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Transifex effortlessly localizes digital content with AI and offers developer-focused features for seamless, large-scale projects.
In a nutshell, Transifex can help you
Handle diverse projects with additional file formats, Native, and Live
Streamline continuous localization and empower your dev team
Improve team collaboration with robust communication functionalities
Some of The Fastest Growing Companies Prefer Transifex for Localization
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Choosing the Right Localization Tool:
A Comparative Guide between Transifex and Lokalise

First of all, kudos to Lokalise for creating a solid and visually appealing platform!

While Lokalise offers a range of localization features, Transifex’s developer-centric approach, superior continuous localization capabilities, robust communication tools, and support for multiple file formats make it the go-to choice for developers and engineers.

To explore this in more detail, we’ve evaluated Lokalise alongside Transifex, focusing on key features, use cases, and price points. Hopefully, our research will help you understand how Transifex and Lokalise compare, so you can choose the best option for your localization project.
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Transifex AI and TQI
Transifex AI is basically your brand’s translator, designed to deliver large-scale, context-aware translations that are continuously refined to adhere and respect your unique brand voice. Transifex Quality Index (TQI) is your auto-reviewer that post-edits and verifies translations automatically, ensuring they are ready to be published.
Transifex TMS
The localization hub that brings together 40+ integrations , AI, MT, Translation Memory (TM), workflow automation, real-time collaboration, and support for diverse content types and formats for optimal localization management.
Transifex Live
Provides real-time website localization that enables seamless Over-the-Air (OTA) publishing of translated content. It's a one-stop-shop for marketers and product marketers aiming to significantly reduce developer dependency by integrating Transifex Live directly with their website.
Transifex Native
A solution originally built by developers for developers, Transifex Native offers a developer-friendly project type that enables direct integration of continuous localization into your CI/CD processes for any application. This allows developers to work directly on localization projects without spending time learning the Transifex platform.
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Transifex vs. Lokalise: The Ultimate Developer’s Choice
While Lokalise provides a stylish and user-friendly platform that is easy to use and learn, Transifex excels with its developer-centric design, advanced functionality, and extensive file type support, offering greater project flexibility. Tailored for complex localization strategies, Transifex is the ideal choice for developers seeking efficiency and precision in their localization workflows.
Built by Developers for Developers

Transifex was crafted with a deep understanding of the challenges developers face. With robust webhooks, Transifex handles asynchronous situations smoothly, ensuring that notifications and updates are timely and accurate.

Engineers also benefit from not having to know or use directly the Transifex platform. How? Transifex's CLI is designed to be user-friendly, allowing developers to effortlessly migrate, create new projects, or change project types. This is something that your dev team will surely come to appreciate.
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Live-Native Content Serving

Transifex Native seamlessly embeds localization directly into applications, automatically syncing content with Transifex for real-time updates and smooth integration with development workflows, allowing developers to use Transifex without deep platform knowledge.

In contrast, Transifex Live provides an intuitive, in-context localization experience for web content, enabling marketers and non-technical users to publish translated content over-the-air (OTA) directly into production, freeing developer time from localization tasks.
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Continuous Localization

We’ve received many testimonials praising Transifex’s continuous localization capabilities. Our powerful Git integration, with multi-branch support and two-way synchronization, is a standout feature. With auto push to Git using webhooks, you can set triggers for 100% translated, reviewed, and proofread content, ensuring seamless updates.
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Glossary, Communication and Team Management

While both platforms offer extensive glossary, collaborator communication and team management functionalities, we found that Transifex has some additional functionalities often praised by its users.

Transifex's glossary for example offers translation checks, and translation warnings to ensure consistency and accuracy in glossary terms. Additionally, when it comes to communication and team management it offers 1:1 discussions, team discussions, as well as project-level announcements, and organization-wide updates.
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Top Features and Integrations Comparison Table
To wrap up, built by developers for developers Transifex’s intuitive CLI, continuous localization capabilities, comprehensive glossary and translation check features, and robust communication tools ensure a seamless workflow for development teams. On the other hand, if you’re looking for a more user-friendly and stylish platform, Lokalise might be a better fit.

But before making your final decision, let’s dive into some standout differences between the two:
Web-Based Editor True True
CAT Features True True
Branching True True
Native Project Types True False
Live Website Localization True False
Machine Translation (MT) True True
Auto AI-Generated Content Review True False
Glossary True True
QA Checks on Glossary Terms True False
Advanced Communication Options True False
Translation Memory (TM) True True
Translation Memory (TM) Management True False
HubSpot True True
Azure Repos True True
Drupal True False
ReadMe True False
Shopify True False
BigCommerce True False

See What Our Customers Say

“We are passionate about meeting our customers where they are, and Transifex Live has empowered us to connect with all of our customers globally
at scale.”

“With Transifex, we’re confident that our content is always in sync, allowing us to focus on growth without the backend concerns. It’s a game-changer for us at Doist, delivering tangible time savings and ROI.”

“The robust automation capabilities brought by the Figma integration have led to substantial cost savings! We saw faster time to market for our localized products and campaigns, giving us a competitive edge in a fast moving market.”

“Our journey with Transifex has been nothing but positive, reinforcing our belief in the power of strong partnerships to bring innovative solutions to life.”

CELONIS CASE STUDY
“It truly feels like we are one team with Transifex, working together towards a common goal.”

-Julia, Senior Training Manager, Celonis

70%
Reduction in Translation Turnaround Time
2x
Faster Speed to Market
5x
Increase in Monthly Course Completions
4+
Languages to Expand Global Reach
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Users love localizing with Transifex
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