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Amazon Translate
What it is
Amazon Translate is an API machine-translation service for moving text between 75 supported languages. It provides on-demand real-time and batch translation for multilingual applications, company or user content and incoming text in multiple languages. Website and document translation are supported, along with glossary tools. Active Custom Translation uses parallel-data examples to adjust output at runtime without requiring customers to build and maintain a custom translation model. Real-time calls allow up to 5,000 bytes per API call. Batch jobs accept up to 5 GB per call, with individual documents limited to 20 MB and 1,000,000 characters; supported formats include TXT, HTML, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX and XLIFF. AWS documents integrations with Comprehend, Transcribe, Polly, S3, DynamoDB, Aurora, Redshift, Lambda and Glue. AWS says content is encrypted in transit and at rest and customers retain ownership. It may store and use processed text to operate and improve the service, with an AWS Organizations opt-out policy. Listed pricing starts at $15 a month for standard text translation and batch document translation.
For and against
For
- Supports translation across 75 languages
- Offers real-time and batch API modes
- Customizes output with parallel data
- Provides document and website translation
- Integrates with multiple AWS services
Against
- Real-time calls limited to 5,000 bytes
- AWS may use processed text for improvement
- Plans are billed per million characters
- Real-time document options have no Free Tier
The verdict
Amazon Translate covers application, website and document translation through one API, with batch limits and AWS integrations clearly defined. Its customization feature avoids maintaining a separate translation model, while usage-based pricing and data-use policies need attention.
Who it suits
It suits developers and organizations that need API-based translation for applications, websites, documents or incoming multilingual text. The service is also aimed at teams using other AWS services.
Plans and prices
Standard Text Translation
2 million characters per month for 12 months on Free Tier
Read 5 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Batch Document Translation
2 million characters per month for 12 months on Free Tier; supports TXT, HTML, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, and XLIFF
Read 5 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Real-Time Document Translation (Text & HTML)
No Free Tier for this service
Read 5 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Real-Time Document Translation (Docx)
No Free Tier for this service
Read 5 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Active Custom Translation
500,000 characters per month for 2 months on Free Tier
Read 5 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
On the record
- API access
- Yesaws.amazon.com · read 20 Sep 2026
- Customization
- Active Custom Translation uses parallel data examples to customize translation output at runtime without requiring customers to build and maintain a custom translation model.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Data privacy
- AWS says it may store and use processed text to provide and maintain the service and improve its machine learning technologies, and provides an AWS Organizations opt-out policy for that use.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Document translation
- Yesaws.amazon.com · read 20 Sep 2026
- Encryption and ownership
- AWS says content is encrypted at rest and in transit and that customers retain ownership of their content.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Glossary tools
- Yesaws.amazon.com · read 20 Sep 2026
- Input limits
- Real-time calls are limited to 5,000 bytes per API call; batch translation accepts up to 5 GB per call, with individual documents up to 20 MB and 1,000,000 characters.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- AWS documentation describes integrations with Amazon Comprehend, Transcribe, Polly, S3, DynamoDB, Aurora, Redshift, Lambda, and Glue.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Languages
- Amazon Translate supports translation between 75 languages.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Security
- AWS describes security as a shared responsibility and lists data protection, identity and access management, monitoring, compliance validation, resilience, infrastructure security, and VPC endpoints among the service security topics.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- The FAQ directs customers to AWS Customer Service for technical support and says feedback can be submitted through Customer Service or the Translate console.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Supported languages
- 75aws.amazon.com · read 20 Sep 2026
- Translation modes
- The service offers real-time and batch translation through an API.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Website translation
- Yesaws.amazon.com · read 20 Sep 2026
- What it does
- Amazon Translate is a machine translation service for translating text between supported languages on demand.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Who it is for
- AWS describes use cases including multilingual applications, translating company and user-authored content, and processing incoming text in multiple languages.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
