Weglot is a hosted translation service: it translates your pages on its servers and serves them on per-language URLs, with a plan sized by words and languages. AI Translate BYOK writes the translations into WordPress itself, with a model you pay for directly, so there is no word quota and no yearly plan.
| Weglot | AI Translate BYOK | |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 2,000 words, 1 language (14-day trial of paid plans) | Unlimited: any post or page into any language, one post at a time (your key) |
| Paid | Yearly by words × languages: Starter $170 (10K words, 1 language), Business $320 (50K, 3), Pro $870 (200K, 5), up to $7,690 (5M, 20) | $27.99 once for the full version; no renewal |
| Cost of 30,000 words × 3 languages | $870/year (Pro: 90,000 words needs the 200K tier) | About $0.25 once with gpt-4o-mini, about $2 with Claude Haiku 4.5, paid to your provider |
| Where your content goes | Weglot’s servers | Straight from your site to the AI provider you configured |
| Which AI | Their choice | Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint: OpenAI, Claude, OpenRouter, local models |
| Over the limit | Auto-upgrade to the next plan, or translation stops | No limit in the plugin; your provider bills what you use |
| If you stop paying | Subscription; translations are served by Weglot | Nothing to stop: translations are normal WordPress posts and stay |
| Language URLs and switcher | Built in, SEO-indexable per language | Uses Polylang or WPML (full version links translations) |
| Works outside WordPress | Yes | No: WordPress only |
If you want a hosted setup in minutes, per-language URLs and a switcher handled for you, or a site that isn’t WordPress, Weglot does all of it with no configuration.
If the recurring cost is the problem: Weglot bills yearly for the words, and the words are what an AI model now translates for cents. With your own key a whole site costs a few dollars once, and the translations are ordinary posts you own and can edit.
A WordPress plugin that translates a post, page or product into any language with an AI model you choose and pay for directly (bring your own key). HTML, shortcodes and Gutenberg blocks are preserved and every translation lands as a draft for review. The free version is the one-button translator in the editor sidebar, without limits. The full version, a one-time $27.99, adds bulk translation in the background, Yoast and Rank Math fields, categories and tags, translated menus, WooCommerce variations and attributes, outdated-translation refresh, a glossary, auto-translate on publish, and linking to Polylang or WPML for the language switcher.
See AI Translate BYOK → or download the free version
For the translation itself, yes: posts, pages, SEO fields, categories, menus and WooCommerce products. It does not route languages or show a switcher by itself: pair it with Polylang (free) or WPML, and the full version links each translation there.
Weglot starts at $170/year for 10,000 words in 1 language and reaches $870/year for 200,000 words in 5 languages. With AI Translate BYOK the plugin is free or $27.99 once, and 90,000 translated words cost well under a few dollars at your AI provider.
With AI Translate BYOK they are normal WordPress posts in your database and stay. Weglot is a subscription service that hosts and serves the translations.
Weglot details were checked on its public pricing page on 30 September 2026, before tax. API estimates assume 1.4 input and 2 output tokens per word per language, doubled for prompts and re-runs, at OpenAI and Anthropic list prices. Prices change: check their page before deciding. Spotted something out of date? deus@lumnika.com. Weglot is a trademark of its owner; this page isn’t affiliated with it.
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