Best alternatives to Google Translate (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Google Translate, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Google Translate alternatives, compared
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Web Translate
Web Translate is easy to use translator for your Web browser / Thunderbird!
≈20K users3.2★ from 16 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago6 permissions- About 1900× fewer users than Google Translate
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 5)
- Listed under Social Networking
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Translate
Easily translate words and sentences into 249 languages directly on your web page.
≈10K users4.3★ from 42 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago7 permissions- About 3800× fewer users than Google Translate
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 5)
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Google Translate extension
Translate selected text, pages, and more with Google Translate
≈1K users4.0★ from 3 ratings6 permissions- About 38000× fewer users than Google Translate
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 5)
- Listed under Functionality & UI
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Translate
Simple Inline Translate Tool.
≈20K users4.7★ from 10 ratings5 permissions- About 1900× fewer users than Google Translate
- Listed under Tools
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Translate For Chrome Extension
Select text on a page to instantly translate it.
≈1K users5.0★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago3 permissions- About 38000× fewer users than Google Translate
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
- Listed under Accessibility
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A&I Translate
A&I Translate
≈1K users4.8★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago4 permissions- About 38000× fewer users than Google Translate
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
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Translator
Translate words and phrases while browsing the web, using Google translator.
≈70K users4.1★ from 44 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago3 permissions- About 543× fewer users than Google Translate
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Kagi Translate
Use Kagi Translate within your browser
≈20K users3.7★ from 16 ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago10 permissions- About 1900× fewer users than Google Translate
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (10 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
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Translator
Translate words and phrases while browsing the web, using Google Translate.
≈10K users4.3★ from 61 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago8 permissions- About 3800× fewer users than Google Translate
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 5)
- Listed under Accessibility
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Translate It
Translator for selected text, web pages, PDFs, subtitles, images, and live dubbing, with traditional and AI providers.
≈10K users4.6★ from 43 ratingsUpdated 2 days ago15 permissions- About 3800× fewer users than Google Translate
- Rated 0.4 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (15 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
Google Translate alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Google Translate?
By users, the most popular alternative is Translator with ≈70K users and a 4.1-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Web Translate.
Which Google Translate alternative has the best rating?
Translator has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.3 out of 5 from 61 ratings.
Is there a Google Translate alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Translate For Chrome Extension asks for 3 permissions, against 5 for Google Translate.
How many alternatives to Google Translate are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Google Translate on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.