As part of the updated price plans, Lokalise now includes two tiers of AI and machine translation: Standard AI/MT and Pro AI. These options are designed to support different types of content, translation quality requirements, and workflow complexity — from simple machine translation to advanced, context-aware automation.
In this article, we’ll explain what’s included in Standard AI/MT and Pro AI, key differences, and when to use each.
Standard AI/MT
Standard AI/MT gives you access to essential machine translation systems:
Google Translate
DeepL
This option is built for speed and scale, where fast output is more important than tone or nuance. It’s a good fit when you need reliable machine translation without context-aware AI features.
Key characteristics:
Manual engine selection
No context awareness — translations don’t consider key descriptions, glossaries, or other localization metadata
No scoring or automated routing
Prioritizes volume and simplicity over precision
Best for:
Internal documentation
Low-traffic web pages
Repetitive or formulaic content
Teams focused on efficiency and budget
Pro AI
Pro AI is Lokalise’s advanced AI solution — built for teams that care about translation quality, brand voice, and automation. It expands on Standard AI/MT by adding intelligent features, advanced routing, and quality assurance.
What’s included:
Access to multiple large language models (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude)
Automated routing — Lokalise selects the best AI engine based on content and language pair
Context awareness — AI can use localization assets and metadata such as glossaries, style guides, descriptions, and task context.
AI-powered quality scoring — each translation is automatically scored (0–100) using Multidimensional Quality Metrics (MQM)
Learn more in the Translation scoring article.
Retranslation triggers — segments with low scores can be flagged for retranslation or review
Human-in-the-loop workflows — optionally include human reviewers for high-risk content
Custom AI profiles — use translation memory or existing translations as additional context to improve consistency with your terminology and style.
Best for:
Product UI, marketing copy, and high-visibility content
Teams focused on tone, terminology, and brand fidelity
Workflows requiring automated quality feedback
Mature localization setups aiming to balance automation with accuracy
Pro AI gives you the efficiency of automation with the control of human review, ensuring high-quality translations that scale with your content needs.
Quotas and usage
AI translation operations can consume both processed words and an AI-specific allowance.
Standard AI/MT translations can consume processed words. Depending on your plan, a separate Standard AI/MT character allowance may also apply.
Pro AI translations consume your Pro AI translated words allowance and can also consume processed words when they create or update countable translation content.
Some AI-powered features have different usage rules. For example, AI LQA consumes Pro AI translated words but does not consume processed words because it evaluates existing translations without creating or modifying them.
For details on quota calculation and usage, see: