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A self-hosted server can run without keys or require them with `--api-keys`.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No free hosted tier. Pro is $29 a month with bursts of up to 80 calls a minute (about 20 sustained), Business $58 with bursts of 200 (about 50 sustained). Each call takes up to 2,000 characters. Both come with a 7-day money-back guarantee (https://portal.libretranslate.com). Self-hosting is free under AGPL-3.0 (https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate).", "priceSummary": "$29 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 16700, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 4545, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.libretranslate.com", "openapi": "https://libretranslate.com/spec", "capabilities": [ "translate.text", "translate.documents", "translate.detect" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "open-source", "self-hosted", "openapi", "python", "card-required" ], "lastRelease": "2026-05-26", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 49.8, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 602, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 40, "payments": 40, "reliability": 35, "schema": 65, "security": 45, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Open source under AGPL-3.0, self-hosted with no text leaving your network. No status page, SLA or terms of service for the hosted API.", "bestFor": "Operators who must keep text on their own servers or want a fixed cost, and for light hosted use.", "strengths": [ "Open source under AGPL-3.0, self-hosted with no text leaving your network", "Swagger 2.0 spec at /spec on every server", "Hosted privacy policy says texts aren't stored or logged", "Flat monthly price, no per-character metering", "CI tests on Python 3.8 to 3.14 plus Docker builds" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page, SLA or terms of service for the hosted API", "2,000 characters a call and about 20 calls a minute sustained on Pro", "No glossaries or formality control, about 50 languages", "No release since 1.9.6 on 2026-05-26", "No security.txt or disclosure policy" ], "agentNotes": [ "Split text into calls of 2,000 characters or fewer on the hosted service", "Pace to about 20 calls a minute on Pro, since repeated 429s turn into a 403 ban", "Pass `source=auto` to detect and translate in one call", "Set `format=html` for markup", "Read /spec on the server you call, since self-hosted limits and options differ from the hosted ones" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 49.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 40, "payments": 40, "reliability": 35, "schema": 65, "security": 45, "transparency": 55 }, "provenanceScore": 64 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install libretranslate", "http": "curl -X POST https://libretranslate.com/translate \\\n -d q=\"Your table is booked for seven.\" -d source=auto -d target=fr -d format=text \\\n -d api_key=\"$LIBRETRANSLATE_API_KEY\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/translate.text", "tool": "https://letme.dev/libretranslate" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pro plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 29, "note": "2,000 characters a call, about 20 calls a minute sustained" }, { "item": "Business plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 58, "note": "About 50 calls a minute sustained" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "LibreTranslate", "domain": "libretranslate.com", "domainRegistered": "2020-12-20", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://portal.libretranslate.com/privacy.html", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The privacy policy gives a St Petersburg, Florida address and names no company beyond LibreTranslate.", "We found no terms of service for the hosted API. Payments go through Stripe.", "libretranslate.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404." ], "score": 64 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/libretranslate.json", "live": { "slug": "libretranslate", "probe": { "target": "https://libretranslate.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:25.529162283Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 201, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 163, "p95ms24h": 264, "samples24h": 270, "samples30d": 1962, "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": 246, "ok": 246 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate", "version": "v1.9.6", "released": "2026-05-26", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:18:51.701065039Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "libretranslate", "version": "1.9.6", "released": "2026-05-26", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:18:51.50446876Z" } ], "githubStars": 17004, "pypiWeekly": 2084, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://libretranslate.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:32.347171004Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "libretranslate.com", "registered": "2020-12-20", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/libretranslate.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:06:46.953408248Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://portal.libretranslate.com/privacy.html", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:11.754707254Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "52b049f96b7c" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:25.529162283Z" } }, "answer": "Lokalise scores 71.3 (BB) on agent readiness against LibreTranslate's 49.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. LibreTranslate leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "lokalise", "name": "Lokalise", "vendor": "Lokalise, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://lokalise.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "translation", "summary": "Lokalise is a hosted translation management system for software strings, documents and marketing content. Agents reach it through a REST API, the `lokalise2` CLI, SDKs in four languages and a hosted MCP server in beta.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lokalise", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lokalise.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lokalise.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lokalise.json", "repo": "https://github.com/lokalise/lokalise-cli-2-go", "license": "Proprietary service under the Lokalise Master Service Agreement. The CLI and the Node SDK on GitHub are BSD 3-Clause", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.lokalise.com/api2", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@lokalise/node-api" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "python-lokalise-api" }, { "registry": "go", "name": "github.com/lokalise/lokalise-cli-2-go" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. A user creates a personal API token under Profile settings, read-only or read/write, and sends it in the `X-Api-Token` header. Tokens don't expire, can be deleted, and carry the creating user's project access. OAuth 2 for the API needs an app registered through Lokalise support, with scopes such as `read_keys` and `write_projects`. The MCP server takes OAuth with dynamic client registration, or an API token in the `apikey` header.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Explorer $149, Growth $379 and Advanced $1,049 a month billed yearly, Enterprise by quote. Monthly-billing prices load only in a browser and were not read. Every plan starts with a 14-day trial with no card, so an agent can start without a contract. There is no free plan except for open-source non-profit projects on request. The MCP article says API access depends on the plan, and the page did not show which plans include it (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$149 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the OpenAPI files or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 124, "npmWeekly": 337721, "pypiWeekly": 39399, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.lokalise.com", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.lokalise.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://developers.lokalise.com/openapi/lokalise-api-without-branches.yml", "capabilities": [ "translate.text", "translate.glossary", "translate.documents" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "cli", "typescript", "python", "no-card", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 71.3, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 115, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 84, "payments": 30, "reliability": 84, "schema": 76, "security": 73, "transparency": 81 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The REST API has public OpenAPI files, Markdown docs, published rate limits, read-only tokens, scoped OAuth and an audit log endpoint. Access needs a paid plan after a 14-day trial, a person signs up in a browser, and the Master Service Agreement forbids benchmarking. No idempotency keys or deprecation policy were found in the reviewed documentation.", "bestFor": "Agents that manage localisation work, such as adding keys, uploading and exporting string files, keeping a glossary and starting AI or machine translation tasks for a team that already uses Lokalise.", "strengths": [ "Three public OpenAPI 3.0.3 files, llms.txt and a Markdown twin of every reference page", "Rate limits published as 6 requests a second per token and per IP, with 10 concurrent requests per project", "API tokens are read-only or read/write, and OAuth 2 carries read and write scopes per resource", "The MCP server signs in with OAuth, PKCE and dynamic client registration, and lists 22 scopes", "`GET /v1/audit-logs` returns team audit events in OCSF 1.3.0 format since 16 July 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "The Master Service Agreement forbids using the service for benchmarking or competitive analysis", "No free plan. Explorer is $149 a month billed yearly after a 14-day trial without a card", "No idempotency keys in the OpenAPI files, though the errors page mentions an idempotent key under 409", "API tokens never expire and carry every permission of the user who made them", "The Developer Program Agreement lets Lokalise change or end API access with or without notice", "The MCP server is labelled beta in the help centre article" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the token in the `X-Api-Token` header to `https://api.lokalise.com/api2`. OAuth access tokens go in `Authorization: Bearer` and expire after about 60 minutes.", "Stay under 6 requests a second per token and 10 concurrent requests per project. On 429, back off exponentially and read `X-RateLimit-Reset`.", "Use a read-only token for reads. A read/write token can call `PUT /projects/{project_id}/empty`, which deletes every key and translation.", "Use `pagination=cursor` on `/keys` and `/translations`, with `limit` at most 500 on keys, and follow `X-Pagination-Next-Cursor`.", "Projects above 10,000 key-language pairs need `/files/async-download`. Poll `/processes/{process_id}` for the bundle URL, and do the same after `/files/upload`." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 71.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 84, "payments": 30, "reliability": 84, "schema": 76, "security": 73, "transparency": 63 }, "provenanceScore": 98 }, "connect": { "install": "brew tap lokalise/cli-2\nbrew install lokalise2", "http": "curl \"https://api.lokalise.com/api2/projects?limit=5\" -H \"X-Api-Token: $LOKALISE_API_TOKEN\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add lokalise_pm --transport http https://mcp.lokalise.com/mcp/project-management", "config": { "lokalise_pm": { "url": "https://mcp.lokalise.com/mcp/project-management" }, "lokalise_sd": { "url": "https://mcp.lokalise.com/mcp/software-development" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/translate.text", "tool": "https://letme.dev/lokalise" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Explorer", "unit": "month", "usd": 149, "note": "billed yearly" }, { "item": "Growth", "unit": "month", "usd": 379, "note": "billed yearly" }, { "item": "Advanced", "unit": "month", "usd": 1049, "note": "billed yearly" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Lokalise, Inc.", "domain": "lokalise.com", "domainRegistered": "2016-09-26", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://lokalise.com/msa-new/", "privacy": "https://lokalise.com/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.lokalise.com", "changelog": "https://lokalise.com/changelog/", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Master Service Agreement (last updated November 2025) names Lokalise, Inc., a Delaware company at 3500 South DuPont Highway, Suite BZ-101, Dover, DE 19901. It governs paid subscriptions.", "Trial and individual users fall under the User and Trial Access Terms of Service at https://lokalise.com/terms-of-service/ (November 2025). API integrations published in the app library fall under the Developer Program Agreement at https://lokalise.com/dev-hub-terms/, which shows no date.", "The privacy policy (last updated March 2026) covers the website, platform and services, and says Lokalise is the processor for customer data.", "The API answers at api.lokalise.com and the MCP server at mcp.lokalise.com.", "https://lokalise.com/.well-known/security.txt gives vdp.lokalise.com and security@lokalise.com as contacts and expires on 20 August 2027.", "RDAP for lokalise.com gives a registration date of 2016-09-26." ], "score": 98 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lokalise.json", "live": { "slug": "lokalise", "probe": { "target": "https://api.lokalise.com/api2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:53:26.189197119Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 146, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 91, "p95ms24h": 146, "samples24h": 28, "samples30d": 28, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 28, "ok": 28 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.lokalise.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:58:01.399678507Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:58:01.399678507Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "LibreTranslate", "b": "Lokalise, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://libretranslate.com", "b": "https://api.lokalise.com/api2", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "AGPL-3.0", "b": "Proprietary service under the Lokalise Master Service Agreement. The CLI and the Node SDK on GitHub are BSD 3-Clause", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-05-26", "b": "2026-10-05", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "2025-11-01", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-09-23", "b": "2026-03-01", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "17k stars, 4.5k PyPI/wk", "b": "124 stars, 338k npm/wk, 39k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "4/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Lokalise scores 71.3 (BB) on agent readiness against LibreTranslate's 49.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. LibreTranslate leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, LibreTranslate or Lokalise?" }, { "answer": "LibreTranslate needs an API key. Lokalise takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do LibreTranslate and Lokalise need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. LibreTranslate has a hosted endpoint at https://libretranslate.com and Lokalise at https://api.lokalise.com/api2.", "question": "Can an agent call LibreTranslate and Lokalise without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "LibreTranslate is open source (AGPL-3.0). No open-source release is listed for Lokalise.", "question": "Are LibreTranslate and Lokalise open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 30" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Operators who must keep text on their own servers or want a fixed cost, and for light hosted use.", "slug": "libretranslate", "watchFor": "No status page, SLA or terms of service for the hosted API" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 84 against 35", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 76 against 65", "Security \u0026 auth, 73 against 45", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 40", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 60" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Agents that manage localisation work, such as adding keys, uploading and exporting string files, keeping a glossary and starting AI or machine translation tasks for a team that already uses Lokalise.", "slug": "lokalise", "watchFor": "The Master Service Agreement forbids using the service for benchmarking or competitive analysis" } ], "job": { "capability": "translate.text", "name": "Translate text" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-libretranslate.json", "title": "Amazon Translate vs LibreTranslate", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-libretranslate" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-lokalise.json", "title": "Amazon Translate vs Lokalise", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-translate-vs-lokalise" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-libretranslate.json", "title": "Azure Translator vs LibreTranslate", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-libretranslate" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-translator-vs-lokalise.json", "title": "Azure Translator vs Lokalise", "url": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lingvanex-vs-lokalise" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lokalise-vs-phrase.json", "title": "Lokalise vs Phrase", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lokalise-vs-phrase" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lokalise-vs-systran.json", "title": "Lokalise vs SYSTRAN Translate API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lokalise-vs-systran" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 49, "edge": "lokalise", "key": "reliability", "libretranslate": 35, "lokalise": 84, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 11, "edge": "lokalise", "key": "schema", "libretranslate": 65, "lokalise": 76, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "lokalise", "key": "ergonomics", "libretranslate": 65, "lokalise": 69, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 28, "edge": "lokalise", "key": "security", "libretranslate": 45, "lokalise": 73, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "libretranslate", "key": "payments", "libretranslate": 40, "lokalise": 30, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 44, "edge": "lokalise", "key": "maintenance", "libretranslate": 40, "lokalise": 84, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 21, "edge": "lokalise", "key": "transparency", "libretranslate": 60, "lokalise": 81, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Lokalise scores 71.3 (BB) on agent readiness against LibreTranslate's 49.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. LibreTranslate leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do translate text.", "verdicts": { "libretranslate": "Open source under AGPL-3.0, self-hosted with no text leaving your network. No status page, SLA or terms of service for the hosted API.", "lokalise": "The REST API has public OpenAPI files, Markdown docs, published rate limits, read-only tokens, scoped OAuth and an audit log endpoint. Access needs a paid plan after a 14-day trial, a person signs up in a browser, and the Master Service Agreement forbids benchmarking. No idempotency keys or deprecation policy were found in the reviewed documentation." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/libretranslate-vs-lokalise", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/libretranslate-vs-lokalise.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/libretranslate-vs-lokalise.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/libretranslate-vs-lokalise.min.md" }, "markdown": "Lokalise scores 71.3 (BB) on agent readiness against LibreTranslate's 49.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. LibreTranslate leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do translate text.\n\n- LibreTranslate: grade D, 49.8/100, rank #602 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/libretranslate.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/libretranslate.json\n- Lokalise: grade BB, 71.3/100, rank #115 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lokalise.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lokalise.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### LibreTranslate (D)\n\nGood for: Operators who must keep text on their own servers or want a fixed cost, and for light hosted use.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 30\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No status page, SLA or terms of service for the hosted API\n\n### Lokalise (BB)\n\nGood for: Agents that manage localisation work, such as adding keys, uploading and exporting string files, keeping a glossary and starting AI or machine translation tasks for a team that already uses Lokalise.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 84 against 35\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 76 against 65\n- Security \u0026 auth, 73 against 45\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 40\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 60\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: The Master Service Agreement forbids using the service for benchmarking or competitive analysis\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | LibreTranslate | Lokalise | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 35 | 84 | Lokalise +49 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 76 | Lokalise +11 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 69 | Lokalise +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 73 | Lokalise +28 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 30 | LibreTranslate +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 40 | 84 | Lokalise +44 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 81 | Lokalise +21 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **49.8 · D** | **71.3 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | LibreTranslate | Lokalise |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | LibreTranslate | Lokalise, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://libretranslate.com` | `https://api.lokalise.com/api2` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | Proprietary service under the Lokalise Master Service Agreement. The CLI and the Node SDK on GitHub are BSD 3-Clause |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-05-26 | 2026-10-05 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2025-11-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-23 | 2026-03-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 17k stars, 4.5k PyPI/wk | 124 stars, 338k npm/wk, 39k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**LibreTranslate.** Open source under AGPL-3.0, self-hosted with no text leaving your network. No status page, SLA or terms of service for the hosted API.\n\n**Lokalise.** The REST API has public OpenAPI files, Markdown docs, published rate limits, read-only tokens, scoped OAuth and an audit log endpoint. Access needs a paid plan after a 14-day trial, a person signs up in a browser, and the Master Service Agreement forbids benchmarking. No idempotency keys or deprecation policy were found in the reviewed documentation.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### LibreTranslate\n\n1. Split text into calls of 2,000 characters or fewer on the hosted service\n2. Pace to about 20 calls a minute on Pro, since repeated 429s turn into a 403 ban\n3. Pass `source=auto` to detect and translate in one call\n4. Set `format=html` for markup\n5. Read /spec on the server you call, since self-hosted limits and options differ from the hosted ones\n\n### Lokalise\n\n1. Send the token in the `X-Api-Token` header to `https://api.lokalise.com/api2`. OAuth access tokens go in `Authorization: Bearer` and expire after about 60 minutes.\n2. Stay under 6 requests a second per token and 10 concurrent requests per project. On 429, back off exponentially and read `X-RateLimit-Reset`.\n3. Use a read-only token for reads. A read/write token can call `PUT /projects/{project_id}/empty`, which deletes every key and translation.\n4. Use `pagination=cursor` on `/keys` and `/translations`, with `limit` at most 500 on keys, and follow `X-Pagination-Next-Cursor`.\n5. Projects above 10,000 key-language pairs need `/files/async-download`. Poll `/processes/{process_id}` for the bundle URL, and do the same after `/files/upload`.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, LibreTranslate or Lokalise?\n\nLokalise scores 71.3 (BB) on agent readiness against LibreTranslate's 49.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. LibreTranslate leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do LibreTranslate and Lokalise need an API key?\n\nLibreTranslate needs an API key. Lokalise takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call LibreTranslate and Lokalise without installing anything?\n\nYes. LibreTranslate has a hosted endpoint at https://libretranslate.com and Lokalise at https://api.lokalise.com/api2.\n\n### Are LibreTranslate and Lokalise open source?\n\nLibreTranslate is open source (AGPL-3.0). No open-source release is listed for Lokalise.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/libretranslate-vs-lokalise.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/libretranslate-vs-lokalise.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"libretranslate\", \"b\": \"lokalise\"}`. 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