SiteDialect vs ConveyThis
ConveyThis is a popular freemium translation widget. Here’s how it compares to SiteDialect on price, quality, and day-to-day usability.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | SiteDialect | ConveyThis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99/mo flat | Free (limited) / $7.99–$29.99+/mo |
| Free plan limits | No free plan—full features from day one | 1 language, 2,500 words, ConveyThis branding |
| Translation engine | AI-powered (LLM) | Machine translation (Google/Yandex/DeepL mix) |
| Widget branding | No branding | ConveyThis logo on free and lower paid plans |
| Word limits | Unlimited | 2,500–50,000+ depending on plan |
| Languages included | All 20+ on every plan | 1 on free, more on paid tiers |
| Integration | Single script tag | Script tag or platform plugin |
| Page speed impact | Cached translations, deferred loading | Widget JavaScript + external API calls |
The freemium trap
ConveyThis offers a free plan, but it comes with hard constraints: one target language, 2,500 translated words, and the ConveyThis logo displayed on your language switcher. For most real websites, 2,500 words covers only a handful of pages. The moment you need a second language or your content grows beyond a few pages, you’re on a paid plan—and ConveyThis’s paid tiers start at $7.99/mo with continued word caps that escalate with your content.
SiteDialect skips the freemium model entirely. At $5.99/mo you get all 20+ languages, unlimited words, and no branding on the widget. There is no tier to outgrow and no surprise bill when you publish more content.
Translation quality matters
ConveyThis blends output from Google Translate, Yandex, and DeepL. While serviceable for simple content, this approach produces translations that often feel mechanical—especially with marketing copy, idiomatic language, or industry-specific terminology. The result frequently needs manual editing to read naturally.
SiteDialect uses large language models that understand context and tone. The AI reads surrounding content to produce translations that flow naturally in the target language. For businesses where the translated version of their site is the first impression for international visitors, this quality difference is immediately noticeable.
Clean widget, no strings
ConveyThis requires you to pay for their $15.99/mo plan or higher to remove their branding from the language switcher. With SiteDialect, the widget is clean and unbranded on every plan. Your visitors see a professional language selector that looks like a native part of your site, not an advertisement for a third-party service.
No word limits. No branding. Better translations.
Switch to SiteDialect and simplify your multilingual setup.
Get Started — $5.99/mo