# Amazon Translate vs Argos Translate

| Attribute | Amazon Translate | Argos Translate |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 70.6 (34% (low)) | 52.8 (17% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 2 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 36 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 6,402 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-based translation service that enables organizations to automatically translate user-generated content, documents, and applications across multiple languages while maintaining formatting. Supports real-time and batch processing with customization options for brand-specific terminology. | An open-source translation platform using neural networks, offered as a Python library, web application, API, and desktop tool. Supports training and deploying custom translation models, with support for translating between many languages including through pivot translations. |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"android":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard Text Translation","summary":"$15 per million characters, 2M characters free/month for 12 months","features":["Real-time translations","75 languages supported"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"characters"},"kind":"metered","amount":15,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"free_monthly_characters"},"kind":"metered","amount":2000000,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Real-Time Document Translation (Text & HTML)","summary":"$15 per million characters","features":["Supports Text and HTML files","Real-time processing"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"characters"},"kind":"metered","amount":15,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Real-Time Document Translation (DOCX)","summary":"$30-$60 per million characters, 500k characters free for 2 months","features":["Supports DOCX format","Preserves document formatting"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"characters"},"kind":"metered","amount":30,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"characters"},"kind":"metered","amount":60,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Active Custom Translation","summary":"$60 per million characters for text; $0.023/GB/month for excess parallel data storage above 200GB free","features":["Custom terminology and brand names","Parallel data storage (200GB free)"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"characters"},"kind":"metered","amount":60,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gb_per_month"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.023,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Customizes translation output using parallel data examples without building custom models","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Batch Document Translation","summary":"$15 per million characters","features":["Supports TXT, HTML, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, Xliff formats","Asynchronous processing"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"characters"},"kind":"metered","amount":15,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Asynchronous batch translation of large document collections from S3 buckets","contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Parallel Data Storage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gb_per_month"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.023,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $15 per million characters. 2M characters free monthly for 12 months. Volume discounts available for sustained usage over 1 billion characters/month.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/translate/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T22:24:20.318Z","freeTrialDays":12,"startingPrice":{"unit":"gb_per_month","amount":0.023,"currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source; custom model training available from $1000/language (negotiable)","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.argosopentech.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T22:24:53.175Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.023,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/argosopentech/argos-translate/releases/tag/v1.4.0","date":"2021-08-24T13:12:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.0"}]` |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=argostranslate&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Translation Apis)

| Capability | Amazon Translate | Argos Translate |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Custom glossary | - | - |
| Custom model training | - | - |
| Document translation | - | - |
| Batch translation | - | - |
| Auto language detection | - | - |
| Formality control | - | - |
| Profanity content filtering | - | - |
| No training on customer data | - | - |
| Self hostable | - | - |
| SOC2 | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:33:53.218Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*