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👤 Who are you?

Select your team size to find the best tools.

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Freelance / Solo Translator

I work alone

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Small Team (2–15)

Agency or in-house team

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Mid Company / LSP (15–100)

Established localization provider

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Enterprise / Large LSP (100+)

International company with scale

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💻 How do you work?

Choose your preferred workflow environment.

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Desktop CAT Tool

Trados, memoQ, Wordfast — I want a powerful installed app

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Cloud / Web-based

Browser-based, team collaboration, anywhere access

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Hybrid

Desktop + cloud for different projects

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API / Automated

Developer-first approach — integrate translation into your CI/CD pipeline with REST APIs, custom connectors, and automated workflows.

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💰 Budget

What's your budget range? Freelancers and companies have very different scales here.

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Free / Open Source

€0 — OmegaT, MateCAT, basic web tools

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Freelance / Individual

€0–50/mo or €200–800 license — CAT desktop tools

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Small / Mid Team

€50–500/mo — team TMS, cloud platforms

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Mid Company / LSP

€500–3,000/mo — enterprise TMS with PM, workflow, MT

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Enterprise / Large LSP

€3,000–10,000+/mo or custom annual — full platform

✏️ Anything else? Extra context for the AI

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⚙️ Features & capabilities

Select the features that matter most. (Pick all that apply)

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Advanced Translation Memory

TM management, alignment, concordance, fragment matching

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Terminology / Glossary Management

Term bases, enforced usage, auto-suggestions

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Machine Translation Integration

DeepL, Google, or custom MT engines built-in

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LLM Integration

Connect to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini for AI-powered translation

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AI Workflows & Pipelines

Automated AI-powered translation and review pipelines

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QA & Quality Management

Automated QA checks, AI quality estimation, scoring

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Interactive / Adaptive MT

Real-time adaptive MT that learns from corrections

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Project Management

Task assignment, deadlines, file routing, client portal

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Workflow Automation

Automated file routing, stage handoffs, notifications

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API / Developer Tools

REST API, CLI, webhooks, custom integrations

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Git / CI/CD Integration

Continuous localization, GitHub/GitLab sync, auto-deploy

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Real-Time Collaboration

Multi-user editing, comments, shared TM, reviews

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Analytics & Reporting

Usage stats, quality metrics, productivity reports

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Vendor / Freelancer Management

Vendor portal, invoicing, performance tracking

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CMS/Git Connectors

Connect to WordPress, Shopify, Git, AEM, Contentful

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Speech-to-Text / Voice

Voice input, dictation, audio transcription

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Broad File Format Support

XLIFF, PO, RESX, IDML, SDLXLIFF, DOCX, and more

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Continuous Localization

Auto-sync source changes, push/pull on deploy

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🌍 Languages & sectors

What industries and language pairs do you work with? (Pick all that apply)

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Medical / Life Sciences

Clinical trials, pharma, medical devices

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Legal / Financial

Contracts, patents, banking

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Software / IT / Games

App localization, game localization

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Marketing / Creative

Transcreation, ad copy, branding

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Audiovisual / Subtitling

Subtitles, dubbing, transcription

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