🆚 GlotPress vs. WPML

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 GlotPress is twice as popular as WPML.
🌍 GlotPress is more popular in Spain, Italy, and Germany.
🌎 WPML is more popular in Canada, the United States, and Switzerland.

GlotPress

WPML

Type

Translation software solution

About

GlotPress is an open-source WordPress plugin that lets you set up your own collaborative, web-based software translation tool.

WPML is a multilingual WordPress plugin that helps users translate websites and WooCommerce stores into multiple languages from a single dashboard.

It supports over 65 languages, offers manual, professional, and automatic translation options, provides language-specific URLs, manages translated strings and media, and includes SEO features such as hreflang tags and translated metadata.

Headquarters

Hong Kong

Website

wordpress.org #3,825

wpml.org #105,435

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Free version ❌

Multilingual Blog
(1 site, no AI translation)€39/year

Multilingual CMS
(3 sites, 90K AI credits)€99/year

Multilingual Agency
(unlimited sites, 180K AI credits)€199/year

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The GlotPress translation software solution is 1.9 times more popular than WPML.

Total websites

Market share

Translation

WordPress Plugins

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

GlotPress is more popular in Spain, Italy, and Germany, while WPML is more popular in Canada, the United States, and Switzerland.

Spain

Italy

Germany

Japan

France

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Canada

United States

Brazil

Awards

🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Translation category.
🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Translation category.
🥇 Most popular in Spain in the Translation category.
🥇 Most popular in Italy in the Translation category.
🥇 Most popular in France in the Translation category.

🥇 Most popular in Canada in the Translation category.
🥇 Most popular in Switzerland in the Translation category.
🥇 Most popular in Finland in the Translation category.
🥇 Most popular in the Czech Republic in the Translation category.
🥇 Most popular in Israel in the Translation category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

GlotPress is more popular among sites focused on marketing and merchandising, online shopping, and education and reference, while WPML is more commonly used on business, travel, and software and hardware sites.

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Travel

Online Shopping

Education/Reference

Blogs/Wiki

Internet Services

Health

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Entertainment