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What it costs

How much does it cost to translate a website?

It depends on the route. Apps charge a monthly subscription, agencies charge per word, and we charge an activation fee, then a monthly fee. Published prices below, checked 26 Sep 2026.

From £497 activation, then from £99 a month.

Selling physical products? A translated store still needs an EU & UK Responsible Person (£195 per market) and, for packaging, EPR registration (from £185 per country per year). Eldris does both.

Published prices, checked 26 Sep 2026
€15 a month
Weglot Starter: 10,000 words, one language
$0.11 a word
Rapid Translate, website translation
£497
Eldris Starter activation, one-off
£99 a month
Eldris Starter, hosting and upkeep included
Cost models

Four ways to pay for a translated website.

Four ways to pay for a translated website, with what each provider publishes. Compare what is included, not only the headline price.

Translation app or plugin: a monthly subscription

Weglot: Starter €15 a month for 10,000 words and one language, Business €29 for 50,000 words and three languages, Pro €79 for 200,000 words and five languages (all excluding VAT). Linguise: $15 a month for 200,000 words. Shopify's Translate & Adapt: free for up to two machine-translated languages. Hosting, checking the output and hreflang set-up stay with you.

  1. Per-word translation

    Rapid Translate publishes $0.11 a word for website translation. Weglot's professional translations start at €0.13 a word. You get translated text; publishing it, adding hreflang tags and translating later content stay with you.

  2. An agency project

    Agencies quote per project. Before you compare quotes, check that each one includes publishing, hreflang tags, hosting, and translation of content you add after launch.

  3. Done for you (Eldris Website)

    Starter £497 activation then £99 a month, Growth £997 then £149, Scale £1,997 then £249. This includes the migration, translation, the native-speaker check on every page, hreflang tags, hosting and translation of new content. There is no per-word billing. See the pricing page.

Compare like with like

A translated site keeps changing. Ask every provider who translates new products and posts after launch, who sets up the language tags, and who pays for hosting.

Drivers

What decides the bill.

Four things decide what you pay, whichever route you take.

Word count

Subscriptions and per-word rates both scale with the number of words on your site, and product pages add up fast. Count the words on your product pages, category pages and blog posts before you compare quotes.

  1. Number of languages

    Most subscriptions limit the number of languages per plan, and per-word rates apply again for every language. The pricing page explains how we price languages.

  2. Keeping new content translated

    Every new product and blog post needs translating too. Ask each provider whether that is included. On our tiers it is: new content is translated within the same week.

  3. Hreflang tags and search set-up

    Each language version needs its own URLs and hreflang tags that point between them, as Google's guide to multilingual sites recommends. With an app or a per-word agency, someone on your side sets these up.

Pricing

Our three tiers.

Pricing

Activation fee, then a monthly fee. Migration included.

We migrate, translate and host your store. Starter is £497 activation, then £99 a month. Growth is £997 activation, then £149 a month. Scale is £1,997 activation, then £249 a month. The tier depends on how many pages, blog posts and products your store has.

Starter

For a small store.

£497 activation

then £99 a month, from the day your site goes live

Choose Starter
Migrated and translated
  • ✓Up to 5 pages
  • ✓Up to 25 blog posts
  • ✓Up to 10 products
Build
  • ✓Template-based design
  • ✓Live in 10 working days
Support
  • ✓Email support within 48 hours

Scale

For a larger store that needs custom design.

£1,997 activation

then £249 a month, from the day your site goes live

Choose Scale
Migrated and translated
  • ✓Up to 25 pages
  • ✓Up to 200 blog posts
  • ✓Up to 75 products
  • ✓URL redirects and mapping
Build
  • ✓Fully custom design
  • ✓Live in 21 to 28 working days
Support
  • ✓Support within 24 hours and a quarterly strategy call

Every tier includes

  • ✓Your pages, blog posts and products migrated
  • ✓A native speaker checks every translated page
  • ✓Language tags (hreflang) on every page
  • ✓Hosting, SSL, cookie banner and privacy policy
  • ✓New content translated in the same week

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How extra languages are priced

Next step

What else you need to sell in the EU and UK

Translation lets EU shoppers read your store. Selling physical products there also has legal steps. Eldris does these too, under the same company.

  • EU & UK Responsible Person

    The legal representative that sellers based outside the EU must name on their products before selling there, under the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR). The UK has its own product rules; Eldris covers the UK as an additional market. Certificate and label address issued the same day.

    Who needs it: Any brand outside the EU or UK selling physical products on Amazon, Shopify, eBay, Etsy or TikTok Shop in Europe.

    £195 per market, one-off, then from £19.95 a month

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  • EPR registration: packaging, WEEE and batteries

    Registration with each country's producer register for packaging, electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and batteries, with the authorised representative and the annual reporting included. Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is the duty to register and pay for recycling in every country where you sell.

    Who needs it: Sellers of packaged, electrical or battery-powered products in any of 29 countries: the 27 EU member states, Norway and the UK.

    from £185 per country per year, reporting included

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  • EU & UK compliance consultation

    A fixed-price written report on what applies to your product in each market, what is missing and what to do next, with email follow-ups. Eldris then does the work if you want it to.

    Who needs it: Any seller unsure what their product needs, before a launch or after a marketplace asks for documents.

    £195 for 3 markets, £295 for 6, £495 for EU 27 + UK

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to translate a website?

Apps start at €15 a month (Weglot Starter, 10,000 words, one language) or are free for two machine-translated languages (Shopify Translate & Adapt). Per-word agencies publish rates such as $0.11 a word (Rapid Translate). Eldris Website is £497 activation then £99 a month on Starter, up to £1,997 then £249 on Scale, including migration, the native-speaker check and hosting. Prices checked 26 Sep 2026.

What is the cost per word for website translation?

Rapid Translate publishes $0.11 a word for website translation, and Weglot's professional translations start at €0.13 a word (both checked 26 Sep 2026). We do not charge per word: our tiers are an activation fee then a monthly fee.

Why do managed services charge a monthly fee?

Because a store keeps changing. The monthly fee covers hosting, SSL, the cookie banner, hreflang checks and translation of new products and posts within the same week. It starts on the day your site goes live.

Is Weglot cheaper than a managed service?

On the monthly fee, yes: Weglot starts at €15 a month. Weglot translates your existing site; you keep your hosting, and a professional check costs extra, from €0.13 a word. Our tiers include the migration, the native-speaker check on every page, hosting and upkeep, for an activation fee and a monthly fee. The comparison sets out what each option includes.

Are there hidden costs in website translation?

Check four things in any quote: whether new content is translated after launch, who sets up hreflang tags, who pays for hosting, and whether leaving costs anything. On our tiers the first three are included, and you can cancel on 30 days' notice with no exit fee.

See the price for your store

Scan your site and see your tier and price. No call needed. From £497 activation, then from £99 a month. Prefer to talk? Call 020 3996 2101 or email compliance@eldris.ai.

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