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litei18n vs Crowdin
Crowdin is a full localization platform, popular with open-source projects and large teams that work with translators. litei18n is a lighter tool for small app teams: keys, AI translation and over-the-air updates in one place.
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We checked these facts on November 3, 2026 against each tool's own pricing page and docs. Crowdin's pricing ↗
| Feature | litei18n | Crowdin |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes, up to 200 keys and 1 member | Yes, for public projects plus 1 private project, up to 60,000 hosted words. Free-plan translations go into Crowdin's shared translation memory. |
| Paid plans from | $9 a month, or $7 a month billed yearly | $50 a month, billed yearly |
| Over-the-air text updates | Yes, on paid plans, from $9 a month | Paid add-on on any plan, free up to 1M requests and 10 GB |
| AI translation | 100 AI translations a month on the free plan, up to 50,000 on Business | Yes, on every plan, the free plan too |
| AI agents (MCP) | Yes, hosted, with sign-in in the browser | Yes, hosted, with sign-in in the browser or a token |
| Team members | 1, 5, 15 or 50, by plan | Unlimited translators on paid plans; managers from the Team plan |
| Price grows with | Number of keys, whatever the number of languages | Hosted words, counted in every language |
| Open source | No | No |
litei18n vs Crowdin
Choose litei18n if
- You're a small team shipping a mobile or web app.
- You want a bill that doesn't grow when you add languages.
- You want over-the-air updates and AI translation on a paid plan from $9 a month.
Choose Crowdin if
- Your project is open source and you want volunteers to translate it.
- You work with professional translators and review workflows.
- You translate documents and help centers as well as app text.
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