--- description: Review of Crowdin Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Crowdin | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Translation Software](/directory/4257/translation-management/software) > [Crowdin](/software/171337/crowdin) # Crowdin Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/171337/crowdin Page: 1 / 9\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/171337/crowdin?page=2) > Crowdin is a cloud-based localization management platform serving individual developers, small teams, and large enterprises across software, gaming, and e-commerce industries. The platform helps businesses translate apps, websites, and documents into multiple languages. Crowdin supports integrations with popular development tools, version control systems, and content management platforms, keeping translation workflows connected to existing pipelines. Core features include translation memory, glossary management, automated file syncing, and in-context translation, which allows translators to work directly within a live preview of the product. Teams can collaborate in real time, track translation progress, and manage contributor roles and permissions from a central dashboard. Quality assurance checks help catch errors before translations go live. Support is available via email, live chat, and an online knowledge base with documentation and guides. > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 199 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 199 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Crowdin - **Location**: Tallin, US - **Founded**: 2009 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$59.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Translate your project into as many languages as needed with no need to fit into the character limit – you are only charged for the files in the source language. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Chromebook (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: Chinese, Danish, English, French, German, Spanish, Turkish - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 210 more ## Features - AI/Machine Learning - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Activity Tracking - Alerts/Escalation - Alerts/Notifications - Annotations - App Store Localization - Assignment Management - Automated Text Generation - Billing & Invoicing - Built-In Database - Change Management - Collaboration Tools - Commenting/Notes - Communication Management - Content Delivery - Content Management - Customer Segmentation ## Integrations (120 total) - ActiveCampaign - Adilo - Adobe Experience Cloud - Adobe Experience Manager - Adobe XD - Akeneo Product Cloud - Amazon AWS Platform - Amazon Translate - Android 11 - Android Studio - Azure Portal - Beamer - Bitbucket - BlackLine - Blueshift by BlueConic ... and 105 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Translation Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4257/translation-management/software) ## Related Categories - [Translation Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4257/translation-management/software) - [Artificial Intelligence (AI) Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4360/artificial-intelligence/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Using Incognito mode in browser for log-in always requires to insert a security code. > > Great place to discover projects needing help in my native language. It also gives ability to ask from fellow workers in other language pairs. ----- ### "Best of its class, and likely set to remain so for the future" — 5.0/5 > **Yannis** | *16 August 2026* | Entertainment | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Most importantly, Crowdin has a very friendly and intuitive UI that is welcoming for volunteer-powered translations like ours. It's easy for non-technical translators to get started, while meeting our guardrails. For example, HTML codes are highlighted while translating and Crowdin's user interface steers people to copy them in, will display errors if you try to save translations without them, and so on. You can configure it to let people override this or not, as an extra bonus. The management tools are sufficient for our needs, and it comes with various forms of machine translations. importantly along with a global translation memory out of the box, which we find to be especially high-value for our use case (translating software user interface). The management tools are also effective, with a thoughtful but well-designed set of permissions. There are also good tools for removing people's contributions if necessary (to address errors or malice). Since we started using it, Crowdin has also introduced the "Developer" permission which now completes the lot for us. We don't need anything beyond these defaults. I can say that despite our free-for-all contribution model, we have never had a single instance of spam after 9 years and 3000+ members. Crowdin supports many formats and while there is a plethora of these in software, there is enough support that software developers can easily align a translation format to something Crowdin will accept. A few years ago, they introduced a multilingual view which is a great boon for variations of one language. A common scenario for that is comparing between Portuguese of Brazil \& Portuguese of Portugal. > > **Cons**: The management tools could be better for projects like ours with a free-for-all contribution model, where translators can just join and contribute. The QA tools are thoroughly but not as well-integrated as they could be. For example, there is the "Reports" section but also "Advisors". I personally like the simpler "Advisors" view as it's actionable, but it could be more fleshed out. It also has issues, for example I believe the Screenshots advisory is broken. I get "Low screenshot coverage" on our project saying "0% of UI strings tagged on screenshots. We have 100s of screenshots and 1000s of strings tagged across them from a quick glance at the "Screenshots" tab. I found CSV translation quite difficult to manage with errors about the file scheme we struggled to make sense of (when importing with some existing translations). Better documentation would help. I think the "File context" and especially "Dictionary" could be exposed in better ways on the translation UI. Currently, words are underlined even if there is no language translation or context added for that word in your language. What often happens is that e.g. the French translator will add a word to the dictionary and put a translation for that word, as an advisory and form of quality control for that translation. However, the primary term (i.e. generic concept) in the source English text, will usually be just the word itself. This word will be underlined for every single language, even though it will show them nothing of consequence. So I have found that translators don't use the built-in glossary (i.e. dictionary feature), because so many words are underlined (from being added for other languages over the years) that it becomes like The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Finally, the GitHub integration works in somewhat mysterious ways, with the token suddenly expiring from time to time in ways we do not fully understand. It would be great if Crowdin could offer idempotent detail on how this works in their documentation, so we can understand how it works with downstream systems. One thing we have never understood is which contexts (added via Crowdin) end up in our side on the Git repository. > > I reviewed Crowdin a few years ago and said we could have also gone with Weblate, but had no particular reason to move. After the multilingual view was introduced and Crowdin continuing to enhance their frontend design, our ability to let experts QA translations (especially in Portuguese) is far better. Competitors are also not close in terms of their scale and scope, especially when it comes to services like ours which crowdsource translations. While we do not use them by choice, preferring for machine/AI translations to be a starting point for human translators, there has been a major focus on these for several years at Crowdin. I understand if that's what the market expects but I hope they can continue to work on the human interface, which has been relatively sidelined; most of their regular updates have one or two items related to that, and many more related to AI. It is still the best in class by far as mentioned and I would easily recommend it for other software vendors looking to get their users to translate. ----- ### "An All-in-One Motivating Tool for Translation and Review" — 5.0/5 > **Lucy** | *16 September 2026* | Civic & Social Organization | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: I started using Crowdin around 2023/2024 while translating and reviewing agriculture-related Igbo content for a not-for-profit organisation I freelance with. What I liked most was having everything in one place. The interface made it easy to move between translating and reviewing, make corrections, and keep track of our progress. I also appreciated that the work felt organised and secure, especially when collaborating on a large amount of content. Overall, it was a practical platform that made the translation process easier to manage and offered good value for the work we were doing. > > **Cons**: One thing I liked least was that the user interface could be somewhat tricky for a first-time user. While Crowdin offers useful features, good language support, and a structured translation and review workflow, it took me some time to understand how everything worked together and where to find certain tools. The workflow felt a little overwhelming at first, especially when switching between translating and reviewing, but it became much easier once I got familiar with the platform. > > My experience with Crowdin has been positive and largely user-friendly. I used it mainly for translating and reviewing Igbo agricultural and health-related content for farmers and women in rural communities. The Language Support was particularly useful for working with Igbo content, while the Workflow Features made it easy to review translations, make corrections, mark them as completed, and track our overall progress. Watching the progress percentage increase was actually motivating. It gave me a clear sense of how much we had accomplished and encouraged me to keep going. Although there was a bit of a Learning Curve at the beginning, the platform became much easier to use once I became familiar with it. ----- ### "Great tool for multi-language team collaboration" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *30 July 2026* | Translation & Localisation | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Smooth team collaboration across international teams, an intuitive UI, and strong automation features like TM/Glossary integration. > > **Cons**: Search and filtering within previous translations and TM assets can sometimes feel clunky or sluggish on larger projects. > > Overall, it’s a robust and dependable platform that easily covers all essential localization needs. It makes collaboration straightforward and significantly simplifies managing large-scale projects. ----- ### "Intuitive and Efficient Localization Platform" — 5.0/5 > **Nesma** | *22 September 2026* | Translation & Localisation | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I work mainly with Arabic localisation, and Crowdin has been easy to learn and get familiar with. The interface is clean and well organised, and I find it easy to copy glossary terms and variables directly from the source. I also appreciate that text stays intact without unexpected distortions, and that TM can be easily cleaned up to keep only the updated version. Crowdin makes it easy to keep translation work organized, especially with features like translation memory, glossaries, terminology management, quality checks, workflows, and collaboration. It supports multiple languages and provides a well-rounded localization workflow rather than just a place to translate strings. Overall, it’s a practical and intuitive platform for linguists working on ongoing multilingual projects. > > **Cons**: I’d like more control over pre-translation. It would be helpful to have an option to pre-translate 100% of the content and automatically apply the same translation to repeated segments while translating. This would help maintain consistency and avoid having to translate identical content multiple times. > > Overall, my experience with Crowdin has been very positive. As an Arabic linguist, I find it intuitive and easy to work with, with a clean interface and useful localization features. It helps keep projects organized and consistent, and features like TM, glossaries, terminology management and quality checks make the translation process more efficient. There are a few areas where I’d like more control over pre-translation, but overall, Crowdin is a practical and reliable platform for ongoing localization work. ----- Page: 1 / 9\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/171337/crowdin?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/171337/crowdin) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data