# Amazon Translate vs DeepL API

| Attribute | Amazon Translate | DeepL API |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 70.6 (34% (low)) | 51 (59% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":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. | A multilingual platform providing text translation, document processing, voice transcription and translation, and writing enhancement across 100+ languages. Accessible through APIs and desktop/mobile applications, designed for integration into business systems and workflows with enterprise-grade security and compliance features. |
| integrations.count | - | 3 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Microsoft Outlook"},{"name":"Zoom Meetings"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"DE","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":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":"hybrid","summary":"Free API tier available; Pro subscription pricing not detailed in provided text","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.deepl.com/pro-api","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T22:21:36.899Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.023,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Translation Apis)

| Capability | Amazon Translate | DeepL API |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-09-01T14:52:00.751Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*