Comparison

Locize vs Smartling

No clear leader: Locize (66.2) and Smartling (61.5) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Locize full profile →Smartling full profile →

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Locize66

Smartling62

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Locize	Smartling
vioscaleAI score	66 / 100low · 40%	62 / 100low · 20%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	-
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	-
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$7	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	8	50
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	ISO/IEC 42001:2023, ISO 27001, ISO 17100, ISO 13485, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 18587 +4 more
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://www.smartling.com/security
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	5 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Locize66 / 100low · 40%

Smartling62 / 100low · 20%

Pricing

Free tier

Locize✓

Smartling–

Model

Locizefreemium

Smartlingcommercial

Price level

Locizelow

Smartling–

Starting price

Locize$7

Smartling–

Transparent

Locize✓

Smartling–

Integrations

Count

Locize8

Smartling50

Security

Certifications

Locize–

SmartlingISO/IEC 42001:2023, ISO 27001, ISO 17100, ISO 13485, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 18587 +4 more

Gdpr

Locize✓

Smartling✓

Hipaa

Locize–

Smartling✓

Iso27001

Locize–

Smartling✓

Pci

Locize–

Smartling✓

Soc2

Locize–

Smartling✓

Trust center

Locize–

Smartlinghttps://www.smartling.com/security

Market

Availability

LocizeAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Smartling–

Content

Faq

Locize7 items

Smartling5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for translation software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Translation Software
Capability	Locize	Smartling
Capabilities
Deployment model	String management tms	String management tms
Translation memory tm auto fill	✓	✓
Neural machine translation nmt baseline	✓	✓
Company specific terminology glossary	✓	✓
In context visual editor preview	-	✗
Git branch ci cd syncing	✓	✗
Figma sketch design phase syncing	-	✗
Over the air ota mobile app updates	✓	✗
Human language service provider lsp ordering	-	✓
Multilingual seo href lang injection	-	✗
SOC2 type ii	-	✓
ISO 27001	-	✓
Pricing model	Tiered by hosted words	-

Capabilities

Deployment model

LocizeString management tms

SmartlingString management tms

Translation memory tm auto fill

Locize✓

Smartling✓

Neural machine translation nmt baseline

Locize✓

Smartling✓

Company specific terminology glossary

Locize✓

Smartling✓

In context visual editor preview

Locize-

Smartling✗

Git branch ci cd syncing

Locize✓

Smartling✗

Figma sketch design phase syncing

Locize-

Smartling✗

Over the air ota mobile app updates

Locize✓

Smartling✗

Human language service provider lsp ordering

Locize-

Smartling✓

Multilingual seo href lang injection

Locize-

Smartling✗

SOC2 type ii

Locize-

Smartling✓

ISO 27001

Locize-

Smartling✓

Pricing model

LocizeTiered by hosted words

Smartling-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Locize

A translation management system that handles localization workflows with AI assistance, translation memory, and glossary management. Translations publish to CDN for live delivery without requiring app redeploys.

Independently observed

Smartling

A cloud-based localization system that automates translation workflows using artificial intelligence and machine learning models, with built-in access to professional human translators for quality assurance and specialized content.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Locize

from $7/moHybridFree tier14-day trial

From $7/month. Free tier available. 14-day free trial.

FreeFree
- 2,000 words
- 100,000 standard CDN downloads
Starter$7/month
- 15,000 words
- 1,000,000 standard CDN downloads
Starter-Plus$19/month
- 30,000 words
- 3,000,000 standard CDN downloads
Growth$49/month
- 60,000 words
- 5,000,000 standard CDN downloads
- Private CDN downloads
Professional$99/month
- 7,000,000 standard CDN downloads
- Private CDN downloads
Professional-Plus$149/month
- 150,000 words
- 10,000,000 standard CDN downloads
- Private CDN downloads
Enterprise$199/month
- 200,000 words
- 15,000,000 standard CDN downloads
- Private CDN downloads

as of 2026-09-28verify ↗

Smartling

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Locize	Smartling
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Locize✓

Smartling✓

CLI

Locize✓

Smartling✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Locize✓

Smartling✓

Self-hosted

Locize✓

Smartling✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Locize

14 total

i18next
Claude
Cursor
AWS
Stripe
BunnyCDN
Amazon SES
MCP
OpenAI
Gemini
Mistral
DeepL
Google Translate
VS Code

Independently observed

Smartling

3 total

PROMT
Zapier
Structured

Independently observed

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Locize or Smartling: which one depends on you

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