Tranzly vs WPML
Tranzly's main competitor is WPML. This is how Tranzly compares the two.
In Tranzly's own words.
Tranzly works by plugging into a DeepL or AI account that you already hold, so it never counts words and costs nothing on WordPress.org, with unlimited languages. WPML, a long-established paid WordPress translation plugin, instead sells yearly plans that bundle a set number of AI-translated words.
Where Tranzly stands out
- The edition on WordPress.org costs nothing and covers unlimited languages, along with translated addresses, hreflang and sitemaps.
- Since there are no word caps, the bill goes straight to your chosen translation service rather than to prepaid word allowances.
- Each translated page triggers two extra database queries at most, and Tranzly sets no cookie, which leaves caching intact.
- Tranzly Pro can bring across the languages, translations and translated texts from WPML, and the import can be reversed.
Where WPML is strong
- Every paid plan comes with a yearly quota of AI-translated words, which removes the need for a separate translation account.
- WPML runs a translation engine of its own, and it also works with DeepL, Google Translate and Microsoft Translator.
In common
- In each plugin, a translation is kept as genuine WordPress content that has an address of its own.
- Each one links up with machine translation from DeepL, Google and Microsoft.
Differences
- WPML has no free version, whereas the Tranzly free edition sits on WordPress.org.
- The paid WPML plans bring 22,500 or 45,000 AI-translated words, and the Blog plan brings none; Tranzly sets no word limit.
- With 73 tools, Tranzly allows AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT to translate a whole site.