# Lokalise vs Smartcat (slim)

> Lokalise scores 71.3 (BB) to Smartcat's 54.3 (C) for translation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Lokalise scores 71.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Smartcat's 54.3 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do translation.

- Lokalise: BB 71.3, rank #143 of 1223 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lokalise.min.md
- Smartcat: C 54.3, rank #810 of 1223 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smartcat.min.md
- 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 56; Schema & documentation, 76 against 67; Agent ergonomics, 69 against 57; Security & auth, 73 against 42; Payments & pricing, 30 against 25; Maintenance & community, 84 against 69; Transparency & trust, 81 against 74. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- 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.

| Category | Lokalise | Smartcat |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 84 | 56 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 76 | 67 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 57 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 73 | 42 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 69 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 81 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Lokalise | Smartcat |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Lokalise, Inc. | Smartcat Platform Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.lokalise.com/api2` | `https://smartcat.ai/api/integration` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Lokalise Master Service Agreement. The CLI and the Node SDK on GitHub are BSD 3-Clause | 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 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-11-01 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-03-01 |  |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| 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 | 124 stars, 338k npm/wk, 39k PyPI/wk | 6 stars |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |