Phrase
by Phrase
At a glance
AI-powered localization platform and translation management system for software and enterprise content.
localization tms translation
- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- Translation & Language
- Business model
- Paid
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2012
Overview
Phrase is a localization and translation management platform (formerly Memsource and Phrase TMS) that automates multilingual content workflows. It combines a TMS, software localization, AI routing, and quality scoring for internal and vendor translators. Phrase is a paid enterprise product, not a consumer paste-box translator.
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Key features
- Translation management system for teams and vendors
- Software and app localization workflows
- AI routing and machine-translation quality scoring
- Connectors for code, CMS, and design tools
Use cases
- Localizing software strings and release content
- Managing enterprise translation vendors in one TMS
- Scoring and routing machine translation before human review
Pricing
Phrase is a paid localization platform with quote- or plan-based pricing for teams; there is no permanent consumer free translator.
Record details
Provenance, dates and links are kept here so the main sections stay about the product itself.
Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-09-10
- Pricing
- phrase.com ↗
- Documentation
- developers.phrase.com ↗
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- DE
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/phrase/
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 fields4 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.
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- Web
Derived from platform words in the record description/features/tags.
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- 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
- Not recorded
The record does not state whether a public API exists.
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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- Subscription Free allowance: No Subscription required: Yes
Prices are the vendor’s advertised entry price and exclude taxes; always confirm on the vendor’s own page.
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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
Frequently asked questions
What is Phrase?
Phrase is an AI-powered localization and translation management platform for software and enterprise content.
Is Phrase the same as Google Translate?
No. Phrase is a TMS for teams and vendors, not a consumer web translator.
Was Phrase called Memsource?
Phrase combined the Phrase and Memsource products under the Phrase name.
What does Phrase not record?
Plan prices, licence terms, supported languages and regions are all unrecorded, because the vendor page checked for this record did not state them.
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This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.
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