🆚 Polylang vs. WPML

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Translation software solution
Translation software solution

About

Polylang is a WordPress plugin that helps users translate posts, pages, media, categories, tags, widgets, navigation menus, and more.

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

Bourgoin Jallieu, France
Hong Kong

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️Open source
Polylang Pro€99+
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

Categories

Translation › Rank #4
Translation › Rank #2
WordPress Plugins › Rank #27
WordPress Plugins › Rank #13

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The WPML translation software solution is 2.3 times more popular than Polylang.
Total websites

Market share

Translation
WordPress Plugins

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

WPML is more popular in Spain, Italy, and Germany, while Polylang is more popular in Ukraine, Vietnam, and Russia.
Spain
Italy
Germany
France
Netherlands
Canada
United States
Switzerland
Poland
Ukraine

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

WPML is more popular than Polylang in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Travel
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Online Shopping
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Health
Software/Hardware
Blogs/Wiki

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#1,179
#3,301
#3,704
#6,290
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Rank
#1,210
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