{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "google-cloud-translation", "name": "Google Cloud Translation", "vendor": "Google Cloud", "vendorUrl": "https://cloud.google.com/translate", "kind": "http-api", "category": "translation", "summary": "Google's API for translating text and documents.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-cloud-translation", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-cloud-translation.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-cloud-translation.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-cloud-translation.json", "dns": "google-cloud-translation.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/tree/main/packages/google-cloud-translate", "license": "Apache-2.0 (SDKs)", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://translation.googleapis.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "google-cloud-translate" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@google-cloud/translate" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Basic (v2) takes an API key. 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, and $18 or $16 under one- or three-year Gemini Enterprise Flexible Savings Plans. 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 $10 plus $10. 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/products/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": "2026-10-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 69.9, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 221, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 38, "payments": 20, "reliability": 90, "schema": 70, "security": 87, "transparency": 85 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "high", "date": "2026-11-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "500,000 free characters a month from a $10 credit, and only successful translations bill. Advanced has per-method audit logs and regional endpoints. Basic (v2) documents the API key as a URL query parameter, quota errors arrive as 403 rather than 429, and the API itself hasn't changed since April 2026.", "bestFor": "Agents on Google Cloud that want high quotas, clear data terms and a choice of NMT, LLM or adaptive translation with glossaries.", "strengths": [ "500,000 free characters a month from a $10 credit, and only successful translations bill", "Content held in memory only, not used for training, not shared", "6 million characters a minute per project by default", "99.9 per cent monthly SLA for Basic and Advanced", "Glossaries work with NMT, the Translation LLM and adaptive translation" ], "weaknesses": [ "Basic (v2) documents the API key as a URL query parameter, and both versions accept an OAuth token as `?access_token=`", "Quota errors come back as 403, not 429", "No formality control, no MCP server and no llms.txt", "Release notes have one entry in the past year and miss API changes the SDKs show", "Tags and whitespace 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characters" }, { "item": "Custom AutoML model, first tier", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 80, "note": "500,000 to 250 million characters a month, down to $30 past 4 billion" }, { "item": "Document translation (NMT)", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 80, "note": "$0.08 a page" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Google LLC", "domain": "google.com", "domainRegistered": "1997-09-15", "domainNote": "The endpoint is on googleapis.com, Google's API domain.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://cloud.google.com/terms", "privacy": "https://policies.google.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.cloud.google.com", "changelog": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/translate/docs/release-notes", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "google.com/.well-known/security.txt expires on 2030-04-01." ], "score": 98 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-cloud-translation.json", "live": { "slug": "google-cloud-translation", "probe": { "target": "https://translation.googleapis.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-07T19:22:09.201685746Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 90, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 68, "p95ms24h": 131, "samples24h": 238, "samples30d": 7920, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 256, "ok": 256 }, { "date": "2026-10-19", "probes": 255, "ok": 255 }, { "date": "2026-10-20", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-21", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-22", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-23", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-24", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-10-25", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-26", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-27", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-28", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-10-29", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-30", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-31", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-11-01", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-11-02", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-11-03", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-11-04", "probes": 246, "ok": 246 }, { "date": "2026-11-05", "probes": 185, "ok": 185 }, { "date": "2026-11-06", "probes": 241, "ok": 241 }, { "date": "2026-11-07", "probes": 197, "ok": 197 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.cloud.google.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T07:57:59.292753982Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "googleapis/google-cloud-python", "version": "google-maps-solar-v0.6.3", "released": "2026-11-05", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:29:14.186919112Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@google-cloud/translate", "version": "10.3.0", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:29:13.800509731Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "google-cloud-translate", "version": "3.28.0", "released": "2026-10-01", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:29:11.834836053Z" } ], "githubStars": 5415, "npmWeekly": 717335, "pypiWeekly": 2129388, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://google.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2030-04-01T00:00:00z", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:22.068349931Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "google.com", "registered": "1997-09-15", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/google.com", "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T14:17:18.719851913Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/translate/docs/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:05:57.787006881Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-02T07:13:58.575025141Z", "fingerprint": "c24f9e3535f5" }, { "url": "https://cloud.google.com/products/translate/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:01:22.101655245Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "bf1cacc1b902" }, { "url": "https://cloud.google.com/translate/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T06:37:50.841115731Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-16T22:18:54.825665819Z", "fingerprint": "bf1cacc1b902" }, { "url": "https://cloud.google.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:24.0781454Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:24.0781454Z", "fingerprint": "92f14ada0b50" } ], "github": { "repo": "googleapis/google-cloud-python", "checkedAt": "2026-11-02T08:52:16.502690608Z", "stars": 5418, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-10-31T03:25:43Z", "openIssues": 466, "openPRs": 174, "issuesOpened90d": 124, "issuesClosed90d": 123, "prsMerged90d": 544, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 50, "success": 50, "failure": 0, "other": 0, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-10-30T19:55:00Z" }, "replies": { "sampled": 25, "unanswered": 23, "medianDays": 4 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T19:22:09.201685746Z" } }, "answer": "Google Cloud Translation scores 69.9 (B) on agent readiness against TranslatePlus's 39.7 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. TranslatePlus leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "translateplus", "name": "TranslatePlus", "vendor": "PetaBytes, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://translateplus.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "translation", "summary": "TranslatePlus is a machine translation API from PetaBytes, Inc. for text, batches, HTML, emails, subtitles and i18n files in more than 100 languages, with language detection, priced per request.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/translateplus", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/translateplus.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/translateplus.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/translateplus.json", "dns": "translateplus.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/translateplus/translateplus-js", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "translateplus-python" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "translateplus-js" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "One API key per account from the dashboard at app.translateplus.io after a browser or Google OAuth signup, sent in the X-API-KEY header. The docs say the key carries full access to the account; keys can be revoked in the dashboard. No scopes.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan of 5,000 requests a month at 500 characters each, then $0.001 a request. Basic $49 a month (250,000 requests), Professional $99 (700,000) and Mega $299 (3,000,000), with 1,000 to 2,000 characters per request.", "priceSummary": "$0.001 / call", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in either llms.txt, the docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-11-06). Payments go through third-party processors.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 6, "pypiWeekly": 4, "asOf": "2026-11-06" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.translateplus.io/", "llmsTxt": "https://translateplus.io/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "translate.text", "translate.documents", "translate.detect" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "api-key", "freemium", "free-tier", "llms-txt", "python", "typescript", "java", "php", "batch", "async-jobs", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-01-11", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 39.7, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1335, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 15, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 61, "maintenance": 10, "payments": 30, "reliability": 45, "schema": 52, "security": 35, "transparency": 52 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-06" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "Misleading claim (-3): llms.txt on translateplus.io, read 6 November 2026, lists a '99.9% uptime SLA' and 'SLA Guarantees', while the terms of service (last updated 18 December 2024) say TranslatePlus strives for 99.9% uptime 'but do not guarantee uninterrupted service'. https://translateplus.io/llms.txt and https://translateplus.io/terms-of-service" ], "verdict": "TranslatePlus has a simple key-in-header REST API with per-request prices from $0.0001, a 5,000-request free plan, batch, HTML, subtitle and i18n endpoints and documented 429 handling. Its changelog and SDKs haven't changed since January 2026 or earlier, the status page is stale, and llms.txt promises an SLA the terms disclaim.", "bestFor": "Low-cost per-request translation of short strings, HTML, emails, subtitles and i18n files for small projects.", "strengths": [ "Per-request prices published, $0.001 after the free tier and down to $0.0001 on the $299 plan", "Free plan of 5,000 requests a month", "Endpoints for batch, HTML, email, subtitle and i18n file translation plus language detection", "429 responses with X-RateLimit headers and a documented wait-for-reset pattern", "Key sent in the X-API-KEY header, never the URL" ], "weaknesses": [ "llms.txt claims a 99.9% uptime SLA and SOC 2 Type II, while the terms disclaim any uptime guarantee and no audit is named", "The changelog stops at December 2024 and the SDKs at January 2026", "The status page showed 'All systems unknown' and a last update of 22 January 2026", "One account key with full access, no scopes", "The terms name PetaBytes, Inc. but no address or governing law" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key as X-API-KEY; there is no read-only or scoped key", "Use /v2/translate/batch for up to 100 texts instead of looping single calls", "Keep each text under the plan's per-request character limit (500 on Free, up to 2,000 on Mega)", "On 429 wait until X-RateLimit-Reset, then retry a few times at most", "Don't rely on an SLA; the terms don't guarantee uptime" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 39.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 61, "maintenance": 10, "payments": 30, "reliability": 45, "schema": 52, "security": 35, "transparency": 23 }, "provenanceScore": 81, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "pip install translateplus-python", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.translateplus.io/v2/translate -H \"X-API-KEY: $TRANSLATEPLUS_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"text\":\"Hello\",\"source\":\"en\",\"target\":\"fr\"}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/translate.text", "tool": "https://letme.dev/translateplus" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Request after the free tier", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.001, "note": "Free plan, 500 characters per request" }, { "item": "Basic plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 49, "note": "250,000 requests, 1,000 characters each" }, { "item": "Mega plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 299, "note": "3,000,000 requests, 2,000 characters each" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "PetaBytes, Inc.", "domain": "translateplus.io", "domainRegistered": "2023-01-30", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://translateplus.io/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://translateplus.io/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.translateplus.io", "changelog": "https://docs.translateplus.io/guides/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "The terms (last updated 18 December 2024) and the about page name PetaBytes, Inc., a US-based corporation, as operator and billing party. No address, state of incorporation or governing law is given.", "The home page names no legal entity, as the sweep noted; the terms and about page do.", "translateplus.io/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "RDAP gives translateplus.io a registration date of 30 January 2023.", "robots.txt on translateplus.io allows all agents; docs.translateplus.io disallows /api/ and /admin/, which weren't fetched." ], "score": 81 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/translateplus.json", "live": { "slug": "translateplus", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.translateplus.io", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T04:48:53.407307635Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "translateplus/translateplus-js", "version": "v2.0.3", "released": "2026-01-11", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T00:12:43.487331Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "translateplus-js", "version": "2.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T00:12:43.099950457Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "translateplus-python", "version": "2.0.7", "released": "2026-01-11", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T00:12:42.911714719Z" } ], "githubStars": 0, "npmWeekly": 6, "pypiWeekly": 4, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://translateplus.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:44.17894812Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://translateplus.io/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:34:10.649421836Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.translateplus.io/guides/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:08:22.717992878Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a0f0c5a14906" }, { "url": "https://translateplus.io/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:22:21.573523178Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b272e83390f6" }, { "url": "https://translateplus.io/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:22:23.795736869Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "298ba99dd1b5" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:44.17894812Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 52, "category": "security", "leads": "google-cloud-translation", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "Model reading of the checklist, with training and retention in place of the least-privilege and injection lines, as the other translation listings are read. Advanced (v3) uses OAuth 2.0 from service accounts or Application Default Credentials, with a `cloud-translation` scope and IAM roles (30), less 10 because Basic (v2) documents the API key as a `key` query parameter. The OAuth token can travel in the URL as well. The v3 Discovery document (revision 20260901) lists `access_token`, `oauth_token` and `key` as query parameters, and on 1 November a v3 translateText request with no token answered 401 'Request is missing required authentication credential' while one with a made-up `?access_token=` answered 401 'Request had invalid authentication credentials', the test every Google API listing takes in this run. The checklist takes the 10 off once for a secret in a URL, so this adds no second deduction (20). The data usage FAQ (last updated 27 October) says Google doesn't use content sent to the API to train or improve Google Translation and won't share it with third parties (20). Text is held briefly in memory for the request. Glossaries are stored in your project, and Basic's global endpoint can't keep processing in one region (15). The audit logging page lists every v3 method by permission type, and translation calls write Data Access logs, which Google Cloud leaves off until the owner enables them. Basic (v2) isn't audit-logged, and calls to AutoML models aren't logged (12 of 15). google.com security.txt valid to 1 April 2030 and pointing to the vulnerability reward programme, and Google Cloud's ISO 27001 page names Cloud Translation in scope, both read on 1 November. That is the reading most Google Cloud listings take on this line (20). 20 + 20 + 15 + 12 + 20 = 87.", "b": "One API key per account in the X-API-KEY header, which the docs say 'carries full access to your account's resources', and can be revoked in the dashboard (15). No scopes or read-only keys (5). Translations return the caller's own text, so little untrusted content (10). llms.txt claims request logging and an analytics dashboard, which we couldn't see without an account (5). translateplus.io/.well-known/security.txt returns 404 and no disclosure policy was found; llms.txt says 'SOC 2 compliant' and 'SOC 2 Type II certified infrastructure' with no report or auditor named (0). 15+5+10+5+0 = 35." }, "scores": { "a": 87, "b": 35 } }, { "by": 45, "category": "reliability", "leads": "google-cloud-translation", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Google Cloud status page with a JSON incident feed, and Cloud Translation and AutoML Translation are products of their own in its product list (20). The feed read on 1 November holds eight incidents back to 27 February 2026, four of them since 3 August (20 August, 27 products in us-west1 and global; 1 September, network degradation in us-central1-b; 8 to 9 October, Cloud Storage in us-central1; 20 October, 38 products in europe-west2), and none lists Cloud Translation, so the 90 days from 3 August are clean, as Document AI and Model Armor read the same feed. The public page shows only broad incidents (30). Quotas published with numbers, 6,000,000 characters a minute per project, 300,000 requests a minute on v2, 6,000 on v3 and 900 for the Translation LLM, re-read on 1 November (page last updated 27 October) (15). Quota breaches come back as 403 with Daily Limit Exceeded or User Rate Limit Exceeded rather than 429, and the quotas page still gives no retry or backoff advice. Translation is stateless and only successful translations bill, so a retry is safe (5 of 15). 99.9 per cent monthly SLA for Basic, Advanced and AutoML Translation, per the 1 October check, not re-read on 1 November (10). Basic and Advanced are GA (10). 20 + 30 + 15 + 5 + 10 + 10 = 90.", "b": "Hosted lines. status.translateplus.io is the vendor's own page; on 6 November 2026 it showed 'All systems unknown' and a last update of 22 January 2026, with data loading by script (5). No incident history to read (5). The rate-limits guide gives 100,000 requests a minute and 100,000,000 an hour per key, while llms.txt gives 50 requests a second on the Free plan, so limits are published but inconsistent (10). 429 returns a JSON detail message, responses carry X-RateLimit-Limit, -Remaining and -Reset, and the guide shows waiting for the reset with capped retries (15). No SLA. The terms say TranslatePlus strives for 99.9% uptime 'but do not guarantee uninterrupted service' (0). API v2 is the current, non-beta version (10). 5+5+10+15+0+10 = 45." }, "scores": { "a": 90, "b": 45 } }, { "by": 33, "category": "transparency", "leads": "google-cloud-translation", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "Closed service under the Google Cloud terms, client libraries under Apache-2.0 (15). The data usage FAQ (last updated 27 October) agrees with the terms on in-memory processing, no training and no sharing, but doesn't cover the Translation LLM or adaptive translation (25 of 30). The Translation docs carry a deprecation page that applies the Google Cloud terms' discontinuation section and gives Translation Hub a deprecation date of 30 June 2025 and a shutdown date of 20 September 2026, and the release notes date the PBMT removal of 2021. The notice is for a neighbouring product rather than the API, and there is no per-version lifecycle page like Document AI's (16 of 20). Regional endpoints on Advanced for data location, global-only on Basic. Google Cloud's sub-processor list wasn't re-checked (15 of 20). 15 + 25 + 16 + 15 = 71.", "b": "Editorial half only. Closed service under terms last updated 18 December 2024 that name PetaBytes, Inc. as a US corporation but give no address, governing law or courts (10). The terms say translation requests aren't permanently stored 'unless required by law', the privacy policy says 'unless required for caching or service improvement purposes', and the terms allow using anonymised usage data to improve the service (8). API v1 is kept as legacy, with no dated deprecation notice (5). No subprocessor list or data location found (0). 10+8+5+0 = 23." }, "scores": { "a": 85, "b": 52 } }, { "by": 28, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "google-cloud-translation", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "Read as a closed service with official SDKs. The last change to the API we found is still the adaptive `mime_type` field, in Node.js client 9.4.0 on 8 April 2026 and Python client 3.26.0 on 9 April, 206 days before 1 November, and the newest release note is 24 February 2026 (0). In the 90 days from 3 August there are seven client releases and no release note. Node.js `@google-cloud/translate` 10.0.0 (4 August, Node.js 22 floor), 10.0.1 (12 August, dependencies), 10.1.0 (8 September, a generator upgrade that only reformats the client code), 10.1.1 (28 September, package.json), 10.2.0 (7 October, a test script) and 10.3.0 (8 October, no change to the package beyond its version), and Python `google-cloud-translate` 3.28.0 (1 October, declares Python 3.15 support). None changes the service or the client's behaviour, so none can set the recency line. Releases that don't change the service count half on the 90-day line, and with no change to the service in the window that is half the line, as the Amazon SNS listing reads its version bumps and the AgentCore Code Interpreter listing its SDK releases (10 of 20). Release notes, Google Cloud support and the public issue tracker exist, but the notes have had one entry in the past year (8 of 15). Official client libraries current, Python for 3.10 to 3.15 and Node.js 22 or later (15). Libraries regenerate in the googleapis monorepos, CI not checked (5 of 10). 0 + 10 + 8 + 15 + 5 = 38.", "b": "The newest dated change found is translateplus-python 2.0.7 and translateplus-js 2.0.1 on 11 January 2026, about ten months before this check, and the API changelog stops at 9 December 2024 (0). No release or dated change in the last 90 days (0). Support by email and a support portal; the status page hasn't updated since January (3). SDKs exist for four languages but haven't changed since January (5). Weekly downloads of 4 (PyPI) and 6 (npm) (2). 0+0+3+5+2 = 10." }, "scores": { "a": 38, "b": 10 } }, { "by": 18, "category": "schema", "leads": "google-cloud-translation", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "A public Discovery document for v3 (revision 20260901, unchanged on 1 November) and the protos behind the SDKs form the machine-readable contract (25). No llms.txt at docs.cloud.google.com/translate (0). The docs explain Basic against Advanced and NMT against the Translation LLM and adaptive translation, but not when to avoid each (15 of 20). Types and required fields in the Discovery document, but `model` is a resource path string and `mimeType` a free string rather than enums (10 of 15). REST pages carry examples and the quotas page documents the 403 messages, with errors otherwise in Google's generic error model (10 of 15). Versioned v2 and v3 and a release notes page, but the notes skip changes the SDK changelog shows, such as RefineText in November 2025 and an adaptive `mime_type` field in April 2026 (10 of 15).", "b": "No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract found in the docs or either llms.txt (0). llms.txt on the site and on docs.translateplus.io (10). Endpoint pages say what each call does, with little on when to choose HTML, email or i18n jobs over plain text (10). Required fields and per-plan character limits per request are documented, without enums for language codes beyond a supported-languages call (10). Code examples in several languages and an error-handling guide with status codes (12). Versioned /v1 and /v2 paths and a changelog, whose newest entry is 2.0.0 on 9 December 2024 (10). 0+10+10+10+12+10 = 52." }, "scores": { "a": 70, "b": 52 } }, { "by": 13, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "google-cloud-translation", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "API reading of the checklist. Responses hold the translations and detected language, and a glossary call returns both the glossary and plain translations, which doubles the output (20 of 25). Many strings per request (128 on v2), glossary listing with page size, token and filter, batch jobs to Cloud Storage (18 of 20). Errors use Google's status and message format, but quota errors arrive as 403, so generic 429 retry logic misses them (12 of 20). Stateless translation and long-running batch operations, with no retry guidance on the quotas page (12 of 20). v3 needs a project and location path and treats input as HTML unless `mimeType` says otherwise. Client libraries in seven or more languages (12 of 15).", "b": "API reading. Batch translation of up to 100 texts a call and separate HTML, email, subtitle and i18n job endpoints (16). Few output controls or filters (10). Errors are a `detail` string with HTTP status codes (12). No idempotency key for i18n jobs, though text translation is stateless (8). Official SDKs listed for Python, JavaScript and TypeScript, Java and PHP, with few required fields (15). 16+10+12+8+15 = 61." }, "scores": { "a": 74, "b": 61 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Google Cloud", "b": "PetaBytes, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://translation.googleapis.com", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$20 per 1M characters", "b": "not published", "name": "Price for translation" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0 (SDKs)", "b": "none", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-08", "b": "2026-01-11", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-09-02", "b": "2024-12-18", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "no date given", "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": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "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": "6 npm/wk, 4 PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Google Cloud Translation scores 69.9 (B) on agent readiness against TranslatePlus's 39.7 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. TranslatePlus leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Google Cloud Translation or TranslatePlus?" }, { "answer": "Google Cloud Translation takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. TranslatePlus needs an API key.", "question": "Do Google Cloud Translation and TranslatePlus need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Google Cloud Translation has a hosted endpoint at https://translation.googleapis.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for TranslatePlus.", "question": "Can an agent call Google Cloud Translation and TranslatePlus without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 90 against 45", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 70 against 52", "Agent ergonomics, 74 against 61", "Security \u0026 auth, 87 against 35", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 38 against 10", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 85 against 52" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "No incidents deducted, where TranslatePlus loses 3 points for them" ], "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, and both versions accept an OAuth token as `?access_token=`" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Low-cost per-request translation of short strings, HTML, emails, subtitles and i18n files for small projects.", "slug": "translateplus", "watchFor": "llms.txt claims a 99.9% uptime SLA and SOC 2 Type II, while the terms disclaim any uptime guarantee and no audit is named" } ], "history": { "google-cloud-translation": [ { "causes": [ "evidence" ], "date": "2026-11-01", "delta": 1.8, "from": 68.1, "fromGrade": "B", "to": 69.9, "toGrade": "B" }, { "causes": [ "method" ], "date": "2026-10-08", "delta": -0.1, "from": 68.2, "fromGrade": "B", "to": 68.1, "toGrade": "B" } ], "translateplus": null }, "job": { "capability": "translate.text", "name": "Translation" }, "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-translateplus.json", "title": "Amazon 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"google-cloud-translation": 70, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "translateplus": 52, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 13, "edge": "google-cloud-translation", "google-cloud-translation": 74, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "translateplus": 61, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 52, "edge": "google-cloud-translation", "google-cloud-translation": 87, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "translateplus": 35, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "translateplus", "google-cloud-translation": 20, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "translateplus": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 28, "edge": "google-cloud-translation", "google-cloud-translation": 38, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "translateplus": 10, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 33, "edge": "google-cloud-translation", "google-cloud-translation": 85, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "translateplus": 52, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Google Cloud Translation scores 69.9 (B) on agent readiness against TranslatePlus's 39.7 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. TranslatePlus leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do translation.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "google-cloud-translation": "500,000 free characters a month from a $10 credit, and only successful translations bill. Advanced has per-method audit logs and regional endpoints. Basic (v2) documents the API key as a URL query parameter, quota errors arrive as 403 rather than 429, and the API itself hasn't changed since April 2026.", "translateplus": "TranslatePlus has a simple key-in-header REST API with per-request prices from $0.0001, a 5,000-request free plan, batch, HTML, subtitle and i18n endpoints and documented 429 handling. Its changelog and SDKs haven't changed since January 2026 or earlier, the status page is stale, and llms.txt promises an SLA the terms disclaim." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-translateplus", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-translateplus.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-translateplus.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-translateplus.min.md" }, "markdown": "Google Cloud Translation scores 69.9 (B) on agent readiness against TranslatePlus's 39.7 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. TranslatePlus leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do translation.\n\n- Google Cloud Translation: grade B, 69.9/100, rank #221 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-cloud-translation.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-cloud-translation.json\n- TranslatePlus: grade E, 39.7/100, rank #1335 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/translateplus.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/translateplus.json\n- Best machine translation APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/translation/index.md\n- All 105 translation comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/translation/index.md\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 45\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 70 against 52\n- Agent ergonomics, 74 against 61\n- Security \u0026 auth, 87 against 35\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 38 against 10\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 85 against 52\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- No incidents deducted, where TranslatePlus loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: Basic (v2) documents the API key as a URL query parameter, and both versions accept an OAuth token as `?access_token=`\n\n### TranslatePlus (E)\n\nGood for: Low-cost per-request translation of short strings, HTML, emails, subtitles and i18n files for small projects.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n\nWatch for: llms.txt claims a 99.9% uptime SLA and SOC 2 Type II, while the terms disclaim any uptime guarantee and no audit is named\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Google Cloud Translation +52\n\n- Google Cloud Translation (87): Model reading of the checklist, with training and retention in place of the least-privilege and injection lines, as the other translation listings are read. Advanced (v3) uses OAuth 2.0 from service accounts or Application Default Credentials, with a `cloud-translation` scope and IAM roles (30), less 10 because Basic (v2) documents the API key as a `key` query parameter. The OAuth token can travel in the URL as well. The v3 Discovery document (revision 20260901) lists `access_token`, `oauth_token` and `key` as query parameters, and on 1 November a v3 translateText request with no token answered 401 'Request is missing required authentication credential' while one with a made-up `?access_token=` answered 401 'Request had invalid authentication credentials', the test every Google API listing takes in this run. The checklist takes the 10 off once for a secret in a URL, so this adds no second deduction (20). The data usage FAQ (last updated 27 October) says Google doesn't use content sent to the API to train or improve Google Translation and won't share it with third parties (20). Text is held briefly in memory for the request. Glossaries are stored in your project, and Basic's global endpoint can't keep processing in one region (15). The audit logging page lists every v3 method by permission type, and translation calls write Data Access logs, which Google Cloud leaves off until the owner enables them. Basic (v2) isn't audit-logged, and calls to AutoML models aren't logged (12 of 15). google.com security.txt valid to 1 April 2030 and pointing to the vulnerability reward programme, and Google Cloud's ISO 27001 page names Cloud Translation in scope, both read on 1 November. That is the reading most Google Cloud listings take on this line (20). 20 + 20 + 15 + 12 + 20 = 87.\n- TranslatePlus (35): One API key per account in the X-API-KEY header, which the docs say 'carries full access to your account's resources', and can be revoked in the dashboard (15). No scopes or read-only keys (5). Translations return the caller's own text, so little untrusted content (10). llms.txt claims request logging and an analytics dashboard, which we couldn't see without an account (5). translateplus.io/.well-known/security.txt returns 404 and no disclosure policy was found; llms.txt says 'SOC 2 compliant' and 'SOC 2 Type II certified infrastructure' with no report or auditor named (0). 15+5+10+5+0 = 35.\n\n### Reliability: Google Cloud Translation +45\n\n- Google Cloud Translation (90): Google Cloud status page with a JSON incident feed, and Cloud Translation and AutoML Translation are products of their own in its product list (20). The feed read on 1 November holds eight incidents back to 27 February 2026, four of them since 3 August (20 August, 27 products in us-west1 and global; 1 September, network degradation in us-central1-b; 8 to 9 October, Cloud Storage in us-central1; 20 October, 38 products in europe-west2), and none lists Cloud Translation, so the 90 days from 3 August are clean, as Document AI and Model Armor read the same feed. The public page shows only broad incidents (30). Quotas published with numbers, 6,000,000 characters a minute per project, 300,000 requests a minute on v2, 6,000 on v3 and 900 for the Translation LLM, re-read on 1 November (page last updated 27 October) (15). Quota breaches come back as 403 with Daily Limit Exceeded or User Rate Limit Exceeded rather than 429, and the quotas page still gives no retry or backoff advice. Translation is stateless and only successful translations bill, so a retry is safe (5 of 15). 99.9 per cent monthly SLA for Basic, Advanced and AutoML Translation, per the 1 October check, not re-read on 1 November (10). Basic and Advanced are GA (10). 20 + 30 + 15 + 5 + 10 + 10 = 90.\n- TranslatePlus (45): Hosted lines. status.translateplus.io is the vendor's own page; on 6 November 2026 it showed 'All systems unknown' and a last update of 22 January 2026, with data loading by script (5). No incident history to read (5). The rate-limits guide gives 100,000 requests a minute and 100,000,000 an hour per key, while llms.txt gives 50 requests a second on the Free plan, so limits are published but inconsistent (10). 429 returns a JSON detail message, responses carry X-RateLimit-Limit, -Remaining and -Reset, and the guide shows waiting for the reset with capped retries (15). No SLA. The terms say TranslatePlus strives for 99.9% uptime 'but do not guarantee uninterrupted service' (0). API v2 is the current, non-beta version (10). 5+5+10+15+0+10 = 45.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Google Cloud Translation +33\n\n- Google Cloud Translation (85): Closed service under the Google Cloud terms, client libraries under Apache-2.0 (15). The data usage FAQ (last updated 27 October) agrees with the terms on in-memory processing, no training and no sharing, but doesn't cover the Translation LLM or adaptive translation (25 of 30). The Translation docs carry a deprecation page that applies the Google Cloud terms' discontinuation section and gives Translation Hub a deprecation date of 30 June 2025 and a shutdown date of 20 September 2026, and the release notes date the PBMT removal of 2021. The notice is for a neighbouring product rather than the API, and there is no per-version lifecycle page like Document AI's (16 of 20). Regional endpoints on Advanced for data location, global-only on Basic. Google Cloud's sub-processor list wasn't re-checked (15 of 20). 15 + 25 + 16 + 15 = 71.\n- TranslatePlus (52): Editorial half only. Closed service under terms last updated 18 December 2024 that name PetaBytes, Inc. as a US corporation but give no address, governing law or courts (10). The terms say translation requests aren't permanently stored 'unless required by law', the privacy policy says 'unless required for caching or service improvement purposes', and the terms allow using anonymised usage data to improve the service (8). API v1 is kept as legacy, with no dated deprecation notice (5). No subprocessor list or data location found (0). 10+8+5+0 = 23.\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Google Cloud Translation +28\n\n- Google Cloud Translation (38): Read as a closed service with official SDKs. The last change to the API we found is still the adaptive `mime_type` field, in Node.js client 9.4.0 on 8 April 2026 and Python client 3.26.0 on 9 April, 206 days before 1 November, and the newest release note is 24 February 2026 (0). In the 90 days from 3 August there are seven client releases and no release note. Node.js `@google-cloud/translate` 10.0.0 (4 August, Node.js 22 floor), 10.0.1 (12 August, dependencies), 10.1.0 (8 September, a generator upgrade that only reformats the client code), 10.1.1 (28 September, package.json), 10.2.0 (7 October, a test script) and 10.3.0 (8 October, no change to the package beyond its version), and Python `google-cloud-translate` 3.28.0 (1 October, declares Python 3.15 support). None changes the service or the client's behaviour, so none can set the recency line. Releases that don't change the service count half on the 90-day line, and with no change to the service in the window that is half the line, as the Amazon SNS listing reads its version bumps and the AgentCore Code Interpreter listing its SDK releases (10 of 20). Release notes, Google Cloud support and the public issue tracker exist, but the notes have had one entry in the past year (8 of 15). Official client libraries current, Python for 3.10 to 3.15 and Node.js 22 or later (15). Libraries regenerate in the googleapis monorepos, CI not checked (5 of 10). 0 + 10 + 8 + 15 + 5 = 38.\n- TranslatePlus (10): The newest dated change found is translateplus-python 2.0.7 and translateplus-js 2.0.1 on 11 January 2026, about ten months before this check, and the API changelog stops at 9 December 2024 (0). No release or dated change in the last 90 days (0). Support by email and a support portal; the status page hasn't updated since January (3). SDKs exist for four languages but haven't changed since January (5). Weekly downloads of 4 (PyPI) and 6 (npm) (2). 0+0+3+5+2 = 10.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Google Cloud Translation +18\n\n- Google Cloud Translation (70): A public Discovery document for v3 (revision 20260901, unchanged on 1 November) and the protos behind the SDKs form the machine-readable contract (25). No llms.txt at docs.cloud.google.com/translate (0). The docs explain Basic against Advanced and NMT against the Translation LLM and adaptive translation, but not when to avoid each (15 of 20). Types and required fields in the Discovery document, but `model` is a resource path string and `mimeType` a free string rather than enums (10 of 15). REST pages carry examples and the quotas page documents the 403 messages, with errors otherwise in Google's generic error model (10 of 15). Versioned v2 and v3 and a release notes page, but the notes skip changes the SDK changelog shows, such as RefineText in November 2025 and an adaptive `mime_type` field in April 2026 (10 of 15).\n- TranslatePlus (52): No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract found in the docs or either llms.txt (0). llms.txt on the site and on docs.translateplus.io (10). Endpoint pages say what each call does, with little on when to choose HTML, email or i18n jobs over plain text (10). Required fields and per-plan character limits per request are documented, without enums for language codes beyond a supported-languages call (10). Code examples in several languages and an error-handling guide with status codes (12). Versioned /v1 and /v2 paths and a changelog, whose newest entry is 2.0.0 on 9 December 2024 (10). 0+10+10+10+12+10 = 52.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Google Cloud Translation +13\n\n- Google Cloud Translation (74): API reading of the checklist. Responses hold the translations and detected language, and a glossary call returns both the glossary and plain translations, which doubles the output (20 of 25). Many strings per request (128 on v2), glossary listing with page size, token and filter, batch jobs to Cloud Storage (18 of 20). Errors use Google's status and message format, but quota errors arrive as 403, so generic 429 retry logic misses them (12 of 20). Stateless translation and long-running batch operations, with no retry guidance on the quotas page (12 of 20). v3 needs a project and location path and treats input as HTML unless `mimeType` says otherwise. Client libraries in seven or more languages (12 of 15).\n- TranslatePlus (61): API reading. Batch translation of up to 100 texts a call and separate HTML, email, subtitle and i18n job endpoints (16). Few output controls or filters (10). Errors are a `detail` string with HTTP status codes (12). No idempotency key for i18n jobs, though text translation is stateless (8). Official SDKs listed for Python, JavaScript and TypeScript, Java and PHP, with few required fields (15). 16+10+12+8+15 = 61.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Google Cloud Translation | TranslatePlus | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 90 | 45 | Google Cloud Translation +45 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 52 | Google Cloud Translation +18 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 61 | Google Cloud Translation +13 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 87 | 35 | Google Cloud Translation +52 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | TranslatePlus +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 38 | 10 | Google Cloud Translation +28 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 52 | Google Cloud Translation +33 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **69.9 · B** | **39.7 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Google Cloud Translation | TranslatePlus |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Google Cloud | PetaBytes, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://translation.googleapis.com` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| Price for translation | $20 per 1M characters | not published |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-01-11 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-02 | 2024-12-18 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | no date given |\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 | not found in the text |\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 | 6 npm/wk, 4 PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Google Cloud Translation\n\n- +1.8 on 1 November 2026: new evidence\n- -0.1 on 8 October 2026: checklist\n\n### TranslatePlus\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Google Cloud Translation.** 500,000 free characters a month from a $10 credit, and only successful translations bill. Advanced has per-method audit logs and regional endpoints. Basic (v2) documents the API key as a URL query parameter, quota errors arrive as 403 rather than 429, and the API itself hasn't changed since April 2026.\n\n**TranslatePlus.** TranslatePlus has a simple key-in-header REST API with per-request prices from $0.0001, a 5,000-request free plan, batch, HTML, subtitle and i18n endpoints and documented 429 handling. Its changelog and SDKs haven't changed since January 2026 or earlier, the status page is stale, and llms.txt promises an SLA the terms disclaim.\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. Send keys and tokens in headers, never as `key` or `access_token` in the URL, so they stay out of logs\n\n### TranslatePlus\n\n1. Send the key as X-API-KEY; there is no read-only or scoped key\n2. Use /v2/translate/batch for up to 100 texts instead of looping single calls\n3. Keep each text under the plan's per-request character limit (500 on Free, up to 2,000 on Mega)\n4. On 429 wait until X-RateLimit-Reset, then retry a few times at most\n5. Don't rely on an SLA; the terms don't guarantee uptime\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Google Cloud Translation or TranslatePlus?\n\nGoogle Cloud Translation scores 69.9 (B) on agent readiness against TranslatePlus's 39.7 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. TranslatePlus leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Google Cloud Translation and TranslatePlus need an API key?\n\nGoogle Cloud Translation takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. TranslatePlus needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Google Cloud Translation and TranslatePlus without installing anything?\n\nGoogle Cloud Translation has a hosted endpoint at https://translation.googleapis.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for TranslatePlus.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-translateplus.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-translateplus.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"google-cloud-translation\", \"b\": \"translateplus\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare google-cloud-translation translateplus`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-cloud-translation.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/translateplus.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Google Cloud Translation or TranslatePlus\n\n- [Amazon Translate vs Google Cloud Translation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-google-cloud-translation.md)\n- [Amazon Translate vs TranslatePlus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-translateplus.md)\n- [Azure Translator vs Google Cloud Translation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-google-cloud-translation.md)\n- [Azure Translator vs TranslatePlus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-translateplus.md)\n- [Crowdin vs Google Cloud Translation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crowdin-vs-google-cloud-translation.md)\n- [Crowdin vs TranslatePlus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crowdin-vs-translateplus.md)\n- [DeepL API vs Google Cloud Translation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepl-api-vs-google-cloud-translation.md)\n- [DeepL API vs TranslatePlus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepl-api-vs-translateplus.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 Localazy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-localazy.md)\n- [Google Cloud Translation vs Lokalise](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-lokalise.md)\n- [Google Cloud Translation vs Phrase](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-phrase.md)\n- [Google Cloud Translation vs Smartcat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-smartcat.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 TranslatePlus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-translateplus.md)\n- [LibreTranslate vs TranslatePlus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/libretranslate-vs-translateplus.md)\n- [Lingo.dev vs TranslatePlus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingo-dev-vs-translateplus.md)\n- [Lingvanex Translation API vs TranslatePlus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingvanex-vs-translateplus.md)\n- [Localazy vs TranslatePlus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/localazy-vs-translateplus.md)\n- [Lokalise vs TranslatePlus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lokalise-vs-translateplus.md)\n- [Phrase vs TranslatePlus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/phrase-vs-translateplus.md)\n- [Smartcat vs TranslatePlus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/smartcat-vs-translateplus.md)\n- [SYSTRAN Translate API vs TranslatePlus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/systran-vs-translateplus.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "attributionRequired": true, "credit": "CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link the page or API address you took it from (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-11-07", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.7", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "terms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Google Cloud Translation vs TranslatePlus", "url": "" } ], "description": "Google Cloud Translation scores 69.9 (B) to TranslatePlus's 39.7 (E) for translation. 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