# LibreTranslate vs Phrase (slim)

> Phrase scores 64.2 (B) on agent readiness against LibreTranslate's 49.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. LibreTranslate leads on payments & pricing. Both do translate text. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Phrase scores 64.2 (B) on agent readiness against LibreTranslate's 49.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. LibreTranslate leads on payments & pricing. Both do translate text.

- LibreTranslate: D 49.8, rank #602 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/libretranslate.min.md
- Phrase: B 64.2, rank #285 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/phrase.min.md
- LibreTranslate, good for Operators who must keep text on their own servers or want a fixed cost, and for light hosted use. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 40 against 30. Also Open source.
- Phrase, good for Teams that keep translation projects, term bases and translation memories in Phrase and want an agent to run them, or to translate through engines chosen per language pair. Ahead on Reliability, 55 against 35; Schema & documentation, 87 against 65; Agent ergonomics, 70 against 65; Security & auth, 58 against 45; Maintenance & community, 83 against 40; Transparency & trust, 74 against 60. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | LibreTranslate | Phrase |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 40 | 83 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LibreTranslate | Phrase |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | LibreTranslate | Phrase a.s. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://libretranslate.com` | `https://mcp.eu.phrase.com` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | Proprietary service under the Phrase Terms of Service. The CLI, the Strings API clients and the deprecated local MCP server on GitHub are MIT |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.phrase/mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-05-26 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-23 | 2026-10-06 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 17k stars, 4.5k PyPI/wk | 49 stars, 40k npm/wk, 14k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |