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The translation platform growing teams pick over Lokalise

XTM Cloud gives you the scale and smart features that ambitious translation teams actually need. While Lokalise works fine for basic app strings, it falls apart when you need to localise real business content like marketing materials or technical docs.

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Why teams move from Lokalise to XTM Cloud

Handle proper content beyond simple app strings

XTM Cloud manages marketing materials, legal documents, technical manuals, and multimedia content with full visual previews. Lokalise’s developer-focused approach crumbles when teams need to work with anything more complex than basic app strings, forcing you into manual workarounds for grown-up content types.

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Get private cloud when compliance actually matters

XTM Cloud offers private cloud and on-premises deployment for regulated industries. Lokalise only does software as a service, which creates compliance headaches for organisations handling sensitive data or working under strict regulatory requirements.

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AI that improves your whole workflow, not just translations

Lokalise limits AI to basic machine translation connections and that’s about it. XTM Cloud brings smart automation throughout your translation process. SmartContext shows visual previews across file types, Language Guard catches compliance problems, and Intelligent Score gives you quality confidence ratings using multiple language models.

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Proper financial control and vendor management

XTM Cloud includes purchase order generation, budgeting dashboards, and vendor performance tracking built in. Lokalise makes teams manually manage translation finances outside the platform, creating visibility gaps and admin overhead that doesn’t scale past startup level.

Transparent cost estimation for translation projects, allowing for accurate financial planning based on initial metrics and word count.

Real results. Not just promises.

Businesses using XTM see faster turnaround times, fewer errors, and consistent quality across languages and channels.

50%

Reduction in translation errors

42%

Cost saving with machine translation

90%

Faster time-to-market

What customers say about ditching Lokalise

Lokalise worked fine for our mobile app, but when we needed to localise marketing materials and legal documents, we hit a brick wall. XTM Cloud’s visual previews and workflow flexibility changed everything.
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Enterprise SaaS company

We kept fighting Lokalise’s pricing escalation and lack of financial visibility. XTM Cloud’s transparent licensing and built-in PO management saved us forty percent on localisation spend.

Global manufacturing company

Lokalise couldn’t handle our compliance requirements. XTM Cloud’s private deployment and Language Guard gave us the security controls we actually needed.

Financial services localisation manager

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Feature comparison: XTM Cloud vs Lokalise

Feature

XTM Cloud

Visual context
Full previews for HTML, XML, InDesign, video, mobile UI
AI features
SmartContext, Language Guard, Intelligent Score across workflow
Deployment options
Public cloud, private cloud, on-premises
Workflow automation
Flexible workflows with AI triggers and compliance controls
Financial management
Built-in PO generation, budgeting, vendor tracking
File format support
Sixty-five plus formats including complex documents and multimedia
Enterprise security
Bring your own keys, hosted models, private deployment
Licence sharing
Cross-tenant vendor access and subcontracting

Lokalise

Visual context
Word documents only
AI features
Basic MT connections only
Deployment options
Software as a service only
Workflow automation
Static workflows
Financial management
No financial features
File format support
Limited to development file types
Enterprise security
No bring your own keys, shared infrastructure
Licence sharing
No licence sharing available

How XTM Cloud fixes Lokalise’s biggest problems

Content type brick walls

Lokalise handles app strings well but struggles with marketing materials, legal documents, and multimedia content. Teams hit scaling problems when localisation needs grow beyond development. XTM Cloud’s proper file support and visual previews handle any content type you throw at it.

Financial visibility black holes

Lokalise gives you no built-in financial management, forcing manual vendor tracking and budget monitoring. Teams lose cost control as projects scale up. XTM Cloud provides integrated purchase orders, budgeting dashboards, and real-time spend visibility.

Deployment inflexibility

Lokalise’s software-as-a-service-only model creates compliance barriers for regulated industries. Organisations needing data residency control or private infrastructure can’t use Lokalise properly. XTM Cloud’s flexible deployment options meet any security requirement.

Workflow limitations

Lokalise offers basic task routing without AI-powered optimisation or compliance controls. Complex translation workflows need manual intervention constantly. XTM Cloud’s Smart Workflow automates routing, escalation, and quality gates based on AI insights.

Why XTM Cloud wins for scaling teams

  • Enterprise content support: Handle marketing, legal, technical, and multimedia content with full visual context, not just app strings.
  • Proper deployment flexibility: Choose public cloud, private cloud, or on-premises based on your security and compliance requirements.
  • Smart automation: AI features work across your entire workflow, from quality assessment to routing optimisation, not just basic translation.
  • Financial control: Built-in purchase orders, budgeting, and vendor management stop manual tracking and provide real-time cost visibility.
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XTM Cloud provides the enterprise capabilities, deployment flexibility, and smart automation that growing translation teams need. Book a consultation to see how XTM Cloud can eliminate Lokalise’s scaling limitations and reduce your localisation costs.

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Frequently asked questions

Most customers finish migrating within three to five weeks. XTM Cloud provides dedicated migration support including data export help, workflow setup, and proper team training. The process includes translation memory import, connector setup, and visual preview configuration.

XTM Cloud supports sixty-five plus file formats with full visual previews, while Lokalise only handles basic Word documents beyond app strings. Our SmartContext feature shows complete document layouts for HTML, XML, InDesign, and video files, helping accurate translations for complex content types.

XTM Cloud supports all major developer tools including GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, plus forty additional CMS, PIM, and marketing system integrations that Lokalise doesn’t offer. Our API coverage goes beyond development tools to enterprise content management systems.

XTM Cloud uses AI throughout your entire translation workflow with SmartContext for visual localisation, Language Guard for compliance, and Intelligent Score for quality assessment. Lokalise only offers basic machine translation connections without workflow intelligence or quality controls.