Google Translate
Instant translations across 100+ languages, voice, text, and image.
At a glance
Price not confirmed · Source review 2026-10-24- Price & billing
Web and mobile apps free; Cloud Translation API $20 per 1M characters (500K chars free/month); document translation $0.08/page via API. Prices as of Oct 2026.
- Free allowance
Web and mobile apps free; Cloud Translation API $20 per 1M characters (500K chars free/month); document translation $0.08/page via API.
- Best suited to
Anyone needing fast, free translation across many languages — travelers, students, casual users — and developers needing a reliable pay-as-you-go translation API with the broadest language coverage.
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What to know before choosing
Good fit
Anyone needing fast, free translation across many languages — travelers, students, casual users — and developers needing a reliable pay-as-you-go translation API with the broadest language coverage.
Limits and trade-offs
The consumer app is free and unlimited; the API is metered at $20 per million characters after 500K free characters/month, so high-volume use needs budgeting. Machine translation still needs human rev
Plans and free allowances
Web and mobile apps free; Cloud Translation API $20 per 1M characters (500K chars free/month); document translation $0.08/page via API. Prices as of Oct 2026.
Evidence
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Dates: Last reviewed 2026-10-24. Last reviewed is the latest source or editorial review date; it is not a content-change date.
A closer look at Google Translate
Google Translate is the world's most-used translation service: free text, voice, image and document translation across about 249 languages on web and mobile. Developers get the Cloud Translation API with neural, custom-model and LLM-based translation endpoints.
Editorial guidance based on published documentation. The workflow below is a suggested starting point, not a measured product result.
When to choose Google Translate
- Anyone needing fast, free translation across many languages — travelers, students, casual users — and developers needing a reliable pay-as-you-go translation API with the broadest language coverage.
- Travelers and students who want free text, voice, image, and document translation across many languages on web and mobile.
When to choose something else
- Not the top pick for polished European business prose, where DeepL is widely rated more fluent.
- Not for terminology-heavy enterprise workflows needing glossaries and private deployment out of the box.
A practical starting workflow
- Open translate.google.com or the mobile app.
- Pick languages (or use Detect language), type, speak or point the camera.
- For documents, upload files on web.
- Developers: set up a Google Cloud project and call the Translation API with an API key.
Check before committing
- The consumer app is free and unlimited; the API is metered at $20 per million characters after 500K free characters/month, so high-volume use needs budgeting. Machine translation still needs human review for legal, medical or contractual content.
- Pricing and feature availability may change; confirm current terms on the official website before committing.
Common questions
Is Google Translate free?
Yes — the web and mobile apps are free with no daily limits across ~249 languages. Only the Cloud Translation API is paid: $20 per million characters after 500,000 free characters per month.
Google Translate vs DeepL: which should I use?
Use Google Translate for language breadth, travel, and free unlimited everyday use. Use DeepL for fluent European-language business documents and terminology control via glossaries.
How many languages does Google Translate support?
About 249 languages and dialects as of 2026 — far more than any competing consumer translator.
Compare approaches for this task
- DeepL Translate — Reviewing a translation draft alongside the source.
- OpenL — A tool for translation.
- SYSTRAN — Professionals and large corporate clients who need secure, on-premise or private-cloud translation.
Sources and checks
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