What is DeepL?
DeepL is a machine translation service with a web translator, desktop and browser apps, document translation, DeepL Write for improving text within one language, and a developer API. It also has Voice plans for speech translation.
Who it's for
Individuals, teams and businesses that translate text and documents. Developers can use the API to add translation or text improvement to their own products.
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Free plan with 50,000 characters per month
- The help centre lists 114 languages in the Translator language table
- Document translation on paid plans: Individual 3 files a month up to 30 MB, Business 100 files a month up to 100 MB
- Glossaries: Team has 5, Business and Enterprise are unlimited (fair use)
- The developer API plan includes a one-time allowance of 1,000,000 characters
- The Enterprise page lists ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA and BSI C5 Type 2
Limitations
- Free plan: 1 file translation a month (up to 5 MB), 1 glossary with 5 entries per language pair, 1 saved translation
- The Individual plan includes only 3 document translations a month
- DeepL Write Pro is a separate add-on at €6.99 per user per month billed annually
- API plans do not include the Translator web and desktop apps, and Translator plans do not include API access
- The developer API's free allowance is one-time and does not reset; the older API Free plan (500,000 characters a month) can no longer be bought
Plans and pricing
- Translator Free: €0. 50,000 characters a month, 1 file a month up to 5 MB.
- Individual: €7.49/month billed annually (VAT included). Single user, 3 files a month up to 30 MB.
- Team: €24.99 per user/month billed annually. 20 files per user a month, 5 glossaries.
- Business: €49.99 per user/month billed annually. 100 files a month up to 100 MB, unlimited glossaries.
- Enterprise: Custom. Contact sales.
Prices are from DeepL's German-language (EUR) pricing view and include VAT; they may differ by country. No monthly-billing price was shown.
Details checked October 2026 against the vendor's own pages. Prices and limits change, so confirm before you buy. Official pricing page ↗
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DeepL — at a glance
DeepL is a machine translation service with a web translator, desktop and browser apps, document translation, DeepL Write for improving text within one language, and a developer API. It also has Voice plans for speech translation.
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