[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":503},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-/blog/verbi-vs-weglot":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":466,"extension":467,"meta":468,"navigation":491,"path":499,"seo":500,"stem":501,"__hash__":502},"blog/blog/verbi-vs-weglot.md","Verbi vs Weglot (2026): Pricing, SEO & Which to Choose",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":446},"minimark",[9,21,39,48,53,220,224,229,242,258,262,270,277,281,284,296,314,318,321,339,342,346,361,365,370,386,391,410,414,418,421,425,428,432,435,439],[10,11,12],"p",{},[13,14,15,16,20],"strong",{},"Verbi and Weglot both translate your website automatically and handle multilingual SEO. The difference is the pricing model and the plumbing: Weglot caps a running total of translated words ",[17,18,19],"em",{},"and"," your number of languages per tier, so costs climb as you grow — five languages costs $87/month, ten costs $329. Verbi charges a flat monthly price with languages that don't multiply your bill: ten languages on the $35 Growth plan, unlimited on the $79 Business plan. Weglot counters with far broader platform and language coverage and more mature translation-management tools. Here's the honest breakdown.",[10,22,23,24,33,34,38],{},"First, a disclosure you should expect from a page like this: we make Verbi. We also think Weglot is a genuinely good product — it earned its ",[25,26,32],"a",{"href":27,"target":28,"rel":29},"https://www.weglot.com/","_blank",[30,31],"noopener","noreferrer","110,000+ customers"," with fast setup and some of the broadest platform coverage in the category. If you read our ",[25,35,37],{"href":36},"/blog/weglot-alternatives","guide to Weglot alternatives",", you'll see we tell a chunk of readers to stay put. This page exists for the specific question the two of us get compared on: what you actually pay as your languages grow, and how each tool serves translated pages.",[10,40,41,42,47],{},"All Weglot figures below come from ",[25,43,46],{"href":44,"target":28,"rel":45},"https://www.weglot.com/pricing",[30,31],"weglot.com/pricing"," and Weglot's own documentation, checked July 6, 2026. Pricing drifts — verify before you commit.",[49,50,52],"h2",{"id":51},"verbi-vs-weglot-at-a-glance","Verbi vs Weglot at a Glance",[54,55,56,71],"table",{},[57,58,59],"thead",{},[60,61,62,65,68],"tr",{},[63,64],"th",{},[63,66,67],{},"Verbi",[63,69,70],{},"Weglot",[72,73,74,89,100,111,121,132,143,154,165,176,187,198,209],"tbody",{},[60,75,76,80,83],{},[77,78,79],"td",{},"Pricing model",[77,81,82],{},"Flat monthly price per plan",[77,84,85,86,88],{},"Per-tier caps on stored words ",[13,87,19],{}," languages",[60,90,91,94,97],{},[77,92,93],{},"3 languages",[77,95,96],{},"$15/mo (Starter)",[77,98,99],{},"$32/mo (Business, 50K words)",[60,101,102,105,108],{},[77,103,104],{},"5 languages",[77,106,107],{},"$35/mo (Growth)",[77,109,110],{},"$87/mo (Pro, 200K words)",[60,112,113,116,118],{},[77,114,115],{},"10 languages",[77,117,107],{},[77,119,120],{},"$329/mo (Advanced, 1M words)",[60,122,123,126,129],{},[77,124,125],{},"20+ languages",[77,127,128],{},"$79/mo (Business, unlimited languages)",[77,130,131],{},"$769/mo (Extended, 20 languages)",[60,133,134,137,140],{},[77,135,136],{},"Translation engine",[77,138,139],{},"DeepL (bring your own key supported)",[77,141,142],{},"DeepL / Google / Microsoft, auto-selected, + custom AI model",[60,144,145,148,151],{},[77,146,147],{},"Languages available",[77,149,150],{},"20+",[77,152,153],{},"110+",[60,155,156,159,162],{},[77,157,158],{},"SEO URL structure",[77,160,161],{},"Subdirectories (/fr, /de) on your domain, every plan",[77,163,164],{},"Depends on integration; subdomains on the generic setup, translated URL slugs from Pro ($87), custom reverse-proxy subdirectories positioned for Enterprise",[60,166,167,170,173],{},[77,168,169],{},"hreflang + translated metadata",[77,171,172],{},"Automatic, every plan (+ translated sitemaps)",[77,174,175],{},"Automatic on server-side/proxy integrations",[60,177,178,181,184],{},[77,179,180],{},"How it connects",[77,182,183],{},"One DNS record, any platform where you control DNS",[77,185,186],{},"Native plugins (WordPress, Shopify, etc.) or JS snippet",[60,188,189,192,195],{},[77,190,191],{},"Works on closed platforms (Wix, Squarespace)",[77,193,194],{},"No — needs DNS control",[77,196,197],{},"Yes",[60,199,200,203,206],{},[77,201,202],{},"Visual post-editing",[77,204,205],{},"Glossary + exclusions",[77,207,208],{},"Full visual editor, translation list, pro-translator ordering",[60,210,211,214,217],{},[77,212,213],{},"Free trial",[77,215,216],{},"14 days, no credit card",[77,218,219],{},"14 days (free plan: 2,000 words, 1 language)",[49,221,223],{"id":222},"the-pricing-difference-concretely","The Pricing Difference, Concretely",[225,226,228],"h3",{"id":227},"how-weglots-caps-work","How Weglot's caps work",[10,230,231,232,237,238,241],{},"Weglot plans cap two things at once. The first is languages per tier: 1 on Starter ($17/mo), 3 on Business ($32/mo), 5 on Pro ($87/mo), 10 on Advanced ($329/mo), 20 on Extended ($769/mo). The second is a word count — and what that number counts matters. Per ",[25,233,236],{"href":234,"target":28,"rel":235},"https://support.weglot.com/article/59-total-number-translated-words",[30,31],"Weglot's documentation",", it's the ",[13,239,240],{},"running total of words stored across all your language pairs",", counted once per word per target language. An 8,000-word site translated into 3 languages consumes roughly 24,000 words of a 50,000-word plan — before you've written your next blog post.",[10,243,244,245,248,249,252,253,257],{},"The practical consequence is the cliff we described in our ",[25,246,247],{"href":36},"Weglot alternatives guide",": the two caps rarely fill up evenly. Most sites hit ",[17,250,251],{},"one"," ceiling — usually languages — long before the other, and the fix is a full tier jump. Going from 5 languages to 6 means Pro ($87) to Advanced ($329): nearly 4x the price for one more language. Weglot even offers an opt-in ",[25,254,256],{"href":44,"target":28,"rel":255},[30,31],"auto-upgrade feature"," that moves you to the next tier automatically when you exceed a limit.",[225,259,261],{"id":260},"how-verbis-pricing-works","How Verbi's pricing works",[10,263,264,265,269],{},"Verbi charges a flat monthly price where languages don't multiply the bill: ",[25,266,268],{"href":267},"/pricing","Starter is $15/month"," with 3 languages, Growth is $35/month with 10, and Business is $79/month with unlimited languages. Plans meter monthly translation volume in characters (50K/250K/1M), which renews each month — adding a language to an existing plan costs nothing until you outgrow the plan's volume.",[10,271,272,273,276],{},"The honest caveat in the other direction: Verbi supports ",[25,274,125],{"href":275},"/languages",", all DeepL-translated. If you need Hindi, Thai, or the long tail of Weglot's 110+ language list, Weglot covers ground we don't.",[49,278,280],{"id":279},"seo-how-translated-pages-actually-get-served","SEO: How Translated Pages Actually Get Served",[10,282,283],{},"Both tools handle the multilingual SEO table stakes — hreflang tags, translated metadata, sitemaps — automatically. The difference is in the URL structure and what it takes to get it.",[10,285,286,287,290,291,295],{},"Verbi works at the DNS level on any platform: point one CNAME at Verbi and every language serves as a ",[13,288,289],{},"subdirectory on your own domain"," (yourdomain.com/fr, /de), server-rendered and indexable, on every plan. That's the structure most practitioners prefer for ",[25,292,294],{"href":293},"/blog/subdomain-vs-subdirectory","consolidating SEO authority"," into one domain.",[10,297,298,299,302,303,308,309,313],{},"Weglot's URL structure depends on how you integrate. Server-side integrations like the WordPress plugin give you subdirectories natively. The generic integration for other stacks uses ",[13,300,301],{},"subdomains"," (fr.yourdomain.com) via CNAME records; standard subdirectory mode requires routing your site's DNS through Weglot's servers, and running subdirectories through your own reverse proxy is positioned as an ",[25,304,307],{"href":305,"target":28,"rel":306},"https://www.weglot.com/technical-presentation",[30,31],"Enterprise arrangement",". Two features are also plan-gated: translated URL slugs start on Pro ($87/mo), and per-language top-level domains on Extended ($769/mo). One thing to avoid on any budget: Weglot's JavaScript-only mode is client-side, and ",[25,310,312],{"href":305,"target":28,"rel":311},[30,31],"Weglot's own technical docs"," note those translations aren't detected by search engines.",[49,315,317],{"id":316},"translation-quality-and-editing","Translation Quality and Editing",[10,319,320],{},"Weglot auto-selects among DeepL, Google Translate, and Microsoft Translator per language pair (you don't choose), and in 2025 added a custom AI language model — trained on your tone, glossary, and past edits — included with paid plans. Its post-editing tooling is mature: a visual in-context editor, translation lists, and in-dashboard ordering of professional human translation.",[10,322,323,324,328,329,333,334,338],{},"Verbi is DeepL-only by design — ",[25,325,327],{"href":326},"/blog/deepl-vs-google-translate","DeepL consistently benchmarks among the strongest engines"," for European languages, which is most of Verbi's 20+ language catalog — with a ",[25,330,332],{"href":331},"/features/glossary","glossary and exclusion rules"," for controlling brand terms, and the option to ",[25,335,337],{"href":336},"/features/byok","bring your own DeepL API key",". Verbi also caches translated pages at Cloudflare's edge (300+ locations), so translated pages load fast without touching your origin.",[10,340,341],{},"If your workflow involves heavy human post-editing across a large team, Weglot's tooling is deeper. If your goal is accurate, SEO-correct translations that stay in sync without a workflow, that's the job Verbi is built for.",[49,343,345],{"id":344},"one-thing-to-check-before-committing-to-either","One Thing to Check Before Committing to Either",[10,347,348,349,354,355,360],{},"Both tools are hosted services: translations are generated and served by the vendor, and stop serving if you cancel. With Weglot, note two specifics from their documentation: cancelled projects are ",[25,350,353],{"href":351,"target":28,"rel":352},"https://support.weglot.com/article/247-how-to-cancel-my-subscription",[30,31],"deleted after three months of inactivity",", and self-serve export of your translations (CSV/XLIFF) is ",[25,356,359],{"href":357,"target":28,"rel":358},"https://support.weglot.com/article/206-can-i-export-my-translations",[30,31],"available on the Advanced plan ($329/mo) and above"," — on Starter, Business, or Pro, your edited translations have no documented bulk export path. If you expect to invest heavily in manual translation edits, factor that in whichever tool you pick.",[49,362,364],{"id":363},"which-should-you-choose","Which Should You Choose?",[10,366,367],{},[13,368,369],{},"Choose Weglot when:",[371,372,373,377,380,383],"ul",{},[374,375,376],"li",{},"You're on a closed platform — Wix, Squarespace, or anywhere you can't add a DNS record. Weglot's plugin/snippet model works there; Verbi doesn't.",[374,378,379],{},"You need languages beyond DeepL's coverage — Weglot's 110+ list is far longer than Verbi's 20+.",[374,381,382],{},"Your team does serious human post-editing — the visual editor and pro-translation ordering are genuinely better.",[374,384,385],{},"You're comfortable inside one tier's caps and don't expect to add languages. Within a tier, Weglot is a polished, proven product.",[10,387,388],{},[13,389,390],{},"Choose Verbi when:",[371,392,393,396,399,402],{},[374,394,395],{},"Your costs need to stay flat as languages grow — 10 languages is $35/month, not $329.",[374,397,398],{},"You want subdirectory URLs on your own domain without routing your whole site through the vendor or negotiating Enterprise.",[374,400,401],{},"Your languages are European-market — you get DeepL quality on every page, plus edge caching.",[374,403,404,405,409],{},"You own your DNS (SaaS marketing sites, WordPress, Framer, Next.js, custom stacks) and want setup to be one CNAME record with ",[25,406,408],{"href":407},"/docs/getting-started/quick-start","nothing to install",".",[49,411,413],{"id":412},"frequently-asked-questions","Frequently Asked Questions",[225,415,417],{"id":416},"is-verbi-cheaper-than-weglot","Is Verbi cheaper than Weglot?",[10,419,420],{},"At more than a couple of languages, substantially. Three languages: $15/month on Verbi vs $32 on Weglot. Five: $35 vs $87. Ten: $35 vs $329. Twenty: $79 (unlimited languages) vs $769. At exactly one language on a small site, Weglot's Starter ($17) and free plan (2,000 words) are competitive with Verbi's Starter ($15) — the gap opens as you add languages. (Weglot prices are their monthly USD rates as of July 2026; Weglot bills roughly two months cheaper on annual plans.)",[225,422,424],{"id":423},"does-weglots-word-count-reset-every-month","Does Weglot's word count reset every month?",[10,426,427],{},"No. Per Weglot's documentation, the word count is a running total of words stored across all language pairs — each word counts once per target language, and the quota frees up only if you delete translations. Verbi's character quota is a monthly volume that renews.",[225,429,431],{"id":430},"can-i-use-subdirectories-fr-de-with-weglot-like-with-verbi","Can I use subdirectories (/fr, /de) with Weglot like with Verbi?",[10,433,434],{},"It depends on your stack. Weglot's server-side integrations (e.g. the WordPress plugin) support subdirectories natively. On other stacks the standard options are subdomains, routing your DNS through Weglot's servers for subdirectories, or an Enterprise custom reverse-proxy setup. Verbi serves subdirectories on your own domain on every plan, on any platform where you control DNS.",[225,436,438],{"id":437},"can-i-try-both","Can I try both?",[10,440,441,442,445],{},"Yes — both offer 14-day free trials. Weglot's trial gives you 10,000 words and 1 language, then drops to its free plan (2,000 words). ",[25,443,444],{"href":267},"Verbi's trial"," starts automatically on signup with no credit card, and you're never charged when it ends. Setting both up on a staging domain and comparing output for your actual languages is an afternoon well spent.",{"title":447,"searchDepth":448,"depth":448,"links":449},"",3,[450,452,456,457,458,459,460],{"id":51,"depth":451,"text":52},2,{"id":222,"depth":451,"text":223,"children":453},[454,455],{"id":227,"depth":448,"text":228},{"id":260,"depth":448,"text":261},{"id":279,"depth":451,"text":280},{"id":316,"depth":451,"text":317},{"id":344,"depth":451,"text":345},{"id":363,"depth":451,"text":364},{"id":412,"depth":451,"text":413,"children":461},[462,463,464,465],{"id":416,"depth":448,"text":417},{"id":423,"depth":448,"text":424},{"id":430,"depth":448,"text":431},{"id":437,"depth":448,"text":438},"Verbi vs Weglot, compared honestly. Real 2026 pricing at 3, 5, and 10 languages, how the word caps actually work, multilingual SEO handling, and where each tool genuinely wins.","md",{"image":469,"head":473},{"src":470,"width":471,"height":472},"/blog/verbi-vs-weglot.webp",1200,630,{"meta":474,"og":486,"twitter":489},[475,478,481,483],{"name":476,"content":477},"keywords","verbi vs weglot, weglot vs verbi, weglot comparison, weglot pricing explained, weglot word limit, website translation comparison, weglot subdirectories, flat price website translation",{"name":479,"content":480},"robots","index, follow",{"name":482,"content":67},"author",{"name":484,"content":485},"copyright","© 2026 Verbi",{"title":5,"description":487,"type":488,"image":470},"Real 2026 pricing at 3, 5, and 10 languages, how the caps actually work, and where each tool genuinely wins.","article",{"card":490,"title":5,"description":487,"image":470},"summary_large_image",{"title":492,"thumbnailSrc":470,"order":493,"description":494,"date":495,"timeToRead":496,"authorName":67,"authorPhotoUrl":497,"draft":498},"Verbi vs Weglot: An Honest 2026 Comparison",9,"Verbi vs Weglot compared honestly: 2026 pricing at 3, 5, and 10+ languages, how each handles multilingual SEO, translation quality, and which tool actually fits your site.","2026-07-06",11,"/logo.png",false,"/blog/verbi-vs-weglot",{"title":5,"description":466},"blog/verbi-vs-weglot","UWV0F0Lvfj9dYkXgtvcupIYL_Bh4898rK0P1nVT4vj4",1783352843995]