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Plans & billing
Since 1.12.0 Everything account-related lives on Gloty → Billing: your license key, your plan, this period's usage, and subscription management.
Plans
| Plan | Price | Characters / month | Sites | Engines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 100,000 | 1 | Basic machine translation |
| Pro | $19 / mo | 1,000,000 | 3 | All engines |
| Business | $49 / mo | 4,000,000 | 10 | All engines |
| Scale | $99 / mo | 20,000,000 | 25 | All engines |
Every plan includes the complete plugin — automatic translation, SEO, the switcher, the glossary, WooCommerce support, and the translations workspace. Plans differ in volume, number of sites, and which translation engines you may use. Higher-volume bespoke tiers are available on request. See the pricing page for current list prices.
Engines by plan
| Engine | Free | Paid plans |
|---|---|---|
| Google Translate | Yes | Yes |
| DeepL | No | Yes |
| OpenAI | No | Yes |
| Google Gemini | No | Yes |
Engine access is enforced on the server, not just in the settings dropdown. Leaving the provider on Automatic always works: Gloty uses the best engine your plan allows.
How quota is counted
This is why the first month is by far the most expensive: the initial backfill translates your whole site. After that, usage tracks how much new content you publish.
Estimate before you start. Our translation cost calculator turns a page count and language count into a character estimate, so you can pick a plan with evidence.
Watching your usage
The Billing screen shows characters used against your limit, the percentage consumed, and when the period resets. Gloty also warns you proactively:
| Condition | What happens |
|---|---|
| 80% of quota used | A warning appears on Gloty → Overview with an upgrade link. |
| Quota exhausted | Dispatching stops until you upgrade or the period resets. Already-translated pages keep serving normally — your site does not revert to the source language. |
| Period rolls over | Usage resets and queued work resumes on the next background run. |
Licenses and sites
One license covers a number of sites depending on your plan. Each site that activates the license uses one slot.
Migrating or cloning a site? Deactivate on the old site before activating on the new one, or you will consume two slots for one live site. Deleting the plugin also releases the slot automatically.
Upgrading and managing your subscription
Upgrade buttons on the Billing screen open a secure Stripe checkout. When you complete it you are returned to the Billing screen, your license status refreshes automatically, and the new quota and engines apply immediately.
Manage Subscription opens the Stripe billing portal, where you can update your payment method, download invoices, change plan, or cancel.
Free and manually granted plans have no portal. There is no Stripe subscription behind them, so Manage Subscription explains that instead of opening a portal. Upgrade first, and the portal becomes available.
License states
| State | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Active | Everything works. |
| Renewing | A renewal is in progress. Translation continues; no action needed. |
| Expired | New translation work stops. Existing translations keep serving. Update your payment details in the billing portal. |
| Unreachable | Your site could not reach the license server — usually a temporary network or firewall issue. Gloty keeps working from its cached status and retries. |
What happens if you stop paying
Your translations are in your database, so they keep being served. You stop being able to translate new content, and premium engines become unavailable — the multilingual site you already have stays online. This is the practical difference from a hosted translation SaaS, where translations are served from the vendor's cloud and disappear with the subscription.