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What Is Tolgee?

An open-source localization platform developers enjoy to work with. No more looking for keys in your source code, no more editing localization files, and no more data exporting for translators.

The core reason behind all inaccurate translations is missing context. Uploading screenshots to provide context has never been so simple. Screenshots can be automatically generated in an in-context editing view using the Tolgee Chrome plugin.

Who Uses Tolgee?

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Tolgee Software - Smart platform & Painless translation with machine translation, translation memory and auto translations.
Tolgee Software - Edit translations in a simple UI, see translation history, and add comments.
Tolgee Software - Integrate in seconds in all major JS frameworks. It’s super easy to integrate and you don’t have to look for any other tool to translate your app.
Tolgee Software - Get 3 000 translations & 10 000 machine translation credits for free.
Tolgee Software - You can enjoy Tolgee app also in dark mode.

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Reviews of Tolgee

Average score

Overall
4.6
Ease of Use
4.6
Customer Service
4.7
Features
4.4
Value for Money
4.7

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001

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5
66%
4
30%
3
4%
Rolando
Rolando
Monitoring and Evualuation Specialist in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Nonprofit Organization Management, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Great tool for Managing translation tasks

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

I like that is really great for using it for a team at the same time, it syncs, and also that keeps good track of status changes, plus the search is great either with tags or something specific. And is really great when you are working in different teams, you can compare with what other teams did.

Cons:

sometimes I required to doble click the validation button because the status rolledback to previous status, it might be internet connection issue, but I think it wasn't that.

Tolgee Response

2 years ago

Thanks for your great review, Rolando. The issue with the double click should be resolved now, thanks for reporting it. In case it still persists, let us know please.

David
COO in Czechia
Computer Software, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Great product for translation

5.0 10 months ago

Comments: My overall experience with Tolgee was exceptionally positive, standing out when compared to numerous other products in the market. Its quick response times, clarity in presentation, and the inclusion of automated translation features significantly saved time and streamlined the translation process. This combination of efficiency, user-friendliness, and time-saving automation made it a highly satisfactory tool to work with.

Pros:

The aspects of Tolgee that stood out the most were its competitive pricing structure, user-friendly interface, and the extensive array of features it offers. This made it an appealing option, delivering excellent value and enhancing operational efficiency through its supportive functionalities and ease of navigation. These advantages made it highly favorable compared to other options.

Cons:

One of the few drawbacks of Tolgee was the challenge in locating the most recently translated string, along with a navigation system within the translation fields that relies too heavily on mouse interaction. A keyboard-centric approach for navigation would be greatly preferred for enhancing efficiency and ease of use.

Tolgee Response

5 months ago

Hi David, thanks for the great review! We're glad you found Tolgee's pricing, features, and user-friendly interface appealing. We appreciate your feedback on navigation and will work to improve it.

Pawel
Data Engineer in Norway
Computer Software, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

First translation tool I've ever used

3.0 10 months ago

Pros:

It works. I don't really have experience with any other tools of this kind.

Cons:

Might be just the way our team uses it, but using Tolgee still requires action on the front-end side to make the translations available for the website. It would be better if I didn't have to touch the front-end code to add a translation.

Tolgee Response

10 months ago

Hello Pawel, thank you for sharing your experience! Have you had a chance to explore our Content Delivery feature? It might offer a smoother solution for your team. Here's the link for more details: https://tolgee.io/platform/projects_and_organizations/content_delivery Thanks again for your support.

PETER
Translator, reviewer and Asante Twi Language Consultant in Ghana
Writing & Editing, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Mood

4.0 last year

Comments: It is user friendly. It is not too complicated to use.

Pros:

Its data user friendliness and easy navigation

Cons:

Its mood. I wish you could add yellow background (mood).

Matthias
Full Stack Developer in Belgium
Program Development, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Review from o2o developer

4.0 5 months ago

Comments: As a developer I like working with it but it was a bit hard to integrate with our setup due to the compatibility build of vue

Pros:

The product is ideal for working together with our copy and translation team and helps us to ge translations faster and more correct into production

Cons:

It was our choice to implement it in an app which runs the vue compatibility build and that does not always align with minor software upgrades from tolgee. CDN has some downtime sometimes.

Tolgee Response

5 months ago

Thank you for your review, Matthias! We're glad that Tolgee is helping your team with faster and more accurate translations. The outage was due to an issue with Microsoft Azure and unfortunately and was beyond our control. If you have any further suggestions, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Marketing & Advertising, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Great Features and Easy to Use for Localization

5.0 6 months ago

Pros:

User-Friendly: Tolgee is incredibly intuitive, making it easy for anyone to get started quickly. Time-Saving: The machine learning feature saves a lot of time, which is crucial in startup environments like ours. Live Translation: The ability to translate text directly on the page, with context available, is incredibly powerful. Seamless Collaboration: Inviting colleagues is very simple and they can quickly understand how to use the platform.

Cons:

Honestly, I can't find any cons. Tolgee works perfectly and meets all my needs, providing a smooth and efficient localization experience.

Tolgee Response

5 months ago

Thank you so much for your absolutely amazing review! Super glad you like our in-context tools.

Robin
Senior Software Engineer in Belgium
Information Technology & Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Easily translation for software

5.0 6 months ago

Pros:

- easy of access - multiple languages - handles JSON (and other formats) really well - easy export of different localization files in correct format - machine translation - custom team roles - clear easy design - great support

Cons:

I don't really have any cons, I had a pleasant time with Tolgee while we used it.

Tolgee Response

5 months ago

Thank you for your awesome review, Robin! We're thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with Tolgee, especially with our support. Your kind words mean a lot

Brenden
CTO in Belgium
Information Services, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Easy to use translation management

5.0 8 months ago

Comments: Very happy with the tool up until now. Can recommend.

Pros:

Price-quality level of Tolgee is perfect.

Cons:

Integration has to happen through an API.

Tolgee Response

5 months ago

Hi Brenden, thanks for your nice review. You can also use Tolgee without the API key integration if you wish to.

Pierantonio
Head of project management office in Italy
Information Technology & Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

The TMS we were waiting for!

5.0 6 months ago

Pros:

Tolgee is an exceptional localization platform that offers a seamless, non-disruptive adoption curve for technical, functional, and product teams alike. We chose Tolgee because it provides an intuitive and efficient solution for managing the translations of our digital products, which include both a mobile application and a web application. Its comprehensive features and user-friendly interface have significantly streamlined our translation process, enhancing our overall productivity and ensuring high-quality localization across all platforms.

Cons:

We have not identified any pitfall yet.

Tolgee Response

5 months ago

Thanks for the awesome review, Pierantonio! We're thrilled to be "The TMS you were waiting for"! If you need anything, we're here for you.

Kalyn
Software Developer II in US
Nonprofit Organization Management, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Tolgee makes translation management effortless

5.0 8 months ago

Comments: Very positive, Tolgee has increased development efforts since developers can worry less and spend less time on translation management.

Pros:

Mostly intuitive UI and well integrated with machine translation providers. Easily manage translation keys across many languages. Import/export. API and CLI tools readily available. Easily filter and mark translations. See overall stats and progress on translations per language. Tolgee team is consistency improving the product, i.e. new features, new batch APIs, etc.

Cons:

Nothing overly negative to say about Tolgee. Only thing I wish was different is that "select all" is a batch API operation that can sometimes have issues, but I realize that it is that way since not all translations are loaded on the screen at once.

Tolgee Response

8 months ago

Hello Kalyn, thank you for your great review and detailed feedback!  Regarding the "select all" batch API operation, we're eager to address any issues you've encountered. Could you please share more details with us at [email protected]? Your feedback helps us improve continuously. Thanks again for your support!

Armen
IT Manager in US
Nonprofit Organization Management, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

A great low-cost alternative to big name platforms

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Before discovering tolgee all of the translations for our projects where managed through excel files. It is needless to say how ingredient it was. At some point we realized we needed a translation management solution. I spent a couple of months researching available options. I found out that most of the solutions out there were either prohibitively expensive or didn't have the required functionality. Even many of the paid solutions didn't always have all of the features we needed. And then I discovered tolgee...

Pros:

Tolgee is fully-featured, well designed, modern and slick translation management system. It had every handy feature we needed out of the box. It's also open source and very easy to deploy and configure should you choose a self-hosted option.

Cons:

Tolgee is still young and undergoes major development and improvement. This may lead to some breaking changes if your apps rely on tolgee's API.

Tolgee Response

2 years ago

Dear Armen, thank you for your great review! We're glad that Tolgee has been a significant improvement for your translation management needs. We are constantly working to improve our system and make it even better for our users.

Razvan
Frontend Developer in Italy
Information Technology & Services, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Quick and organised translation

5.0 last year

Pros:

I like the fact that Tolgee is free if you decide to self-host it and the guides to make it happen are very detailed. The user interface is intuitive and minimal and this makes it very efficient. The machine translation (configured with our API key) was gold for our translator as it reduced drastically the time spend on single translation.

Cons:

We had a bug that sometimes crashed the connection between the app and the database and it was kind difficult to identify it. But once we understood the problem and talk with support, they released a new version that fixed the bug.

JOHNPAUL
Translator in Ghana
Translation & Localization, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

JohnPaul's Translation

4.0 last year

Pros:

I like the way it is easy to use and also the way it is easy to sort out keys

Cons:

I didn't like the way it was difficult for auto correct to work

Arnaud
Mobile developer in France
Computer Software, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Thanks for the amazing job!

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: We are confident that we can translate our app in every langage we would want in the future with tolgee

Pros:

We were able to automate our process, and include our product team in the process of handling translations

Cons:

Long to setup, we had to make our own scripts to handle sending/receiving translations

Tolgee Response

2 years ago

Thank you so much for your review, Arnaud! We're thrilled to hear that Tolgee has helped you automate your process and involve your product team in translation handling. We'd love to learn about your specific case with the setup scripts. Please reach us out at [email protected], we'd love to help. Thank you.

Tommy
Senior Systems Synthesis Specialist in Denmark
Automotive, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Room for improvement

3.0 last year

Pros:

I like the most that it integrates with many different solutions and frameworks, and that it's open source and can be self-hosted

Cons:

Sometimes the UI feels laggy, and cumbersome

Tolgee Response

last year

Hi Tommy, Thank you for sharing your feedback! It's great that you appreciate Tolgee's integration capabilities. I'm sorry to hear about the UI concerns. We'd love to hear more about your experience to make it better! Please reach out at [email protected]. Best, Jan

Amit
Architect in Israel
Internet, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Great system for open source translations

5.0 last year

Pros:

Ease of use for translating one key at a time,

Cons:

I would like to be able to use machine translation as the base for translations

Tolgee Response

last year

Hi Amit, thank you for your nice review! You can use multiple machine translation providers (Google Translate, AWS, DeepL, Tolgee Translator or Azure) and translate all your strings of your project in a batch automatically.

Kelvin
Linguistics coordinator in Kenya
Religious Institutions, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

BTL EA Review of Tolgee

5.0 11 months ago

Comments: Exceptional and satisfactorily. It was easy to learn to use.

Pros:

Ease of use and the efficiency. Tolgee also has a very friendly and appealing interface.

Cons:

Machine Translation is yet to be fully developed.

Alex
Dev in Italy
Marketing & Advertising, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Tolgee experience with laravel

4.0 last year

Pros:

it has an easy api and its easy to connect with other projects

Cons:

UI could be improved and also Multilanguage logic

Tolgee Response

last year

Hi Alex, thanks a lot for your nice review! Would you please specify what you mean precisely by Multilanguage logic? Let me know by e-mail at [email protected]. Thank you very much!

Gianmarco
Software Engineer in Italy
Information Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Very useful product

4.0 last year

Pros:

Ease of use and user friendly interface.Machine Translation.Easy to install.Support.

Cons:

Haven't found any issue with my current use

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Modern opensource

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Opensource, modern and great looking user interface

Cons:

The documentation could be improved, and it would be nice if the translation files could be downloaded with CI/CD

Tolgee Response

2 years ago

Thank you very much for your review. We are super happy that you like the UI of Tolgee! Translations files actually can by downloaded with CI/CD. You are right, we definitely need to add this information into our documentation. We would love to hear your feedback or suggestions regarding Tolgee's documentation! Could you please reach out to us at [email protected] or join our Tolgee Slack community to share the details? Thank you!

Fernando
Frontend Developer in Spain
Health, Wellness & Fitness, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Review

4.0 last year

Pros:

The main thing that I liked about Tolgee was the documentation, flexibility and their customer support.

Cons:

The plugin for the browser sometimes gets bugged and you cannot click any other thing until you press alt+click (Using electron)

Tolgee Response

last year

Thanks for your awesome feedback, Fernando! Sorry to hear about the browser plugin glitch. If it bugs you again, just drop us a line, and we'll help you get back on track. 🛠️

Akshay
SOFTWARE ENGIEER in India
Computer Software, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Internatiolization is very easy With Tolgee

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Its very simple to use and time saving.

Pros:

It saves a lot of time for tanslations. We get a accurate translations.

Cons:

Currently i have not found any cons as a user and as per our requirements.

Tolgee Response

2 years ago

Thank you for this amazing review, Akshay! We are thrilled to hear that Tolgee platform has contributed to streamlining your workflow. Thank you for being a part of the Tolgee community!

Paul
Lead Product Manager in France
Banking, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Excellent saas

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: perfect

Pros:

Easy to use, fast to implement. UX quite good

Cons:

I need to redeploy our infrastructure in order to see the translations. Not a big deal

Tolgee Response

2 years ago

Dear Paul, thank you for your brief but great review! We hope that Tolgee will continue to serve you as a useful tool!

Eunice
Data Scientist in France
Market Research, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Tolgee is a really useful software

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: The translation is very easy and very fast. It is a real gain of time.

Pros:

The integration is pretty easy because we didn't have any other software which was doing the same thing, we would just translate everything manually which was pretty long. What I like the most is the automated translation which is very accurate and help me translate everything in a very short period of time. The collaboration in team is also very easy.

Cons:

The product is already really good but if I had an advice of improvement, I would use some machine learning to add a percentage of accuracy of the translation using the data of people who changed the automated translation with something else.

Tolgee Response

2 years ago

Hi Eunice, thank you for this very positive review! In 2023, we plan to create Tolgee's very own translator to provide the best possible software translation results, reflecting particular context and terminology. Stay tuned!

Aslı
Backend Team Leader in Türkiye
E-Learning, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Morla Moves Tolgee Experience

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

We really like text editing and in context translating, I think it's a great way to add non technical teams to localization processes. I did the implementation myself and it was really easy too, even though I'm mostly working with backend technologies I easily manage to do Toggle implementation. Also, documentation is really good too.

Cons:

I don't really have any dislikes, maybe a little bit more examples could be good.

Tolgee Response

2 years ago

Thank you for your review; we are glad you like the in-context feature! We plan to update Tolgee documentation very soon, so we will make sure to add some more examples.

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