18ways pricing
Three plans for runtime localisation: a useful free tier, a production launch tier, and a scale tier for teams with heavier multilingual demand.
Entry / evaluation
Try core text localisation on a real project before you commit.
£0
No credit card required
Production starter
For teams launching multilingual product surfaces into active markets.
Usage-based
High-volume teams
For teams with larger catalogues, more markets, and tighter support expectations.
Usage-based
18ways reduces the cost of translation at every step.
Avoid paying again when existing translations can be safely reused.
Group work intelligently so each translation run carries less overhead.
Keep context focused for translation quality while reducing token cost.
Stop duplicate keys, locales and projects from creating duplicate spend.
Use custom rules to choose cheaper models, higher-quality models or human translation only when needed.
Improve first-pass quality so you pay for fewer retries and rewrites.
Reduce the hidden engineering cost of prompts, queues, retries and review.
Keep unit costs under control as translation volume and market count grow.
With 18ways, usage is lower because we do the hard work to minimise spend. Our optimisations reduce duplicated work, unnecessary tokens, failed retries and manual review loops. You can also route work by custom rules instead of always using the highest-quality model for every string. If you wire translation directly to Claude, OpenAI or another LLM provider yourself, you can end up paying more for the same or worse result.
The new structure keeps glossary available everywhere, then moves richer media and product-control workflows into paid plans.
| Feature | Free | Launch | Scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Translated words | 1k/mo | 1k/mo included, then usage-based | Usage-based high volume |
| Default usage rate | Included allowance only | 1 credit per new translated word | Custom contract rate |
| Target languages | 1 | 10 | Unlimited |
| Seats | 1 | 4 | 8+ |
| Glossary | IncludedBeta | IncludedBeta | IncludedBeta |
| Images | Not included | IncludedBeta | IncludedBeta |
| Videos | Not included | IncludedBeta | IncludedBeta |
| Rules | Not included | IncludedBeta | IncludedBeta |
| Rate limits | Starter limits | Production limits | Contracted limits |
| Support | Documentation | Product support | SLA-backed terms |
| Consultancy | Not included | Not included | Available |
| Human translations | Not included | Not included | Available |
1 credit = 1p on Launch
Fresh AI translation uses 1 credit per translated word. A safely reused translation uses 0.1 credits per word. Launch has no subscription fee and no manual top-ups: after your monthly 1,000-word allowance, keep a payment method on file and we charge automatically for the usage you create. Scale customers can agree custom rates, commitments, and billing terms as part of their contract.
Tell us what you are localising and we will help map expected usage, rate limits, support, and rollout shape before you commit.
We count every word translated through 18ways, including UI copy, dynamic content, and other translatable product content.
They use credits at rates that reflect the extra processing involved. The current beta defaults are 20 credits per image and 5 credits per second of video. Automated QA is metered as rule evaluations at 1 credit each. These do not use your free monthly translation-word allowance; they are billed separately against your credit balance.
Yes. If you only need a one-off translation pass or a local file export, that is fine. There is no ongoing obligation once the work is done, and 18ways will be here whenever you need more translations.
Free and Launch can move as usage changes. Scale depends on the contract we agree with you, including any minimum rate commitments, SLAs, or custom support terms.