Google Language Translator vs Relevanssi Premium
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| Feature | Google Language Translator v7.0.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Relevanssi Premium v2.26.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 100,000+ | — |
| Last updated | October 23, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Google Language Translator | Relevanssi Premium ($) |
| Pros | Language selector, widget and menu flags with no setup of translations; Machine translation covers a long list of languages; Simple shortcodes for placing the selector | Click tracking and query log insights; Related posts shortcode and did-you-mean suggestions; Multilingual stopword handling for Polylang and WPML |
| Cons | Free use is limited to non-commercial purposes under the vendor terms; Free version gives no SEO benefit and does not keep translations; Indexing, URL translation and in-context editing need a paid plan | Needs a licence key and updates come from the vendor; Click tracking adds a database table that is trimmed by cron; Some features call Relevanssi services servers |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| Features (Translation plugins checklist) | ||
| Machine translation | Yes | — |
| Visual editor | Paid | — |
| SEO-friendly URLs | Paid | — |
| WooCommerce | Yes | — |
| Languages limit | 104 | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Floating language selector loaded from the vendor CDN, Language selector widget, Shortcodes for the translator and language menu, Language flags in navigation menus, Shortcodes run inside text widgets, Search engine indexing of translated pages ($), Translated URL slugs ($) | Click tracking for search results ($), Query log and tracking insights in the post editor ($), Related posts shortcode ($), Did you mean suggestions from successful searches ($), Licence-checked automatic updates ($), PDF file indexing through the services server ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | — | Polylang ($), WPML ($) |
| Other | GTranslate translation service, Intercom support chat | Relevanssi services servers ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.6 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | cdn.gtranslate.net, widget.intercom.io | eu.relevanssiservices.com, us.relevanssiservices.com |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 1 |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |