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Translation Cost Calculator

Estimate translation volume for one WordPress site. Compare the smallest fitting monthly Gloty allowance with the one-time pack, then check your own content in the free trial.

Plan a translation allowance for one site

Estimate the content you want to translate, across all target languages. Compare monthly and one-time choices below; either can fund an initial body of work. A monthly plan is not needed to keep serving saved translations.

Use positive whole numbers: up to 100,000 pages, 5,000 words per page and 50 target languages. Assumes about 6 characters per word, including spaces.

Source words: 25,000

Estimated characters across 3 target languages: 450,000

Start with representative pages

The free trial includes 50k characters, once, on 1 site. No credit card. Try a few important pages in your target languages and review actual usage before choosing more volume.

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Allowance fit for this estimate on one site, before accounting for your existing balance. Actual usage varies with repeated text, language, new or changed content and requests for fresh translations.

Monthly option

Starter: $29/month

500K characters / mo · 1 site

The smallest paid monthly allowance that fits this estimate. Renews monthly until cancelled; the allowance refills at each monthly reset. Consider this for initial work or content you keep adding.

Choose Starter

One-time option

Migration pack: $149 once

3M characters, once · 1 site

One pack covers this estimate. Bought once, with no automatic renewal. On a monthly plan, pack characters expire at the next reset. On a non-renewing trial, there is no monthly reset.

Choose the one-time pack
Visitors reading saved translations do not consume allowance. Saved translations stay in your WordPress database and keep serving when an allowance runs out or a subscription ends.
Optional: illustrative direct-provider API costs

These provider estimates are not a Gloty price quote. They exclude the WordPress product and use approximate 2026 list rates, assuming GPT-4o mini for the OpenAI example. Verify current rates with each provider before buying directly.

OpenAI (GPT-4o mini)
$0.09 illustrative API cost
Google Cloud Translation
$9.00 illustrative API cost
DeepL API Pro
$11.25 illustrative API cost

Start with content and target languages

Translation volume depends on the text you submit and how many languages you want to prepare. Include your important pages, product descriptions, navigation, forms and other customer-facing text. The calculator uses pages × words × languages to give a rough starting point; it cannot inspect your site's actual strings or account for every repeated phrase.

Provider API estimates and a hosted translation plan

Direct-provider estimates help explain the underlying translation work. They exclude the product around that work: WordPress integration, background processing, language publishing and translation management. Provider rates and models can change, so confirm their current pricing before buying directly.

Gloty routes translation through its own service and includes AI usage in the stated character allowance. You do not need an OpenAI, Gemini, Google or DeepL API key, and the service chooses the engine for each batch. Text is sent to the service and its translation provider when translated; the service processes and retains submitted text for translation and reuse.

Choose for your next body of work

For a site that publishes regularly, compare the monthly allowance with your expected new and changed content. For an existing site you want to translate, compare the one-time pack with the content and languages you want to prepare. On a monthly plan, pack characters expire at the next reset. On a non-renewing trial, there is no monthly reset.

The plugin stores translations in your WordPress database and reuses saved results. Visitors do not consume translation allowance by reading them. Review actual usage after translating a representative set of pages in the free trial, then choose your next translation allowance.

Frequently asked questions

Are the calculator's provider estimates Gloty prices?
No. They illustrate direct provider API costs using approximate rates and text volume. Gloty includes hosted AI translation in a character allowance: try 50k characters, once free, choose Starter at $29 per month for 500k characters / mo, or a $149 one-time pack for 3m characters, once. See the plans for site limits and reset terms.
How much translation volume will my site need?
Start with the words on the pages and products you want to translate, then multiply by the number of target languages. This tool assumes about six characters per word, including spaces. Actual usage varies with your content, repeated text, edits and languages. A trial on your own site is a more useful check than page count alone.
Do visitors use up my translation allowance?
Serving a saved translation does not call the translation API. The allowance covers translation work across your target languages. Cached results are reused; new or changed text, an additional language, or explicitly requesting a new translation can use allowance. Saved translations stay in your WordPress database and keep serving when the allowance runs out.
Should I buy a monthly plan or a one-time pack?
A monthly plan suits a site that keeps adding or updating content. A one-time pack gives a larger grant for an existing body of content without starting a subscription. On a monthly plan, pack characters expire at the next reset. On a non-renewing trial, there is no monthly reset. Review your expected volume and the selected plan before paying.

Try 50K characters once, free, on your own WordPress site. Review a language before publishing it. Saved translations keep serving from your own database.

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