{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "lara-translate", "name": "Lara Translate API", "vendor": "Translated", "vendorUrl": "https://laratranslate.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "translation", "summary": "Translated's translation model behind SDKs and an MCP server, with glossaries, translation memories, faithful, fluid or creative styles, free-text instructions, document translation and language detection.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lara-translate", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lara-translate.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lara-translate.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lara-translate.json", "repo": "https://github.com/translated/lara-mcp", "license": "MIT (MCP server and SDKs)", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp-v2.laratranslate.com/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@translated/lara" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "lara-sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@translated/lara-mcp" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "An access key ID and secret, which the SDKs (Python, Node.js, Java, PHP, Go) use to sign and encrypt each request. A low-level REST API is available only on request. The hosted MCP signs in with OAuth by default or takes `x-lara-access-key-id` and `x-lara-access-key-secret` headers. The stdio server reads `LARA_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and `LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET`.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The Free API plan includes 10,000 characters a month, shared between translation and language detection. Lara Standard is $24.99 per million characters on Pro and $19.99 on Team (€20 and €15). Lara Think, turned on with `reasoning`, is $2,499 and $1,999 per million. Lara Prosa is $249 and $199 per million on top of Standard, or $449 and $399 with reasoning. Only source characters are billed, detection and profanity checks are free alongside translation, and documents bill at least 20,000 characters each. Paid API use needs an active subscription (https://developers.laratranslate.com/docs/pricing-page). The app pricing page lists Pro at $9.99 a month billed yearly and Team from $29.99 (https://app.laratranslate.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 22, "popularity": { "githubStars": 97, "npmWeekly": 28985, "pypiWeekly": 1699, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.laratranslate.com", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.laratranslate.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "translate.text", "translate.documents", "translate.glossary", "translate.detect" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "mcp", "llms-txt", "typescript", "python", "eu", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-24", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 61.3, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 365, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 77, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 40, "reliability": 70, "schema": 74, "security": 30, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Glossaries, translation memories, styles and instructions on every translate call. Texts may be used for model improvement unless a request sets `noTrace`.", "bestFor": "Agents that localise for one brand and need glossaries, translation memories and style instructions on every call, especially from an MCP client.", "strengths": [ "Glossaries, translation memories, styles and instructions on every translate call", "Official MCP server, 22 tools with readOnlyHint, destructiveHint and idempotentHint, hosted with OAuth or local over stdio", "Published per-million prices in dollars and euros, source characters only, detection free with translation", "10,000 free API characters a month with no card", "Statuspage with a separate Translation API component" ], "weaknesses": [ "Texts may be used for model improvement unless a request sets `noTrace`", "No public REST API or API changelog, so every call goes through an SDK or the MCP server", "No security.txt, disclosure policy or certification found", "Lara Think costs $2,499 per million characters on Pro", "No documented error code or retry advice for rate limits" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set `noTrace` on every request that carries private text, since storage for model improvement is the default", "Leave `reasoning` off unless the text needs it. It moves the call to Lara Think at $2,499 per million characters", "Resolve glossary and memory names to `gls_*` and `mem_*` IDs with the list tools before translating", "Send one target language per translate call", "Merge short documents, since each file bills at least 20,000 characters" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 61.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 77, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 40, "reliability": 70, "schema": 74, "security": 30, "transparency": 52 }, "provenanceScore": 68 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install lara-sdk # or: npm i @translated/lara", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http lara https://mcp-v2.laratranslate.com/v1", "config": { "mcpServers": { "lara-translate": { "args": [ "-y", "@translated/lara-mcp@latest" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "LARA_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "${LARA_ACCESS_KEY_ID}", "LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET": "${LARA_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/translate.text", "tool": "https://letme.dev/lara-translate" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Lara Standard on Pro", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 24.99, "note": "€20. 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Lara Translate API leads on schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "lingo-dev", "name": "Lingo.dev", "vendor": "Replexica, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://lingo.dev", "kind": "http-api", "category": "translation", "summary": "Lingo.dev is a hosted AI translation platform from Replexica, Inc. Customers configure engines with glossaries, brand voices, rules and a model per language pair, then call them through a REST API, a CLI or a hosted MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lingo-dev", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lingo-dev.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lingo-dev.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lingo-dev.json", "repo": "https://github.com/lingodotdev/lingo.dev", "license": "Proprietary hosted service under Lingo.dev's terms of service. The lingodotdev/lingo.dev repository (legacy CLI, JavaScript SDK, compiler) and the Python SDK are Apache-2.0. The `@lingo.dev/cli` package states no licence on npm", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.lingo.dev/account", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@lingo.dev/cli" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "lingo.dev" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@lingo.dev/_sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "lingodotdev" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The REST API takes an API key in the `X-API-Key` header. A person creates the key in the dashboard after a browser signup, with no review or sales step. Personal keys exist on every plan and carry their creator's access. Organisation keys with their own role and engine scope need the Enterprise plan. The MCP server signs in through a browser with OAuth (authorisation code, PKCE, dynamic client registration) and the user picks one organisation on the consent screen. No OAuth scopes are published.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Usage is billed from prepaid credits with auto-reload. Lingo.dev charges $2 per million output tokens on top of the LLM provider's price, which is passed through with no markup, plus $0.50 per engine a month and $0.01 per AI review run. Sandbox has a $0 base and 100,000 tokens a day, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. Production is $99 a month with 5 million tokens a day, and Enterprise is custom. No free usage allowance was found, and whether signup needs a card could not be read without an account (https://lingo.dev/en/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$99 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs or the pricing page. The API's 402 status means the organisation's credit limit was reached and carries no payment instructions (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 5402, "npmWeekly": 91991, "pypiWeekly": 1975, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://lingo.dev/en/docs/api", "registryName": "dev.lingo/main", "capabilities": [ "translate.text", "translate.glossary", "translate.detect", "translate.formality" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "usage-priced", "prepaid", "mcp", "oauth", "api-key", "cli", "webhooks", "async-jobs", "typescript", "python", "closed-source", "status-page", "soc2", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 62.3, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 341, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 75, "maintenance": 87, "payments": 20, "reliability": 71, "schema": 54, "security": 62, "transparency": 71 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Lingo.dev suits teams that want glossary and tone control on every translation call, with a published fee of $2 per million output tokens and model costs passed through. It has no public OpenAPI file, its `llms.txt` is one line, and scoped keys, roles and audit logs are limited to the Enterprise plan.", "bestFor": "Product teams that translate interface strings and content into many locales and want glossary, tone and rule control held in one place, driven from code, CI or a coding assistant.", "strengths": [ "Glossary terms, per-locale brand voice and rules apply on every call, sync or async, through one configured engine", "Each sync response reports the model used, token counts and cost in USD", "Async jobs take up to 100 target locales, an `idempotencyKey`, signed webhooks and cursor paging with `limit` up to 100", "The hosted MCP server signs in with OAuth, PKCE and dynamic client registration, with no key to paste", "Public prices, a weekly changelog since March 2026 and an OpenStatus page with incident history" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public OpenAPI file was found, `llms.txt` holds one title line and docs pages have no Markdown version", "Organisation keys with their own role and engine scope, RBAC and audit logs are Enterprise only. On other plans every member is an Owner", "The status page lists two partial API outages in 90 days, on 18 July 2026 (closed after 19 hours) and 22 September 2026 (1 hour 50 minutes)", "Errors carry a status code and a free-text `message`, with no machine-readable code and no `Retry-After` documented", "The privacy policy points to lingo.dev/security for sub-processors, and that page returned 404 on 8 October 2026" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `X-API-Key` to https://api.lingo.dev and keep the key server-side. On non-Enterprise plans a personal key reaches every engine its creator can", "Use `POST /process/localize` for one language pair and `POST /jobs/localization` with an `idempotencyKey` for several. Pipeline stages run on async jobs only", "Treat 402 (credit limit) and 429 (daily token quota) as limits to report, not to retry. Retry 500 with backoff", "Read `usage.cost` on each sync response to track spend. Sandbox stops at 100,000 tokens a day", "Connect MCP clients to https://mcp.lingo.dev/account. Its tools can create and revoke API keys and invite members, so ask before those calls" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 62.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 75, "maintenance": 87, "payments": 20, "reliability": 71, "schema": 54, "security": 62, "transparency": 51 }, "provenanceScore": 91 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g @lingo.dev/cli", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.lingo.dev/process/localize \\\n -H \"X-API-Key: your_api_key\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"engineId\": \"eng_abc123\", \"sourceLocale\": \"en\", \"targetLocale\": \"de\", \"data\": {\"greeting\": \"Hello\"}}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add lingo --transport http https://mcp.lingo.dev/account --scope user", "config": { "lingo": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.lingo.dev/account" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/translate.text", "tool": "https://letme.dev/lingo-dev" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Lingo.dev infrastructure fee", "unit": "1m-tokens", "usd": 2, "note": "Computed from output tokens. The LLM provider's price is added with no markup" }, { "item": "Production plan base", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "5 million tokens a day. Sandbox base is $0 with 100,000 a day" }, { "item": "Each engine", "unit": "month", "usd": 0.5, "note": "Per engine on Sandbox and Production" }, { "item": "AI review run", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.01, "note": "Per run" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Replexica, Inc.", "domain": "lingo.dev", "domainRegistered": "2021-05-03", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://lingo.dev/en/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://lingo.dev/en/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.lingo.dev", "changelog": "https://lingo.dev/en/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms of service (last updated 7 May 2026) cover the website, the platform, the APIs, the CLI and the MCP server, name Replexica Inc. and Lingo.dev (Replexica, Inc), and are governed by Delaware law.", "The privacy policy (last updated 7 May 2026) covers the website and the platform, including content submitted for translation.", "The API answers at api.lingo.dev and the MCP server at mcp.lingo.dev, both on the vendor's domain.", "lingo.dev/.well-known/security.txt gives security@lingo.dev, a canonical URL and a disclosure policy with a safe-harbour promise. It has no Expires field.", "RDAP for lingo.dev gives a registration date of 2021-05-03. The site footer says the company is headquartered in San Francisco. No street address was found in the terms or the privacy policy.", "The privacy policy says the sub-processor list is kept in the Data Processing Agreement and at lingo.dev/security. That URL returned 404 on 8 October 2026 and no published DPA was found." ], "score": 91 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lingo-dev.json", "live": { "slug": "lingo-dev", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.lingo.dev/account", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:14.053179587Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 707, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 958, "p95ms24h": 1336, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.lingo.dev", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:45.164350131Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:14.053179587Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Translated", "b": "Replexica, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://mcp-v2.laratranslate.com/v1", "b": "https://mcp.lingo.dev/account", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT (MCP server and SDKs)", "b": "Proprietary hosted service under Lingo.dev's terms of service. The lingodotdev/lingo.dev repository (legacy CLI, JavaScript SDK, compiler) and the Python SDK are Apache-2.0. The `@lingo.dev/cli` package states no licence on npm", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "22", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "not listed", "b": "dev.lingo/main", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-09-24", "b": "2026-10-07", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-05-07", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-05-07", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "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": "97 stars, 29k npm/wk, 1.7k PyPI/wk", "b": "5.4k stars, 92k npm/wk, 2k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Lingo.dev scores 62.3 (B) on agent readiness against Lara Translate API's 61.3 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Lara Translate API leads on schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Lara Translate API or Lingo.dev?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Lara Translate API and Lingo.dev need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Lara Translate API has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp-v2.laratranslate.com/v1 and Lingo.dev at https://mcp.lingo.dev/account.", "question": "Can an agent call Lara Translate API and Lingo.dev without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 74 against 54", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Agents that localise for one brand and need glossaries, translation memories and style instructions on every call, especially from an MCP client.", "slug": "lara-translate", "watchFor": "Texts may be used for model improvement unless a request sets `noTrace`" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 62 against 30", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 71 against 60" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Product teams that translate interface strings and content into many locales and want glossary, tone and rule control held in one place, driven from code, CI or a coding 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingo-dev-vs-lingvanex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingo-dev-vs-lokalise.json", "title": "Lingo.dev vs Lokalise", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingo-dev-vs-lokalise" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingo-dev-vs-phrase.json", "title": "Lingo.dev vs Phrase", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingo-dev-vs-phrase" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingo-dev-vs-systran.json", "title": "Lingo.dev vs SYSTRAN Translate API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingo-dev-vs-systran" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 1, "edge": "lingo-dev", "key": "reliability", "lara-translate": 70, "lingo-dev": 71, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "lara-translate", "key": "schema", "lara-translate": 74, "lingo-dev": 54, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 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It has no public OpenAPI file, its `llms.txt` is one line, and scoped keys, roles and audit logs are limited to the Enterprise plan." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-lingo-dev", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-lingo-dev.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-lingo-dev.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-lingo-dev.min.md" }, "markdown": "Lingo.dev scores 62.3 (B) on agent readiness against Lara Translate API's 61.3 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Lara Translate API leads on schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do translate text.\n\n- Lara Translate API: grade C, 61.3/100, rank #365 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lara-translate.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lara-translate.json\n- Lingo.dev: grade B, 62.3/100, rank #341 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lingo-dev.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lingo-dev.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Lara Translate API (C)\n\nGood for: Agents that localise for one brand and need glossaries, translation memories and style instructions on every call, especially from an MCP client.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 74 against 54\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: Texts may be used for model improvement unless a request sets `noTrace`\n\n### Lingo.dev (B)\n\nGood for: Product teams that translate interface strings and content into many locales and want glossary, tone and rule control held in one place, driven from code, CI or a coding assistant.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 62 against 30\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 71 against 60\n\nWatch for: No public OpenAPI file was found, `llms.txt` holds one title line and docs pages have no Markdown version\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Lara Translate API | Lingo.dev | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 71 | Lingo.dev +1 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 54 | Lara Translate API +20 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 75 | Lara Translate API +2 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 30 | 62 | Lingo.dev +32 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 20 | Lara Translate API +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 87 | Lingo.dev +4 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 71 | Lingo.dev +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **61.3 · C** | **62.3 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Lara Translate API | Lingo.dev |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Translated | Replexica, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp-v2.laratranslate.com/v1` | `https://mcp.lingo.dev/account` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (MCP server and SDKs) | Proprietary hosted service under Lingo.dev's terms of service. The lingodotdev/lingo.dev repository (legacy CLI, JavaScript SDK, compiler) and the Python SDK are Apache-2.0. The `@lingo.dev/cli` package states no licence on npm |\n| Tools exposed | 22 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `dev.lingo/main` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2026-10-07 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-05-07 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-05-07 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 97 stars, 29k npm/wk, 1.7k PyPI/wk | 5.4k stars, 92k npm/wk, 2k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Lara Translate API.** Glossaries, translation memories, styles and instructions on every translate call. Texts may be used for model improvement unless a request sets `noTrace`.\n\n**Lingo.dev.** Lingo.dev suits teams that want glossary and tone control on every translation call, with a published fee of $2 per million output tokens and model costs passed through. It has no public OpenAPI file, its `llms.txt` is one line, and scoped keys, roles and audit logs are limited to the Enterprise plan.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Lara Translate API\n\n1. Set `noTrace` on every request that carries private text, since storage for model improvement is the default\n2. Leave `reasoning` off unless the text needs it. It moves the call to Lara Think at $2,499 per million characters\n3. Resolve glossary and memory names to `gls_*` and `mem_*` IDs with the list tools before translating\n4. Send one target language per translate call\n5. Merge short documents, since each file bills at least 20,000 characters\n\n### Lingo.dev\n\n1. Send `X-API-Key` to https://api.lingo.dev and keep the key server-side. On non-Enterprise plans a personal key reaches every engine its creator can\n2. Use `POST /process/localize` for one language pair and `POST /jobs/localization` with an `idempotencyKey` for several. Pipeline stages run on async jobs only\n3. Treat 402 (credit limit) and 429 (daily token quota) as limits to report, not to retry. Retry 500 with backoff\n4. Read `usage.cost` on each sync response to track spend. Sandbox stops at 100,000 tokens a day\n5. Connect MCP clients to https://mcp.lingo.dev/account. Its tools can create and revoke API keys and invite members, so ask before those calls\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Lara Translate API or Lingo.dev?\n\nLingo.dev scores 62.3 (B) on agent readiness against Lara Translate API's 61.3 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Lara Translate API leads on schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Lara Translate API and Lingo.dev need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Lara Translate API and Lingo.dev without installing anything?\n\nYes. Lara Translate API has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp-v2.laratranslate.com/v1 and Lingo.dev at https://mcp.lingo.dev/account.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-lingo-dev.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-lingo-dev.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"lara-translate\", \"b\": \"lingo-dev\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare lara-translate lingo-dev`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lara-translate.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lingo-dev.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Lara Translate API or Lingo.dev\n\n- [Amazon Translate vs Lara Translate API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-lara-translate.md)\n- [Amazon Translate vs Lingo.dev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-lingo-dev.md)\n- [Azure Translator vs Lara Translate API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-lara-translate.md)\n- [Azure Translator vs Lingo.dev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-lingo-dev.md)\n- [Crowdin vs Lara Translate API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crowdin-vs-lara-translate.md)\n- [Crowdin vs Lingo.dev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crowdin-vs-lingo-dev.md)\n- [DeepL API vs Lara Translate API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepl-api-vs-lara-translate.md)\n- [DeepL API vs Lingo.dev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepl-api-vs-lingo-dev.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 Lingo.dev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-cloud-translation-vs-lingo-dev.md)\n- [Lara Translate API vs LibreTranslate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-libretranslate.md)\n- [Lara Translate API vs Lingvanex Translation API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-lingvanex.md)\n- [Lara Translate API vs Lokalise](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-lokalise.md)\n- [Lara Translate API vs Phrase](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-phrase.md)\n- [Lara Translate API vs SYSTRAN Translate API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-systran.md)\n- [LibreTranslate vs Lingo.dev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/libretranslate-vs-lingo-dev.md)\n- [Lingo.dev vs Lingvanex Translation API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingo-dev-vs-lingvanex.md)\n- [Lingo.dev vs Lokalise](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingo-dev-vs-lokalise.md)\n- [Lingo.dev vs Phrase](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingo-dev-vs-phrase.md)\n- [Lingo.dev vs SYSTRAN Translate API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingo-dev-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": "Lara Translate API vs Lingo.dev", "url": "" } ], "description": "Lingo.dev scores 62.3 (B) on agent readiness against Lara Translate API's 61.3 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. 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