#15 in CMS & PublishingUpdated 2026-08

Weblate

by Weblate · Web-based continuous localisation with version control integration

50 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Weblate is a web-based continuous localisation platform, offered both as a hosted service and as software you run yourself. It integrates with version control, propagating translations across components, running quality checks and linking strings to source files. Translators are credited in the version control system.

Best for: Software teams translating projects that need continuous localisation tied to version control
Pricing: Self-hosting is gratis and libre projects can request free hosting; the Premium Cloud plan is shown at €47/month or €470/year for 10,000 hosted strings, while the homepage separately cites hosting from 19 EUR.
Runs on: Self-hosted

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Copyleft GPLv3 licence; self-hosting is gratis with unlimited strings
Tight version control integration with linking to source files
Quality checks and translation propagation across components
Free hosting offered to libre projects on request

Trade-offs

Free hosted plan is capped at one project and 160,000 strings
Hosted price scales with string count: €47/month at the 10,000-string step
Self-hosting is gratis, but support is a paid extra

Pricing

Published plans from Weblate’s own pricing page, in EUR. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Weblate pricing tiers, monthly and annual rates in EUR
Plan	Monthly	Annual (per month)	Includes
Premium Cloud	€47per 10,000 hosted strings	€39.17	10,000 hosted strings at the price shown Unlimited languages, projects and components String allowance selectable from 10k up to 10M €470 billed yearly, advertised as saving 20%
Self-hosted	—	—	Gratis, with paid support available Unlimited hosted strings Unlimited languages, projects and components You run and operate the instance
Gratis Weblate	—	—	Gratis, granted upon request For libre projects only 160,000 hosted strings, 1 project Unlimited languages and components

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
API quality: 30 out of 100
Documentation: 90 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 71 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 45 out of 100
Operational trust: 50 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 65 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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