Scale with Infrastructure Fairness.
Locize brings modern, usage-based pricing to localization — trusted by the world’s leading cloud platforms. Scale globally with confidence, knowing your costs always reflect your real usage.
No paywalls. No surprise jumps. Predictable, fair, and enterprise-ready — from startup to global scale.
Scales with you
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How are costs calculated?
Words
For each word in your project (excluding versions). The cost for the number of words is recurring every month. This reflects storage and network usage.
Modifications
Every modification done via editor (added, updated, deleted, copy) manually or via file import or API gets counted (excluding save missings, translation orders and overwriting versions). This reflects usage and helps keep costs fair.
Downloads (Standard CDN)
Download requests for translations from our Standard CDN to your users get accounted. This is the default for new projects and offers a generous free tier.
Downloads (Pro CDN) For Enterprise Scale
Download requests for translations from our Pro CDN to your users get accounted.Optimized for high-traffic, enterprise-grade delivery.
Multi-Region Availability and SLA-readiness make this the tier for mission-critical, global applications. Designed for enterprises that demand reliability, performance, and compliance at scale.
These costs are only charged if you directly use translations served from our Pro CDN.
Private Downloads (Pro CDN only)
Regular downloads are public. To avoid leaking confidential information during development, you can use private publish options which only enable downloads using an API key (translations are not publicly accessible).
Private download requests occur when using the API endpoints for fetching private/unpublished namespace resources.
AI Tokens Top-up
If you don’t have or prefer not to use your own external AI API key (e.g. OpenAI, Gemini, Mistral, etc.), you can use the built-in Locize AI service instead.
Each AI-assisted translation or refinement consumes AI tokens, billed based on your actual usage. Context-aware & fair
- The input typically includes prompt, instructions, context, glossary and translation memory matches.
- The output represents the generated translation result.
Both are combined into one unified AI token value using Locize’s internal algorithm.
- When creating a new project (a small starter amount)
- When you subscribe to a paid plan (a larger initial amount)
- With each paid invoice (a small bonus percentage based on invoice total)
If you need more, you can purchase extra AI tokens — they’ll simply be added to your next invoice.
SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) Add-on
SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) is available as an add-on for any project. Enable secure authentication via your identity provider (IDP) and manage user access centrally.
- Pricing is per project, per month.
- Supports SAML-compliant identity providers.
- See user management documentation for setup and details.
Backups Add-on
Backups are available as an add-on for any project. Choose Standard for regular backup needs, or Pro for advanced backup and retention options.
- Pricing is per project, per month.
- Backups are managed securely and can be restored on demand.
- See documentation for details and feature comparison.
On your project’s billing page you will always keep the overview of your costs. A calculation example can be found in the docs.
See calculation exampleYou also have the possibility to pay with the following currencies:
The Value of Locize: A Clear Comparison
- ❌ Manual handoffs between devs and translators
- ❌ Delays in shipping due to missing translations
- ❌ Features locked behind paywalls or higher plans
- ❌ Rigid, fixed pricing regardless of usage
- ❌ Wasted spend on unused capacity
- ❌ Difficult to scale with business growth
- ❌ Poor visibility into localization costs
- ❌ Risk of data privacy issues with generic tools
- ❌ Frustration for both devs and translators
- ✅ Seamless, automated localization workflow
- ✅ Translators keep up with changes from day one
- ✅ All features included — no paywalls
- ✅ Fair, usage-based pricing — only pay for what you use
- ✅ Costs scale with your project, not against you
- ✅ Real-time cost visibility and control
- ✅ Enterprise-grade data privacy & EU hosting
- ✅ Less coordination, more productivity
- ✅ Faster time-to-market and new revenue
- ✅ Risk Mitigation: Automated backups and user-management audit logs ensure compliance and disaster recovery
Why Fixed Plans Are Often Unfair
Traditional fixed plans force you to overpay or upgrade for features you don’t need. Locize adapts to your needs — costs grow slower as your project grows.
- ✔️ Never forced to upgrade just for a single feature
- ✔️ No surprise jumps from $49 to $199 plans
- ✔️ Costs based on your project’s size and success
- ✔️ Costs adapt to your usage—less activity means lower costs
- ✔️ Costs grow slower the bigger your project gets
- ✔️ No limits on users or languages
- ✔️ All features included—no paywalls
No more permanent cost jumps just because you cross a limit or need a feature. Locize pricing is designed to be fair, predictable, and to scale with your success.
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