Google Cloud Translation API API pricing
Mature hyperscaler MT (NMT, LLM and adaptive tiers) with broad language coverage, deep SDKs and a non-expiring monthly free tier.
Free tier or trialBilled per million chars·Verified Jun 27, 2026
Free tier
500k chars/mo (never expires)
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | $0 | First 500,000 characters/month free (credit applies collectively across Basic and Advanced editions) |
| NMT text (Basic v2 / Advanced v3) | $20 / 1M chars | Standard neural machine translation over the free tier; Basic over 1B chars/month is contact-sales |
| NMT document translation (Advanced) | $0.08 / page | DOCX/PPTX/PDF; max 4,000 chars or 500 words per page |
| Translation LLM | $10 in + $10 out / 1M chars | LLM-based text translation, priced separately on input and output characters |
| Adaptive Translation (LLM) | $25 in + $25 out / 1M chars | Learns from supplied examples to adapt to style/domain |
| Custom AutoML models | $80 / 1M chars (tiered down to $30) | $80/M under 250M, $60/M to 2.5B, $40/M to 4B, $30/M above; training $45/hr capped at $300/job |
What to watch for on the bill
- Pay-per-character cost compounds fast at scale ($20/M); custom AutoML starts at a steep $80/M
The pricing page, as we saw it
Source: https://cloud.google.com/translate/pricing. Prices change. Confirm on the vendor page before you commit.
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