Tranzly vs WPML
In Tranzly's own words.
Tranzly lets you run a multilingual WordPress site without any word counting: it is free on WordPress.org, supports unlimited languages, and you translate through your own DeepL or AI account. WPML, a long-established paid WordPress translation plugin, instead sells yearly plans that come with a fixed quantity of AI-translated words.
Where Tranzly stands out
Unlimited languages come with the free edition, along with translated addresses, hreflang and sitemaps.
Payment goes straight to your translation service, so there are no word allowances to buy and no word limits.
Each translated page adds two database queries at most, and since no cookie is used, caching carries on working.
Tranzly Pro brings across WPML's languages, translations and translated texts, and the import can be reversed.
Where WPML is strong
A yearly quota of AI-translated words is part of the paid plans, which removes the need for a separate translation account.
A proprietary translation engine is available, sitting alongside DeepL, Google Translate and Microsoft Translator.
In common
Every translation is kept as genuine WordPress content that has an address of its own, in both plugins.
DeepL, Google and Microsoft machine translation can be connected to either plugin.
Differences
WPML offers no free version, whereas Tranzly has a free edition on WordPress.org.
Paid WPML plans bundle 22,500 or 45,000 AI-translated words, and the Blog plan has none; Tranzly sets no word limit.
Through 73 tools, Tranzly allows AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT to translate a whole site.