{ "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. Source characters only" }, { "item": "Lara Standard on Team", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 19.99, "note": "€15" }, { "item": "Lara Prosa on Pro", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 249, "note": "On top of Standard. $449 with reasoning" }, { "item": "Lara Think on Pro", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 2499, "note": "The `reasoning` option" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Translated s.r.l.", "domain": "laratranslate.com", "domainRegistered": "2017-06-04", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://laratranslate.com/terms-and-conditions", "privacy": "https://laratranslate.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.laratranslate.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The terms give Translated s.r.l., Via Indonesia 23, Rome, VAT IT07173521001, under Italian law with the Court of Rome for disputes.", "laratranslate.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on the 30 September check.", "status.laratranslate.com is an Atlassian Statuspage with components for the website, the user dashboard and the Translation API." ], "score": 68 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lara-translate.json", "live": { "slug": "lara-translate", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp-v2.laratranslate.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:13.567731913Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 405, "lastMs": 254, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 257, "p95ms24h": 298, "samples24h": 271, "samples30d": 1955, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 239, "ok": 239 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.laratranslate.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:06:11.002019614Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "translated/lara-mcp", "version": "v2.0.1", "released": "2026-10-08", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:18:37.19168953Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@translated/lara", "version": "1.16.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:18:34.964482512Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@translated/lara-mcp", "version": "2.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:18:35.887063737Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "lara-sdk", "version": "1.15.1", "released": "2026-10-06", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:18:35.660745493Z" } ], "githubStars": 99, "npmWeekly": 14028, "pypiWeekly": 1507, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://laratranslate.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:54.706281694Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developers.laratranslate.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:34.213390201Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "laratranslate.com", "registered": "2017-06-04", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/laratranslate.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:23.91702478Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://app.laratranslate.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:18.857785253Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e8171d1e86fd" }, { "url": "https://developers.laratranslate.com/docs/pricing-page", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:50.203279912Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:04:23.142797821Z", "fingerprint": "705fdcd1e32e" }, { "url": "https://laratranslate.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:15.573252868Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "0be6eb1474a4" }, { "url": "https://laratranslate.com/terms-and-conditions", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:18.194879068Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "62606dea64f1" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:13.567731913Z" } }, "answer": "Lara Translate API scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against SYSTRAN Translate API's 40 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. SYSTRAN Translate API leads on security \u0026 auth.", "b": { "slug": "systran", "name": "SYSTRAN Translate API", "vendor": "SYSTRAN (ChapsVision)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.systransoft.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "translation", "summary": "Machine translation API from SYSTRAN, part of ChapsVision, for text and files in 55 languages, with user dictionaries, translation memories and translation profiles. Access needs an API key or OAuth token on a paid or trial subscription.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/systran", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/systran.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/systran.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/systran.json", "license": "Proprietary service under the SYSTRAN Translate PRO terms and conditions", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api-translate.systran.net", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "An API key or an OAuth access token, both issued from the SYSTRAN Translate account. Keys go in `Authorization: Key \u003capi_key\u003e` or, as a documented option, in a `?key=` query parameter. Tokens come from client credentials or PKCE and go in `Authorization: Bearer`. Access is self-serve. A person signs up in a browser, and the API works only on the API, Premium or Infinite plans or the trial. No key scopes were found.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "€14.99 per 1 million characters, billed monthly, on the developer pricing page (https://www.systransoft.com/pricing/developers/). A 14-day trial includes 500,000 characters and needs no credit card, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. The terms say API characters are billed by use above a minimum monthly commitment, whose size they don't state, and that prices are in dollars for North America. Enterprise plans are sold through sales.", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API reference, the pricing page or the terms (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.systran.net/translateAPI/en/", "capabilities": [ "translate.text", "translate.documents", "translate.glossary", "translate.detect" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "api-key", "oauth", "usage-priced", "free-trial", "no-card", "eu", "iso27001", "sla", "async-jobs", "batch", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2023-06-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 40, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 691, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 4, "payments": 40, "reliability": 25, "schema": 42, "security": 55, "transparency": 51 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Five documented REST APIs cover text, files, dictionaries, translation memories and profiles, with a Google-compatible mode and a public price of €14.99 per million characters. The reference pages date from June 2023, and no changelog, status page, rate limit, SDK or downloadable OpenAPI file was found. The terms bar benchmark tests and automated use beyond human volumes.", "bestFor": "Teams that want European Union hosting, user dictionaries and translation memories applied through profiles, or the same API on an on-premises SYSTRAN server.", "strengths": [ "Text, file, dictionary, corpus and profile APIs, 60 documented operations in all, plus a mode that mirrors Google Translate v2 paths", "€14.99 per million characters is published without a login, and the 14-day trial of 500,000 characters needs no credit card", "The terms say content is destroyed once the translation is done, with a 72-hour encrypted exception for error analysis", "The terms place all stored data on servers in the European Union and promise one month's notice before a move", "The terms promise backward-compatible API changes and one month's email notice before an old API version is switched off" ], "weaknesses": [ "The terms forbid benchmark tests and automated access that exceeds normal human volumes, which matters for any agent workload", "No status page, changelog, llms.txt, SDK or downloadable OpenAPI file was found, and the reference pages were last modified on 16 June 2023", "No request rate limit, 429 response or retry guidance is documented. Only 400 and 500 appear in the reference", "The API key may travel in the URL as `?key=`, and no key scopes were found", "No privacy policy for the product. The terms link to a legal notice that points to ChapsVision's group policy" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key as `Authorization: Key \u003capi_key\u003e` and avoid the documented `?key=` query option, which puts the secret in URLs and logs", "Expect HTTP 400, not 401, when credentials are missing. The body reads `No key / credentials provided`", "Call `/translation/file/translate` with `async=true` for large files, then poll `/translation/file/status` and fetch `/translation/file/result` with the returned `requestId`", "Apply dictionaries and translation memories through a profile and pass its UUID as `profile`. `withDictionary` and `withCorpus` are deprecated", "Read the terms before automating. They bar benchmark tests and request volumes beyond normal human use, and SYSTRAN may throttle or suspend access" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 40 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 4, "payments": 40, "reliability": 25, "schema": 42, "security": 55, "transparency": 47 }, "provenanceScore": 54 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST \"https://api-translate.systran.net/translation/text/translate?source=auto\u0026target=fr\u0026input=The%20table%20is%20booked%20for%20seven.\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Key $SYSTRAN_API_KEY\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/translate.text", "tool": "https://letme.dev/systran" }, "area": "everyday", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "SYSTRAN SAS", "domain": "systran.net", "domainRegistered": "1997-09-08", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.systransoft.com/systran/terms-of-service-translate-pro/", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Translate PRO terms, in force since 1 May 2023, name SYSTRAN SAS and cover the API plan. The site's legal notice names Chapsvision SAS, 4 rue du Port aux Vins, 92150 Suresnes, as publisher.", "No privacy policy for the product was found, so the field is left out. The address the terms give, www.systransoft.com/systran/privacy-policy/, is a legal notice that links to ChapsVision's group policy at www.chapsvision.com/privacy-policies/.", "The API, the docs, the web app and the OpenID server are on systran.net (registered 1997-09-08 per RDAP). Marketing, pricing and terms are on systransoft.com (registered 1996-11-28).", "www.systransoft.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and the API host returns its JSON error for that path.", "No status page or API changelog was found. Enterprise customers have separate terms at www.systransoft.com/systran/terms-of-service-translate-enterprise/." ], "score": 54 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/systran.json", "live": { "slug": "systran", "probe": { "target": "https://api-translate.systran.net", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:22.904455516Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 400, "lastMs": 124, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 100, "p95ms24h": 135, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:22.904455516Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Translated", "b": "SYSTRAN (ChapsVision)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://mcp-v2.laratranslate.com/v1", "b": "https://api-translate.systran.net", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "b": "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 service under the SYSTRAN Translate PRO terms and conditions", "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": "2026-09-24", "b": "2023-06-16", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no document linked", "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": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "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": "97 stars, 29k npm/wk, 1.7k PyPI/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Lara Translate API scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against SYSTRAN Translate API's 40 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. SYSTRAN Translate API leads on security \u0026 auth.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Lara Translate API or SYSTRAN Translate API?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Lara Translate API and SYSTRAN Translate API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Lara Translate API has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp-v2.laratranslate.com/v1 and SYSTRAN Translate API at https://api-translate.systran.net.", "question": "Can an agent call Lara Translate API and SYSTRAN Translate API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 70 against 25", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 74 against 42", "Agent ergonomics, 77 against 54", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 4", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 51" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "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, 55 against 30" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams that want European Union hosting, user dictionaries and translation memories applied through profiles, or the same API on an on-premises SYSTRAN server.", "slug": "systran", "watchFor": "The terms forbid benchmark tests and automated access that exceeds normal human volumes, which matters for any agent workload" } ], "job": { "capability": "translate.text", "name": "Translate text" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-lara-translate.json", "title": "Amazon Translate vs Lara Translate API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-lara-translate" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-systran.json", "title": "Amazon Translate vs SYSTRAN Translate API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-systran" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-lara-translate.json", "title": "Azure Translator vs Lara Translate API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-lara-translate" }, { "json": 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SYSTRAN Translate API leads on security \u0026 auth. Both do translate text.", "verdicts": { "lara-translate": "Glossaries, translation memories, styles and instructions on every translate call. Texts may be used for model improvement unless a request sets `noTrace`.", "systran": "Five documented REST APIs cover text, files, dictionaries, translation memories and profiles, with a Google-compatible mode and a public price of €14.99 per million characters. The reference pages date from June 2023, and no changelog, status page, rate limit, SDK or downloadable OpenAPI file was found. The terms bar benchmark tests and automated use beyond human volumes." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-systran", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-systran.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-systran.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-systran.min.md" }, "markdown": "Lara Translate API scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against SYSTRAN Translate API's 40 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. SYSTRAN Translate API leads on security \u0026 auth. 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- SYSTRAN Translate API: grade E, 40/100, rank #691 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/systran.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/systran.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### 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- Reliability, 70 against 25\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 74 against 42\n- Agent ergonomics, 77 against 54\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 4\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 51\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: Texts may be used for model improvement unless a request sets `noTrace`\n\n### SYSTRAN Translate API (E)\n\nGood for: Teams that want European Union hosting, user dictionaries and translation memories applied through profiles, or the same API on an on-premises SYSTRAN server.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 55 against 30\n\nWatch for: The terms forbid benchmark tests and automated access that exceeds normal human volumes, which matters for any agent workload\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Lara Translate API | SYSTRAN Translate API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 25 | Lara Translate API +45 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 42 | Lara Translate API +32 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 54 | Lara Translate API +23 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 30 | 55 | SYSTRAN Translate API +25 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 40 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 4 | Lara Translate API +79 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 51 | Lara Translate API +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **61.3 · C** | **40 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Lara Translate API | SYSTRAN Translate API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Translated | SYSTRAN (ChapsVision) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp-v2.laratranslate.com/v1` | `https://api-translate.systran.net` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | 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 service under the SYSTRAN Translate PRO terms and conditions |\n| Tools exposed | 22 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2023-06-16 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |\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 | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\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 | none |\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**SYSTRAN Translate API.** Five documented REST APIs cover text, files, dictionaries, translation memories and profiles, with a Google-compatible mode and a public price of €14.99 per million characters. The reference pages date from June 2023, and no changelog, status page, rate limit, SDK or downloadable OpenAPI file was found. The terms bar benchmark tests and automated use beyond human volumes.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### 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### SYSTRAN Translate API\n\n1. Send the key as `Authorization: Key \u003capi_key\u003e` and avoid the documented `?key=` query option, which puts the secret in URLs and logs\n2. Expect HTTP 400, not 401, when credentials are missing. The body reads `No key / credentials provided`\n3. Call `/translation/file/translate` with `async=true` for large files, then poll `/translation/file/status` and fetch `/translation/file/result` with the returned `requestId`\n4. Apply dictionaries and translation memories through a profile and pass its UUID as `profile`. `withDictionary` and `withCorpus` are deprecated\n5. Read the terms before automating. They bar benchmark tests and request volumes beyond normal human use, and SYSTRAN may throttle or suspend access\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Lara Translate API or SYSTRAN Translate API?\n\nLara Translate API scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against SYSTRAN Translate API's 40 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. SYSTRAN Translate API leads on security \u0026 auth.\n\n### Do Lara Translate API and SYSTRAN Translate API need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Lara Translate API and SYSTRAN Translate API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Lara Translate API has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp-v2.laratranslate.com/v1 and SYSTRAN Translate API at https://api-translate.systran.net.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-systran.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lara-translate-vs-systran.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"lara-translate\", \"b\": \"systran\"}`. 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