Is Figma plugin free?

Yes, the Figma plugin is completely free. You'll need a Tolgee account, which starts with a Free plan automatically. Check pricing for limits and details on paid plans if you need more features.

How do I find the Project API key?

Go to Tolgee platform → top right menu → Project API keys.

Can I generate key names automatically?

Yes. Users can set up automatic key name prefilling for fast work and better consistency. They can use any text, separator, or variable. Variables are derived from the Figma structure, for example, "Element name," which takes the name of the string (layer) the user wants to translate. Users can choose a format style to maintain consistent formatting and modify spacing or capitalization. For example: "Element_name"

How can I preview translated strings in my design?

Download translations from Tolgee and click "Create page copy" to make a new page in your chosen language. For quick switching, select any frame and change the language in the plugin.

How to update screenshots when I change designs in Figma?

Screenshots update when uploading to Tolgee. Select frames and press "Upload". Note: Don´t forget to connect texts and keys.

How to link texts from Design to existing keys in Tolgee?

Select text → Click link icon (on the right). Plugin shows matching keys from your platform. Choose one to connect. You can disconnect anytime.

Can I ignore numbers in design - not to send it to translation?

Yes. Go to the plugin settings, check "Ignore nodes with numbers".

Can I ignore specific text in design - not to send it to translation?

Yes. Go to the plugin settings, add prefixes like "_" to ignore. Then rename layers you want to skip with this prefix (example: "_text").

Can I create designs with key names - for developers?

Yes. Connect your strings to keys, then create a page copy with key names instead of translations.

Is it possible to use Plugin in Dev mode?

Yes, the plugin works in Dev mode and it is view only.

When I copy design which has connected keys, will the connection be copied too?

Yes. Connections stay with copied elements. You can disconnect them if needed.

How to use plurals in Figma?

Select text → Go to plugin → String details. Check "is plural" option. Fill all plural forms and choose value which will be shown in Figma. Hit "Upload" button and plural forms will appear in Tolgee too.

What formatting is supported in the plugin?

You can use these HTML tags: b or strong for bold, i or em for italic, u for underline, and br for a line break.

Tolgee vs POEditor: A Detailed Comparison for Product Teams (2026)

By Jan Cizmar. Last updated 9 October 2026.

The short answer

Choose Tolgee if developers and translators want one open-source localization platform for every major file format. It pulls keys from code with its CLI, updates app text without a release, lets you edit inside your running web app, and includes AI translation credits on every plan. Self-host it if you need to, and add SSO, tasks and granular permissions as the team grows.

Choose POEditor if you want a no-code workflow builder or Microsoft Teams and WordPress integrations, and you don’t need self-hosting or an open-source platform.

At a glance

Capability	Tolgee	POEditor
Open source	Yes	No
Self-hosting	Yes, free up to 10 seats	No
Update app text without a release	Yes, CDN content delivery on every plan, read by the JS, iOS and Android SDKs and the Unreal Engine plugin	No; translations leave POEditor as exported files or through its API, with no built-in delivery to your app
Activity log: who changed which string, and when	Yes, on every plan, kept for the life of the project	From the Plus plan (from $51/month); kept 15 days (30 days for deletions)
How plans are sized	Hosted words: every word of the source text and of each translation, each language counted separately	Strings: each term plus each of its translations, source language included, across all languages
Free plan	30,000 hosted words, 3 seats (team members), 10,000 machine translation credits, content delivery and in-context editing	1,000 strings, 5 contributors, 10,000 machine translation characters
Pull new keys from your source code	Yes, the CLI extracts them from React, Vue, Svelte and Angular code in any CI pipeline; for other code you can plug in your own extractor	No; you import files or sync a repo
In-context editing in your running app	Yes, on every plan, in any web app that uses Tolgee's SDK, including backend-rendered pages (PHP, Rails, Django)	No
Screenshots for translators	Captured from your running web app in one click with the Tolgee Tools browser extension, created from your Figma designs by the Tolgee Figma plugin, or uploaded by hand or through the API	Uploaded, then matched to strings automatically with a scan, or by hand
Translation memory	Similar matches, not just exact ones, on every plan, with TMX import and export	Exact matches, from the Start plan (from $17/month)
AI translation	Built in, using screenshots, key descriptions, contextually connected keys, your project description, per-language notes, translation memory and glossary as context, with machine translation credits on every plan; or bring your own LLM key	Bring your own LLM key, on every plan
Glossary	Yes	Yes
No-code workflow builder	No; automate with the CLI, the REST API, webhooks or the MCP server	Yes, from the Plus plan (from $51/month)
ISO 27001 certified	Yes	Yes

What is Tolgee?

Tolgee is an open-source localization platform used by more than 40,000 people, at companies such as AB InBev, Continental, Life Fitness, ASSA ABLOY and OBI. Its core is on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 license, with more than 4,000 stars, 96 contributors and over 1.7 million Docker pulls.

Tolgee has shipped in public since 2020, with more than 1,000 releases. It holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, Tolgee Cloud keeps your data in the EU, and you can self-host the server instead.

Tolgee ships a CLI, a REST API, an MCP server (so AI assistants can read and edit your translations) and SDKs for React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, iOS and Android, an Unreal Engine plugin, and imports and exports JSON, XLIFF, PO, Android XML, Apple .strings and other common formats. Translators and product managers work in a web editor without touching code.

What is POEditor?

POEditor is a cloud translation management system run by Code Whale Inc. Teams import strings from more than 20 file formats, translate them in a browser editor with human, machine or AI translation, and move files in and out through the API, an MCP server, or Git integrations for GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure Repos.

POEditor’s plans go Free, Start (from $17/month), Plus (from $51/month), Premium (from $136/month) and Enterprise (from $221/month), sized by string count. A string is one term (a key or source phrase) or one translation of it, the source-language text included, counted across every project and language. POEditor is closed source and offers no self-hosted version.

Can POEditor update your app’s text without a new release?

No, not on its own. POEditor doesn’t offer a content delivery network or an SDK for your app, so translations leave it as files: exported by hand, pushed to your repo, fetched through the API or sent with Workflows, POEditor’s no-code automation feature, from the Plus plan (from $51/month). Your app gets them when you build and ship.

The alternative is writing your own layer that calls POEditor’s API, within its rate limits.

Tolgee closes that gap. Content delivery on every plan, the free one included, publishes your translations to a CDN-backed endpoint. Your web app, a mobile app using Tolgee’s iOS or Android SDK, or an Unreal Engine game with Tolgee’s plugin loads the latest text from there, and any other platform can fetch the same files.

With Tolgee, a typo fixed this morning is live this morning, with no app store review in between.

Where Tolgee stands out

Tolgee is one platform that developers, translators and product managers share, and five things stand out: keys pulled from code, editing on the real product, AI translation that knows your app, controls that grow with the team, and a server you can run yourself.

Keys from code, in any pipeline. The CLI extracts new keys straight from React, Vue, Svelte and Angular code, and for other stacks you can plug in your own extractor. The CLI also pushes and pulls translations in any CI pipeline.

Editing on the real product. In-context editing has been Tolgee’s core feature since 2021. In any web app that uses Tolgee’s SDK, a product manager with the Tolgee Tools browser extension spots a typo, clicks the string and fixes it there.

AI translation that knows your app. Tolgee’s AI translator uses the context you give each key: screenshots, descriptions and which keys are contextually connected. It also uses your project description, per-language notes, translation memory and your glossary, which comes with the Translate plan (from €58/month). Every plan includes machine translation credits, or you can use your own LLM key.

Controls that grow with the team. Branching and QA checks come with the Optimise plan (from €133/month). The Manage plan (from €373/month) adds tasks and permissions granted per action, such as who may edit, review or manage keys. The Enterprise plan (custom pricing) adds SSO through your identity provider, premium support and an account manager.

A server you can run yourself. The server is open source and free to self-host for up to 10 seats. If a security review ends with “the data can’t leave our infrastructure,” Tolgee fits. POEditor has no self-hosted version.

Start free on Tolgee Cloud, or talk to us about Enterprise.

Where POEditor falls short

POEditor has three gaps for a product team: an audit log that keeps most events for only 15 days, most machine translation and all AI sitting outside the subscription, and terms of service it can change without notice.

A short audit trail. POEditor’s audit log starts on the Plus plan (from $51/month). It records who did what, including API calls, and keeps most events for 15 days (deletions for 30). Change History, from the Start plan (from $17/month), recovers earlier versions of a translation.

Tolgee’s activity log is on every plan and keeps the full history for the life of the project.

Most machine translation and all AI usage are paid outside the subscription. Each POEditor account comes with 10,000 free machine translation characters. After that you buy more characters, or use your own provider key from the Start plan (from $17/month). AI translation works only with your own LLM key.

Tolgee includes machine translation credits on every plan, 10,000 on the free plan and at least 400,000 on paid plans, and its AI translator draws on them, so you don’t need your own key.

Terms that can change without notice. POEditor’s terms of service, last updated in March 2020, let POEditor change the terms “without any notifications.” Tolgee’s terms say changes come on notice, and a price increase needs written notice before the renewal it applies to.

Where POEditor has the edge

POEditor is ahead in four areas: a no-code workflow builder, LLM scoring of existing translations, Microsoft Teams and WordPress integrations, and a lower entry price.

No-code automation. POEditor Workflows chain triggers and steps, such as importing from Git, translating with AI and notifying a team, without code. The Plus plan (from $51/month) includes one workflow built from a template. The Premium plan (from $136/month) allows up to five, including ones you design yourself.

In Tolgee you’d build that with the CLI, the REST API, webhooks or the MCP server. Webhooks come with the Translate plan (from €58/month).

AI quality evaluation. POEditor can ask your connected LLM to score existing translations, on every plan. It also lets you set a custom AI prompt per project, which Tolgee offers from the Optimise plan (from €133/month). Tolgee doesn’t score translations with an LLM.

Microsoft Teams and WordPress. POEditor sends notifications to Teams as well as Slack, and its WordPress plugin syncs the translation files of themes and plugins with POEditor. Tolgee integrates with Slack but not Teams, and has no WordPress plugin.

Lower entry price. POEditor’s Start plan (from $17/month) costs less than Tolgee’s Translate plan (from €58/month), and POEditor’s free plan allows 5 contributors to Tolgee’s 3, while every Tolgee paid plan has unlimited seats.

Switching from POEditor to Tolgee

In our experience, switching takes an afternoon to export and import, plus about a day for a review pass.

Export each POEditor language as JSON, XLIFF or PO and import the files into Tolgee. These are standard formats both tools handle, so keys and translations move cleanly. Comment threads and POEditor’s Change History stay behind in POEditor, so keep your POEditor account open until you’re settled.

For many projects or languages, script it. Tolgee’s REST API is on every plan, so you can loop over POEditor’s export endpoint and push each file into Tolgee.

Then set up what POEditor doesn’t offer. Adding the SDK to a web app for in-context editing and content delivery takes minutes, and the CLI replaces your Git sync in CI.

Which one should you choose?

Choose Tolgee if any of these are true:

Text changes should reach users without waiting for a release.
Developers want new keys pulled straight from code, in any CI pipeline.
You want an activity log of who changed what on every plan.
You want translators and product managers to fix text in the running app instead of a string list.
You want AI translation with credits included, even on the free plan.
Your data may have to live on your own infrastructure.
Your team is growing into tasks, granular permissions or SSO.

Choose POEditor if any of these are true:

You want to build localization automation in a no-code workflow editor.
You need Microsoft Teams notifications or a WordPress plugin.
You manage a small string count and the lowest monthly price matters most.

Create a free Tolgee account. Export one POEditor project, import it, and compare the two side by side before you move the rest.

FAQ

Can Tolgee push new translations to my app without an app store release?

Yes, on every plan. Tolgee Content Delivery publishes your translations to a CDN-backed endpoint, and your app loads them at runtime. The free plan includes one delivery endpoint, for example for production, and the Optimise plan (from €133/month) adds more. The JS, iOS and Android SDKs and the Unreal Engine plugin read from that endpoint directly, React Native uses the JS SDK, and any other platform can fetch the same files.

Can Tolgee pull new keys straight from my source code?

Yes: in React, Vue, Svelte and Angular apps that use Tolgee’s SDK, the Tolgee CLI scans your code, finds the keys you use and syncs them with your project, so new strings show up without a manual import. For other code you can plug in your own extractor script. Run the CLI locally or in any CI pipeline, whatever Git host you use.

Can translators fix a string by clicking it in my app with Tolgee?

Yes, Tolgee calls this in-context editing. In development the SDK turns it on directly. On a deployed web app that uses the Tolgee SDK, anyone on your team installs the Tolgee Tools browser extension, opens the app, clicks a string and edits it in place. In-context editing is on every plan including the free one, in React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, Next.js and plain JS, and in backend-rendered apps (PHP, Rails, Django). POEditor doesn’t offer in-context editing.

Does Tolgee keep a history of who changed each translation?

Yes, on every plan, and Tolgee keeps the full history for the life of the project. The activity log records who changed which key or translation and when. POEditor’s audit log starts on the Plus plan (from $51/month) and keeps most events for 15 days.

How many machine translation credits does Tolgee include?

10,000 on the free plan and at least 400,000 on every self-serve paid plan (the Translate plan from €58/month, the Optimise plan from €133/month and the Manage plan from €373/month), rising as you choose a larger hosted-words allowance. With Google, DeepL or AWS one credit is about one translated character; the AI translator spends credits by LLM usage (tokens, roughly short words or parts of words). Bring your own LLM key and those translations don’t use credits at all. Each POEditor account comes with 10,000 machine translation characters. After that you buy more, or connect your own provider key from the Start plan (from $17/month).

Does Tolgee’s translation memory suggest similar translations, not just exact ones?

Yes: Tolgee suggests past translations of similar source text, ranked by how close they are, on every plan; sharing a memory across projects starts on the Optimise plan (from €133/month). It also feeds those matches to the AI translator as examples. POEditor’s translation memory finds exact matches.

Is Tolgee’s free plan enough for a real product?

Yes, to start. Tolgee’s free plan includes 30,000 hosted words (every word of source text and of each translation counts), 3 seats, 10,000 machine translation credits, content delivery and in-context editing, with no card required. POEditor’s free plan holds 1,000 strings. That’s 200 keys in four languages, source included: 200 terms plus 800 translations. As the team grows, every paid plan has unlimited seats. The Manage plan (from €373/month) adds tasks and granular permissions, and the Enterprise plan (custom pricing) adds SSO.

Can Tolgee run on our own servers instead of POEditor’s cloud?

Yes. Tolgee is open source, and the server is free to self-host for up to 10 seats. Past that, or for paid features like SSO, you buy a self-hosted license (talk to us). POEditor is cloud only.

How long does switching from POEditor to Tolgee take?

In our experience, an afternoon to export and import, plus about a day for review. Export from POEditor as JSON, XLIFF or PO and import into Tolgee, or script it through Tolgee’s REST API, which every plan includes. Connecting content delivery takes minutes.

Methodology

Feature and plan facts come from primary sources: both companies’ pricing pages, documentation, help centers and terms of service, checked on 9 October 2026. Tolgee plan details follow Tolgee’s live plan configuration in the Tolgee app as of that date.

We read POEditor’s public reviews for context, but we don’t quote or score them, because review platforms restrict using a competitor’s reviews this way.

Plan prices appear only to show where a plan sits: each is the lowest advertised monthly price, billed annually, in the vendor’s own currency (euros for Tolgee, US dollars for POEditor), checked on 9 October 2026.

Where the table says “No” for POEditor, we found no such feature in their documentation, pricing page or help center. Switching-time figures are our own experience from customer migrations, not a published benchmark.

We refresh this page quarterly, because both products move. Next review: January 2027.

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Contact us

Not sure whether Tolgee is a great match for you?
Just reach out to us at info@tolgee.io,
check our community Slack, Github discussions or Docs.

Marketa Cizmar

Co-founder & COO