| Feature | Vernacia | Amazon Translate |
|---|---|---|
Document formats supported Amazon Translate handles rich documents primarily through a Textract + Translate pipeline that requires additional AWS services to set up. | 14 (PPTX, PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPT, DOC, ODP, ODT, TXT, CSV, SRT, VTT, HTML, EPUB) | 3 (plain text, HTML, DOCX — limited native document support) |
Preserves original formatting Vernacia preserves layouts in-place across all 14 formats. Amazon Translate preserves basic DOCX/HTML structure but slide layouts (PPTX) and spreadsheet formatting (XLSX) require custom pipeline work. | ||
Output modes (in-place / companion / clean) Vernacia offers 3 output modes per job. Amazon Translate returns translated content only — output mode is determined by how you build your pipeline. | ||
End-user upload UI (no code required) Amazon Translate is API/SDK only. There is no end-user document upload UI — teams must build one or use S3 batch jobs via the AWS Console. | ||
Translation memory Vernacia includes TM on Pro and Enterprise. Amazon Translate does not provide translation memory natively. | ||
Custom glossary / terminology Both support custom terminology. Amazon calls it Custom Terminology (static) and Parallel Data (fine-tuning with domain examples). | ||
Team collaboration (shared projects, seats) Vernacia has team workspaces with per-seat access on Pro+. Amazon Translate uses IAM roles and S3 bucket policies for access control — powerful but requires DevOps configuration. | ||
API access Amazon Translate REST/SDK API is production-grade and supports real-time and async batch translation at very high throughput. | ||
Languages supported Comparable language coverage. Amazon Translate supports 75 languages including several Southeast Asian languages. | 73+ | 75 |
Pricing model Vernacia is predictable for teams. Amazon per-character pricing scales well for large automated workloads but active custom model costs are significantly higher. | Subscription (Starter / Pro / Enterprise) | Pay-per-character ($15/1M chars standard; $60/1M chars active custom) |
Scanned document support (OCR) Amazon Translate can be combined with Textract for scanned PDF OCR pipelines. Vernacia handles text-based documents only. | ||
Choice of translation quality tier Vernacia lets you choose the underlying AI model per job. Amazon Translate uses AWS neural MT models (not user-selectable). |
Pricing and feature details reviewed periodically — see Amazon Web Services' pricing page for the latest.
When to choose
When to choose Amazon Translate
If your engineering team is already running workloads on AWS and needs to process millions of characters through automated pipelines — think real-time chat localization, large-scale content ingestion, or scanned document workflows via Textract — Amazon Translate is a natural extension of your stack. Its per-character pricing scales efficiently at high volume, and integrations with S3, Lambda, and Comprehend give developers fine-grained control.
When to choose
When to choose Vernacia
Pick Vernacia when your team translates business documents — pitch decks, contracts, training materials, subtitle files — and needs results in minutes without engineering overhead. Vernacia supports 14 file formats with formatting preserved across all of them. Translation memory automatically improves consistency over time, and team workspaces keep everyone aligned without writing infrastructure code.
Pricing
Pricing side by side
Amazon Translate pricing is per-character (pay-as-you-go); Vernacia pricing is a flat monthly subscription based on translation credits.
| Plan | Vernacia | Amazon Translate |
|---|---|---|
| 7-day trial | 25 page credits (no card required) | 2M chars / month for first 12 months |
| Entry plan | Starter — ₹800/mo (300 page credits) | $15 / 1M standard chars (pay-as-you-go) |
| Growth plan | Pro — ₹2,400/mo (3,000 page credits, team, API) | $60 / 1M chars with active custom terminology |
| Enterprise | Custom — 25,000+ page credits/mo, team & audit logs | Volume discounts via AWS enterprise agreement |
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