A Weglot alternative for Shopify without a word limit
Weglot prices its plans by translated words. If your catalog, pages or blog keep growing, the bill grows with them. Here is how the word count works, what it costs at different store sizes, and what switching to a flat-price app involves.
Prices and quotes read on 2026-11-10 from the linked pages. Prices change; check the source before you decide. Glossmill is not affiliated with Weglot or Shopify.
How Weglot counts words
Weglot's pricing page describes the limit as "Total unique words translated across all your languages. This is a fixed limit and does not renew." Two things follow from that:
- Languages multiply the count. A store with 10,000 words of text translated into French and German uses about 20,000 words, which is past the Starter plan's 10,000.
- The plan follows the store's size. When you go over, Weglot emails you. With auto-upgrade on, "we'll automatically upgrade your account to the next plan based on your usage"; with it off, translation stops until you upgrade or remove translations.
Weglot's plans on 2026-11-10
| Plan | Per month (USD*) | Words | Languages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 2,000 | 1 |
| Starter | $17 | 10,000 | 1 |
| Business | $32 | 50,000 | 3 |
| Pro | $87 | 200,000 | 5 |
| Advanced | $329 | 1,000,000 | 10 |
| Extended | $769 | 5,000,000 | 20 |
*Source: weglot.com/pricing. Weglot bills in euros (€15, €29, €79, €299, €699); the page says the USD price is an estimate from the exchange rate on the day you subscribe. VAT excluded. Yearly billing costs 10 months' price.
What a growing store pays
Words counted across languages, so the number of languages matters as much as the size of the store:
| Store text | Languages | Words counted | Smallest Weglot plan that fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,000 words | 1 | 8,000 | Starter, $17 |
| 8,000 words | 2 | 16,000 | Business, $32 |
| 30,000 words | 3 | 90,000 | Pro, $87 |
| 50,000 words | 5 | 250,000 | Advanced, $329 |
Worked from the plan limits above. Your own count is shown in Weglot's dashboard; their word counter may differ slightly from a simple word count.
What switching involves
- Exporting from Weglot needs the Advanced plan. Weglot's help article says "Import/export requires an Advanced or higher plan." On Starter, Business or Pro you can't take the translations with you; the new app translates the store again.
- Manual edits. If you corrected translations by hand in Weglot, list the terms that matter (brand, product and material names) before you leave, so you can put them in the new app's glossary.
- Billing. Weglot's App Store listing says "External charges may be billed by Weglot separately from your Shopify invoice", so check your Weglot account as well as uninstalling the app. Some 1- and 2-star reviews describe being billed after uninstalling.
- Language URLs. Note the address of each translated page today (for example /fr/ or a subdomain). Apps that write into Shopify's own translation storage use the language URLs set in Shopify; if yours change, redirect the old ones so search engines find the new pages.
Other ways to translate a Shopify store
- Shopify Translate & Adapt (free, by Shopify): "Use translations by Shopify for up to 2 languages, or 8 in select countries" (App Store listing). If you need 2 languages, start here.
- Flat-price translation apps on the Shopify App Store charge by languages instead of words. Compare what each one translates (blog, metafields, theme text) and whether you can export.
- Glossmill Translate (this site, being built, not on the App Store yet): $9.99/month for up to 5 languages or $19 for unlimited languages, with no word count. A per-store glossary and a tone setting per language. Export translations and glossary as CSV any time. Fair use: text is translated once and then only what changes; a full re-translation is possible once a month per language. How it works.
Weglot has features Glossmill doesn't, such as a visual editor and ordering professional translations (both named on its App Store listing). If you need those, a word-based plan may still be right for you.
Questions
Is machine translation good enough for a store? For most catalog text, yes, with checks. Review your best-selling pages and fix key terms through a glossary; any app's machine translations can contain mistakes.
Will I lose search rankings when switching? Not if the translated pages stay reachable. Keep the same languages, and redirect old language URLs to the new ones.