Weglot Too Expensive? What Drives the Bill and How to Cut It
You added a few languages to your site, and now the Weglot invoice looks bigger than the rest of your hosting stack. That is common, and it comes from how the plans are built, not from a mistake on your side.
Key Takeaways
- Weglot plans step up by language count and by a fixed word limit. Going from five languages to six, for example, moves you from Pro (€790 per year) to Advanced (€2,990 per year).
- You can often lower the bill inside Weglot: delete unused languages, exclude pages that do not need translating, and check your word count before it triggers an upgrade.
- Weglot is still the better fit if you want zero setup on any stack and a hosted language switcher.
- If your real problem is cost and ownership, pay-per-word tools and plugins that use your own AI key have a very different cost shape. We make one of them, so read that part with that in mind.
Disclosure: We make LATW, so weigh our comparison accordingly. All prices below were checked on 4 November 2026 on each vendor’s own pricing page and are “as of November 2026”. They change, so check again before you buy.
Why does Weglot get expensive?
Weglot sells plans in tiers. Each tier fixes two numbers: how many words you can translate and how many languages you can add. According to the Weglot pricing page (checked 4 November 2026, shown excluding VAT), the tiers look like this:
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Word limit | Languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | €0 | €0 | 2,000 | 1 |
| Starter | €15 | €150 | 10,000 | 1 |
| Business | €29 | €290 | 50,000 | 3 |
| Pro | €79 | €790 | 200,000 | 5 |
| Advanced | €299 | €2,990 | 1,000,000 | 10 |
| Extended | €699 | €6,990 | 5,000,000 | 20 |
Plans are charged in euros. The page also shows an estimated US dollar view (for example Pro at $87 per month), and says the final amount depends on the exchange rate on your subscription date.
Three details drive most of the pain.
1. The word limit counts across languages. The page defines it as “total unique words translated across all your languages. This is a fixed limit and does not renew.” So more languages and more content both push the same counter up. Read the definition against your own dashboard number, because it decides which tier you land on.
2. Language count forces tier jumps. Starter covers one language. Business covers three. Pro covers five. If you need two languages, you are on Business. If you need six, you are on Advanced, because there is nothing in between. The pricing page shows no per-language add-on.
3. Going over the limit has consequences. The Weglot pricing page FAQ says you get an email when you exceed your usage limit. With auto-upgrade on, the account moves to the next plan. Without it, “the translations will be discontinued until you upgrade your plan or delete the extra translations.” That is a hard stop on the live site, not a soft overage fee.
There is also a structural point. Weglot is a hosted service: translations are served through it. In our understanding, they are available while your subscription is active, and the pricing page does not say what happens to them when you cancel. Check Weglot’s terms on that before you decide, because it changes what you are really paying for. If translations only work while you pay, you are renting the translated site.
How to lower your Weglot bill without leaving
Before you switch anything, try these. Most cost nothing, but check what you are deleting first.
- Check which tier you actually need. Compare your real language count with the plan limits. If you are on Pro but only use three languages, Business covers three, as long as your word count fits within 50,000.
- Delete languages nobody visits. The language limit counts every language you add. A language with almost no traffic still takes a slot.
- Delete translations you do not need. The FAQ names this as the alternative to upgrading when you hit the word limit. Old campaign pages, test pages and staging content count toward the same total.
- Exclude pages that should not be translated. Admin-like pages, internal search results, legal boilerplate you handle separately, and duplicated listings add words but not value. Check your dashboard for the exclusion options.
- Turn off auto-upgrade if you want control. Auto-upgrade is convenient, but it can move you up a tier without a decision. Without it you get an email and choose, but if you go over the limit and do nothing, translations stop on the live site, so watch for that email.
- Pay annually. The page shows “2 months free” on annual billing. Pro is €79 monthly or €790 per year (as of November 2026).
If you do all of this and the plan still feels too big for the site, the problem is the pricing model, and the next sections are about that.
When Weglot is still the right choice
Paying more is fine when you get something you need. Weglot is the better fit when:
- You want the fastest possible setup on most stacks, with a hosted language switcher.
- You do not want to manage translation inside your CMS at all.
- Your site is small. The Free and Starter plans are cheap for a few thousand words.
- You value having one vendor, one invoice and one dashboard more than owning the translated content.
None of that is a weakness. It is a trade: you pay for convenience, and the price scales with the size of your site.
What other cost models look like
Different tools charge for different things. Here is a short, dated overview of what the main alternatives bill for, with prices from their own pages (checked 4 November 2026).
| Tool | What you pay for | Price shown (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| TranslatePress | Yearly licence per number of sites; own Google or DeepL API keys not included | Personal €99 per year for 1 site; Business €199 for 3 sites; Developer €349 for unlimited sites |
| WPML | Yearly licence; AI words included per plan | Blog €39; CMS €99 with 22,500 AI words; Agency €199 with 45,000 AI words |
| Polylang Pro | Yearly licence; machine translation via your own DeepL key | From €99 per year for 1 site |
| ConveyThis | Subscription by words and languages | Starter $10 per month billed $120 per year (1 language, 60,000 words); Business $20 per month billed $240 per year (3 languages, 200,000 words) |
| GTranslate | Subscription by feature level | Free tier without search indexing; paid from $12 per month ($120 per year); URL translation starts on the $35 per month plan |
A few notes for fairness. ConveyThis and GTranslate are subscription services like Weglot, and their cheaper tiers can be a real saving. GTranslate’s free tier excludes search engine indexing, and URL translation needs a higher plan. TranslatePress, WPML and Polylang are WordPress plugins that you install on your own site. Check each vendor’s terms on what happens to your translations after a licence ends. WPML includes a set number of AI words per plan, and its page says words are topped up at each renewal and do not expire. For a longer breakdown see our WPML pricing comparison, and for a wider list see 5 best Weglot alternatives.
Pay per word: a different cost shape
The other option is to stop paying for a plan and pay for the words you translate. That is how LATW Cloud works. We make it, so this section is ours and you should read it that way.
According to the LATW Cloud pricing page (checked 4 November 2026, USD, plus VAT where applicable):
- Pay as you go has no monthly fee. You top up from $5.
- Economy quality costs $0.0234 per 1,000 words into one language. Standard costs $0.468 and Premium costs $2.34 per 1,000 words.
- Every job shows an estimate before it starts, and you are not billed above that estimate.
- Translations are written natively into your site (WordPress, Drupal, PrestaShop or Webflow), so they stay on your site if you stop paying. On WordPress it works with WPML and Polylang, which hold the translated content.
- Paid plans exist for agencies and heavy users, but you do not need one.
The next section compares a per-word price with a plan price. It is not a like-for-like feature comparison. LATW translates and writes the result into your CMS; it is not a hosted language switcher.
For WordPress sites there is a further option. The LATW plugin for WPML or Polylang can use your own AI key, so you pay your AI provider directly with no LATW usage fee. For many WordPress owners that works out cheaper still than Cloud. See latw.ai for the current Pro licence price.
A worked example: 2, 5 and 10 languages
Take a site with 50,000 words of content. That matches the example on the LATW pricing page, which puts a 50,000-word site into one language at about $1.17 on Economy.
Here is what each approach costs for the first translation. LATW figures are our calculation from the published per-1,000-word rates (50 × $0.0234 × number of languages for Economy; 50 × $0.468 × languages for Standard). The formula is words in thousands × rate × languages. The Weglot columns show the cheapest plan that fits, not a quote for your site.
| Languages | Weglot, language count only (annual) | Weglot, if the 50,000 words count once per language (annual) | LATW Cloud, Economy (one-off) | LATW Cloud, Standard (one-off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Business, €290 per year | Pro (100,000 words), €790 per year | $2.34 | $46.80 |
| 5 | Pro, €790 per year | Advanced (250,000 words), €2,990 per year | $5.85 | $117.00 |
| 10 | Advanced, €2,990 per year | Advanced (500,000 words), €2,990 per year | $11.70 | $234.00 |
Weglot’s wording (“total unique words translated across all your languages”) can be read either way, so the table shows both. Weglot figures are in euros and LATW figures in US dollars; they are not converted.
Read this table with its limits in mind:
- Check your own count. Your Weglot dashboard shows which reading applies to your site.
- Weglot is a recurring price; the LATW numbers are one-off. A fair comparison also counts what you add later: new pages, product updates and new blog posts. With per-word billing, you pay for those words when you translate them. With Weglot, you pay the plan price for every period.
- Quality classes differ. Economy uses a lower-cost model, suited to blog posts. Standard is aimed at landing pages and Premium at content like legal pages. You choose, and the estimate shows the cost before you start.
- AI output needs a check. Review your key pages after any AI translation. Our post on what AI translation really costs covers the numbers, and cutting whole-site translation cost covers batch pricing.
The point is not that one number beats another. It is that the cost shape differs: Weglot charges a recurring fee that grows by tier, and per-word billing charges only when text changes.
How to decide
Use this short path:
- Under 10,000 words, one language, and you want zero setup? Weglot’s Starter plan is likely fine. For two languages you are on Business, so run the numbers first.
- Over a plan limit or close to a tier jump? Do the trims above first. Delete unused languages and unneeded pages.
- Still paying for languages with little traffic? Compare per-word billing for those languages, since you only pay when you translate.
- Care about keeping translations if you stop paying? Choose a model that stores them in your own CMS: a native plugin, or a per-word service that writes into your site.
- Run many client sites? Count per-site pricing across all of them. On LATW Cloud, the Agency plan covers up to 30 sites on one account. See one account for all client sites.
- On Webflow? See our Webflow localization cost breakdown.
Leaving Weglot without losing your translations
If you decide to move, plan the exit before you cancel, because the translations are the asset. Our guide on how to leave Weglot and keep your translations walks through the export. There are also specific guides to migrate Weglot to Polylang and to migrate Weglot to WPML.
Frequently asked questions
Why is Weglot so expensive?
The price is set by plan tier, which bundles a fixed word limit with a language limit. Cost rises in steps, and the word limit counts unique words across all languages and does not renew (Weglot pricing page, checked 4 November 2026).
Is there a Weglot cost per language?
Not as a separate line. Language count is part of the plan. Business covers three languages, Pro five and Advanced ten, so the jump happens at those thresholds.
What happens if I go over the Weglot word limit?
You are emailed. With auto-upgrade on you move to the next plan. Without it, translations are discontinued until you upgrade or delete the extra translations.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Weglot?
It depends on what you need. Other subscription tools such as ConveyThis and GTranslate have lower entry prices. Plugin-based tools like TranslatePress, WPML and Polylang charge a yearly licence and run inside your WordPress site. Pay-per-word services such as LATW Cloud charge for the words you translate.
Is anything free in LATW Cloud?
You can connect a site free. The first site connected on an account gets 10,000 free words on Economy, once. It is not offered on later sites on the same account.
Try the per-word model on one site
If you want to see the cost on your own content, connect your site to LATW Cloud for free and, if it is the first site on your account, use the 10,000 free words on Economy (once). You see the estimate before anything is translated, and you decide whether it is worth a small top-up.