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CAT Tools and TMS List 2026: 202 Tools in 11 Categories

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Desktop CAT tools

19 tools. Software you install on your computer to translate files with a translation memory.

Cloud TMS

39 tools. Translation management systems that run in the browser and organise projects, teams and invoicing.

Enterprise TMS

26 tools. Heavier platforms bought by language service providers and large content teams.

Open source tools

17 tools. Free and open source projects for translation, file formats and localization pipelines.

Machine translation APIs

24 tools. Translation engines you call from another system instead of using a user interface.

Quality and QA tools

13 tools. Tools that check translations, terminology and quality metrics.

Terminology management

10 tools. Glossaries, term bases and terminology extraction.

Specialised tools

30 tools. Subtitling, captioning, dubbing, transcription and other narrow workflows.

AI first platforms

18 tools. Products built around machine translation, language models and automation.

Smaller CAT tools

3 tools. Compact or legacy CAT tools still used by some translators.

AI orchestration

2 tools. Plugs several AI or translation services together and routes work between them.

Highest scoring tools in the database

Score recorded by TranslaStars after reviewing the official website. IT does not mean best for your workflow: use the recommender for that.

Tool	Platforms	Pricing model	Score
DeepL Pro AI	cloud, api, windows, mac	Consultar	92
Gridly	cloud, api	Consultar	88
Trados Enterprise	cloud, web	custom	88
ElevenLabs Dubbing	cloud, web, api	subscription	86
RWS AI (Linguistic AI)	cloud, api	custom	85
Blackbird.io	cloud, api	Consultar	84
DeepL API	api	Consultar	84
Intento	api, cloud	Consultar	84
Intento MT Hub	cloud, api	Consultar	84
Lilt	cloud, api	Consultar	84
Phrase Strings	cloud, web	subscription	84
RWS Language Weaver	cloud, api	custom	84
Unbabel	cloud, api	Consultar	84
GlobalLink ONE (Welocalize)	cloud, web	custom	82
Lingo.dev	cloud, api	subscription	82
memoQ TMS	cloud, web	custom	82
Rask AI	cloud, web	subscription	82
Mirai Translate	cloud, api	custom	80
Across Systems	windows, web	custom	78
Deepdub	cloud, web, api	custom	78
Descript	web, macos, windows	subscription	78
Localazy	cloud, web	freemium	78
MT Aggregator Pro	cloud, api	subscription	78
Sonix	cloud, web	subscription	78
Acrolinx	cloud, api	Consultar	76

See the full CAT tools and TMS list (202 tools, 11 categories), or go straight to the comparator on TranslaStars.

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