The Phrase Localization Platform is an AI-powered language platform that integrates translation, scoring, and automation tools in one place for businesses and language service providers. It offers scalability, a vendor-neutral approach, and advanced analytics for performance optimization, with single sign-on to facilitate easy setup.
$27
per month
Smartcat
Score9 out of 10
N/A
Smartcat combines translation automation technologies with communication capabilities to help users not only automate workflows but also find needed freelance specialists.
Originally a product of ABBYY, Smartcat became an independent product, and company, in 2016.
$1,188
per year
Pricing
Phrase Localization Platform
Smartcat
Editions & Modules
Freelancer
$27
per month
Direct plan: Starter
$135
per month
LSP plan: Professional
$875
per month
Direct plan: Team
1,045
per month
Direct plan: Business
4,395
per month
Direct plan: Enterprise
Custom
per month
LSP plan: Business
Custom
per month
LSP plan: Enterprise
Custom
per month
Basic
$1188
per year
Enterprise
Custom
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Phrase Localization Platform
Smartcat
Free Trial
Yes
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
Optional
Optional
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Phrase Localization Platform
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SDL Trados Studio I had to install on my computer and it took time. I have some problems connecting it to machine translation and using some online resources. Compared to this software, Memsource is cloud-based, so no need for installation. Smartcat is close to Memsource, but …
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Company Founder in Corporate at Virtus LSP (Translation & Localization, 1-10 employees)
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It is much more flexible than Trados and Smartcat. You can easily transfer your existing TMs and TBs into Memsource, unlike Trados. It is much cheaper than Trados. You can easily upgrade or downgrade your membership and add or remove users. It is easier to onboard new users …
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
Freelance at Self Employed (Translation & Localization, 1-10 employees)
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Memsource is the easiest to use among all other CAT tools out there. Even when you use it for the first time, it will be easy for anyone to use. You don't even need much instruction or a tutorial process. Still, it allows you to do a lot. It's easy to find some features you …
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There is no true comparison because Memsource consistently outperforms the competition because it is simpler to use and has greater TM and MT integration.
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Memsource is the platform chosen by one of my clients, Booking.com. I have direct contact with my client, and the machine translation service offered is better than the one offered by its competitors. It's more intuitive and easy to use as well.
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Freelancing Author, Translator & Speaker (Tamil, English) in Professional Services at Self Employed (Translation & Localization, 1-10 employees)
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Memsource has a very good user interface that people can quickly learn and start using. Also, its analysis features are top class which helps me provide a detailed estimate to my client based on the file particulars. It has a QA feature that helps me do a very high-quality …
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Translator in Corporate at Alibata Translation Services (Translation & Localization, 1-10 employees)
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Memsource is more user friendly and innovative. The interface looks better and more accessible. I have not experienced any downtime with Memsource. The times that I used Memsource it didn't give me any errors or issues. But with the other tool, there were several times when …
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
EFL Teacher at Autônomo (Translation & Localization, 11-50 employees)
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Memsource allies a project management platform with translation editing tools that enhance and perfect the integration of a translation company and serves it as a platform from which to build up its data. Memsource is a complete platform that supports all kinds of file formats …
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Memsource and Smartling are slightly similar, except Memsource's visuals are a lot clearer and just better to look at. It is also easier to use and has less "clutter".
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Founder in Professional Services at Video Games Translator (Translation and Localization, 1-10 employees)
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The closest competitor of Memrsource is Smartcat, which in our humble opinion, offers better value due to the fact that it's free and its overall user experience and UI are more friendly. The Team Collaboration tools are much better than the outdated commenting system of …
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Translator in Information Technology at CIAT (E-Learning, 11-50 employees)
Chose Smartcat
I regularly use the two other products and appreciate Smartcat including more features than MateCat, such as storing of projects and contact with agencies and clients.
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English-Russian Video Game Localization Specialist in Professional Services at Video Games Translator (Translation and Localization, 1-10 employees)
Chose Smartcat
We also tried Memsource but it was lacking in terms of overall user experience and ease of use. Assigning projects in SmartCAT is a much more intuitive experience, plus it has all these other additional features that are absent from Memsource (like payment solution for …
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The system is well suited if you also run Trados or any second system. As the system is very expensive and the use of MTUs is rather complicated to understand the best thing is to run most larger projects through Trados or any other CAT tool and then to import it. Large projects are expensive in Phrase Localization Platform so I would recommend it if you have small projects and have enough capacity to carefully check the terminology as the data pulled from the term base is inconsistent. The same applies to the find replace feature which can work great.
ABBY SmartCAT is truly a universal solution that can fit any type of organization from freelancers flying solo, to small team of translators and large translation agencies. Anyone who wants to establish themselves as a professional translator can benefit greatly from the CAT tool that SmartCAT offers absolutely free of charge, while teams will surely appreciate the collaborative features that make it possible to work simultaneously with other translators, proofreaders, editors and QA experts on a single project.
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In the case of EN to JA translation, we enter text and then convert it to get the correct final text (word or phrase) which uses correct Chinese character(s), as there are often multiple Chinese characters with the same reading but different meanings. When those conversion options are displayed, it is usually possible to change our selection among them by hitting the Tab key, but in Memsource, hitting the Tab key makes us leave the text conversion and move to the source segment, so we must make sure to use arrow keys to choose the right conversion option when using Memsource.
When there are tag elements used in the source text, the tags must exist in the target text of course, but the tag order also must be the same. The tags cannot be moved around in the segment, which causes problems in the case of the Japanese language, because the word order differs between EN and JA.
In the Japanese language, Italics are basically not used, so there must be no texts between the tags which specify Italic font. But then the segment cannot be confirmed and the job status cannot be changed to "Complete".
I use and manage an Academic edition (approx. 15 students) and the corporate license (10 users). In both cases, the features are easy to find, set and use. My students and my translators understand the dynamics of the platform easily and get used to them quickly.
It is designed to be a lean system, but that means that things are clustered in weird groups and a lot of trial and error is involved getting the settings right. If something goes wrong first level support is very quick and has very fast answers which are quite typical of first level support and essentially equate to asking you if you have switched it off and on yet. Anything more involved is challenging for support to address.
We rarely use support, but most questions were answered in a timely fashion, although we didn't exactly find them satisfactory. That's mostly the fault of the software and not the Support team because we asked for things that Memsource couldn't do.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
Memsource has a very good user interface that people can quickly learn and start using. Also, its analysis features are top class which helps me provide a detailed estimate to my client based on the file particulars. It has a QA feature that helps me do a very high-quality check before I send out my translation to the client.
I regularly use the two other products and appreciate Smartcat including more features than MateCat, such as storing of projects and contact with agencies and clients.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
