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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated August 27th, 2026 # Reviews of Crowdin Ease of use 4.7 Customer Service 4.7 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews JB José B Software EngineerComputer Games, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “In this position, you're often faced with the challenge of introducing your user base and collaborators to the platform where they will be handling translations, and I can assure you that Crowdin has been by far the easiest and most intuitive space for regular users, who may not have any background whatsoever in localisation, to contribute their grain of sand towards translating a project.“ March 2, 2026 TM Toni M Head of Customer ExperienceElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “All the eco-system around the core product, like AI translations (that never work), Context pages, all unnecessary at least for my use case.“ March 30, 2026 IE Iago E Volunteer TranslatorComputer Games, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The platform balances functionality and accessibility very well: the learning curve is short, the user interface is clean and responsive, and the file management system makes collaboration seamless. Although I have noticed occasional performance issues with larger projects, they don’t affect the overall reliability of the tool.“ October 15, 2025 VC Victor C Volunteer TranslatorComputer Games, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Sometimes, (unexperienced) users will flood strings with very poor translations that visually pollute the editor, or send a series of useless comments as problems to be solved, and then the proofreaders will have to repeatedly solve the problems and delete the suggestions, or just have to ignore them.“ September 30, 2025 IE Iago E Volunteer TranslatorComputer Games, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The text and file management tools are very efficient, making it easy to handle large translation projects, and I also appreciate the collaborative features that help maintain consistency across the team.“ October 15, 2025 JB José B Software EngineerComputer Games, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Now imagine how it looks for new contributors who see the project page for the first time and see a bunch of grey flags with random letters all over them...“ March 2, 2026 JB José B Software EngineerComputer Games, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “For one, over the 8+ years I've been using the platform, I've always found it's amazing how easy it is to collaborate with other translators across multiple projects via the discussions tab on each string. Whenever there's something going on, I receive an e-mail about it, and I can focus on getting things resolved.“ March 2, 2026 CD Chiara D Product ManagerHospitality, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “It’s a bit frustrating that keys have to be merged into master before they’re available, instead of being live straight away.“ March 2, 2026 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 184 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Olav M. Freelance Translator Translation and Localization Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Fast and social translation environment" July 23, 2026 5.0 Great place to discover projects needing help in my native language. It also gives ability to ask from fellow workers in other language pairs. Pros By clicking on the file needing translation on email, I am being redirected to the file in the Crowdin environment after being logged-in. This makes starting the translation faster than via software as all translation memories and termbases are preloaded instead needing to do it manually. Cons Log-in is cookie-based, not IP/router/device based. Using Incognito mode in browser for log-in always requires to insert a security code. Review Source JB Joanne B. Director of Product Content Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A day in the life of Crowdin" April 20, 2026 4.0 For our organization's needs, Crowdin offers a relatively simple translation management software. As the manager The automation between Github ensures new source (in our case, English) text flows into Crowdin. I like being able to view Activity as a manager of the content team, and also to keep an eye on our external translators. The translation memory saves us a lot of time (and sometimes money). It's getting better and better, but I feel it needs some UI love Pros Great value for money. I like that there are lots of integrations. Fast customer service in terms of requesting help - support team are quick and provide articles and step by steps in rea time. Cons I don't find the user interface very intuitive. I often have to read an article or google something to find it. Lacking an overall visibility of activity (for example, new strings added) at a high level without going into each individual project. Loading time in larger project is very slow, particularly when viewing more than one language at a time. I find it disappointing that I cannot add a style guideline without increasing to the Enterprise account. I consider that this should be available on any plan, particularly when we are now using so many AI assisted translations, Alternatives considered [Lokalise](https://www.capterra.com/p/162858/Lokalise/) Reason for choosing Crowdin Crowdin offered a more competitive price and scaled to the small business needs (at that time we were a startup). Review Source VR Verified Reviewer IT Support Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to Use and Great for Team Collaboration" July 21, 2026 4.0 Overall, my experience with Crowdin has been positive. It is a reliable platform for managing translations and collaborating with team members. It has helped make localization projects more organized and efficient, although there is a small learning curve for some of the advanced features. Pros What I liked most about Crowdin was how easy it made the localization process. The interface is intuitive, collaboration between team members is smooth, and managing translations across multiple languages is straightforward. It helped save time and kept everything organized, making it much easier to work on multilingual projects. Cons What I liked least about Crowdin was that some advanced features took a while to learn. Also, the interface can feel a bit overwhelming at first, especially for new users. Once you get used to it, though, it becomes much easier to navigate. Review Source TM Toni M. Head of Customer Experience Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Solid crowd-translation site " March 30, 2026 3.0 I'm a translator for Lichess and I'm using Crowdin since almost ten years or so. While I like to help to contribute to an open source chess site, all the other systems and functions of Crowdin like Tasks, TM,MT, Glossaries are a waste of time. Pros I like the most the automatic mail notifications when new translations are available. This way I never miss any new translations. Cons All the eco-system around the core product, like AI translations (that never work), Context pages, all unnecessary at least for my use case. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Translator Translation and Localization Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great tool for multi-language team collaboration" July 30, 2026 5.0 Overall, it’s a robust and dependable platform that easily covers all essential localization needs. It makes collaboration straightforward and significantly simplifies managing large-scale projects. Pros Smooth team collaboration across international teams, an intuitive UI, and strong automation features like TM/Glossary integration. Cons Search and filtering within previous translations and TM assets can sometimes feel clunky or sluggish on larger projects. Review Source YA Yannis A. Product Manager Entertainment Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best of its class, and likely set to remain so for the future" August 16, 2026 5.0 I reviewed Crowdin a few years ago and said we could have also gone with Weblate, but had no particular reason to move. After the multilingual view was introduced and Crowdin continuing to enhance their frontend design, our ability to let experts QA translations (especially in Portuguese) is far better. Competitors are also not close in terms of their scale and scope, especially when it comes to services like ours which crowdsource translations. While we do not use them by choice, preferring for machine/AI translations to be a starting point for human translators, there has been a major focus on these for several years at Crowdin. I understand if that's what the market expects but I hope they can continue to work on the human interface, which has been relatively sidelined; most of their regular updates have one or two items related to that, and many more related to AI. It is still the best in class by far as mentioned and I would easily recommend it for other software vendors looking to get their users to translate. Pros Most importantly, Crowdin has a very friendly and intuitive UI that is welcoming for volunteer-powered translations like ours. It's easy for non-technical translators to get started, while meeting our guardrails. For example, HTML codes are highlighted while translating and Crowdin's user interface steers people to copy them in, will display errors if you try to save translations without them, and so on. You can configure it to let people override this or not, as an extra bonus. The management tools are sufficient for our needs, and it comes with various forms of machine translations. importantly along with a global translation memory out of the box, which we find to be especially high-value for our use case (translating software user interface). The management tools are also effective, with a thoughtful but well-designed set of permissions. There are also good tools for removing people's contributions if necessary (to address errors or malice). Since we started using it, Crowdin has also introduced the "Developer" permission which now completes the lot for us. We don't need anything beyond these defaults. I can say that despite our free-for-all contribution model, we have never had a single instance of spam after 9 years and 3000+ members. Crowdin supports many formats and while there is a plethora of these in software, there is enough support that software developers can easily align a translation format to something Crowdin will accept. A few years ago, they introduced a multilingual view which is a great boon for variations of one language. A common scenario for that is comparing between Portuguese of Brazil & Portuguese of Portugal. Cons The management tools could be better for projects like ours with a free-for-all contribution model, where translators can just join and contribute. The QA tools are thoroughly but not as well-integrated as they could be. For example, there is the "Reports" section but also "Advisors". I personally like the simpler "Advisors" view as it's actionable, but it could be more fleshed out. It also has issues, for example I believe the Screenshots advisory is broken. I get "Low screenshot coverage" on our project saying "0% of UI strings tagged on screenshots. We have 100s of screenshots and 1000s of strings tagged across them from a quick glance at the "Screenshots" tab. I found CSV translation quite difficult to manage with errors about the file scheme we struggled to make sense of (when importing with some existing translations). Better documentation would help. I think the "File context" and especially "Dictionary" could be exposed in better ways on the translation UI. Currently, words are underlined even if there is no language translation or context added for that word in your language. What often happens is that e.g. the French translator will add a word to the dictionary and put a translation for that word, as an advisory and form of quality control for that translation. However, the primary term (i.e. generic concept) in the source English text, will usually be just the word itself. This word will be underlined for every single language, even though it will show them nothing of consequence. So I have found that translators don't use the built-in glossary (i.e. dictionary feature), because so many words are underlined (from being added for other languages over the years) that it becomes like The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Finally, the GitHub integration works in somewhat mysterious ways, with the token suddenly expiring from time to time in ways we do not fully understand. It would be great if Crowdin could offer idempotent detail on how this works in their documentation, so we can understand how it works with downstream systems. One thing we have never understood is which contexts (added via Crowdin) end up in our side on the Git repository. Review Source FF Francisco F. Proofreader and Translator Design Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Crowdin Appreciation Review" May 26, 2026 5.0 I've been using Crowdin since 2017 and with every year I feel the product gets more and more complete, in a sense that each new feature enhances my workflow with the translation process. Thank you for all the work your team so far :) Pros Overall the whole shortcuts experience and the way to easily move and translate a great batch of strings with just the keyboard. It's extremely fluid and got me to translate full projects in time just for the fact that I can fully use the keyboard alone. The less I use the mouse around to navigate, the better Cons Maybe just some UI changes that occasionally happened inside the translation editor without an explanation, but after a while they are easy to learn overtime. Review Source HY Hirotaka Y. Vounteer Translator Translation and Localization Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Smooth Editor with Great TM/MT Features" August 12, 2026 5.0 Crowdin offers an intuitive, comfortable editor where integrated Translation Memory and Machine Translation suggestions make drafting fast, consistent, and effortless. While standard QA checks can occasionally produce minor noise for Japanese syntax and punctuation, this is easily managed (just ignoring them). Introducing CJK-specific QA presets would be a welcome touch to streamline daily proofreading even further. Pros I like the suggestions based on translation memory and machine translation. Having direct access to TM matches and MT engines inside the editor speeds up my work and helps keep translations consistent across projects. Cons The automated QA checks are sometimes relevant for English, but not for Japanese. Because standard rules flag false positives for Japanese syntax and punctuation, dismissing the warnings adds unnecessary noise to the proofreading process. Review Source ZLT Zaw Lynn T. Translator Translation and Localization Used the software for: 2+ years ### "My Go-To Translation Platform for Seamless Localization Projects" August 12, 2026 4.0 Translating on Crowdin has been a smooth experience overall. It makes collaborating with project managers straightforward, and the secure platform gives me peace of mind when working on confidential client materials. Whether I am translating UI strings, software docs, or marketing articles, Crowdin offers great efficiency and value. Pros As a freelance translator, I love Crowdin’s intuitive editor and user interface. The built-in translation memory, glossaries, and context screenshots make my translation workflow much faster and more accurate. It offers excellent language support and handles complex files easily without messing up tags or code. Cons There is a slight learning curve when first navigating complex project settings or handling advanced QA checks. Some of the automated suggestions can occasionally be repetitive, requiring manual fine-tuning. Review Source GS Guillermo S. lead developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A great user experience " July 30, 2026 5.0 My overall experience is great. Crowdin has allowed me to perform translation for big apps into my native language in a way that feels too easy. Pros The interface and its ease of use are a huge plus. It allows to jump right into translation and I've helped translate some big projects with thousands of strings that I honestly wouldn't have touched otherwise. Cons Not much to dislike about the platform, some suggested translations could be a little better but in all honesty, that may be some particular cases about the target language and not related to the translator. Review Source QA Quinten A. Owner Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Versatile tool that accommodates to your needs" April 28, 2024 5.0 Starting off as a translator, the Editor is very easy to use. Once I went about localising my own projects, I started using Crowdin without any doubts and this sped up the process significantly. The support team is amazing and the product is very versatile. Pros When starting off with localising my projects, the support team reached out to see if they could accommodate to my needs. Some of my projects are open sourced, and Crowdin has special resources for projects like this. Everything was disclosed and handled very clearly, and there were no (unpleasant) surprises. I even managed to move a project to Crowdin Enterprise relatively easily once the project became too large to manage on Crowdin.com. Cons It is sometimes a bit annoying that Crowdin Enterprise and Crowdin.com are each restricted and confusing to use in their own way. Crowdin Enterprise is not very friendly for translators. Crowdin.com doesn't offer all the management tools you'd like. It would be better if the two products fused together into one great product. Alternatives considered [XTM Transifex](https://www.capterra.com/p/224043/Transifex/)[Localazy](https://www.capterra.com/p/204830/Localazy/)[POEditor](https://www.capterra.com/p/179447/POEditor/) Reason for choosing Crowdin It was the most versatile and it offered special accommodations for small open source projects on one side and huge closed source projects on the other side. Review Source FG Federico G. FrontEnd Developer Online Media Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A complete service for your app" June 6, 2024 5.0 I really enjoy working with it so far and I have only a few complains Pros Crowdin was simple to setup, the UI is very simple and it has a lot of feature. Support always been here via chat when I needed some help. There are a few issue sometimes but overall it's a very complete, robust and useful tool for i18n in our web app Cons It is a bit hard to understand some complex flow and correct implementation with Crowdin. Like it would be very helpful to have some better documentation and explanation of the flow suggested by crowdin. Alternatives considered [Phrase](https://www.capterra.com/p/276186/Phrase/) Reason for choosing Crowdin Missing feature on Phrase that were available on crowdin out of the box. Switched from [Locize](https://www.capterra.com/p/180753/Locize/) pricing, UI and simplicity where better on crowdin Review Source RV Radek V. Frontend developer Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good community first system " March 11, 2026 4.0 Good community driven system to translate a service/software. You can pick desired languages and let volunteers from community to fill in missing translations. Pros Good user interface inside dictionary editor. You can also document each translation term with description and even image, so any translator that then do or review the translation have a good context. Cons If you want instant translation of you app - you can order it (even from different providers). The price of paid translations from professionals is quite steep. Review Source LG LeAnn G. Consultant Management Consulting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Organize Large User Base" October 6, 2025 5.0 Mobile interaction aside, Crowdin is a great package for keep software projects with large user bases organized. Pros Crowdin is great for organizing contributing users for big projects, like app translations. You can easily change a user’s role quickly. The notifications and user interface also allow for quick review and response to user questions. Cons However, there is no mobile app nor is the website designed for mobile. I most often use Crowdin on my mobile phone. So, at times, I have to zoom in and out, which detracts from Crowdin’s ease of use. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Translator Translation and Localization Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Reliable CAT tool!" September 30, 2025 5.0 the overall experience with Crowdin is highly positive for organizations that prioritize automation, integration with a development pipeline, and sophisticated translation tools... Pros the strong combination of automation via integrations, powerful contextual translation tools (In-Context Editor, screenshots), and increasingly sophisticated AI capabilities... Cons the most common areas of dissatisfaction vary around the complexity of the user interface (especially for non-technical users), and the occasional glitchiness or unexpected behavior in the import/export or synchronization processes. Review Source Andrea C. Global Account Director Computer Software Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Strong Partner, Reliable Localization Platform" October 27, 2025 5.0 Crowdin is a strong choice for organizations looking for a modern, scalable localization solution and a company that values long-term collaboration. Pros At Paligo, we work with Crowdin as a trusted partner, and our collaboration has been consistently positive. Crowdin offers a robust, user-friendly localization platform that makes managing multilingual content much easier for teams working across regions. Their focus on integration, automation, and developer-friendly tools aligns well with how we approach structured content and translation workflows at Paligo. The team at Crowdin is responsive, professional, and forward-thinking, and their platform is well-regarded by our shared customers for its scalability and ease of use. Cons Nothing significant to point out—our partnership experience has been very smooth. We appreciate working with the team at Crowdin. Review Source AV Aarjav V. User Online Media Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Aarjav's Review" September 29, 2025 5.0 Oveerall, crowdin is great, there are no problems once you learn how to use the interface properly.. Pros I liked contributing to other people's projects, and it is very easy to do. I like that about crowdin. Cons I do not love crowdin's interface. It works, and you can learn it, but it has a steep learning curve. Review Source TF Tomáš F. CFO Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great localization product" November 9, 2024 5.0 Pros Crowdin has been a huge help for our localization projects. Our Localization manager and all translaters are using this tool on daily basis with ease and without any complaints. The user experience is great as well as the customer experience . The implementation of the tool was a breeze and I can recommend this tool to everyone. Cons I am happy to note that nothing comes to mind at the moment to dislike about Crowdin. Review Source Ömer Faruk Y. Branch Manager Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Crowdin is the greatest tool for translation in digital environments and documents" April 20, 2022 5.0 I met with this software several years ago by volunteering on a project on a classroom management software translation job. It was a pleasure to see that software automatically creates strings from the bulks of the code and in the eyes of a translator it is a privilege to have multiple translators on single project provided with the tools to translate in a common way. Through all years Crowdin keep its original forms adding more tools and integrations. Through my career I have worked with the software in 4 different institutions and every time I suggested this solution to my administrators, they liked the idea and the way the software uses. Nowadays apart from software I am exploring the capabilities of the software on document translation. For the last year our team has completed over 250.000 of words and every project cycle has been completed way before deadlines. Even with PDF files, system has its own way of transforming files to the strings which is way more comfortable than transforming them using the tools. Pros It is the most complete solution that can be found for translation purposes, Collaboration tools like Translation Memory, Machine translation, glossary and comments make it a complete solution for a single or infinite number of translators, and the size of the project does not matter. Also, there is a vast database of helpful translators for open source projects. And amazing response times of helpdesk is very crucial. Cons WordPress integration is one of the missing features that would be great to see in the near future. Review Source MP Marcos P. Translator Translation and Localization Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great software, easy to use and very reliable" August 25, 2023 5.0 As a translator, I am very happy with crowdin and I always liked using it. Pros Its ease of use and how it focus on the task. There are no unnecessary information on the screen and you can just work. I like that you can see the translation from other languages, which help a lot. Cons The layout is locked. If it was modular and you could show or hide specific blocks and position them on different part of the screen, I think it would improve my workflow Review Source MR Maria R. Tamil Linguist Individual & Family Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Feedback from Sundar " August 29, 2023 5.0 My overall experience with Crowdin is very good, as I have gained knowledge in Tamil Grammar, which Amazon, Bing and Google never teach. It is the only platform which teaches grammar in Tamil while translating (when there is a grammar mistake. It tells exactly just like Tamil Pandit. Pros I improved my translation becoz I have learned a lot fro Crowdin particularly in Grammar and Spell Check.Crowdin is a great platform for those who wants to keep the translation services as their career, that too free of cost. The more assignments you do the more refined your translation. Cons Once in a while, the translator who does the review free of cost, crowdin should send a note appreciating the time spent by them. I never have received any such mail, except this one. Review Source DM Daryia M. Projetc Manager Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Summary" August 19, 2022 4.0 The services and products that our company provides are focused on many regions, countries and people. It is more than 24 languages. Its really problem but with Crowdin we close this problem, Pros We've been using Crowdin for a long time, so I can honestly say that I like to see the growth and development. You are moving forward in small steps, it's encouraging. Pre-translation -- LOVE it, helps save time Cons You have a lot of cool features that I as a user do not always understand and see. Often we are forced to contact the support service. I would recommend focusing on the UX part Review Source PH Peter H. Sales and marketing manager Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy translation of a lot of text sources into other language" September 11, 2023 5.0 Good work when comparing especially with direct text string translation by other software developers I use to translate from English into Slovak language. Pros For translator database and machine translation as both of them are saving work for translator. Cons Sometimes it is not clear how to translate special characters, various types of line break and spaces. Also it is not always clear what is limit length for translation as many times it is longer than English source. Sometimes is missing context of the translation. Review Source Raj K. DGM Marketing Mining & Metals Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Translation management software to localize your content" June 22, 2022 5.0 Crowdin is a super helpful CAT tool for translators to localize in multiple languages. Similarly, businesses can find and tap the best talent with cutting-edge features. Pros 1\. It is a platform to e-meet translators and business persons who want to localize their content. 2. Crowdin helps translate almost any material, including apps, games, blogs, websites, manuals, emails, chats, etc. 3. This online CAT tool supports more than 40 file formats ensuring versatility and usefulness. 4. It is helpful for individuals like freelancers, online or offline teams, and small and large businesses. 5. You will find it easy to use with support regarding translation memories, context, glossaries, etc. 6. There is a specific chatting place for communication between business persons and translators. 7. Its minimalistic looks make it easy to use and appear clutter-free. 8. The interface is self-explanatory, and you know what to do next. 9. The tool is quite handy for multiple language projects. 10. The fact that it is open-source adds a lot of value to it. Cons 1\. Many feature requests are still pending on this platform. They should at least provide reasons for not going ahead. 2. Some settings are either useless or difficult to understand or implement. 3. There is a scope for a bit of improvement in the user interface. 4. The marketplace is full of apps, and it may be challenging to filter the useful ones, especially for beginners. 5. Subscriptions are on a bit expensive side. Advanced workflows are not available in standard plans. Review Source Szymon Ż. Technical Director Computer Games Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great for video games localization" August 10, 2022 5.0 We use Crowdin for big video game translation project (translation of 600k words to 5 languages with more than 100 translators). It's the best platform for teams of all sizes. In our case, one language was prepared in-house, and the rest are being prepared by volunteers. The online editor helps to coordinate all the efforts and communicate with everyone in the project. API and CI/CD integration helped a lot as we can deliver automated daily builds of the game with current state of translation and therefore QA team is embedded into the process from the very beginning. Pros Fast and simple but powerful online editor, so the team can just focus on translating, proofreading and communication only by using the editor. Very good management of source files - possiblities to API and CI/CD integration, especially useful for big teams. Machine translation integration for engines like Google Translate or DeepL. Intuitive pricing plans. Fast customer support. Cons For some users the online editor was too complex. There could be a new editor mode with very simple UI and only basic features. Review Source