Crowdin vs Gridly
Facts from each vendor's published pages, checked 2026-10-17. No scores and no winner: pick based on what you need.
 Crowdin |  Gridly | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | String translation workflows with AI assist | Managing game strings and translations in grids |
| What it does | Localisation management platform for translating product strings, with Crowdin AI for translation, context enrichment and proofreading, plus an API and integrations. | Content and localisation platform with a game-localisation use case: spreadsheet-style grids for strings, AI translation with linguistic context, AI voiceover files and an API. |
| Verdict | For managing game text translation with AI assistance; the free plan works for one private project, but free-plan translations feed Crowdin's translation memory. | For teams that want game strings, AI translation and voiceover files in one tool; there is no free plan, only a 14-day trial. |
| Tasks | Localisation | Localisation, Voice & dialogue |
| Engines | Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic) | Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic) |
| Free plan | Free plan: 60K hosted words, 1 private project | Free trial or credits only: 14-day Team trial |
| Pricing | Free $0/month (60K hosted words, 1 private project; free-plan users donate translations to Crowdin's translation memory). Pro from $50/month and Team from $150/month, billed annually. 14-day Team trial. Open-source and academic licences available on request. source | 14-day trial of the Team tier. Basic starts at €99/month with 3 seats included (2,500 automated updates and 3,000 API requests per month). Team and Enterprise tiers cost more or are custom; see the pricing page. source |
| Export formats | unverified | unverified |
| Commercial use | Commercial use unverified Crowdin processes your own text. Ownership terms for AI-generated translations were not checked: unverified. source | Commercial use unverified Gridly processes your own content. Ownership terms for AI translations and voiceover output were not checked: unverified. source |
| Revenue share / caps | unverified | unverified |
| API | Available. REST API v2 source | Available. API included (request limits per plan) source |
| MCP server | Official MCP server. Hosted MCP server (API token) source | Community server only. A community-built MCP server exists; no official one found source |
| Last checked | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-17 |
"Unverified" means we couldn't confirm that detail on the vendor's own pages. Read the vendor's current terms before you ship.