Weglot vs TranslatePress vs ConveyThis: Honest Comparison (September 2026)

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TranslatePress suits you if you want translations stored in your own WordPress database and a bill once a year. Weglot and ConveyThis are hosted services: they translate and serve your language versions from their own servers, work on platforms other than WordPress, and bill monthly or yearly by words, languages, sites and monthly translation requests. Of the two hosted options, as of September 2026, ConveyThis includes more words per plan at similar tiers. Weglot has the larger ecosystem, a 14-day free trial and higher request allowances on some plans.

We make ConveyThis, so we have tried to keep this comparison to facts you can check. All Weglot and TranslatePress details were verified on their own websites and WordPress.org listings on 28 September 2026.

Key takeaways

• The main difference is where translations live. TranslatePress keeps them in your WordPress database. Weglot says plainly that if you stop using it, “your website will no longer be translated” because translations are stored on its servers (WordPress.org). The same is true of ConveyThis.
• The pricing models differ. TranslatePress is billed yearly per site bundle (€99, €199, €349). Weglot is priced in euros (from €15/month). ConveyThis is priced in US dollars (from $12/month, with a Free plan).
• On the free versions, TranslatePress covers one extra language and 2,000 AI words; Weglot Free covers 2,000 words and 1 language; ConveyThis Free covers 5,000 words and 1 language.
• All three handle hreflang, translated metadata and a visual editor. They differ on limits, hosting and price.

Side-by-side comparison (as of 28 September 2026)

Sources: TranslatePress pricing, TranslatePress on WordPress.org, TranslatePress migration docs, Weglot pricing, Weglot export help, Weglot on WordPress.org, ConveyThis pricing, ConveyThis import/export help.

How each one counts what you use

Most billing surprises start here, so read this before you compare prices:

• TranslatePress counts AI words “per word, per language”: a 2,000-word page translated into 2 languages uses 4,000 AI words (TranslatePress docs).
• Weglot counts the “total unique words translated across all your languages” as a fixed limit, and separately caps monthly translation requests, roughly your translated page views (Weglot pricing).
• ConveyThis caps words, translated languages, websites and monthly translation requests too. Words are counted only when translated content is shown to a visitor, and bot visits don’t count.

Multilingual SEO

All three can produce what search engines need: a separate URL for each language, hreflang tags and translated titles and descriptions.

• TranslatePress includes its SEO Pack add-on from the Personal plan, with translatable URL slugs and metadata. Different domains per language are on Business and above.
• Weglot “supports subdirectories, subdomains, and custom domains” and adds hreflang and translated metadata automatically; translated URLs are part of its higher plans (Weglot).
• ConveyThis publishes each language as a subfolder, subdomain or ?lang URL (subfolders and subdomains are on the Business plan and higher) with automatic hreflang, translated meta tags and translated JSON-LD. Translated URL slugs are available from the Business plan on subdomain setups and WordPress (help). Our multilingual SEO page lists the details.

Performance and maintenance

• TranslatePress runs inside WordPress, so translated pages are served by your server and your caching setup, and translations add rows to your database.
• Weglot and ConveyThis translate in the cloud, so your WordPress database doesn’t grow with each language, but each translated page depends on the service being available.

Whichever you pick, test page speed on a staging copy of your site, with your own theme and page builder. Don’t rely on anyone’s marketing claims about speed, ours included.

Where each one wins

TranslatePress is the better fit when:

• you want to own your translations in your own database, forever
• you prefer a yearly licence to a monthly subscription
• your site is WordPress-only and will stay that way

Weglot is the better fit when:

• you want the biggest ecosystem: Weglot lists 70+ integrations and says it is trusted by 110,000+ websites
• you want a free 14-day trial of paid features
• you need higher monthly request allowances at entry level (20,000 on Starter vs 15,000 on ConveyThis Starter), or professional translation ordering from the dashboard (from €0.13 per word)

ConveyThis is the better fit when:

• you need more words per plan at similar tiers (for example, 100,000 words and 3 languages for $24/month vs Weglot’s 50,000 words for €29/month)
• you need a less common language: ConveyThis supports 210
• you are moving from another tool and want to import existing translations on any plan, including Free

Installing ConveyThis on WordPress

1. Install ConveyThis from the WordPress plugin directory (1,000+ active installs, rated 4.4/5 from 145 ratings as of 28 September 2026).
2. Create an account and copy your API key from the dashboard.
3. In WordPress, open the ConveyThis settings, paste the key, choose your original language and the languages to add, and save.

The full walkthrough is in the WordPress help guide, and the WordPress integration page lists what is covered. For a wider view of the market, including WPML and Polylang, see our WordPress translation plugins comparison.

Frequently asked questions

Is TranslatePress cheaper than Weglot? For one site with a lot of manual or own-API translation, usually yes, because it is a yearly licence. If you rely on built-in AI translation, compare the AI word quota (counted per language) with Weglot’s and ConveyThis’s word limits at your size.

Can I move from Weglot or TranslatePress to ConveyThis? From Weglot, yes: export CSV (available on Weglot’s Advanced plan and above) and import it; see our switching from Weglot guide. TranslatePress documents migration only between TranslatePress sites, so plan on re-translating and re-applying key edits.

Which is best for WooCommerce? All three state WooCommerce support. Test your checkout, emails and product filters on staging before you choose.

Next step

If a hosted service fits your site, create a ConveyThis account and test it on a staging copy. The Free plan covers 5,000 words and one language.