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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lingvanex.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lingvanex.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Google Cloud Translation for reliability (+50), schema \u0026 documentation (+22), agent ergonomics (+24), security \u0026 auth (+43), payments \u0026 pricing (+5), maintenance \u0026 community (+32), transparency \u0026 trust (+30).\n\nPick Lingvanex Translation API for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Google Cloud Translation | Lingvanex Translation API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 90 | 40 | Google Cloud Translation +50 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 48 | Google Cloud Translation +22 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 50 | Google Cloud Translation +24 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 80 | 37 | Google Cloud Translation +43 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 15 | Google Cloud Translation +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 38 | 6 | Google Cloud Translation +32 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 50 | Google Cloud Translation +30 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.2 · B** | **37.2 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Google Cloud Translation | Lingvanex Translation API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Google Cloud | Lingvanex |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://translation.googleapis.com` | `https://api-b2b.backenster.com/b1/api/v3` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\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 | no |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-04-09 | none |\n| Popularity | 561k npm/wk, 2.3M PyPI/wk | 3 PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 2.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Google Cloud Translation.** 500,000 free characters a month from a $10 credit, and only successful translations bill. Basic (v2) documents the API key as a URL query parameter.\n\n**Lingvanex Translation API.** $5 per million characters list price. Product pages disagree on bulk and on-premise prices.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Google Cloud Translation\n\n1. Use v2 with an API key for plain text and v3 for glossaries, documents and the Translation LLM\n2. Set `mimeType` to text/plain on v3 when the input isn't HTML\n3. Back off on 403 User Rate Limit Exceeded as you would on a 429\n4. Leave the source language empty rather than calling detect first, since detection with translation is free\n5. Keep requests near 5,000 characters. v3 rejects more than 30,000 code points\n\n### Lingvanex Translation API\n\n1. Call the https:// server, not the http:// one the spec also lists\n2. Send `platform` as api on every call, since the spec marks it required\n3. Use locale codes such as en_GB and de_DE, not two-letter codes\n4. Check the `err` field on every response, since errors aren't only signalled by status code\n5. Send an array in `data` to translate several strings in one call\n\n## Other comparisons with Google Cloud Translation or Lingvanex Translation API\n\n- [Amazon Translate vs Google Cloud Translation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-google-cloud-translation.md)\n- [Amazon Translate vs Lingvanex Translation API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-lingvanex.md)\n- [Azure Translator vs Google Cloud Translation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-google-cloud-translation.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 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- [Google Cloud Translation vs LibreTranslate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-libretranslate.md)\n- [Lara Translate API vs Lingvanex Translation API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-lingvanex.md)\n- [LibreTranslate vs Lingvanex Translation API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/libretranslate-vs-lingvanex.md)\n",
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