{ "data": { "a": { "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": "2026-10-05T00:57:19.16550885Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 403, "lastMs": 121, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 116, "p95ms24h": 159, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 911, "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": 11, "ok": 11 } ] }, "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": "2026-10-05T00:57:19.16550885Z" } }, "b": { "slug": "lara-translate", "name": "Lara Translate API", "vendor": "Translated", "vendorUrl": "https://laratranslate.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "translation", "summary": "Translated's translation model behind SDKs and an MCP server, with glossaries, translation memories, faithful, fluid or creative styles, free-text instructions, document translation and language detection.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lara-translate", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lara-translate.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lara-translate.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lara-translate.json", "repo": "https://github.com/translated/lara-mcp", "license": "MIT (MCP server and SDKs)", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp-v2.laratranslate.com/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@translated/lara" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "lara-sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@translated/lara-mcp" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "An access key ID and secret, which the SDKs (Python, Node.js, Java, PHP, Go) use to sign and encrypt each request. A low-level REST API is available only on request. The hosted MCP signs in with OAuth by default or takes `x-lara-access-key-id` and `x-lara-access-key-secret` headers. The stdio server reads `LARA_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and `LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET`.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The Free API plan includes 10,000 characters a month, shared between translation and language detection. Lara Standard is $24.99 per million characters on Pro and $19.99 on Team (€20 and €15). Lara Think, turned on with `reasoning`, is $2,499 and $1,999 per million. Lara Prosa is $249 and $199 per million on top of Standard, or $449 and $399 with reasoning. Only source characters are billed, detection and profanity checks are free alongside translation, and documents bill at least 20,000 characters each. Paid API use needs an active subscription (https://developers.laratranslate.com/docs/pricing-page). The app pricing page lists Pro at $9.99 a month billed yearly and Team from $29.99 (https://app.laratranslate.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 22, "popularity": { "githubStars": 97, "npmWeekly": 28985, "pypiWeekly": 1699, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.laratranslate.com", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.laratranslate.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "translate.text", "translate.documents", "translate.glossary", "translate.detect" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "mcp", "llms-txt", "typescript", "python", "eu", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-24", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 61.7, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 225, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 77, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 40, "reliability": 70, "schema": 74, "security": 30, "transparency": 64 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Glossaries, translation memories, styles and instructions on every translate call. Texts may be used for model improvement unless a request sets `noTrace`.", "strengths": [ "Glossaries, translation memories, styles and instructions on every translate call", "Official MCP server, 22 tools with readOnlyHint, destructiveHint and idempotentHint, hosted with OAuth or local over stdio", "Published per-million prices in dollars and euros, source characters only, detection free with translation", "10,000 free API characters a month with no card", "Statuspage with a separate Translation API component" ], "weaknesses": [ "Texts may be used for model improvement unless a request sets `noTrace`", "No public REST API or API changelog, so every call goes through an SDK or the MCP server", "No security.txt, disclosure policy or certification found", "Lara Think costs $2,499 per million characters on Pro", "No documented error code or retry advice for rate limits" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set `noTrace` on every request that carries private text, since storage for model improvement is the default", "Leave `reasoning` off unless the text needs it. It moves the call to Lara Think at $2,499 per million characters", "Resolve glossary and memory names to `gls_*` and `mem_*` IDs with the list tools before translating", "Send one target language per translate call", "Merge short documents, since each file bills at least 20,000 characters" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 61.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 77, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 40, "reliability": 70, "schema": 74, "security": 30, "transparency": 52 }, "provenanceScore": 76 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install lara-sdk # or: npm i @translated/lara", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http lara https://mcp-v2.laratranslate.com/v1", "config": { "mcpServers": { "lara-translate": { "args": [ "-y", "@translated/lara-mcp@latest" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "LARA_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "${LARA_ACCESS_KEY_ID}", "LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET": "${LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/translate.text", "tool": "https://letme.dev/lara-translate" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Lara Standard on Pro", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 24.99, "note": "€20. Source characters only" }, { "item": "Lara Standard on Team", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 19.99, "note": "€15" }, { "item": "Lara Prosa on Pro", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 249, "note": "On top of Standard. $449 with reasoning" }, { "item": "Lara Think on Pro", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 2499, "note": "The `reasoning` option" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Translated s.r.l.", "domain": "laratranslate.com", "domainRegistered": "2017-06-04", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://laratranslate.com/terms-and-conditions", "privacy": "https://laratranslate.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.laratranslate.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The terms give Translated s.r.l., Via Indonesia 23, Rome, VAT IT07173521001, under Italian law with the Court of Rome for disputes.", "laratranslate.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on the 30 September check.", "status.laratranslate.com is an Atlassian Statuspage with components for the website, the user dashboard and the Translation API." ], "score": 76 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lara-translate.json", "live": { "slug": "lara-translate", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp-v2.laratranslate.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T00:57:22.542939469Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 405, "lastMs": 249, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 252, "p95ms24h": 283, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 911, "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": 11, "ok": 11 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.laratranslate.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T00:53:55.543714149Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "translated/lara-mcp", "version": "v2.0.0", "released": "2026-09-24", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:31:30.744456134Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@translated/lara", "version": "1.16.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:31:28.535284099Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@translated/lara-mcp", "version": "2.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:31:29.180694913Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "lara-sdk", "version": "1.15.0", "released": "2026-09-24", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:31:28.99365193Z" } ], "githubStars": 99, "npmWeekly": 17141, "pypiWeekly": 1591, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://laratranslate.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:52.977632784Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developers.laratranslate.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:56.550273164Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "laratranslate.com", "registered": "2017-06-04", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/laratranslate.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:23.91702478Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://app.laratranslate.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:41:15.861298823Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e8171d1e86fd" }, { "url": "https://developers.laratranslate.com/docs/pricing-page", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:42:56.188338053Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ba5cb0eb6a1f" }, { "url": "https://laratranslate.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:21.162792426Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "0be6eb1474a4" }, { "url": "https://laratranslate.com/terms-and-conditions", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:23.60515016Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "62606dea64f1" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:57:22.542939469Z" } }, "summary": "DeepL API has a score of 72.4 (BB) against Lara Translate API's 61.7 (C). Both do translate text. The largest gap is security \u0026 auth, 52 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepl-api-vs-lara-translate", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepl-api-vs-lara-translate.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepl-api-vs-lara-translate.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepl-api-vs-lara-translate.min.md" }, "markdown": "DeepL API has a score of 72.4 (BB) against Lara Translate API's 61.7 (C). Both do translate text. The largest gap is security \u0026 auth, 52 points.\n\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- Lara Translate API: grade C, 61.7/100, rank #225 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lara-translate.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lara-translate.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick DeepL API for schema \u0026 documentation (+21), agent ergonomics (+6), security \u0026 auth (+52), transparency \u0026 trust (+20).\n\nPick Lara Translate API for reliability (+18), payments \u0026 pricing (+10).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | DeepL API | Lara Translate API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 52 | 70 | Lara Translate API +18 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 95 | 74 | DeepL API +21 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 83 | 77 | DeepL API +6 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 82 | 30 | DeepL API +52 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 40 | Lara Translate API +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 87 | 83 | DeepL API +4 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 64 | DeepL API +20 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **72.4 · BB** | **61.7 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | DeepL API | Lara Translate API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | DeepL | Translated |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.deepl.com/v2/translate` | `https://mcp-v2.laratranslate.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (MCP server) | MIT (MCP server and SDKs) |\n| Tools exposed | 13 | 22 |\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 | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-24 |\n| Popularity | 117 stars, 328k npm/wk, 291k PyPI/wk | 97 stars, 29k npm/wk, 1.7k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Lara Translate API.** Glossaries, translation memories, styles and instructions on every translate call. Texts may be used for model improvement unless a request sets `noTrace`.\n\n## Before you call either\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### Lara Translate API\n\n1. Set `noTrace` on every request that carries private text, since storage for model improvement is the default\n2. Leave `reasoning` off unless the text needs it. It moves the call to Lara Think at $2,499 per million characters\n3. Resolve glossary and memory names to `gls_*` and `mem_*` IDs with the list tools before translating\n4. Send one target language per translate call\n5. Merge short documents, since each file bills at least 20,000 characters\n\n## Other comparisons with DeepL API or Lara Translate API\n\n- [Amazon Translate vs DeepL API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-deepl-api.md)\n- [Amazon Translate vs Lara Translate API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-lara-translate.md)\n- [Azure Translator vs DeepL API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-deepl-api.md)\n- [Azure Translator vs Lara Translate API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-lara-translate.md)\n- [DeepL API vs Google Cloud Translation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepl-api-vs-google-cloud-translation.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- [Google Cloud Translation vs Lara Translate API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-lara-translate.md)\n- [Lara Translate API vs LibreTranslate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-libretranslate.md)\n- [Lara Translate API vs Lingvanex Translation API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-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": "DeepL API vs Lara Translate API", "url": "" } ], "description": "DeepL API has a score of 72.4 (BB) against Lara Translate API's 61.7 (C). 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