Azure AI Speech vs. Smartling

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure AI Speech
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
The Azure AI Speech service provides a range of speech recognition and generation capabilities including speech transcription, text-to-speech and speech translation. It provides a range of speech recognition and generation capabilities including speech transcription, text-to-speech, speech translation, and speaker recognition.
$1
per month
Smartling
Score 9.4 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
The Smartling software platform supports localization of websites, mobile apps, web apps, software, and digital content. The internationalization platform includes a delivery network for global websites, support for mobile app localization, and other multilingual digital content.N/A
Pricing
Azure AI SpeechSmartling
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Offerings
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Azure AI SpeechSmartling
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
Azure AI SpeechSmartling
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(8 ratings)
9.5
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
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(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
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9.1
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Availability
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9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
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9.1
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
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9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
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Vendor pre-sale
8.0
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User Testimonials
Azure AI SpeechSmartling
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
This service is well suited for scenarios where you need to integrate text-to-speech and/or speech-to-text into applications. Within our organisation, it is primarily used by students for development purposes to enable said functionality but is also used to provide accessibility to students who have hearing-related issues. Its multi-language support is also beneficial for our international students who have English as a second language and are therefore able to rapidly translate any text or speech that they do not understand.
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Smartling
Smartling is great for a company or team that doesn't have the resources to translate multiple properties in-house. It automates the process and makes it much more manageable. If you have a large website that is managed by one local team and not a global team, Smartling is for you.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • APIs offered are very robust.
  • Languages supported is far greater than most of its competitors.
  • Integration with our custom apps was easy.
  • Speech models that we created using neural voices were quite impressive.
  • Translation services worked really well.
  • Built in machine learning opens it to a lot more business use cases for the future.
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Smartling
  • Website translation without the need to build separate websites for additional locales
  • Translation of Indesign Documents (ingests text only) without having extract text - simply upload an idml file and download the translated idml file
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Cons
Microsoft
  • More support for India regional languages and the ability to interpret Indian dialect.
  • More detailed documentation with more coded examples to be available.
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Smartling
  • Perhaps a global replacement feature for the translation management system (TMS)?
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft
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Smartling
We think Smartling is the way forward in terms of cloud-based translation management tools.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
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Smartling
I always receive timely and pleasant support from their Help Desk!
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
Azure Cognitive Speech Services is simple and the interface is not complicated even for those getting started with these customer services tools and the best voice recognition. Setting the platform dashboard preferences is also an easy process and with the ability to manage workflow and document management the system functions are stable and effective.
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Smartling
We prefer Smartling as an online CAT tool because it is easy to use and we can onboard new translators quickly without lengthy training cycles. Our customers like Smartling because they can manage all of their translation needs (website, apps, business documents) through one single platform, share style guides, glossaries and translation memory and save on translation cost over time.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • It helps us catch requirements and make notes so that we don't forget when drawing out proposals.
  • Also helps us with targeted pitches and helps save time.
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Smartling
  • Helped us win 3 enterprise deals where localization is a must- got us an additional $XXXk ARR.
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