{ "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, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 97, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 82, "maintenance": 70, "payments": 20, "reliability": 83, "schema": 83, "security": 75, "transparency": 78 }, "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.", "bestFor": "Azure shops that want cheap NMT at volume, Entra ID auth and a choice of an LLM per request for tone and gender.", "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 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"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-agent-framework", "microsoft-execution-containers", "microsoft-entra-agent-id", "azure-key-vault", "azure-devops-mcp", "microsoft-learn-mcp", "playwright-mcp", "azure-mcp", "azure-maps", "microsoft-graph-calendar", "microsoft-teams", "dynamics-365-sales", "power-automate", "microsoft-advertising-api", "microsoft-excel-graph", "outlook-mail-graph" ], "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 target characters" }, { "item": "Custom model hosting", "unit": "month", "usd": 10, "note": "Per model, per region" }, { "item": "Commitment 250M", "unit": "month", "usd": 2055, "note": "250 million characters, $8.22 per million over" }, { "item": "Commitment 1B", "unit": "month", "usd": 6000, "note": "1 billion characters, $6 per million over" }, { "item": "Commitment 4B", "unit": "month", "usd": 22000, "note": "4 billion characters, $5.50 per million over" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Microsoft Corporation", "domain": "microsoft.com", "domainRegistered": "1991-05-02", "domainNote": "The endpoint is on api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com, a Microsoft domain. microsoft.com's security.txt passed its Expires date on 2026-09-23.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/", "privacy": "https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement", "statusPage": "https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status", "changelog": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/translator/whats-new", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-09-30", "score": 90 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-translator.json", "live": { "slug": "azure-translator", "probe": { "target": "https://api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:04.900511615Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 43, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 99.9, "p50ms24h": 56, "p95ms24h": 85, "samples24h": 271, "samples30d": 1955, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 270 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 271 }, { "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": 239, "ok": 239 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "Azure/azure-sdk-for-python", "version": "azure-monitor-opentelemetry_1.8.11", "released": "2026-10-07", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:01:31.245136443Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@azure-rest/ai-translation-text", "version": "2.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:01:28.634010783Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "azure-ai-translation-text", "version": "2.0.0", "released": "2026-05-29", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:01:24.82790421Z" } ], "githubStars": 5614, "npmWeekly": 138082, "pypiWeekly": 41633, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://microsoft.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "expired", "expires": "2026-09-23T16:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:08.216544687Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "microsoft.com", "registered": "1991-05-02", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/microsoft.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:13.488857536Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/translator/whats-new", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:32.102820032Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "96691db5061f" }, { "url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/translator/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:33.901025539Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:02:49.663631497Z", "fingerprint": "06634fbe2ae5" }, { "url": "https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?$filter=productName%20eq%20%27Translator%20Text%27", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:20.793883531Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:04.900511615Z" } }, "answer": "Azure Translator scores 72 (BB) 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": "2026-10-08T21:12:22.904455516Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 400, "lastMs": 124, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 100, "p95ms24h": 135, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:22.904455516Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Microsoft Azure", "b": "SYSTRAN (ChapsVision)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com", "b": "https://api-translate.systran.net", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$10 per 1M characters", "b": "not published", "name": "Price for translate text" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT (SDKs)", "b": "Proprietary service under the SYSTRAN Translate PRO terms and conditions", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-06-06", "b": "2023-06-16", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-09-01", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "156k npm/wk, 40k PyPI/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Azure Translator scores 72 (BB) 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, Azure Translator or SYSTRAN Translate API?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Azure Translator and SYSTRAN Translate API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Azure Translator has a hosted endpoint at https://api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com and SYSTRAN Translate API at https://api-translate.systran.net.", "question": "Can an agent call Azure Translator and SYSTRAN Translate API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 83 against 25", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 83 against 42", "Agent ergonomics, 82 against 54", "Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 55", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 70 against 4", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 78 against 51" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better" ], "goodFor": "Azure shops that want cheap NMT at volume, Entra ID auth and a choice of an LLM per request for tone and gender.", "slug": "azure-translator", "watchFor": "The 2026-06-06 schema breaks v3.0 clients and drops BreakSentence and dictionary lookups from the spec" }, { "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-systran.json", "title": "Amazon Translate vs SYSTRAN Translate API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-systran" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-crowdin.json", "title": "Azure Translator vs Crowdin", "url": 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Translator scores 72 (BB) 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.", "verdicts": { "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.", "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/azure-translator-vs-systran", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-systran.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-systran.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-systran.min.md" }, "markdown": "Azure Translator scores 72 (BB) 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- Azure Translator: grade BB, 72/100, rank #97 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-translator.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/azure-translator.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### 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- Reliability, 83 against 25\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 83 against 42\n- Agent ergonomics, 82 against 54\n- Security \u0026 auth, 75 against 55\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 70 against 4\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 78 against 51\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n\nWatch for: The 2026-06-06 schema breaks v3.0 clients and drops BreakSentence and dictionary lookups from the spec\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 | Azure Translator | SYSTRAN Translate API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 83 | 25 | Azure Translator +58 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 83 | 42 | Azure Translator +41 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 54 | Azure Translator +28 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 75 | 55 | Azure Translator +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) | 70 | 4 | Azure Translator +66 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 51 | Azure Translator +27 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **72 · BB** | **40 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Azure Translator | SYSTRAN Translate API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Microsoft Azure | SYSTRAN (ChapsVision) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com` | `https://api-translate.systran.net` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| Price for translate text | $10 per 1M characters | not published |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (SDKs) | Proprietary service under the SYSTRAN Translate PRO terms and conditions |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-06-06 | 2023-06-16 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |\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 | none |\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**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### 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### 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, Azure Translator or SYSTRAN Translate API?\n\nAzure Translator scores 72 (BB) 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 Azure Translator and SYSTRAN Translate API need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Azure Translator and SYSTRAN Translate API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Azure Translator has a hosted endpoint at https://api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.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/azure-translator-vs-systran.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-systran.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"azure-translator\", \"b\": \"systran\"}`. 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