ConveyThis vs TranslatePress: the short answer
TranslatePress is a WordPress plugin best known for its front-end visual editor. You open a page, click a sentence and type the translation, and the plugin saves it in your WordPress database. It has a free version with one translation language, a paid SEO add-on, and metered AI translation on its yearly licenses. With more than 400,000 active installations and a 4.7 out of 5 rating on WordPress.org at the time of checking, it is one of the most popular WordPress translation plugins.
ConveyThis uses the same click-to-edit idea, with automatic translation behind it. The whole site is translated as soon as you connect it, on WordPress or on any other platform, and every plan, including the free one, translates SEO metadata and adds hreflang. You then edit the pages that matter instead of translating everything yourself.
Choose TranslatePress if you translate a WordPress site largely by hand and want the result in your own database for a flat yearly price. Choose ConveyThis if you want automatic translation included, SEO covered from the free plan up, or a site that is not WordPress, and your monthly page loads fit the plan you pick.
ConveyThis vs TranslatePress at a glance
| Fact (checked 22 Sep 2026) | ConveyThis | TranslatePress |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Website translation service; WordPress plugin plus a universal snippet | WordPress translation plugin |
| Platforms | WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, Joomla, Drupal, any HTML site | WordPress only |
| Free version | 5,000 words, 1 language, 1 domain, 2,500 page loads a month, metadata translation included | 1 translation language; 2,000 AI words (TranslatePress AI Free) or Google Translate with your own API key; SEO fields need the paid SEO Pack |
| Entry paid tier | Starter, $12 per month: 30,000 words, 1 language | Personal, €99 per year: 1 site, 50,000 AI words, SEO Pack, multiple languages |
| Middle tier | Business, $24 per month: 100,000 words, 3 languages; Pro, $64: 400,000 words, 5 languages, 3 domains | Business, €199 per year: 3 sites, 200,000 AI words, DeepL, translator accounts, different domain per language |
| Top public tier | Extreme, $960 per month: 10,000,000 words, 100 languages, 50 domains | Developer, €349 per year: unlimited sites, 500,000 AI words |
| Traffic limit | Monthly translation requests (page loads) on every plan: 2,500 on Free, 15,000 on Starter, 50,000 on Business, 200,000 on Pro, up to 5,000,000 on Extreme | None listed on the pricing page; translated pages are served by your own WordPress site |
| Yearly billing | Ten months for the price of twelve | All licenses are yearly |
| Refund | No money-back guarantee; test on the permanent Free plan (5,000 words, 1 language, no card) before paying; refund requests within 7 days of purchase under the terms | 15-day money-back guarantee |
| Where translations live | Your ConveyThis account (editable, exportable) | Your WordPress database |
| Supported languages | 210 | Depends on the translation engine; the plugin itself supports any configured language |
Sources: translatepress.com/pricing, the WordPress.org plugin listing and conveythis.com/pricing, all read on 22 September 2026; the traffic-limit row was re-checked on 28 September 2026. TranslatePress prices are the euro figures on its page.
Pricing: yearly licenses against monthly word plans
TranslatePress sells a yearly license whose main variables are the number of sites and the AI word allowance; manual translation is unlimited. ConveyThis sells a monthly plan whose variables are translated words, languages, domains and monthly translation requests (page loads), with yearly billing at ten months' price. TranslatePress lists no traffic limit, while on ConveyThis a busy site can need a larger plan than its word count alone would suggest. Here are both converted to a yearly figure:
| Scenario | TranslatePress | ConveyThis |
|---|---|---|
| One small site, one language, mostly hand-translated | Free version, or Personal €99 per year if you need the SEO Pack | Free plan (5,000 words, metadata included) |
| One site, 30,000 words, automatic, one language | Personal, €99 per year (50,000 AI words) | Starter, $120 per year (15,000 page loads a month) |
| One site, 100,000 words into three languages (300,000 words) | Developer, €349 per year (500,000 AI words), or Business €199 with 200,000 words and a shortfall | Business, $240 per year (50,000 page loads a month) |
| Three sites, 200,000 words total, automatic | Business, €199 per year | Pro, $640 per year (400,000 words, 5 languages, 3 domains, 200,000 page loads a month) |
| Agency, unlimited sites, hand-translated | Developer, €349 per year | Not the right product; ConveyThis meters automatic words per domain |
For one site that is translated by hand or with light automation, the two cost about the same, and TranslatePress's unlimited manual translation for a flat fee is very good value. For several sites with modest automatic needs, TranslatePress Business is cheaper than ConveyThis Pro. For one site with a lot of automatic translation in several languages, ConveyThis is cheaper and its allowance scales in smaller steps (twelve plans from $12 to $960). The better option depends on how many words you want machine-translated and, on ConveyThis, how many translated page loads you get a month. Check your analytics and count your words first with our free website word counter.
How we scored them
Scores use the five weighted criteria on our comparison methodology page, out of five.
| Criterion (weight) | ConveyThis | TranslatePress | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website deployment (30%) | 5 | 3 | ConveyThis translates the whole site automatically on any platform in minutes. TranslatePress is WordPress-only, translates one language in the free version, and needs the SEO Pack license before search engines see translated titles and descriptions. |
| Localization workflow (25%) | 4 | 4 | Both have a front-end visual editor. For TranslatePress it is the main feature, and it works entirely inside WordPress. ConveyThis adds a glossary, translation assignments, exclusions and professional-translator orders; TranslatePress adds translator accounts and browse-as-user-role on its Business tier. |
| Multilingual SEO (20%) | 5 | 4 | ConveyThis translates metadata and emits hreflang on every plan including the free one. TranslatePress covers titles, descriptions, slugs and social tags through the paid SEO Pack, and once you pay, slug translation is a real advantage. |
| Cost model (15%) | 3 | 4 | TranslatePress is cheaper for hand-translated and multi-site setups and lists no traffic limit; ConveyThis is cheaper for high-volume automatic translation and has the bigger free word allowance, but every plan also caps monthly page loads. TranslatePress takes the point. |
| Governance (10%) | 4 | 3 | ConveyThis offers team roles on every paid plan and an enterprise tier with dedicated servers. TranslatePress's translator accounts start on Business and there is no enterprise tier on the pricing page. |
| Weighted total | 4.35 | 3.60 | 5×0.30 + 4×0.25 + 5×0.20 + 3×0.15 + 4×0.10 against 3×0.30 + 4×0.25 + 4×0.20 + 4×0.15 + 3×0.10. |
Where TranslatePress is the better choice
Choose TranslatePress instead of ConveyThis if one of these applies to you:
- Translations must stay in your WordPress database. Sites that cannot depend on a third-party service, or that move content between systems, are better served by a plugin that writes to your own tables.
- Your site is busy. TranslatePress lists no page-view limit because your own server serves the translations. ConveyThis counts monthly page loads on every plan (15,000 on Starter, 50,000 on Business), so a high-traffic site with modest text can need a larger ConveyThis plan than its word count suggests.
- You translate by hand and want a flat price. For a small, stable site with a bilingual owner, unlimited manual translation for €99 a year is hard to beat.
- You run several small WordPress sites and need little automatic translation. At low volumes, Business (€199, three sites, 200,000 AI words) and Developer (€349, unlimited sites) cost less than the ConveyThis multi-domain tiers.
- You want translated URL slugs and per-language domains controlled from WordPress. TranslatePress covers both through its SEO Pack and Business tier.
Where ConveyThis is the better choice
- You want the whole site translated automatically from the first day, including new pages as you publish them, without buying a license first.
- You care about search visibility but have a small budget. ConveyThis includes metadata translation and hreflang at $0, while TranslatePress adds them with the €99 SEO Pack.
- Your site is not on WordPress, or you run WordPress alongside Shopify, Webflow or another platform.
- You would rather not maintain another plugin. The ConveyThis plugin is deliberately small, and theme, builder and plugin updates do not change what it translates.
Feature comparison
| Feature | ConveyThis | TranslatePress |
|---|---|---|
| Works on platforms other than WordPress | Yes | No |
| Front-end visual editor | Yes | Yes |
| Automatic translation included | Every plan, up to the word allowance | 2,000 AI words free; 50,000 to 500,000 on paid licenses; Google Translate with your own key |
| DeepL | Multiple engines chosen by ConveyThis per language | Business and Developer tiers |
| Languages in the free version | 1 | 1 |
| Translated titles, descriptions and social tags | Every plan | SEO Pack (premium) |
| Translated URL slugs | Not on the public feature list | Yes, with the SEO Pack |
| hreflang and language sitemaps | Yes | Yes, with the SEO Pack |
| Translations stored in your WordPress database | No (in your ConveyThis account, exportable) | Yes |
| Translator accounts and roles | Yes | Business tier and above |
| Different domain per language | Language subdomains | Business tier and above |
| Enterprise tier | Yes | Not listed |
The rows come from the TranslatePress pricing page, its WordPress.org listing and the ConveyThis product pages on 22 September 2026. Where a capability is not documented publicly, the table says so.
Moving a TranslatePress site to ConveyThis
- Keep the URL structure. TranslatePress serves languages on /fr/-style subdirectories by default, so set ConveyThis to the same structure and every translated URL keeps working.
- Export your manual translations and import the ones worth keeping through the ConveyThis editor or glossary.
- Install the ConveyThis plugin, choose the same languages and let automatic translation cover the rest.
- Deactivate TranslatePress last, after you have checked translated pages, the language switcher and your sitemap.
Details of what the plugin touches are on the WordPress integration page.
Frequently asked questions
Is TranslatePress free?
The WordPress.org version is free and lets you add one translation language, with 2,000 AI words through TranslatePress AI Free or unlimited Google Translate through your own API key. Translating SEO fields such as titles, descriptions and slugs requires the paid SEO Pack. ConveyThis's free plan includes 5,000 words in one language, with metadata translation included.
How do the paid prices compare?
On 22 September 2026 TranslatePress listed Personal at €99 per year for one site with 50,000 AI words, Business at €199 per year for three sites with 200,000 AI words, and Developer at €349 per year for unlimited sites with 500,000 AI words, all billed yearly. ConveyThis lists Starter at $12 per month for 30,000 words, Business at $24 per month for 100,000 words in three languages, and Pro at $64 per month for 400,000 words in five languages, with yearly billing at ten months' price.
Which one translates SEO metadata?
Both, but not at the same price. ConveyThis translates page titles, meta descriptions and Open Graph tags and emits hreflang on every plan, including the free one. TranslatePress does this through its SEO Pack add-on, which its WordPress.org listing describes as available in the premium versions only.
Where are translations stored?
TranslatePress stores translations in your WordPress database. ConveyThis stores them in your ConveyThis account, where you can edit, export and import them; they are served to the page rather than written into WordPress.
Can ConveyThis translate a site that is not WordPress?
Yes. ConveyThis works on Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, Joomla, Drupal and any custom site through a JavaScript snippet, as well as WordPress. TranslatePress is a WordPress plugin only.
How this comparison was made
Prices and allowances were read from translatepress.com/pricing, free-version limits and the install count from the WordPress.org listing, and ConveyThis figures from conveythis.com/pricing, all on 22 September 2026. Scores follow the weights on our methodology page, and the table shows the arithmetic. We re-check competitor pages at least once a quarter. If you spot an error, please write to [email protected].
For other options, see ConveyThis vs WPML, ConveyThis vs Weglot and the alternatives hub.
