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Advanced (v3) doesn't and needs an OAuth 2.0 bearer token from a service account or Application Default Credentials, on a project with billing and the API turned on.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "NMT text translation, Basic or Advanced, is $20 per million characters after the first 500,000 a month, which a $10 monthly credit covers. Over 1 billion a month is by quote. Detection is free alongside translation. The Translation LLM is $10 per million input characters plus $10 per million output, adaptive translation $25 plus $25 and custom Translation LLM $20 plus $20. Custom AutoML models cost $80 per million falling to $30 past 4 billion, with training at $45 an hour capped at $300 a job. Document translation is $0.08 a page with NMT and $0.25 with a custom model. Every character counts, whitespace and HTML tags included, an empty query bills one character, and batch jobs bill once per target language. The free credit doesn't roll over or cover document translation (https://cloud.google.com/translate/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$80 / 1k pages", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 561058, "pypiWeekly": 2331172, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/translate/docs", "capabilities": [ "translate.text", "translate.documents", "translate.glossary", "translate.detect" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "closed-source", "python", "typescript", "enterprise", "batch", "async-jobs", "card-required" ], "lastRelease": "2026-04-09", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 68.1, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 191, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 38, "payments": 20, "reliability": 90, "schema": 70, "security": 80, "transparency": 79 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "high", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "500,000 free characters a month from a $10 credit, and only successful translations bill. 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Google Cloud Translation leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth.", "b": { "slug": "lokalise", "name": "Lokalise", "vendor": "Lokalise, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://lokalise.com", "kind": "http-api", "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.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lokalise", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lokalise.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lokalise.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lokalise.json", "repo": "https://github.com/lokalise/lokalise-cli-2-go", "license": "Proprietary service under the Lokalise Master Service Agreement. The CLI and the Node SDK on GitHub are BSD 3-Clause", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.lokalise.com/api2", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@lokalise/node-api" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "python-lokalise-api" }, { "registry": "go", "name": "github.com/lokalise/lokalise-cli-2-go" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. A user creates a personal API token under Profile settings, read-only or read/write, and sends it in the `X-Api-Token` header. Tokens don't expire, can be deleted, and carry the creating user's project access. OAuth 2 for the API needs an app registered through Lokalise support, with scopes such as `read_keys` and `write_projects`. The MCP server takes OAuth with dynamic client registration, or an API token in the `apikey` header.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Explorer $149, Growth $379 and Advanced $1,049 a month billed yearly, Enterprise by quote. Monthly-billing prices load only in a browser and were not read. Every plan starts with a 14-day trial with no card, so an agent can start without a contract. There is no free plan except for open-source non-profit projects on request. The MCP article says API access depends on the plan, and the page did not show which plans include it (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$149 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the OpenAPI files or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 124, "npmWeekly": 337721, "pypiWeekly": 39399, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.lokalise.com", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.lokalise.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://developers.lokalise.com/openapi/lokalise-api-without-branches.yml", "capabilities": [ "translate.text", "translate.glossary", "translate.documents" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "cli", "typescript", "python", "no-card", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 71.3, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 115, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 84, "payments": 30, "reliability": 84, "schema": 76, "security": 73, "transparency": 81 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "Three public OpenAPI 3.0.3 files, llms.txt and a Markdown twin of every reference page", "Rate limits published as 6 requests a second per token and per IP, with 10 concurrent requests per project", "API tokens are read-only or read/write, and OAuth 2 carries read and write scopes per resource", "The MCP server signs in with OAuth, PKCE and dynamic client registration, and lists 22 scopes", "`GET /v1/audit-logs` returns team audit events in OCSF 1.3.0 format since 16 July 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "The Master Service Agreement forbids using the service for benchmarking or competitive analysis", "No free plan. Explorer is $149 a month billed yearly after a 14-day trial without a card", "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", "The Developer Program Agreement lets Lokalise change or end API access with or without notice", "The MCP server is labelled beta in the help centre article" ], "agentNotes": [ "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.", "Stay under 6 requests a second per token and 10 concurrent requests per project. On 429, back off exponentially and read `X-RateLimit-Reset`.", "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`." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 71.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 84, "payments": 30, "reliability": 84, "schema": 76, "security": 73, "transparency": 63 }, "provenanceScore": 98 }, "connect": { "install": "brew tap lokalise/cli-2\nbrew install lokalise2", "http": "curl \"https://api.lokalise.com/api2/projects?limit=5\" -H \"X-Api-Token: $LOKALISE_API_TOKEN\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add lokalise_pm --transport http https://mcp.lokalise.com/mcp/project-management", "config": { "lokalise_pm": { "url": "https://mcp.lokalise.com/mcp/project-management" }, "lokalise_sd": { "url": "https://mcp.lokalise.com/mcp/software-development" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/translate.text", "tool": "https://letme.dev/lokalise" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Explorer", "unit": "month", "usd": 149, "note": "billed yearly" }, { "item": "Growth", "unit": "month", "usd": 379, "note": "billed yearly" }, { "item": "Advanced", "unit": "month", "usd": 1049, "note": "billed yearly" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Lokalise, Inc.", "domain": "lokalise.com", "domainRegistered": "2016-09-26", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://lokalise.com/msa-new/", "privacy": "https://lokalise.com/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.lokalise.com", "changelog": "https://lokalise.com/changelog/", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Master Service Agreement (last updated November 2025) names Lokalise, Inc., a Delaware company at 3500 South DuPont Highway, Suite BZ-101, Dover, DE 19901. It governs paid subscriptions.", "Trial and individual users fall under the User and Trial Access Terms of Service at https://lokalise.com/terms-of-service/ (November 2025). API integrations published in the app library fall under the Developer Program Agreement at https://lokalise.com/dev-hub-terms/, which shows no date.", "The privacy policy (last updated March 2026) covers the website, platform and services, and says Lokalise is the processor for customer data.", "The API answers at api.lokalise.com and the MCP server at mcp.lokalise.com.", "https://lokalise.com/.well-known/security.txt gives vdp.lokalise.com and security@lokalise.com as contacts and expires on 20 August 2027.", "RDAP for lokalise.com gives a registration date of 2016-09-26." ], "score": 98 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lokalise.json", "live": { "slug": "lokalise", "probe": { "target": "https://api.lokalise.com/api2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:26.189197119Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 146, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 91, "p95ms24h": 146, "samples24h": 28, "samples30d": 28, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 28, "ok": 28 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.lokalise.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:58:01.399678507Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:58:01.399678507Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Google Cloud", "b": "Lokalise, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://translation.googleapis.com", "b": "https://api.lokalise.com/api2", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$20 per 1M characters", "b": "not published", "name": "Price for translate text" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0 (SDKs)", "b": "Proprietary service under the Lokalise Master Service Agreement. 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Google Cloud Translation leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Google Cloud Translation or Lokalise?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Google Cloud Translation and Lokalise need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Google Cloud Translation has a hosted endpoint at https://translation.googleapis.com and Lokalise at https://api.lokalise.com/api2.", "question": "Can an agent call Google Cloud Translation and Lokalise without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 90 against 84", "Agent ergonomics, 74 against 69", "Security \u0026 auth, 80 against 73" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Agents on Google Cloud that want high quotas, clear data terms and a choice of NMT, LLM or adaptive translation with glossaries.", "slug": "google-cloud-translation", "watchFor": "Basic (v2) documents the API key as a URL query parameter" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 76 against 70", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 38" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "lokalise", "watchFor": "The Master Service Agreement forbids using the service for benchmarking or competitive analysis" } ], "job": { "capability": "translate.text", "name": "Translate text" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-google-cloud-translation.json", "title": "Amazon Translate vs Google Cloud Translation", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-google-cloud-translation" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-lokalise.json", "title": "Amazon Translate vs Lokalise", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-lokalise" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-google-cloud-translation.json", "title": "Azure Translator vs Google Cloud Translation", "url": 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-cloud-translation.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-cloud-translation.json\n- Lokalise: grade BB, 71.3/100, rank #115 of 722. 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### Google Cloud Translation (B)\n\nGood for: Agents on Google Cloud that want high quotas, clear data terms and a choice of NMT, LLM or adaptive translation with glossaries.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 90 against 84\n- Agent ergonomics, 74 against 69\n- Security \u0026 auth, 80 against 73\n\nWatch for: Basic (v2) documents the API key as a URL query parameter\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- Schema \u0026 documentation, 76 against 70\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 38\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\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 | Google Cloud Translation | Lokalise | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 90 | 84 | Google Cloud Translation +6 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 76 | Lokalise +6 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 69 | Google Cloud Translation +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 80 | 73 | Google Cloud Translation +7 |\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) | 38 | 84 | Lokalise +46 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 81 | Lokalise +2 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.1 · B** | **71.3 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Google Cloud Translation | Lokalise |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Google Cloud | Lokalise, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://translation.googleapis.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 | $20 per 1M characters | not published |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (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 | 2026-04-09 | 2026-10-05 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-02 | 2025-11-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2026-03-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 561k npm/wk, 2.3M PyPI/wk | 124 stars, 338k npm/wk, 39k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\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**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### 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### 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, Google Cloud Translation or Lokalise?\n\nLokalise scores 71.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Google Cloud Translation's 68.1 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Google Cloud Translation leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth.\n\n### Do Google Cloud Translation and Lokalise need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Google Cloud Translation and Lokalise without installing anything?\n\nYes. Google Cloud Translation has a hosted endpoint at https://translation.googleapis.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/google-cloud-translation-vs-lokalise.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-lokalise.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"google-cloud-translation\", \"b\": \"lokalise\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare google-cloud-translation lokalise`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-cloud-translation.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lokalise.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Google Cloud Translation or Lokalise\n\n- [Amazon Translate vs Google Cloud Translation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-google-cloud-translation.md)\n- [Amazon Translate vs Lokalise](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-lokalise.md)\n- [Azure Translator vs Google Cloud Translation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-google-cloud-translation.md)\n- [Azure Translator vs Lokalise](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-lokalise.md)\n- [Crowdin vs Google Cloud Translation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crowdin-vs-google-cloud-translation.md)\n- [Crowdin vs Lokalise](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crowdin-vs-lokalise.md)\n- [DeepL API vs Google Cloud Translation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepl-api-vs-google-cloud-translation.md)\n- [DeepL API vs Lokalise](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepl-api-vs-lokalise.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- [Google Cloud Translation vs Lingo.dev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-lingo-dev.md)\n- [Google Cloud Translation vs Lingvanex Translation API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-lingvanex.md)\n- [Google Cloud Translation vs Phrase](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-phrase.md)\n- [Google Cloud Translation vs SYSTRAN Translate API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-systran.md)\n- [Lara Translate API vs Lokalise](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-lokalise.md)\n- [LibreTranslate vs Lokalise](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/libretranslate-vs-lokalise.md)\n- [Lingo.dev vs Lokalise](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingo-dev-vs-lokalise.md)\n- [Lingvanex Translation API vs Lokalise](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingvanex-vs-lokalise.md)\n- [Lokalise vs Phrase](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lokalise-vs-phrase.md)\n- [Lokalise vs SYSTRAN Translate API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lokalise-vs-systran.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-08", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.4", "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": "Google Cloud Translation vs Lokalise", "url": "" } ], "description": "Lokalise scores 71.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Google Cloud Translation's 68.1 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. 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