Happy Scribe vs Smartcat
A side-by-side look at pricing, free plans, platforms and features, for tools that both cover translation.
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| Feature |  Happy Scribe |  Smartcat |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan · from $8.50/month | Free trial |
| Free to start | Yes | Free trial only |
| Best for | Transcription, Translation | Translation |
| Who uses it | Videographers, Researchers | Marketers, Customer support teams |
| Works on | Web, Android, API | Web, API |
| About | Happy Scribe transcribes audio and video and creates subtitles in dozens of languages, with an editor to correct and style them and an optional human proofreading service. | Smartcat combines AI translation, human editors and workflows to localise documents, websites, software and video, with a marketplace of linguists when you need review. |
Which one should you pick?
Happy Scribe lets you start for free, so it is the easier one to try first. Happy Scribe also runs on Android. Both are described from their official websites; try each with a real task from your own work before you commit, since quality depends heavily on the job.
