About Crowdin
Crowdin is an AI-assisted localization and translation management platform for teams and businesses. It is used to localize software, mobile apps, websites, games, marketing content and documentation, and the vendor says it connects with more than 700 apps and integrations to automate translation work.
For software teams, it offers Git integrations with GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket that sync source files for translation, support for more than 100 file formats, an API for custom integrations, branch-based translation management for parallel releases, in-context preview of the translated interface and built-in quality checks for consistency, length limits and placeholders.
Crowdin is a proprietary, hosted service. Teams can try it for free or start a 30-day Enterprise trial, and plans are listed on the vendor's pricing page. It suits product and localization teams who want translations to flow automatically alongside development.
Key features
- Git sync with GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket
- Support for over 100 file formats
- Built-in QA checks for placeholders and length
- Branch-based translation management
- In-context preview of translated UI
- API for custom integrations
Good fit for
- →Localizing a mobile app alongside releases
- →Translating product documentation
- →Localizing game text and strings
- Tags
- localization
- translation-management
- i18n
- git-integration
- software-localization
- api
- saas
Crowdin: questions and answers
- What is Crowdin used for?
- Crowdin is a localization management platform for software, mobile apps, websites, games and documentation, with Git integrations and QA checks. It is a good fit for localizing a mobile app alongside releases, translating product documentation, and localizing game text and strings.
- Is Crowdin free?
- Yes. Crowdin has a free plan, and paid plans start at $50 per month. A free trial is also available.
- Is Crowdin open source?
- No. Crowdin is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Crowdin include Tolgee, Weblate and Pontoon.
- What are some alternatives to Crowdin?
- Crowdin competes with Lokalise, Phrase and Transifex. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Crowdin alternatives.
Open-source alternatives to Crowdin
See all
Tolgee
Localization
Developer & translator friendly web-based localization platform
OSSvs Crowdin★ 4.1k
Weblate
Localization
Web based localization tool with tight version control integration.
GPL-3.0vs Crowdin★ 6.1k
Pontoon
Localization
Mozilla's Localization Platform
BSD-3-Clausevs Transifex★ 1.7k
Lingo.dev
Localization
Open-source localization engineering tools. Connects to Lingo.dev localization engineering
Apache-2.0vs Lokalise★ 5.4k
Intlayer
Localization
Per-component Internationalisation solution for JS application. Type-Safe. Translate with
Apache-2.0vs Locize★ 844
LibreTranslate
Localization
Free and Open Source Machine Translation API. Self-hosted, offline capable and easy to set
AGPL-3.0vs Google Translate★ 17k
SaaS alternatives to Crowdin
See all
Lokalise
Localization
Translation management system for apps, websites and marketing content
SaaS
Phrase
Localization
Translation management and string localization suite for software teams
SaaS
Transifex
Localization
Localization platform for software and apps with continuous delivery
SaaS
Smartling
Localization
Enterprise translation management with AI and human workflows
SaaS
Localazy
Localization
Developer-focused localization platform with a free tier
SaaS
POEditor
Localization
Web-based translation management for apps and websites
SaaS

