# Lokalise vs SYSTRAN Translate API (slim)

> Lokalise scores 71.3 (BB) 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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Lokalise scores 71.3 (BB) 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.

- Lokalise: BB 71.3, rank #115 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lokalise.min.md
- SYSTRAN Translate API: E 40, rank #691 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/systran.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 25; Schema & documentation, 76 against 42; Agent ergonomics, 69 against 54; Security & auth, 73 against 55; Maintenance & community, 84 against 4; Transparency & trust, 81 against 51. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- 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 30.

| Category | Lokalise | SYSTRAN Translate API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 84 | 25 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 76 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 54 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 73 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 4 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 81 | 51 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Lokalise | SYSTRAN Translate API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Lokalise, Inc. | SYSTRAN (ChapsVision) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.lokalise.com/api2` | `https://api-translate.systran.net` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Lokalise Master Service Agreement. The CLI and the Node SDK on GitHub are BSD 3-Clause | Proprietary service under the SYSTRAN Translate PRO terms and conditions |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2023-06-16 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-11-01 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-03-01 | no document linked |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 124 stars, 338k npm/wk, 39k PyPI/wk | none |