# The best free AI translation tools

Every option in the catalog for when you need to translate documents without losing the tone — 13 AI translation tools, 12 of them free or freemium, with the pricing tier printed on every row.

## Stats

- 13 tools listed
- 12 free or freemium
- 9 with no paid plan at all
- 1 sub-categories covered

## FAQ

### What are the best free AI translation tools?

Flocci AI Tools lists 13 of them, ordered free tiers first: Bhashini, Google Translate, Kagi Translate, LibreTranslate and Microsoft Translator. 12 of the 13 are free or have a free tier. Each entry states what it uniquely does rather than a score.

### Which of these are completely free?

9 on this page are marked fully free with no paid plan at all: Bhashini, Google Translate, Kagi Translate, LibreTranslate and Microsoft Translator. The remaining 4 are freemium, trial or paid, and each is labelled with its exact tier so nothing surprises you at sign-up.

### How is this list ordered?

Free tools first, then freemium, then trial, then paid, and alphabetically inside each tier. Nobody pays to appear higher: Flocci AI Tools carries no ads, no sponsored slots and no paid listings, so the order reflects price and nothing else.

## Quick picks

### Which AI translation tools work in a browser with no install?

Bhashini, Google Translate, Kagi Translate, LibreTranslate and Microsoft Translator all work in a browser tab with no install needed — just open the site and go. 8 of the 12 free AI translation tools listed here are browser-based.

### Which AI translation tools have a mobile app?

Bhashini, Google Translate, Microsoft Translator, DeepL and Lara Translate have an iOS or Android app. 6 of the 12 free AI translation tools here can run on your phone.

### Which AI translation tools can you self-host or run offline?

Argos Translate, Hunyuan-MT (HY-MT), Meta Seamless Communication and Immersive Translate can be self-hosted or run locally without a browser — useful for privacy, air-gapped networks, or avoiding API rate limits. 4 of the 12 free AI translation tools here run offline.

## Tools

- [Bhashini](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/bhashini) — Free — Government of India's free national language platform: text, speech-to-text, text-to-speech and translation across 22 Indian languages
- [Google Translate](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/google-translate) — Free — Free text, image, document, website and conversation translation in 240+ languages
- [Kagi Translate](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/kagi-translate) — Free — Free LLM-powered translation for text, web pages and documents across 240+ languages
- [LibreTranslate](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/libretranslate) — Free — Self-hostable open-source machine translation API and web UI
- [Microsoft Translator](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/microsoft-translator) — Free — Free app and web translator for text, speech, images and multi-person live conversations
- [Youdao Translate](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/youdao-translate) — Free — NetEase Youdao's free translator for Chinese, English and 100+ languages
- [Argos Translate](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/argos-translate) — Free — Offline open-source translation library and GUI using OpenNMT models
- [Hunyuan-MT (HY-MT)](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/hunyuan-mt-hy-mt) — Free — Tencent's open 7B translation models covering 33 languages including Chinese minority languages
- [Meta Seamless Communication](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/meta-seamless-communication) — Free — SeamlessM4T translates speech and text across ~100 languages: S2ST, S2TT, T2TT, ASR
- [DeepL](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/deepl) — Freemium — Free web/app translator widely regarded as higher-quality than Google Translate for supported languages
- [Lara Translate](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/lara-translate) — Freemium — Context-aware AI translator for text, documents, audio and images
- [Immersive Translate](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/immersive-translate) — Freemium — Browser extension that translates pages side by side (bilingual) with Google, Microsoft, DeepL and LLM engines
- [Lokalise](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/lokalise) — Paid — Context-aware AI translation with multi-LLM smart routing across providers
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Source: Flocci AI Tools — https://aitools.flocci.in/best/best-translation-language-ai

Facts last verified: October 2026