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      "category": "translation",
      "summary": "Lokalise is a hosted translation management system for software strings, documents and marketing content. Agents reach it through a REST API, the `lokalise2` CLI, SDKs in four languages and a hosted MCP server in beta.",
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          "API tokens are read-only or read/write, and OAuth 2 carries read and write scopes per resource",
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          "No idempotency keys in the OpenAPI files, though the errors page mentions an idempotent key under 409",
          "API tokens never expire and carry every permission of the user who made them",
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          "Use a read-only token for reads. A read/write token can call `PUT /projects/{project_id}/empty`, which deletes every key and translation.",
          "Use `pagination=cursor` on `/keys` and `/translations`, with `limit` at most 500 on keys, and follow `X-Pagination-Next-Cursor`.",
          "Projects above 10,000 key-language pairs need `/files/async-download`. Poll `/processes/{process_id}` for the bundle URL, and do the same after `/files/upload`."
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        "http": "curl \"https://api.lokalise.com/api2/projects?limit=5\" -H \"X-Api-Token: $LOKALISE_API_TOKEN\"",
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          "The API answers at api.lokalise.com and the MCP server at mcp.lokalise.com.",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lokalise.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lokalise.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Azure Translator (BB)\n\nGood for: Azure shops that want cheap NMT at volume, Entra ID auth and a choice of an LLM per request for tone and gender.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 83 against 76\n- Agent ergonomics, 82 against 69\n\nWatch for: The 2026-06-06 schema breaks v3.0 clients and drops BreakSentence and dictionary lookups from the spec\n\n### Lokalise (BB)\n\nGood for: Agents that manage localisation work, such as adding keys, uploading and exporting string files, keeping a glossary and starting AI or machine translation tasks for a team that already uses Lokalise.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 70\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: The Master Service Agreement forbids using the service for benchmarking or competitive analysis\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Azure Translator | Lokalise | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 83 | 84 | Lokalise +1 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 83 | 76 | Azure Translator +7 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 69 | Azure Translator +13 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 75 | 73 | Azure Translator +2 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | Lokalise +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 84 | Lokalise +14 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 81 | Lokalise +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **72 · BB** | **71.3 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Azure Translator | Lokalise |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Microsoft Azure | Lokalise, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com` | `https://api.lokalise.com/api2` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| Price for translate text | $10 per 1M characters | not published |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (SDKs) | Proprietary service under the Lokalise Master Service Agreement. The CLI and the Node SDK on GitHub are BSD 3-Clause |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-06-06 | 2026-10-05 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2025-11-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | 2026-03-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 156k npm/wk, 40k PyPI/wk | 124 stars, 338k npm/wk, 39k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\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**Lokalise.** The REST API has public OpenAPI files, Markdown docs, published rate limits, read-only tokens, scoped OAuth and an audit log endpoint. Access needs a paid plan after a 14-day trial, a person signs up in a browser, and the Master Service Agreement forbids benchmarking. No idempotency keys or deprecation policy were found in the reviewed documentation.\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### Lokalise\n\n1. Send the token in the `X-Api-Token` header to `https://api.lokalise.com/api2`. OAuth access tokens go in `Authorization: Bearer` and expire after about 60 minutes.\n2. Stay under 6 requests a second per token and 10 concurrent requests per project. On 429, back off exponentially and read `X-RateLimit-Reset`.\n3. Use a read-only token for reads. A read/write token can call `PUT /projects/{project_id}/empty`, which deletes every key and translation.\n4. Use `pagination=cursor` on `/keys` and `/translations`, with `limit` at most 500 on keys, and follow `X-Pagination-Next-Cursor`.\n5. Projects above 10,000 key-language pairs need `/files/async-download`. Poll `/processes/{process_id}` for the bundle URL, and do the same after `/files/upload`.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Azure Translator or Lokalise?\n\nAzure Translator and Lokalise score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 72 (BB) and 71.3 (BB). Lokalise leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Azure Translator and Lokalise need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Azure Translator and Lokalise without installing anything?\n\nYes. Azure Translator has a hosted endpoint at https://api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com and Lokalise at https://api.lokalise.com/api2.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-lokalise.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-lokalise.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"azure-translator\", \"b\": \"lokalise\"}`. 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