Crowdin Review
Cloud translation management system for localizing software, apps, and content
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Crowdin is a cloud platform for managing translation of software strings, apps, docs, and marketing content. You connect it to your codebase or CMS, source strings flow in, translators and machine translation fill them in inside Crowdin's editor, and translated files sync back out through the CLI, API, or one of its file-storage and CMS integrations.
Pricing is built around hosted words rather than seats: translators are unlimited on every paid plan, and what you pay for is how many words you're translating, multiplied by how many target languages, plus how many private projects and managers you need. Larger teams that want their own private instance move to Crowdin Enterprise (marketed as Team+ and Business/Enterprise), which adds SSO, SCIM, project groups, and workflow automation on top of the same core editor.
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Who it's for
- ✓ Product and engineering teams localizing an app or SaaS product into many languages from a git repo or design tool
- ✓ Open source projects that want a free, fully-featured translation platform
- ✓ Larger organizations that need SSO, SCIM, and workflow automation across multiple products (Crowdin Enterprise)
Who should look elsewhere
- ✗ Teams with a handful of static marketing pages who just need simple key-value translations, where a flat per-string tool is cheaper and simpler
- ✗ Budget-conscious small teams translating into many languages at once, since hosted words scale with language count and can push you into a higher tier fast
Pros
- + Free plan is genuinely usable for open source and small projects, with 60,000 hosted words and unlimited translators
- + Unlimited translator seats on every paid plan, so adding reviewers or contributors doesn't raise the bill by itself
- + Deep integration ecosystem (CLI, API, GitHub/GitLab, Figma, CMS connectors) and a store with over 100,000 app installs
- + Recent product investment: Crowdin Advisors (launched Jul 1, 2026) and AI context generation for CLI translations (published Jun 28, 2026) shipped weeks apart, on top of Crowdin Copilot's expansion into the main navigation earlier in the spring
Cons
- – Hosted words scale with target languages, so adding languages multiplies cost even if the source text doesn't grow
- – Multiple Capterra reviewers describe pricing getting more expensive over time even with a basic workflow, and call it steep for small teams or indie developers
- – Needing more than one private project forces an upgrade to Pro or Team even if you don't need more hosted words or integrations
- – Business and Crowdin Enterprise pricing isn't published, so buyers can't compare cost without a sales call
Crowdin pricing
What you pay for
Crowdin's paid plans are priced on hosted words plus how many private projects, managers, and integrations you need, not on translator seats, which stay unlimited on every plan. The published numbers are Free, Pro at $50 to $59/month, Team at $150 to $179/month, and Team+ at $450/month billed annually only, all fetched directly from Crowdin's pricing page. Business is quote-only and requires talking to sales for a number.
At about $50/month to start, it sits at the higher end of Website & Software Localization pricing.
| Plan | Price | Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Unlimited public projects and translators · 1 private project · 60,000 hosted words · 1 integration · Open source and academic projects welcome |
| Pro | $50/mo | $59/month billed monthly, $50/month billed annually · 2 private projects · 2 integrations · Unlimited translator seats · Security keys and passkey sign-in |
| Team | $150/mo | $179/month billed monthly, $150/month billed annually · Unlimited private projects · 5 manager seats, 3 integrations · Developer and language coordinator roles · Task-based access |
| Team+ | $450/mo | Annual billing only, $450/month ($5,400/year); no month-to-month option · Your own private organization (Crowdin Enterprise) · Project groups and advanced workflow automation · Unlimited integrations, 2FA-only sign-in · Client/vendor collaboration and organizational reports |
| Business | Custom | Quote-only, unlimited content · SSO, SCIM provisioning, SIEM · 10 manager seats included, plus permissions granularity · IP allowlisting and Slack support · Priority support and custom SLAs |
Every plan includes a set number of hosted words: a hosted word is one word in one target language, so 500 words times 10 languages equals 5,000 hosted words. Higher plans let you add more hosted words and manager seats a la carte. Pro and Team prices above are the annual-billing rate ($50 and $150/month); paying month to month costs $59 and $179/month. Team+ is annual billing only, with no month-to-month option; its $450/month figure is the $5,400 annual price divided by 12. Business pricing is quote-only and requires talking to sales.
Pricing verified July 7, 2026 · source
How Crowdin's pricing compares
Crowdin next to its closest alternatives on entry price, billing, and whether pricing is public.
| Tool | Starting price | Billing | Free option | Pricing disclosed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crowdin | $50/mo | tiered | Yes | Partly public |
| WPML | EUR 39/site/yr | tiered | No | Public |
| Weglot | EUR 15/mo | tiered | Yes | Partly public |
| Polylang | EUR 99/yr | tiered | Yes | Public |
| Lokalise | $144/mo | tiered | Trial (14 days on any plan, no credit card required) | Partly public |
| Phrase | $27/seat/mo | tiered | Trial (14 days) | Partly public |
Is Crowdin still actively developed?
Last significant update: July 2026. Launched Crowdin Advisors, a background analyzer with 11 built-in checks that scans a project's setup and flags issues like unresolved context, low screenshot coverage, and missing character limits before translation starts.
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Crowdin FAQ
What are hosted words?+
A hosted word is a source word multiplied by the number of target languages it's translated into. Upload 500 words into a project with 10 target languages and you have 5,000 hosted words. This total applies across every project in your account or organization, and each plan includes a set amount before you need to add more.
Is Crowdin free?+
Yes, for one private project plus unlimited public ones. The Free plan includes 60,000 hosted words, one integration, and unlimited translators, and it's commonly used by open source and academic projects.
Does Crowdin charge per translator?+
No. Translator seats are unlimited on every plan, including Free. You pay based on hosted words, private projects, manager seats, and integrations instead.
How much does Crowdin Enterprise cost?+
Crowdin doesn't publish Enterprise or Business pricing. Team+ starts at $450/month billed annually for your own private organization, and anything above that, including SSO, SCIM, and SIEM, requires a custom quote from sales.