Localization services: Localization Service Rate Index
The median published figure in the Localization Service Rate Index is 0.10 USD across 3 sources' own pages (range 0.07 to 0.12 USD), read 12 October 2026.
Xlifflane sells its own paid plan in this category (our pricing). It is not counted here: every figure in this index is another provider's own published price, read from its own page.
3 of the 32 named sources read in full publish a figure; 29 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 0.10 USD across 3).
Every figure, with its source
One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Read |
|---|---|---|
| BLEND pricing | 0.12USD | 2026-10-12 |
| Translated translation rates | 0.1USD | 2026-10-12 |
| GoTranscript translation services | 0.07USD | 2026-10-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (3)
- BLEND pricing, read 2026-10-12:
Traditional pricing with full-service translation at $0.12/word
- Translated translation rates, read 2026-10-12:
Translated offers an average price of US $0.10 per word.
- GoTranscript translation services, read 2026-10-12:
GoTranscript offers transparent, per-word translation pricing without extra fees. $0.07 per word
Read in full, publishes no figure
29 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- MotaWord pricing, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Rev pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- TheWordPoint prices, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Voquent pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Amberscript pricing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Sonix pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Happy Scribe pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- RushTranslate pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Checksub pricing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Maestra pricing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Dubverse pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Voices.com pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Verbit pricing, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Rask AI pricing, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Subly pricing, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- The Spanish Group pricing, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- SimulTrans eLearning translation, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Stepes eLearning translation services, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- LanguageWire services, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Protranslate, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- GoLocalise: eLearning voice-over rates, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Smartling: translation rates, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Alconost: localization cost from 3,200+ projects, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Transphere: game localization costs, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- VerboLabs: video localization cost, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Game Dev Outsourcing: game localization cost guide, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- LocalizeYourApp: game localization cost, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Bluecarrot: eLearning localization price factors, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- IsAccurate pricing comparison, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
3 of the 32 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 29 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 124 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the median, minimum and maximum published rate across every agency that publishes one, by unit (per source word, per minute of media, per hour of audio, per page, per project) and by content type (software strings, website, eCommerce, game, eLearning course, video subtitling, voice-over and dubbing); beside it the spread between the cheapest and dearest published rate for the SAME job - which on this market's own pages is a factor of five - the share of agencies that publish a rate at all against those that quote only, and the ratio of a platform subscription to the words it will translate, which is the comparison the buyer actually needs and neither half of the market publishes
124 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (33)
- MotaWord pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Rev pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- TheWordPoint prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Translated translation rates(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLEND pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Voquent pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Amberscript pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Sonix pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Happy Scribe pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- RushTranslate pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GoTranscript translation services(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Checksub pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Maestra pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Dubverse pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Voices.com pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Verbit pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Rask AI pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Subly pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Spanish Group pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- SimulTrans eLearning translation(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Stepes eLearning translation services(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- LanguageWire services(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Protranslate(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GoLocalise: eLearning voice-over rates(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Smartling: translation rates(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Alconost: localization cost from 3,200+ projects(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Transphere: game localization costs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- VerboLabs: video localization cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Game Dev Outsourcing: game localization cost guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- LocalizeYourApp: game localization cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Bluecarrot: eLearning localization price factors(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- IsAccurate pricing comparison(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- gala-global.org(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the Localization Service Rate Index is 0.10 USD across 3 sources' own pages (range 0.07 to 0.12 USD), read 12 October 2026.
3 of the 32 named sources read in full publish a figure; 29 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 0.10 USD across 3).
Cite as: "Xlifflane Localization Service Rate Index", updated 2026-10-18, https://xlifflane.com/datasets/localization-service-rate-index/.
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