LangRelayVSLinguise
The Linguise alternative that waits for your approval
Linguise translates your whole site as soon as it is connected, on WordPress and more than 45 other platforms. LangRelay is built for WordPress and holds every translation for your approval. Here is how they compare.
- Free plan, no card
- WordPress plugin
- Nothing publishes without you
- Built for
WordPress sites that keep changing
WordPress, Joomla and more than 45 other platforms
- Who decides what goes live
Nothing goes live until someone approves it
- Keeping translations current
The plugin reports each edit, and the new text waits for approval
- Price
Free, or from €19 a month
Linguise translates and publishes your whole site at once. LangRelay translates WordPress and waits for your approval.
Linguise is the faster start, and the better fit if your site is not on WordPress or you want unlimited languages and automatic URL translation today. On WordPress, LangRelay gives you more control: nothing goes live until it is approved, Relay drafts the changes you ask for, and your glossary and each language’s formality guide the translation.
When to choose LangRelay, and when to choose Linguise
Choose LangRelay if
- Your site runs on WordPress and you want nothing published that nobody checked.
- You want to describe a change in a sentence and have an agent draft it for you.
- You want a glossary and a formality setting for each language.
- You run several sites and want them on one plan.
Choose Linguise if
- Your site runs on Joomla, Shopify, Wix, Webflow or another platform Linguise supports, not WordPress.
- You want unlimited languages on every plan.
- You want URL slugs translated automatically today.
- You want the whole site translated and live as soon as you connect it, without a review step.
Linguise is instant until a translation needs a second look
Linguise translates and publishes your whole site in one step. Here is where the two part ways.
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Who decides what goes live
Linguise’s WordPress install guide says your whole site is translated into every language once you connect it, and we found no approval step before translations go live; you review them afterwards in its dashboard or Live Editor. LangRelay holds every translation until someone approves it.
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What happens after you edit
Both pick up changes to the original automatically. Linguise’s docs say changed text gets a new automatic translation, which replaces any manual edit of it, and we found no step to check it first. In LangRelay, the plugin reports an edit about a minute later, only the new text is translated, and that translation waits for approval like any other.
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AI that drafts and reviews, not only translates
Linguise translates with Google Cloud by default, and sells Linguise AI, an LLM-based option, as a prepaid package. We found no assistant in Linguise. Relay, LangRelay’s built-in agent, reads your Site’s pages and translations and drafts the changes you ask for, and a separate reviewer agent checks each one. Relay never approves or publishes.
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Terms and tone
Linguise uses replace and exclude rules, which you can scope by URL, language, CSS selector or pattern. LangRelay has a glossary for each language and a formality setting per language, and its AI translation follows both.
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Where it works
Linguise has native extensions for WordPress and Joomla and more than 45 other integrations, including Shopify, Wix and Webflow. On WordPress it adds hreflang, canonicals, translated metadata and multilingual sitemaps. LangRelay serves search-friendly translations on WordPress; on other sites its script embed translates in the browser, without SEO value. If you are not on WordPress, Linguise is the stronger fit today.
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How you pay
Each Linguise plan covers one domain, with unlimited languages; every domain and subdomain is billed separately, with a discount from the third domain. LangRelay’s paid plans include several Sites, with a set number of languages per Site and a word allowance each month. Text that has not changed costs nothing again.
LangRelay and Linguise, side by side
- No · Not offered
- Partly · With a limit
- Planned · Announced, not shipped
- Not found · Not on the vendor’s own pages when we checked
- Yes · Included
| Capability | LangRelay | |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery and SEOHow translated pages reach visitors and search engines. | ||
| How translated pages are servedHow the translated page reaches visitors: from your own server, through a proxy, or swapped in by the browser. | Yes: WordPress plugin serves translated HTML from your server. A script tag works on any other site, without SEO. | Yes: Hosted service. A WordPress plugin or script sends pages to Linguise, which serves them on a subdirectory or subdomain. Source, checked 5 October 2026 |
| WordPress: one post, no copies per languageWhether WordPress keeps one post per page, instead of a separate copy for every language. | Yes: Translates the rendered page. Your posts stay as they are. | Yes: Translates the rendered page and doesn’t duplicate content in your database. Source, checked 5 October 2026 |
| hreflang and per-language URLsA URL per language with hreflang tags, so search engines find and index each language. | Yes: Subdirectories (/fr/), hreflang with x-default, a canonical per language, and translated titles and meta. | Yes: hreflang, x-default, canonicals, translated metadata and multilingual sitemaps. Source, checked 5 October 2026 |
| Translated URL slugsURLs in the visitor’s language, like /fr/a-propos instead of /fr/about. | Partly Set by hand per page and language. Automatic slug translation is on the way. | Yes: Translated automatically, and editable in the dashboard. Source, checked 5 October 2026 |
| Workflow and reviewWhat happens when content changes, and who decides what goes live. | ||
| Picks up edits to the originalWhen you edit the original page, whether the tool notices and translates what changed. | Yes: The WordPress plugin reports an edit about a minute later, and only the new text is translated. Other sites can call a change hook from their CMS or deploy. | Yes: New and changed text is detected and translated automatically. A manual edit is replaced if the original later changes. Source, checked 5 October 2026 |
| Approve before it goes liveWhether a person can check a translation before visitors see it. | Yes: Nothing goes live until someone approves it. | No Translations go live immediately; you edit them afterwards. Source, checked 5 October 2026 |
| Visual editorEditing translations on the page itself, rather than in a list of strings. | Yes: Click text on the rendered page to edit, at desktop, tablet and mobile widths. | Yes: Live Editor: click and edit on the real translated page, metadata included. Source, checked 5 October 2026 |
| GlossaryFixed translations for names and terms, applied every time they appear. | Yes: Per-language terms, “keep as source”, and match case. Paid plans. | Partly Replace and exclude rules instead of a glossary, by URL, language, CSS selector or pattern. Source, checked 5 October 2026 |
| AI and integrationsHow much of the work AI takes on, and how you reach it. | ||
| Machine translationThe machine or AI translation the tool uses. | Yes: AI translation that follows your glossary and each language’s formality. | Yes: Google Cloud translation by default. Linguise AI, an LLM-based option, is sold as a prepaid package. Source, checked 5 October 2026 |
| AI quality reviewAI that checks translations for mistakes, not only writes them. | Yes: A separate reviewer agent checks every change Relay drafts, the way a language expert would. Paid plans. | Not found No AI review found. |
| AI assistant in the productAn assistant inside the product that you can ask in plain language. | Yes: Relay, a chat agent that reads your Site’s pages and translations and drafts changes for your approval. | Not found No AI assistant found. |
| MCP server for your own AILets your own AI assistant, such as Claude or ChatGPT, work with the tool directly. | Planned On the way: connect Claude or ChatGPT to your Sites. | Not found Not found on linguise.com. |
| APIProgrammatic access for developers. | Planned On the way, for the Growth plan and up. | Not found No public developer API found. |
Translation that waits for your yes
The translating is the easy part. LangRelay is built around what happens next: checking it, changing it, and deciding when it goes live.
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Nothing goes live unapproved
Every translation waits for someone to approve it. Then activate one page, or everything approved at once.
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Ask Relay in a sentence
Relay reads your Site’s pages and translations and drafts the change you describe, for you to approve. It can never approve or publish on its own.
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A second agent checks Relay’s work
Every change Relay drafts goes to a separate reviewer agent, which checks it the way a language expert would.
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Edit on the rendered page
Click any text in the visual editor to change it, at desktop, tablet or mobile width, with titles and meta in the same panel.
Same subdirectories, fresh translations
LangRelay doesn’t need an export from Linguise. Install the plugin, connect your Site, and LangRelay crawls your pages and translates them into the languages you choose.
What comes across
- Every page the crawl finds, translated into your languages
- Subdirectory URLs like /fr/, the structure Linguise uses on WordPress
- hreflang with x-default, a canonical per language, and translated titles and meta
Translations are made fresh, so the first crawl uses words from your allowance. Linguise translates slugs automatically; in LangRelay you set translated slugs by hand, or add redirects.
What you pay, and what it counts
Source words times target languages, per domain. Human edits and page views don’t count. Prices in US dollars.
LangRelay Starter
€19a month
3 Sites, 3 languages per Site and 150K words a month. A word is a source word translated into one language; unchanged and reused text uses none.
Or start free: 1 Site, 1 language, 10K words a month.
Linguise
$15a month
START, $15 a month per domain: 200,000 translated words, unlimited languages.
Free plan: No free plan. A one-month trial of up to 600,000 words.
Frequently asked questions
What people ask when they weigh Linguise against LangRelay: how each one stores and publishes translations, what the prices count, and what moving involves.
Something we missed? Book a demo or write to us.
Is LangRelay a Linguise alternative?
Yes, for WordPress sites. Like Linguise, LangRelay translates the rendered page without duplicating posts, but it holds every translation for approval and adds an agent that drafts changes for you. For Joomla, Shopify, Wix or another platform, Linguise covers more today.
Does Linguise publish translations automatically?
Linguise’s WordPress install guide says that once you connect, the whole site should already be translated in all your languages. We found no step to approve a translation before it goes live; you review afterwards in the dashboard or the Live Editor, and can invite translators by language. LangRelay works the other way round: nothing goes live until it is approved.
Does Linguise duplicate WordPress posts?
No. Linguise says it uses a remote cache and doesn’t duplicate any content in your local database; translations are stored on its servers. LangRelay also keeps one post and translates the rendered page, and serves translations through LangRelay.
How does Linguise pricing compare with LangRelay?
Both count a source word once for each language it is translated into. Linguise START is $15 a month per domain for 200,000 translated words, with unlimited languages; LARGE, $45 a month, has no word limit (fair usage applies). LangRelay Starter is €19 a month for 3 Sites, 3 languages per Site and 150,000 words a month. After the first translation, only new or changed text uses words.
Can I switch from Linguise to LangRelay?
Yes. Install the LangRelay plugin and connect your Site; LangRelay crawls and translates your pages, so you don’t need an export from Linguise. On WordPress both use subdirectories such as /fr/. Linguise translates URL slugs automatically, while LangRelay’s are set by hand, so set the slugs you want to keep or add redirects so existing links keep working.
Does Linguise have an MCP server?
Not that we could find on linguise.com. LangRelay’s MCP is on the way; today you can ask Relay, LangRelay’s built-in agent, from inside the dashboard.
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Sources
Every Linguise claim on this page comes from Linguise’s own pages: its website, its documentation or its WordPress.org listing. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we’ll correct it.
Linguise
- www.linguise.com/documentation/edit-translation-with-rules/edit-translations-using-the-frontend-editor-tool/ (checked 5 October 2026)
- www.linguise.com/integrations/wordpress-automatic-translation-plugin/ (checked 5 October 2026)
- www.linguise.com/linguise-faq/billing-faq/what-is-the-price-of-the-linguise-ai-translation/ (checked 5 October 2026)
- www.linguise.com/documentation/edit-translation-with-rules/text-replacement-rules-replace-content-all-over-your-translations/ (checked 5 October 2026)
- www.linguise.com/documentation/linguise-installation/install-linguise-on-wordpress/ (checked 5 October 2026)
- wordpress.org/plugins/linguise/ (checked 5 October 2026)
- www.linguise.com/prices/ (checked 5 October 2026)
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