# Lara Translate API vs Lingo.dev (slim)

> 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 & documentation and payments & pricing. Both do translate text. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by…

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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 & documentation and payments & pricing. Both do translate text.

- Lara Translate API: C 61.3, rank #365 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lara-translate.min.md
- Lingo.dev: B 62.3, rank #341 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lingo-dev.min.md
- Lara Translate API, good for Agents that localise for one brand and need glossaries, translation memories and style instructions on every call, especially from an MCP client. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 74 against 54; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20. Also Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card.
- Lingo.dev, good 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. Ahead on Security & auth, 62 against 30; Transparency & trust, 71 against 60.

| Category | Lara Translate API | Lingo.dev |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 71 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 54 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 77 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 30 | 62 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Lara Translate API | Lingo.dev |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Translated | Replexica, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp-v2.laratranslate.com/v1` | `https://mcp.lingo.dev/account` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| 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 |
| Tools exposed | 22 | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| MCP registry | not listed | `dev.lingo/main` |
| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-05-07 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-05-07 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 97 stars, 29k npm/wk, 1.7k PyPI/wk | 5.4k stars, 92k npm/wk, 2k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |