Free plans (10)
Their limits are stated in different terms, so they aren't ranked against each other. Ordered by first paid price.
| Tool | Stated limits | What makes you upgrade | First paid price | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 ElevenLabsRead Oct 29, 2026 |
Free plan with 10k credits per month; credits reset each cycle and do not roll over. Limited to non-commercial use."10k credits per month"Source | More than 10,000 credits: Starter includes 30,000 | $6/moStarter | Free plan |
 TaiaRead Oct 29, 2026 |
5,000 credits per month (5,000 words with Standard AI), free forever, 1 user, 15 file formats, 50 languages, no credit card required"5,000 credits/month (5,000 words with Standard AI), forever free. No credit card required."Source | More than 5,000 credits: Basic includes 20,000 | $10/moBasic | Free plan |
 DeepLRead Oct 29, 2026 |
Free version: 50,000 characters per user/month, 1 file translation per month (up to 5 MB), 1 glossary with 5 entries per language pair, 1 saved translation."Free version"Source | Not found | $10.49/moIndividual | Free plan |
 Happy ScribeRead Oct 29, 2026 |
Free plan with unlimited meeting recordings (45 minutes each), a one-time 10-minute trial of AI transcription, subtitling and translation, and 3 AI Chat files per month. No credit card needed."Yes. You can start on the Free plan, no credit card needed."Source | Free cap: 45 minutes per recording | $17/moBasic | Free plan |
 WeglotRead Nov 4, 2026 |
Free plan with 2,000 total words, 1 translated language, 5 team members. After the 14-day trial, projects under 2,000 words keep using the free plan; above that translation stops until upgrade."If you have less than 2000 words in your project, you can keep using Weglot for free (with one translated language and limited support)."Source | Above that translation stops until upgrade | $17/moStarter | Free plan |
 SynthesiaRead Oct 29, 2026 |
Basic plan is free: 500 credits a month, about 10 minutes of video or dubbing, 3 survey responses, Synthesia watermark. Allowance resets each month; video creation pauses when used up."Yes, our Basic plan is free, with no credit card required."Source | Basic plan is free: 500 credits a month, about 10 minutes of video or dubbing, 3 survey responses, Synthesia watermark | $19/moStarter | Free plan |
 AI StudiosRead Oct 29, 2026 |
Free plan: up to 3 AI videos of 1 minute, 720p, 3 AI Dubbing uses, 16 one-time generative credits"Create up to 3 AI videos"Source | Free cap: Up to 3 AI videos, 1 minute each, 720p | $24/moPersonal | Free plan |
 HeyGenRead Oct 29, 2026 |
Free plan: 3 videos a month, watermarked, up to 1 minute each, Avatar IV and Video Agent access, one Custom Video Avatar, 30+ languages. No credit card required."3 videos a month, watermarked"Source | Free plan: 3 videos a month, watermarked, up to 1 minute each, Avatar IV and Video Agent access, one Custom Video... | $29/moCreator | Free plan |
 CrowdinRead Oct 29, 2026 |
Free subscription plan on Crowdin (indie developers and crowdsourcing); limits and what happens after are not stated. Free licenses for open source projects on request."Free subscription plan available"Source | Not found | $450/mo yearlyCrowdin Enterprise | Free plan |
 Google Cloud TranslationRead Oct 29, 2026 |
First 500,000 characters per month across Basic and Advanced are free (applied as a $10 credit that does not roll over; not applicable to LLMs). Usage beyond that is billed at $20 per million characters for NMT."The first 500,000 characters sent to the API to process (Basic and Advanced combined) per month are free (not applicable to LLMs)."Source | Usage beyond that is billed at $20 per million characters for NMT | $20/1,000,000 characters | Free plan |
Time-limited or one-off (2)
Listed as free on the vendor's page, but the allowance runs out or doesn't renew. Not counted as free plans above.
| Tool | Stated limits | What makes you upgrade | First paid price | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Amazon TranslateRead Oct 29, 2026 |
Free tier: 2M characters per month for 12 months for standard text and batch document translation (500,000 characters per month for 2 months for Active Custom Translation)."The Amazon Translate Free Tier is offered for some translation services and available to you for 12 months, starting from the date of your first..."Source | Not found | $15/million characters | Time-limited |
 SmartlingRead Oct 29, 2026 |
Core plan is 'Free to Start' (basic workflow, CAT tool, translation memory for 180 days); what happens after is not stated"Free to Start"Source | Not found | $0.0075/word | Time-limited |
Free trial only (7)
- Lokalise: 14-day free trial on all plans, no credit card required; access to all Enterprise features, then upgrade to a paid plan
- Maestra: Free trial for almost every tool; length not stated
- Phrase: 14-day free trial of the platform on all plans
- Rask AI: Free trial with 3 minutes included, no credit card required
- Smartcat: 15-day free trial, including API access
- SYSTRAN Translate: 14-day free trial
- Wordly: A Free Trial offer is mentioned in the terms; length not stated
Questions
Which AI translation tools are free?
10 have a free plan you can keep, including AI Studios, Crowdin, DeepL, ElevenLabs, Google Cloud Translation, Happy Scribe.
What do you pay after a free plan?
The lowest first paid price among tools with a free plan is $6/mo (ElevenLabs). Read from each vendor's own page.
How this page is made
Every limit is the vendor's own, read from its pages and quoted. A tool counts as a free plan when the text describes something you can keep using; a fixed number of days or a single batch of credits is listed separately. We don't test the plans. How prices are read.