +12 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 83 | DeepL API +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 75 | 82 | DeepL API +7 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | DeepL API +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 87 | DeepL API +17 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 84 | DeepL API +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **72.2 · BB** | **72.4 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Azure Translator | DeepL API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Microsoft Azure | DeepL |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com` | `https://api.deepl.com/v2/translate` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (SDKs) | MIT (MCP server) |\n| Tools exposed | none | 13 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-06-06 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Popularity | 156k npm/wk, 40k PyPI/wk | 117 stars, 328k npm/wk, 291k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Azure Translator.** $10 per million characters pay as you go, 2 million free a month on F0, commitment overage down to $5.50. The 2026-06-06 schema breaks v3.0 clients and drops BreakSentence and dictionary lookups from the spec.\n\n**DeepL API.** Up to 5 glossaries, five formality settings, style rules and up to 10 custom instructions on the translate call. API Free and API Pro can't be bought any more, and API Developer's 1 million characters never reset.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Azure Translator\n\n1. Send `Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Region` with the key for a regional resource\n2. Pin `api-version=3.0` until your client handles the 2026-06-06 `inputs` and `value` shape\n3. Batch up to 1,000 strings a call rather than one call per string\n4. Spread load across the hour, since the character caps are hourly and bursts get 429\n5. Treat 403001 as the free quota running out, not a permissions error\n\n### DeepL API\n\n1. Match the host to the key. Keys ending `:fx` go to api-free.deepl.com, others to api.deepl.com\n2. Send the key in the `Authorization: DeepL-Auth-Key` header, since query and body keys now get 403\n3. Retry 429 and 529 with exponential backoff but stop on 456, which means the quota is spent\n4. Set `tag_handling` to html for markup so the tags survive and aren't billed\n5. Put a key-level usage limit on any key an agent holds, and scope it to the endpoints it needs\n\n## Other comparisons with Azure Translator or DeepL API\n\n- [Amazon Translate vs Azure Translator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-azure-translator.md)\n- [Amazon Translate vs DeepL API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-deepl-api.md)\n- [Azure Translator vs Google Cloud Translation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-google-cloud-translation.md)\n- [Azure Translator vs Lara Translate API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-lara-translate.md)\n- [Azure Translator vs LibreTranslate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-libretranslate.md)\n- [Azure Translator vs Lingvanex Translation API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-lingvanex.md)\n- [DeepL API vs Google Cloud Translation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepl-api-vs-google-cloud-translation.md)\n- [DeepL API vs Lara Translate API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepl-api-vs-lara-translate.md)\n- [DeepL API vs LibreTranslate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepl-api-vs-libretranslate.md)\n- [DeepL API vs Lingvanex Translation API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepl-api-vs-lingvanex.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-05", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.3", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Azure Translator vs DeepL API", "url": "" } ], "description": "DeepL API has a score of 72.4 (BB) against Azure Translator's 72.2 (BB). 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