# Smartling, Wordbee vs Lokalise Comparison

| | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.4 out of 5 | 4.1 out of 5 | 4.7 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 703 | 11 | 759 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Small-Business (47.3% of reviews) | Small-Business (63.6% of reviews) | Mid-Market (46.1% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | Free Per Year | Contact Us Per Year | $0.00 Per Month | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### Smartling

Pros:
- Ease of Use (169 reviews)
- Features (64 reviews)

Cons:
- Translation Issues (67 reviews)
- Difficult Navigation (27 reviews)

### Wordbee

Pros:
- Communication (1 reviews)
- Customer Support (1 reviews)


### Lokalise

Pros:
- Ease of Use (74 reviews)
- Customer Support (63 reviews)

Cons:
- Usability Issues (74 reviews)
- Integration Issues (27 reviews)

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 8.8 (579 reviews) | 7.7 (10 reviews) | 9.0 (620 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 8.6 (590 reviews) | 9.3 (9 reviews) | 8.9 (623 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 8.7 (411 reviews) | Not enough data | 8.7 (411 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 8.4 (213 reviews) | Not enough data | 8.9 (362 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 9.0 (528 reviews) | 8.3 (7 reviews) | 9.6 (563 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 9.1 (213 reviews) | Not enough data | 9.3 (355 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 8.2 (561 reviews) | 1.3 (8 reviews) | 9.1 (593 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### Smartling

#### Entry-Level Pricing

Plan: Core

Price: Free Per Year

Description: Best fit for teams looking to translate small-scale basic projects such as business documents, etc. For a full list of features, please visit https://www.smartling.com/plans/

Key Features:
- Professional Language Services	
- Unlimited Projects	
- Visual Context

[Browse all 2 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/smartling/pricing)

#### Free Trial

No

### Wordbee

#### Entry-Level Pricing

Plan: Enterprise 

Price: Contact Us Per Year

Description: Advanced security, dedicated account manager, custom development, end-to-end analytics, CAT tool, translation memory, terminology, integrations, project management, and workflows.


Key Features:
- Wordbee Enterprise edition is specially designed to the unique and customized needs of enterprise customers. It includes all the features that Wordbee has to offer and can be customized specifically to customer workflows, management, business intelligence and financial management needs. 

[Browse all 4 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/wordbee/pricing)

#### Free Trial

Yes

### Lokalise

#### Entry-Level Pricing

Plan: Free

Price: $0.00 Per Month

Description: For teams exploring localization, quick trials, and first projects

Key Features:
- Unlimited Standard seats
- API, CLI, Webhooks
- Collaborative web-based editor

[Browse all 5 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/lokalise/pricing)

#### Free Trial

Yes

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Software Localization Tools

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Smartling** | N/A | N/A |
| **Wordbee** | N/A | N/A |
| **Lokalise** | 8.5/10 | 283 |

#### Collaboration

| Feature | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Term Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (225 reviews) | 
| **Translation Tracking** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (255 reviews) | 
| **Workflow Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.6 (237 reviews) | 

#### Automation

| Feature | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Translation Memory** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.6 (242 reviews) | 
| **Quality Checks** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.1 (233 reviews) | 
| **Continuous Translation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (205 reviews) | 

### Website Translation Tools

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Smartling** | 7.2/10 | 227 |
| **Wordbee** | N/A | N/A |
| **Lokalise** | 7.7/10 | 89 |

#### Translation Support

| Feature | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Automated Translation** | 7.6 (202 reviews) | Not enough data | 8.0 (82 reviews) | 
| **Workflows** | 8.5 (205 reviews) | Not enough data | 8.7 (83 reviews) | 
| **Glossary** | 8.0 (199 reviews) | Not enough data | 8.3 (79 reviews) | 
| **Image Translation** | 7.1 (173 reviews) | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 
| **Traffic Analysis** | 6.8 (156 reviews) | Not enough data | 6.6 (65 reviews) | 

#### Visitor Customization 

| Feature | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Widgets** | 6.9 (154 reviews) | Not enough data | 6.9 (64 reviews) | 
| **Language-Based Domains** | 7.2 (158 reviews) | Not enough data | 7.6 (61 reviews) | 
| **Preferred Language Detection** | 7.3 (156 reviews) | Not enough data | 7.7 (60 reviews) | 
| **Personalized Content** | 7.1 (156 reviews) | Not enough data | 7.6 (60 reviews) | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Summarization** | 6.4 (88 reviews) | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 
| **AI Text-to-Speech** | 6.0 (85 reviews) | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 

### Translation Management

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Smartling** | 8.3/10 | 357 |
| **Wordbee** | N/A | N/A |
| **Lokalise** | 7.9/10 | 306 |

#### Client Tools

| Feature | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Billing and Invoicing** | 8.3 (215 reviews) | Not enough data | 7.7 (198 reviews) | 
| **Client Portal** | 8.4 (234 reviews) | Not enough data | 8.1 (198 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Client Management** | 8.5 (226 reviews) | Not enough data | 8.2 (194 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Resource Management** | 8.5 (244 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 8.3 (202 reviews) ✓ Verified | 

#### Translation Tools

| Feature | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Computer-Assisted Translation** | 8.5 (291 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 8.6 (250 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Glossary** | 8.7 (289 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 8.5 (229 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **User Permissions** | 8.5 (262 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 8.5 (242 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Task Delegation** | 8.4 (258 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 8.6 (217 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Comments and/or Mentions** | 8.5 (283 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 8.1 (235 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Quality Assurance** | 8.4 (286 reviews) ✓ Verified | Not enough data | 8.3 (217 reviews) ✓ Verified | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Generation** | 7.3 (144 reviews) | Not enough data | 7.0 (126 reviews) | 

#### Agentic AI - Translation Management

| Feature | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Multi-step Planning** | 7.8 (99 reviews) | Not enough data | 6.2 (29 reviews) | 
| **Decision Making** | 8.0 (101 reviews) | Not enough data | 6.0 (29 reviews) | 

### Computer-Assisted Translation

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Smartling** | N/A | N/A |
| **Wordbee** | N/A | N/A |
| **Lokalise** | 8.3/10 | 144 |

#### Translation Memory

| Feature | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Custom Translation Memory** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (120 reviews) | 
| **Built-in Translation Memory** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.6 (124 reviews) | 

#### Machine Translation

| Feature | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Neural Machine Translation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (113 reviews) | 
| **Statistical Machine Translation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.4 (104 reviews) | 

#### Translation Options

| Feature | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Image Translation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.2 (85 reviews) | 
| **Collaborative Translation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.1 (116 reviews) | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Generation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.3 (67 reviews) | 
| **AI Text Summarization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 

### Multilingual Customer Support

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Smartling** | N/A | N/A |
| **Wordbee** | N/A | N/A |
| **Lokalise** | 8.0/10 | 41 |

#### Platform

| Feature | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Multilingualism** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (40 reviews) | 
| **Quality** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (40 reviews) | 
| **Real-Time** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (38 reviews) | 
| **Artificial Intelligence** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.4 (38 reviews) | 
| **Self-Improving** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.7 (37 reviews) | 
| **Volume** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.4 (36 reviews) | 

#### Channel

| Feature | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Security** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.3 (32 reviews) | 
| **Omnichannel** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.3 (30 reviews) | 
| **Privacy** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.4 (33 reviews) | 
| **Anonymity** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.0 (30 reviews) | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Generation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.8 (26 reviews) | 
| **AI Text Summarization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 
| **AI Text-to-Speech** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 

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## Categories
**Shared Categories (1):** [Translation Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/translation-management)

**Unique to Smartling (1):** [Website Translation Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/website-translation-tools)


**Unique to Lokalise (4):** [Software Localization Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/software-localization-tools), [Computer-Assisted Translation Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/computer-assisted-translation), [Website Translation Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/website-translation-tools), [Multilingual Customer Support Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/multilingual-customer-support)


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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | Smartling | Wordbee | Lokalise | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 47.3% | 63.6% | 40.2% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 29.9% | 27.3% | 46.1% | 
| **Enterprise** | 22.7% | 9.1% | 13.7% | 

### By Industry

#### Smartling

- **Translation and Localization:** 35.7%
- **Computer Software:** 11.7%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 9.5%
- **Financial Services:** 4.1%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 3.7%
- **Internet:** 3.3%
- **Leisure, Travel & Tourism:** 1.9%
- **Retail:** 1.7%
- **Telecommunications:** 1.6%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 1.6%
- **Other:** 25.3%

#### Wordbee

- **Translation and Localization:** 54.5%
- **Pharmaceuticals:** 9.1%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 9.1%
- **Internet:** 9.1%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 9.1%
- **Accounting:** 9.1%

#### Lokalise

- **Computer Software:** 18.0%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 11.1%
- **Financial Services:** 10.3%
- **Translation and Localization:** 4.9%
- **Health, Wellness and Fitness:** 4.8%
- **Internet:** 3.7%
- **Computer Games:** 2.7%
- **Automotive:** 2.6%
- **Banking:** 2.2%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 2.1%
- **Other:** 37.6%

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## Top Discussions

### Smartling

- Title: [How can I upload glossaries from other projects and/or platforms into the Smartling TM?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/27448-how-can-i-upload-glossaries-from-other-projects-and-or-platforms-into-the-smartling-tm) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "They need to be in the format of the template but you should be able to do that near the linguistic assets once you are in that menu "
- Title: [Can the software/service be validated?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/24358-can-the-software-service-be-validated) — 1 comment, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "Hi Rafael —Smartling supports translation review, QA, etc. via a 'validation' step within a translation workflow.

We also have a number of compliance..."
- Title: [Who are your translators?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/language-services-faq-bf8ca85a-c073-4601-b7a5-098db525996d) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)*
  > **Top comment:** "Smartling collaborates with a team of highly curated professional linguists that are located in the country of the languages they service. The linguists are..."
- Title: [What languages do you translate into?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/language-services-faq-b3a4fb2c-04f2-4f58-9a3b-0139d5002dec) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)*
  > **Top comment:** "Smartling offers translation services in all specialties (e.g. legal, technical, marketing, life sciences) across 150+ languages."
- Title: [Do you offer any service level guarantees?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/language-services-faq-a3853011-6306-4e47-b27d-78991370fa18) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)*
  > **Top comment:** "Yes, Smartling offers customers various language services plans, based on a committed services spend. Within these plans we offer industry-leading service..."

### Wordbee

No discussions available for this product.

### Lokalise

- Title: [What is Lokalise used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-lokalise-used-for) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "Lokalise is a localization and translation management platform used primarily for software and application localization. It helps businesses and development..."
- Title: [Design Integration](https://www.g2.com/discussions/14369-design-integration) — 1 comment, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "Hi Alexandre! An update to the Sketch integration is coming soon."
- Title: [What are seats?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/lokalise-terminology) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)*
  > **Top comment:** "Seats are the number of people that can work in a Lokalise team e.g., admins, translators, copywriters, proofreaders that can be invited to work in Lokalise...."
- Title: [What does the SDK refer to?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/lokalise-terms) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)*
  > **Top comment:** "Our SDK (software development kit) is a tool that allows our clients to update the textual
elements of the UI of their app on the fly. Mainly used to..."
- Title: [What is a key?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/localisation-terms) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)*
  > **Top comment:** "They are also known as strings — a logical text variable in your code with an ID and values in different languages. One key may contain a word, a digit, a..."

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**Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/smartling-vs-wordbee-vs-lokalise)