Webflow multilanguage: many choices, but which one is really the best?

Each Webflow translation tool has its advantages and disadvantages

The best choice depends entirely on your website, your team, and your ambitions. Is it about SEO? Budget? Ease of use? In this blog, we compare the three biggest players: Linguana, Weglot and Webflow Localization. This way, you know exactly which tool to use for your project.

Linguana: budget-friendly with good SEO

Benefits of Linguana

• Cheapest option
• SEO friendly: translated URLs via subdirectory
• Bulk AI translations available
• You pay per word, but without a hard limit
• Simple in design
• Possible to modify images by language

Disadvantages of Linguana

• No visual editor
• No ability to exclude words or elements
• Only one login/account possible
• Sometimes some bugs
• External tool (not native to Webflow)
• After each change to the default language: translate that element again into all languages and publish
• Auto redirect is based on browser settings, not IP address
• Not possible to change button links per language

Linguana Price

At Linguana, you pay per word translated. Have you run out of credits? Then you just buy extra for $50 per 50,000 words. For a smaller site, the $19-a-month Starter plan is often enough (up to 3 languages).

Editor Preview

With Linguana, you have to edit everything using text fields per page. You can see what this looks like below.

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Weglot: the most user-friendly solution

Weglot advantages

• Visual editor to modify translations live
• You can exclude words and elements
• Bulk translation via AI is done automatically
• Team support: multiple users allowed
• Possible to modify images by language

Disadvantages of Weglot

• More expensive: SEO URLs (translated URLs) require at least the Pro plan
• External tool
• Auto redirect is based on browser settings, not IP address
• Not possible to change button links per language

Weglot Price

The €79 per month Pro plan is actually a must, because only then will you get SEO-friendly translated URLs. Up to 200,000 words and 5 languages, that's easy to do. If you go up there, the prices quickly get tough.

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Editor example

What's really cool about Weglot is the visual editor. You simply see your site as it is live, and you click directly on the text you want to translate. That works great, especially if you don't feel like scrolling through lists of text fragments (sorry Linguana).

You can see exactly how that works in the video below:

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Webflow Localization: All-In-One

Benefits of Webflow Localization

• Everything directly in Webflow, so no external tools
• Visual editor
• No translation limit
• Possible to modify images by language
• Possible to modify button links per language

Disadvantages of Webflow Localization

• $29 per month per language, so it quickly adds up
• No bulk AI translation. Everything has to be per page or CMS item
• Auto redirect is based on browser settings, not IP address
• No exclusion options for elements (Enterprise plan only, but is far too expensive for most)

Webflow Localization Price

The Advanced plan of $29 p/m per language is actually a must if you take SEO seriously. This gives you translated URLs and subdirectories. But do you have 5 languages, for example? Then you're already at $145 a month.

Editor example

Translating content is also really cool in Webflow itself. You can see the design immediately, and you can edit everything easily. The disadvantage is that you can't translate everything at once. It really needs to be page by page, and also per CMS item separately. That takes some time, but it does provide full control.

In this video, you can see how it all works. The piece starts at 2:51, where they show how translation works:

Conclusion: there is no one-size-fits-all

There are plenty of other differences, but in my opinion, these are the most important ones. Unfortunately, as you can see, there is no Webflow translation tool that is best for every case. So it's important to ask yourself what's important to you. And you still can't quite figure it out? No worries, we are happy to help you!