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DeepL
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Where it stands
4.1 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health4.6 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Facts stated4.2 / 5 · weight 30%
How many of the five facts the tool's own pages state
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on DeepL yet. Facts checked 2026-11-01. How tests work
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Should you use DeepL?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-01.
A good fit if…
- You want a free option. It states: “Free version allows 1 file translation per month (up to 5 MB) and 50,000 characters of text translation per month, plus 1 glossary…”
Check first
- It sends your content to its servers. Its pages say: “Privacy policy says text is processed by DeepL. Free-version content is kept for a limited period to train and improve its models.…”
- The free option has limits: “Free version allows 1 file translation per month (up to 5 MB) and 50,000 characters of text translation per month, plus 1 glossary…”
Does: Translator, Paraphrasing tool
Measured signals
4.6 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from DeepL's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 103 ms.
- Security5 / 54 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, content-security-policy, x-content-type-options, referrer-policy).
- Privacy5 / 5No third-party tracking services found on the page.
- Transparency3 / 5Links a privacy policy; no pricing page linked.
Community feedback
Not enough discussion yet: 10 classified comments from 3 threads. We need at least 12 from 2 threads.
- Positive
“But for Japanese DeepL is much better, often times the tone from gpt4 are little bit "rude"/direct or "weird" in en to jp, deepl is as good as an example sentence they would put into a textbook. For jp to en, most gpt4…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“As an individual, I still go to DeepL while actively using LLMs. I think the main reason is that the translations are very good, with alternatives in one click, without having to type "translate xxxx into yyyy". My…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“In my tests of translation of formal speeches from Japanese to English, the latest versions of ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini were all better than DeepL. While DeepL’s output wasn’t bad, the fact that the LLMs could be…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“As a paying customer for the last five years, I can’t wait for an alternative that also allows inline adaptations of the translations, like DeepL does. The quality of the translations is worse now than in the beginning…”
Read in the thread
Threads: DeepL Voice: Real-time voice translations for global collaboration (2024, 58 comments) · DeepL Translator – AI Assistance for Language (2017, 53 comments) · DeepL's LLM Outperforms Google Translate, ChatGPT-4, and Microsoft (2024, 18 comments)
- Free tier
- Free version allows 1 file translation per month (up to 5 MB) and 50,000 characters of text translation per month, plus 1 glossary and 1 saved translation.
- Paid plan
- Prices shown for Germany in EUR, billed annually, VAT included. Individual EUR 7.49 per month (300,000 characters, 3 files). Team EUR 24.99 per user per month. Business EUR 49.99 per user per month. Enterprise is custom. Write Pro add-on EUR 6.99 per user per month. Monthly prices not shown.
- Signup
- Not stated for the free version. Paid subscriptions are used by logging in with a DeepL account.
- Watermark
- Not applicable.
- Where files go
- Privacy policy says text is processed by DeepL. Free-version content is kept for a limited period to train and improve its models. Pro texts are deleted after the service is done and not used for training. Pro documents are processed in the EEA.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Pro plans and pricing, Privacy policy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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- Paraphrasing toolNot tested yet
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