Weglot is probably the smoothest translation SaaS on the market — and that’s exactly the trade-off: it is a subscription service where your translations live on Weglot’s servers, not in your WordPress. Here is the honest comparison, with every figure checked on weglot.com in July 2026.
Side by side
| TranslateRocket | Weglot | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — every feature | Free: 2,000 translated words and 1 language. Paid: Starter €15/mo (1 language, 10k words) up to Extended €699/mo (20 languages, 5M words) — EUR, VAT excluded; annual billing = 2 months free |
| Where translations live | Your database, forever | On Weglot’s side — their words: “stored by Weglot, accessible through your Weglot Dashboard, and not in your CMS” |
| If you stop paying | Nothing changes — there is nothing to pay | Per Weglot’s support docs: translations are no longer active and “your translated pages will be progressively removed from search engines (such as Google)”; inactive projects are deleted after 3 months |
| Word / language caps | None | Every plan caps unique words AND languages (1/1/3/5/10/20 up to Extended) AND monthly requests; the word count multiplies per target language and includes SEO metadata |
| AI translation | Bring your own key (DeepL, OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Google Cloud) — you pay the provider directly | Weglot picks the engines (DeepL, Microsoft, Google Translate, plus their own model based on OpenAI and Gemini); using your own API keys is not documented |
| Translated slugs (URLs) | Included, free | From the Pro plan (€79/mo) up |
| Billing surprises | None — nothing to bill | If the auto-upgrade option is enabled and you exceed the word limit, the plan is upgraded and billed after a 2-day email notice (Weglot offers manual downgrade and refund on request) |
| Preview before going live | Preview mode — admins only until you publish | Visual editor with preview of translated pages |
Prices and features as shown on weglot.com/pricing and wordpress.org/plugins/weglot, checked July 2026. They may change — always verify on the official pages.
Weglot is a trademark of its respective owner. This is an independent comparison and we are not affiliated with Weglot.
Where Weglot is genuinely strong
- Track record: 50,000+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating with ~1,900 reviews on WordPress.org (July 2026).
- Zero-setup automatic translation with a mature visual editor, plus the option to order professional human translators straight from the dashboard.
- Multi-platform: the same service also covers Shopify, Webflow, Wix and any site via a JS snippet.
- You keep ownership: per their FAQ, translations remain yours and can be exported.
Why people pick TranslateRocket instead
- No subscription, ever. A 3-language site on Weglot easily lands on Business/Pro (hundreds of euros per year, forever). TranslateRocket is €0 with unlimited languages.
- No hostage translations. Everything lives in your WordPress database — stop using the plugin and your translated pages are still yours.
- No caps to watch. No word counters multiplied per language, no request limits, no auto-upgrades.
- Independence: no external service between your content and your AI provider.
Switching from Weglot
There is no automated importer (Weglot’s translations live on their servers, not in your database — though you can export them from your dashboard while your account is active). The practical path: install TranslateRocket, translate the site once with your own AI key (a full site costs cents to a few euros paid directly to DeepL/OpenAI), review with Preview mode, publish — and own the result forever.
FAQ
Do I lose my translations if I cancel Weglot?
Per Weglot’s own support documentation, translations stop being served when you cancel and translated pages are progressively removed from search engines; inactive projects are deleted after 3 months. Export them from your dashboard before cancelling.
Does TranslateRocket have word limits like Weglot?
No. There are no word counters, no per-language multiplication, no request caps. If you use AI translation you pay your own provider per character, directly.
Is Weglot’s free plan enough for a real site?
It covers 2,000 translated words in 1 language — fine for a landing page, tight for most sites. TranslateRocket has no such cap.
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I am Federico, the developer of TranslateRocket — and building and translating WordPress sites is what I do for a living. That is how this plugin stays free: it is not crippled to sell you an upgrade, it is the tool I use every day on the sites I am paid to build.
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