Papago
by Naver
At a glance
Neural machine translation service from Naver, with a focus on languages including Korean, Japanese, and Chinese.
translation language
- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- Translation & Language
- Business model
- Freemium
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2016-08
Overview
Papago is Naver's neural machine translation service in the translation-language category, tuned for Asian language pairs such as Korean, Japanese and Chinese and for Korean honorifics. It is operated by Naver, the South Korean company named in the service's own legal notice. It is used through the papago.naver.com web app, mobile apps and browser extensions; the consumer apps and web interface are free, while some features require the paid Papago Plus plan and developers pay for the Papago Translation API through Naver Cloud Platform. No material change was found in this review. Its limitation is documentation access: the Naver Cloud API guide returned 403 in this review, so the API's own documentation and rate details could not be read or recorded here.
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Key features
- Neural translation tuned for Asian languages
- Image, document, and website translation
- Real-time conversation mode
- Korean honorific-aware translations
Use cases
- Korean-English-Japanese-Chinese translation
- Translating signs and menus while traveling in Asia
- Reading Korean web content
Pricing
Papago apps, web, and extensions are free; some features require the paid Papago Plus plan, and developers pay for the Papago Translation API through Naver Cloud Platform.
Record details
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Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
- Pricing
- papago.naver.com ↗
- Founded
- 1999
- Headquarters
- KR
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/papago/
Selection profile
Every field says where its value comes from. "Unknown" means we have not confirmed it — it does not mean the product lacks the feature.
Selection profile11 fields3 unknown
- Tasks it fits
- Translation
Derived from the record: category "translation-language".
Suggest a correction - How you use it
- Web app
Hosted product with no desktop/CLI tag in the record; assumed web-delivered.
Suggest a correction - Runs on
- Web
Derived from platform words in the record description/features/tags.
Suggest a correction - Where it runs
- Vendor cloud
Vendor-hosted product; no self-hosted option is recorded.
Suggest a correction - Works offline
- Not recorded
The record contains no offline-operation claim.
Suggest a correction - Official service region
- Global
Mirrors the availability field already on the record ("global").
Suggest a correction - Public API
- Yes
The record mentions an API surface.
Suggest a correction - Licence
- proprietary
Commercial product; no source licence is published in the record.
Suggest a correction - Commercial use
- Not recorded
Commercial product; the terms reviewed here do not state a non-commercial restriction, but that was not verified.
Suggest a correction - Interface languages
- Not recorded
No vendor page read in this pass states the product's own interface languages; the key exists so the field can be answered later rather than left absent.
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- Free Subscription Free allowance: Yes Subscription required: No
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Where each value comes from
- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
- How you use it
- Our inference
- Runs on
- Our inference
- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
- Our inference
- Official service region
- Our inference
- Public API
- Our inference
- Licence
- Our inference
- Commercial use
- Our inference
- Interface languages
- Unknown
Key facts and their evidence
Each fact lists the conditions it holds under, the page it was read from and the day it was checked.
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Pricing: A paid Papago Plus plan exists; the consumer apps, web and extensions are otherwise free Verified 2026-10-10 papago.naver.com ↗
Applies to: Consumer offering; enterprise API access is sold separately
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Frequently asked questions
What is Papago?
Papago is Naver's machine translation service, particularly strong for Korean, Japanese, and Chinese.
Is Papago free?
The consumer apps and web interface are free, but some features require the paid Papago Plus plan; API access for businesses is billed via Naver Cloud.
How is Papago different from Google Translate?
Papago specialises in Asian language pairs and Korean nuances such as honorifics.
Who runs Papago?
Papago is operated by Naver Corp., the South Korean company named in the service's own legal notice.
Who should not choose Papago?
Developers who need published API documentation and rates: the Papago Translation API is sold through Naver Cloud, but its guide returned 403 in this review, so the API documentation and pricing could not be read or verified here.
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