Tranzly vs WPML

Tranzly is a translation plugin for WordPress, available at no cost on WordPress.org, with unlimited languages and no counting of words; translation runs through your own DeepL or AI account. WPML, the long-standing paid alternative, sells yearly plans that come with a fixed quota of AI-translated words.

Tranzly stands out

1. The edition on WordPress.org costs nothing and covers unlimited languages, translated addresses, hreflang and sitemaps.
2. Words are not capped. Your translation provider bills you directly, so there are no word allowances to purchase.
3. A translated page adds two database queries at most, and no cookie is set, which leaves caches working as normal.
4. Tranzly Pro can bring across the languages, translations and translated texts from WPML, and the import can be reversed.

WPML is strong

1. Each paid plan bundles a yearly quota of AI-translated words, which removes the need for a separate translation account.
2. Besides DeepL, Google Translate and Microsoft Translator, it ships with a translation engine of its own.

Both

1. Translations in both plugins live as proper WordPress posts and pages, each reachable at a separate address.
2. Both plugins can link up with machine translation from DeepL, Google and Microsoft.

Where they differ

1. WPML offers no free version, whereas Tranzly has a free edition on WordPress.org.
2. Paid WPML plans bring 22,500 or 45,000 AI-translated words, with none on the Blog plan; Tranzly sets no limit on words.
3. AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT can translate a whole site through Tranzly using 73 tools.

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