# Lingo.dev vs Lokalise (slim)

> Lokalise scores 71.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Lingo.dev's 62.3 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Lingo.dev leads on agent ergonomics. Both do translate text. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Lokalise scores 71.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Lingo.dev's 62.3 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Lingo.dev leads on agent ergonomics. Both do translate text.

- Lingo.dev: B 62.3, rank #341 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lingo-dev.min.md
- Lokalise: BB 71.3, rank #115 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lokalise.min.md
- 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 Agent ergonomics, 75 against 69.
- Lokalise, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 84 against 71; Schema & documentation, 76 against 54; Security & auth, 73 against 62; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Transparency & trust, 81 against 71. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Lingo.dev | Lokalise |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 71 | 84 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 54 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 73 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 87 | 84 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 71 | 81 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Lingo.dev | Lokalise |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Replexica, Inc. | Lokalise, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.lingo.dev/account` | `https://api.lokalise.com/api2` |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |
| Licence | 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 | Proprietary service under the Lokalise Master Service Agreement. The CLI and the Node SDK on GitHub are BSD 3-Clause |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `dev.lingo/main` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-05-07 | 2025-11-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-07 | 2026-03-01 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 5.4k stars, 92k npm/wk, 2k PyPI/wk | 124 stars, 338k npm/wk, 39k PyPI/wk |