Happy Scribe vs. Smartling

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Happy Scribe
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Happy Scribe is a platform for transcription and subtitling needs, from the company of the same name in Barcelona. The vendor aims to solve speech to text technology by building a multilingual and frictionless platform for transcription and subtitles through our machine-generated and human-made transcription & subtitling offering.
$0.20
per minute
Smartling
Score 10.0 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
Happy ScribeSmartling
Editions & Modules
Automatic
$0.20
per minute
Human-made
$1.95
per minute
Human translation (for subtitles)
$24.79
per minute
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Happy ScribeSmartling
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Happy ScribeSmartling
User Ratings
Happy ScribeSmartling
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.5
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Happy ScribeSmartling
Likelihood to Recommend
Happy Scribe
Happy Scribe saves us a lot of time in generating transcripts and subtitles. We have used other services, including human transcription, and really find Happy Scribe to be adequate for a starting point. Even human transcription isn't perfect when the transcriptionist isn't familiar with the domain and specific vocabulary used.
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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
Happy Scribe
  • Machine translation is remarkably accurate, though of course not perfect.
  • The entire web app experience is thoughtfully designed and implemented. Using it is a pleasure.
  • A sweet feature: the ability to share editable transcripts with guests through a share link.
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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
Happy Scribe
  • There's not much to dislike!
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Smartling
  • Perhaps a global replacement feature for the translation management system (TMS)?
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Likelihood to Renew
Happy Scribe
No answers on this topic
Smartling
We think Smartling is the way forward in terms of cloud-based translation management tools.
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Support Rating
Happy Scribe
No answers on this topic
Smartling
I always receive timely and pleasant support from their Help Desk!
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Alternatives Considered
Happy Scribe
For our use, Happy Scribe's machine translation is nearly as accurate as the human translation services we used before at considerably lower cost. The web app is better designed than either of the others we tried, though we haven't used those alternatives in the past several years
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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
Happy Scribe
  • Happy Scribe enables us to make videos and audio accessible to people who prefer not to watch or listen.
  • Happy Scribe saves us time and money.
  • Happy Scribe just works.
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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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