# Lingo.dev vs SYSTRAN Translate API (slim)

> Lingo.dev scores 62.3 (B) on agent readiness against SYSTRAN Translate API's 40 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. SYSTRAN Translate API leads on payments & pricing. Both do translate text. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Lingo.dev scores 62.3 (B) on agent readiness against SYSTRAN Translate API's 40 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. SYSTRAN Translate API leads on payments & pricing. Both do translate text.

- Lingo.dev: B 62.3, rank #341 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lingo-dev.min.md
- SYSTRAN Translate API: E 40, rank #691 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/systran.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 Reliability, 71 against 25; Schema & documentation, 54 against 42; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 54; Security & auth, 62 against 55; Maintenance & community, 87 against 4; Transparency & trust, 71 against 51.
- SYSTRAN Translate API, good 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. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 40 against 20. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Lingo.dev | SYSTRAN Translate API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 71 | 25 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 54 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 54 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 87 | 4 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 71 | 51 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Lingo.dev | SYSTRAN Translate API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Replexica, Inc. | SYSTRAN (ChapsVision) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.lingo.dev/account` | `https://api-translate.systran.net` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| 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 SYSTRAN Translate PRO terms and conditions |
| MCP registry | `dev.lingo/main` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2023-06-16 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-05-07 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-07 | no document linked |
| 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 | none |