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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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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": "Google Cloud", "b": "SYSTRAN (ChapsVision)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://translation.googleapis.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": "$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 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": "2026-04-09", "b": "2023-06-16", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-09-02", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "561k npm/wk, 2.3M PyPI/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Google Cloud Translation scores 68.1 (B) 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, Google Cloud Translation or SYSTRAN Translate API?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Google Cloud Translation and SYSTRAN Translate API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Google Cloud Translation has a hosted endpoint at https://translation.googleapis.com and SYSTRAN Translate API at https://api-translate.systran.net.", "question": "Can an agent call Google Cloud Translation and SYSTRAN Translate API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 90 against 25", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 70 against 42", "Agent ergonomics, 74 against 54", "Security \u0026 auth, 80 against 55", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 38 against 4", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 79 against 51" ], "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": [ "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-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-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-google-cloud-translation.json", "title": "Azure Translator vs Google Cloud Translation", "url": 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SYSTRAN Translate API leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do translate text.", "verdicts": { "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.", "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. 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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- 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### 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 25\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 70 against 42\n- Agent ergonomics, 74 against 54\n- Security \u0026 auth, 80 against 55\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 38 against 4\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 79 against 51\n\nWatch for: Basic (v2) documents the API key as a URL query parameter\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 | Google Cloud Translation | SYSTRAN Translate API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 90 | 25 | Google Cloud Translation +65 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 42 | Google Cloud Translation +28 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 54 | Google Cloud Translation +20 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 80 | 55 | Google Cloud Translation +25 |\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) | 38 | 4 | Google Cloud Translation +34 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 51 | Google Cloud Translation +28 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.1 · B** | **40 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Google Cloud Translation | SYSTRAN Translate API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Google Cloud | SYSTRAN (ChapsVision) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://translation.googleapis.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 | $20 per 1M characters | not published |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (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 | 2026-04-09 | 2023-06-16 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-02 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\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 | none |\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**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### 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### 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, Google Cloud Translation or SYSTRAN Translate API?\n\nGoogle Cloud Translation scores 68.1 (B) 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 Google Cloud Translation 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 Google Cloud Translation and SYSTRAN Translate API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Google Cloud Translation has a hosted endpoint at https://translation.googleapis.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/google-cloud-translation-vs-systran.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-systran.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"google-cloud-translation\", \"b\": \"systran\"}`. 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