Site Kit by Google vs Weglot
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| Feature | Site Kit by Google v1.190.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.2/5 Visit Details | Weglot v6.4.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | — |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Site Kit by Google | Weglot Translate |
| Pros | Single dashboard for Google services; Search Console, Analytics 4 and PageSpeed Insights in wp-admin; Free and maintained by Google | Hosted AI translation with review in a visual editor; Language-specific URLs and hreflang tags for search; WooCommerce and Divi handling built in |
| Cons | Needs a Google account and access to each connected service; Telemetry is off until the user opts in; Several modules add scripts and requests to Google services on the site | Needs a Weglot account and the hosted translation service; Visual editor and language limits depend on the account plan; Page content is sent to the Weglot API for translation |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Analytics 4 reports and setup, Search Console data in the dashboard, PageSpeed Insights results, AdSense module, Tag Manager setup, Site verification with Google, Email reports to site users, Google consent mode support | Automatic hreflang tags, Language switcher block, Language switcher widget, Language switcher shortcode, REST endpoint to purge translation cache, Webhooks from the Weglot service |
| Integrations | ||
| Marketing | Google AdSense, Google Ads | — |
| Analytics | Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads |
| Plugins | — | Yoast SEO, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Divi |
| Other | Google Search Console | Weglot API |
| Requires WordPress | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | mandrillapp.com, api.telegram.org, maker.ifttt.com, api.sendgrid.com, www.googleapis.com, www.gstatic.com, cloud.google.com, iamcredentials.googleapis.com, iamcredentials.universe, cloudresourcemanager.universe, sitekit-static.withgoogle.com, storage.googleapis.com, sitekit.withgoogle.com, site-kit-dev.appspot.com, site-kit-local.appspot.com, wordpress.org, newsite.com | proxy.weglot.com, api.weglot.com, api.weglot.dev, api.weglot.us, cdn.weglot.com, cdn-api-weglot.com, cdn-api-weglot.dev |
| Blocks | 3 | 2 |
| Shortcodes | 1 | 1 |