A Weglot alternative, honestly compared
The same paste-a-tag install. The difference is what happens after — and where your translations live.
Is BeMyWords a good Weglot alternative?
It depends on one thing, and it is not price. If your site has a build we can write files into — Astro, Rails, Next.js, Vue and the rest — then yes: Build mode ships real translated pages at real URLs, they rank like any other page, and your visitors never contact us at runtime. If your site is on a hosted builder with no build, then Weglot does something we do not: their proxy serves a real page per language, so Google can index it, and our script translates in the browser at a single URL where it cannot. Our rules — glossary, do-not-translate, substitutions, per-language prompts — apply on every tier rather than the higher ones, and languages are unlimited from the first paid plan.
| Weglot | BeMyWords | |
|---|---|---|
| Install | Paste a JavaScript snippet | Paste a JavaScript snippet — same move |
| Runtime | Translations flow through their infrastructure | Embed serves from us — or Build mode ships translations inside your own deploy, so runtime never touches us |
| Search engines | Their proxy serves a real page per language, so Google can index and rank each one — on any platform, including hosted builders | Build mode ships real translated files at real URLs, which rank the same way. Script mode does not: it translates in the browser at one URL, so on a hosted site Google sees your source language only |
| Editing | Visual editor in their dashboard | Konami-code editor on your live site — works even on fully static Build-mode sites |
| Rules | Glossary available on every tier | Glossary, substitutions, do-not-translates and per-language prompts on every tier |
| Pricing shape | Tiers by words and languages | Tiers by words only — languages unlimited from Starter. Or BYOK: flat 199 kr, no meters |
| Proof | Usage dashboards | Usage and audit in-app too — plus a monthly receipt emailed to owners, so the reporting arrives without anyone logging in |
Weglot-kolonnen ble sjekket mot deres offentlige priser og dokumentasjon 6. august 2026. Hvis noe har endret seg siden, gi oss beskjed så retter vi det.
When to choose Weglot
Choose Weglot if your site is on a hosted platform — Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow — and you need the translated pages to rank, not just to read. Their proxy gives you a real URL per language there and we have deliberately not built one, because it would mean routing your visitors through us. Also choose them for the ecosystem: years of edge cases, a big integration catalog, and a large support team.
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