--- description: Learn more about Smartling price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in South Africa. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Smartling Price, Reviews & Features - Capterra South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Translation Software](/directory/30934/translation-management/software) > [Smartling](/software/151866/smartling) # Smartling Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.za/software/151866/smartling Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/151866/smartling?page=2) > Helping global businesses transform the way their content is created and consumed. > > Verdict: Rated **3.4/5** by 18 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Smartling? Medium and Large Sized companies looking to translate their content ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **3.4/5** | 18 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 3.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 2.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 3.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 60% | (6/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Smartling - **Location**: New York, US - **Founded**: 2009 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing Details**: Smartling is flexible and customizable, offering several plans that allow you to get started and scale your investment based on your specific business objectives and unique translation needs. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 209 more ## Features - Activity Dashboard - Alerts/Notifications - Approval Process Control - Brand Guidelines - Change Management - Collaboration Tools - Content Management - Document Management - Language Detection - Localization Automation - Machine Translation - Memory Management - Multi-Language - Project Management - Project Tracking - Real-Time Analytics - Real-Time Reporting - Style Check - Terminology Management - Translation Memory - Version Control - Workflow Management ## Integrations (10 total) - Adobe Commerce - Adobe Experience Manager - Content Hub - Drupal - GitHub - HubSpot Marketing Hub - Marketo Engage - Oracle Eloqua Marketing Automation - WordPress - Zendesk Suite ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Phone Support ## Category - [Translation Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30934/translation-management/software) ## Related Categories - [Translation Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30934/translation-management/software) - [Localization](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/32975/localization-software/software) - [Brand Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30531/brand-management/software) - [Personalization Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30965/personalization/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[Lokalise](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/162858/lokalise) — 4.8/5 (97 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Love the ease of use" — 5.0/5 > **Vivien** | *10 October 2025* | Translation & Localization | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10 > > **Pros**: My favorite part is the use of use is especially when it comes to inserting suggested translation, and the user in a face > > **Cons**: What I don’t like about smartling is when you scroll it’s super annoying because it is not in real time. > > I use it a couple of times a week when working for one of my favorite translation agencies and I always get my work done super fast ----- ### "Severe Vulnerability to Claiming Bots and Poor Support Response" — 1.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *27 March 2026* | Translation & Localization | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: The platform provides a standard, rather ordinary CAT (Computer-Assisted Translation) tool interface. It is functional enough for everyday localization and MTPE (Machine Translation Post-Editing) tasks, but there is nothing particularly outstanding or innovative about its core features compared to other established translation tools on the market. > > **Cons**: The biggest issue is the complete lack of protection against automated scripts and API abuse. The project distribution (claiming) system is heavily exploited by users running bots that instantly snatch up all available tasks within a single second of publication. Honest professionals have absolutely zero chance to claim jobs manually. To make matters worse, Smartling’s technical support is entirely unhelpful. Even when provided with undeniable proof, timestamps, and logs of this obvious Terms of Service violation, they simply close the tickets without implementing any basic anti-bot measures or blocking the offending accounts. > > Extremely frustrating and disappointing. Working on complex medical and specialized localization projects requires a secure, fair, and reliable platform. Smartling completely fails in this regard by ignoring blatant security flaws and allowing automated bots to hijack the entire workflow. By refusing to enforce their own compliance and security policies, they are compromising the integrity of the platform for both freelancers and enterprise clients. I strongly advise businesses to reconsider using a system that turns a blind eye to obvious API exploits and fails to protect its own project distribution environment. ----- ### "super" — 5.0/5 > **ayse** | *02 October 2020* | Translation & Localization | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I was able to translate thanks to this software, or rather to work with a company on the other side of the world, with their instructions. It was fun. Interactive. Smooth to use. > > **Cons**: nothing to say, it was great experience of work ----- ### "A great tool for website localization (if implemented properly)" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *16 July 2019* | Translation & Localization | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Smartling makes it very easy for companies to translate their website and manage multilingual updates to their content. It requires very little maintenance after setup for the client, and is simple and straightforward on the translator's side as well. > > **Cons**: Smartling doesn't require the use of some of the features that make it so powerful, such as visual context. For one of our clients, we are translating their website, and despite our best efforts, they will not share the visual context with us. Apart from the live updates, this is one of the most powerful features of the platform, and allows the translators to provide the best possible translation. Context matters, but is sadly not required. > > The platform has streamlined an otherwise tedious process to manage. Marketing and localization projects can be tough to keep track of without a tool like this to track all the small moving parts. Seeing the translation in layout for a website is extremely powerful. ----- ### "I've had a great experience with Smartling and their customer service." — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *05 June 2018* > > **Pros**: I like that we're able to upload all of our content with ease and pull the strings we need to authorize for translation. Overall ease of use. > > **Cons**: We wish it was less expensive. The price is pretty hefty and I know we'd prefer if it wasn't so high. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/151866/smartling?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/151866/smartling) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | ko | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pl | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | | sv | | | tr | | ----- ## Structured Data