# Lingvanex Translation API vs Phrase (slim)

> Phrase scores 64.2 (B) on agent readiness against Lingvanex Translation API's 37 (F), and leads in every scored category. 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 Lingvanex Translation API's 37 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do translate text.

- Lingvanex Translation API: F 37, rank #702 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lingvanex.min.md
- Phrase: B 64.2, rank #285 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/phrase.min.md
- Lingvanex Translation API, good for Bulk translation of non-sensitive text where price per character matters most, or buyers who want an on-premise server later.
- 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 40; Schema & documentation, 87 against 48; Agent ergonomics, 70 against 50; Security & auth, 58 against 37; Payments & pricing, 30 against 15; Maintenance & community, 83 against 6; Transparency & trust, 74 against 48. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Lingvanex Translation API | Phrase |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 40 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 48 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 50 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 37 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 15 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 6 | 83 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 48 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Lingvanex Translation API | Phrase |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Lingvanex | Phrase a.s. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api-b2b.backenster.com/b1/api/v3` | `https://mcp.eu.phrase.com` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |
| Licence | none | 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 | none | 2026-10-06 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-01 | 2026-10-06 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 3 PyPI/wk | 49 stars, 40k npm/wk, 14k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |