| Name | PS Languish | Transcribe | Publisher | Polyglot | SK Reword | Babeltext | Multi-Language Module | Multi Language Support (MLS) | Date/Time Language Converter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher | P Stinnett | EE Harbor | Bold Minded | T FitzGerald | JF Paradis | Pseudoclass | PutYourLightsOn | Biber Ltd. | Made by Hippo Ltd. |
| Price (USD) | Free | $150 per site | $125 per site | Free | Free | Free | Free | ? | Free |
| License | CC-BY-SA | commercial | commercial | MIT | MIT | none? | CC-BY-SA | commercial | none? |
| Current Version (at time of writing) | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.1.4 | 0.2-beta | 1.0.0 | 0.3.2-beta | 2.0 | 2.2.0 | 1.1 |
| Language Detection | |||||||||
| HTTP Accept-Language | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N |
| Querystring | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N |
| Cookie | N | Y | N* | N | Y | N | N | Y | N |
| First Segment | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y* | Y* | Y* | N |
| Sub-Domain | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| Domain/TLD | N | N* | N* | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| Config File Variable | Y | Y | Y | N | N* | Y | Y | N | N |
| Template-Level Overriding | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N* | Y |
| Default Fallback | N | Y | Y | Y | Y* | Y | Y* | Y* | N |
| Language Coding Length (n: variable) | n | n | n | n | n | 2 | n | 2-4 | 5 |
| Early-parsed variable to get current language | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N |
| URI Translation | |||||||||
| Translated home page tag | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y* | N |
| Translated Template Group/Template Routes | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| EE 2.8 Template Routing Support | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Mask language segment from template routing | N | Y | Y | Y* | N | N | Y | Y | N |
| Translates category short names | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| Translates Category URL Indicator | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| Tag to render translated URI | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| Tag to toggle language | N | Y | Y | Y* | N | N | N | N | N |
| String Translation | |||||||||
| Tag to insert string | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N/A | Y | N* | N |
| Tag to replace placeholder text | N | Y | N | Y | N | N/A | N | N | N |
| Variable insertion within strings | N | N | N | N | Y | N/A | N | N | N |
| Database Dictionary | N | Y | Y | N | N | N/A | Y | Y | N |
| CI/EE-style File Dictionary | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N/A | N | Y | N |
| gettext (PO) File Dictionary | N | N | N | N | N | N/A | N | N | N |
| XLIFF File Support | N | N | N | N | N | N/A | N | N | N |
| Multiple Dictionaries per Lang | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N/A | N | N* | N |
| Early-parsed variables | N | N | Y | N | N | N/A | N | Y | N |
| Localized Formatting | |||||||||
| Tag to format date/time | N | N | N | Y* | Y* | N/A | N | N* | Y |
| Tag to convert to timezone | N | N | N | Y | N | N/A | N | N | N |
| Tag to format numbers | N | N | N | Y | N | N/A | N | N | N |
| Tag to format currencies | N | N | N | Y | N | N/A | N | N* | N |
| Control Panel Interface | |||||||||
| Language Settings Management | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N |
| String Management | N | Y | Y | N | N | N/A | Y | Y | N |
| URI Management | N/A | Y | Y | N | N | N/A | N | N | N |
| Entry Management | N/A | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | N |
| Entry Translation | |||||||||
| 1 entry : 1 language | N/A | Y | Y | Y* | N/A | N | Y* | Y* | N |
| 1 entry : n languages | N/A | N | N | Y* | N/A | Y | N | Y* | N |
Filter Entries in {exp:channel:entries} by language |
N/A | Y | Y* | N/A | N/A | N | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Unique {url_title} per language |
N/A | Y | Y | N/A | N/A | N | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Directional Support for fieldtypes | N/A | Y | Y | N/A | N/A | Y | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| EE Extended Support and Other Features | |||||||||
| Multi-Site (MSM) Support | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| EE 1.x Support | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y |
| Structure Support | N/A | Y | Y | N | N/A | N/A | N/A | N | N/A |
| Pages Module Support | N/A | N | Y | Y | N/A | N/A | N/A | N* | N/A |
| NavEE Support | N/A | N* | Y | N | N/A | N/A | N/A | Y | N/A |
| Workflow Management Included | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Debugging | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| Category Field Translation and Management | N | Y* | Y | Y | N | N/A | N/A | N | N/A |
| Phrases into JSON | N | N | Y | N | N/A | N | N | N | N/A |
| Date, time, num, curr. formatting in JSON | N/A | N/A | N/A | Y | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N |
| Enable/disable languages | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Translated ExpressionEngine System Messaging | N | N | Y | Y* | N | N/A | N | N | N/A |
| SEO Lite Support | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N/A |
| Enable/disable module | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Native caching | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |