# LibreTranslate vs Smartcat (slim)

> Smartcat scores 54.3 (C) to LibreTranslate's 49.9 (D) for translation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Smartcat scores 54.3 (C) on agent readiness against LibreTranslate's 49.9 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. LibreTranslate leads on agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. Both do translation.

- LibreTranslate: D 49.9, rank #934 of 1223 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/libretranslate.min.md
- Smartcat: C 54.3, rank #810 of 1223 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smartcat.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 Agent ergonomics, 65 against 57; Payments & pricing, 40 against 25. Also Open source.
- Smartcat, good for Agents that run translation projects for a team already on a Smartcat Anticipate or higher plan, such as uploading documents, applying translation memories and glossaries, exporting results and calling real-time translation from an app. Ahead on Reliability, 56 against 35; Maintenance & community, 69 against 40; Transparency & trust, 74 against 62. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | LibreTranslate | Smartcat |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 56 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 67 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 57 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 42 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 40 | 69 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | LibreTranslate | Smartcat |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | LibreTranslate | Smartcat Platform Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://libretranslate.com` | `https://smartcat.ai/api/integration` |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | Proprietary service under Smartcat's Terms of Use and Customer Agreement. The PHP client on GitHub is GPL-3.0-or-later, and the CLI ships as closed binaries |
| Last release | 2026-05-26 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-23 |  |
| Popularity | 17k stars, 4.5k PyPI/wk | 6 stars |
| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |