Phrase Localization Platform vs. Smartcat

Phrase Localization Platform

63 Reviews and Ratings

Smartcat

16 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Phrase Localization Platform	Score9.2 out of 10	Small Businesses (1-50 employees)	The Phrase Localization Platform is an AI-powered language platform that integrates translation, scoring, and automation tools in one place for businesses and language service providers. It offers scalability, a vendor-neutral approach, and advanced analytics for performance optimization, with single sign-on to facilitate easy setup.	$27 per month
Smartcat	Score9 out of 10	N/A	Smartcat combines translation automation technologies with communication capabilities to help users not only automate workflows but also find needed freelance specialists. Originally a product of ABBYY, Smartcat became an independent product, and company, in 2016.	$1,188 per year

Pricing

Phrase Localization Platform

Smartcat

Freelancer: $27
per month
Direct plan: Starter: $135
per month
LSP plan: Professional: $875
per month
Direct plan: Team: 1,045
per month
Direct plan: Business: 4,395
per month
Direct plan: Enterprise: Custom
per month
LSP plan: Business: Custom
per month
LSP plan: Enterprise: Custom
per month

Basic: $1188
per year
Enterprise: Custom
per year

Pricing Offerings
Phrase Localization Platform	Smartcat
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	No

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Phrase Localization Platform	Smartcat
Considered Both Products	Phrase Verified User Chose Phrase Localization Platform SDL Trados Studio I had to install on my computer and it took time. I have some problems connecting it to machine translation and using some online resources. Compared to this software, Memsource is cloud-based, so no need for installation. Smartcat is close to Memsource, but … Incentivized Helpful? Eray Dinler Company Founder in Corporate at Virtus LSP (Translation & Localization, 1-10 employees) Chose Phrase Localization Platform It is much more flexible than Trados and Smartcat. You can easily transfer your existing TMs and TBs into Memsource, unlike Trados. It is much cheaper than Trados. You can easily upgrade or downgrade your membership and add or remove users. It is easier to onboard new users … Incentivized Helpful? Anna Rita D'Amato independent translator and reviser at various translation agencies and end clients (Translation & Localization, 1-10 employees) Chose Phrase Localization Platform Memsource is easier and more flexible than other CAT-tools, and definitely cheaper than Trados. Incentivized Helpful? Ryo Alex Tsuruta Freelance at Self Employed (Translation & Localization, 1-10 employees) Chose Phrase Localization Platform Memsource is the easiest to use among all other CAT tools out there. Even when you use it for the first time, it will be easy for anyone to use. You don't even need much instruction or a tutorial process. Still, it allows you to do a lot. It's easy to find some features you … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Phrase Localization Platform There is no true comparison because Memsource consistently outperforms the competition because it is simpler to use and has greater TM and MT integration. Incentivized Helpful? Raquel Rossini Translator, editor, writer, teacher at Freelancer (Translation & Localization, 1-10 employees) Chose Phrase Localization Platform Memsource is the platform chosen by one of my clients, Booking.com. I have direct contact with my client, and the machine translation service offered is better than the one offered by its competitors. It's more intuitive and easy to use as well. Incentivized Helpful? Naga Chokkanathan Freelancing Author, Translator & Speaker (Tamil, English) in Professional Services at Self Employed (Translation & Localization, 1-10 employees) Chose Phrase Localization Platform Memsource has a very good user interface that people can quickly learn and start using. Also, its analysis features are top class which helps me provide a detailed estimate to my client based on the file particulars. It has a QA feature that helps me do a very high-quality … Incentivized Helpful? Michael Edward Jeciel Translator in Corporate at Alibata Translation Services (Translation & Localization, 1-10 employees) Chose Phrase Localization Platform Memsource is more user friendly and innovative. The interface looks better and more accessible. I have not experienced any downtime with Memsource. The times that I used Memsource it didn't give me any errors or issues. But with the other tool, there were several times when … Incentivized Helpful? Daniela Coelho Professional Linguist at Freelance (Translation & Localization, 1-10 employees) Chose Phrase Localization Platform The web interface is definitely more fluid and easier to access by different vendors. Incentivized Helpful? Matheus Camargos EFL Teacher at Autônomo (Translation & Localization, 11-50 employees) Chose Phrase Localization Platform Memsource allies a project management platform with translation editing tools that enhance and perfect the integration of a translation company and serves it as a platform from which to build up its data. Memsource is a complete platform that supports all kinds of file formats … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Phrase Localization Platform Memsource and Smartling are slightly similar, except Memsource's visuals are a lot clearer and just better to look at. It is also easier to use and has less "clutter". Incentivized Helpful? Dmitry Kornyukhov Founder in Professional Services at Video Games Translator (Translation and Localization, 1-10 employees) Chose Phrase Localization Platform The closest competitor of Memrsource is Smartcat, which in our humble opinion, offers better value due to the fact that it's free and its overall user experience and UI are more friendly. The Team Collaboration tools are much better than the outdated commenting system of … Incentivized Helpful?	Smartcat Andre Dumoulin Translator in Information Technology at CIAT (E-Learning, 11-50 employees) Chose Smartcat I regularly use the two other products and appreciate Smartcat including more features than MateCat, such as storing of projects and contact with agencies and clients. Incentivized Helpful? Dmitry Kornyukhov English-Russian Video Game Localization Specialist in Professional Services at Video Games Translator (Translation and Localization, 1-10 employees) Chose Smartcat We also tried Memsource but it was lacking in terms of overall user experience and ease of use. Assigning projects in SmartCAT is a much more intuitive experience, plus it has all these other additional features that are absent from Memsource (like payment solution for … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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User Ratings
	Phrase Localization Platform	Smartcat
Likelihood to Recommend	8.2 (56 ratings)	9.0 (2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.6 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)