Papago

Name: Papago
Brand: NAVER
Price: 9.99 USD
Availability: InStock

NAVER, South Korea, papago.naver.com

NAVER's AI translator. Strengths are Korean translation quality and image/voice translation

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CurrencyUSD KRW EUR

Personal starting price$9.99+Official price in USD

Free tierFree plan available

Korean supportGood

Information updated 2026-10-20, source: papago.naver.com. Prices and benefits may change. Check the official site before you pay.

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Pros

Natural Korean↔foreign language translation
Photo and voice translation
Free

Cons

Long document translation is less convenient than DeepL
Fewer supported languages

These are opinions compiled by Pickx from public sources.

At a glance

Papago is an AI translation service made by NAVER. It offers text, voice, photo, conversation, website and document translation for free, and is especially natural for Korean to foreign language translation. Free Papago is enough for travel, language study and everyday translation. If you need bulk document/image translation, glossaries and team sharing for work, use the paid subscription service "Papago Plus". Developers can add translation to their own services with NAVER Cloud's Papago Translation API.

Full model list

Instead of named models you choose, Papago offers a translation engine per feature. NAVER does not state the specific model name of the engine on its official pages (for example, whether HyperCLOVA X is used). It labels the free version only as the "basic translation engine" and Papago Plus as the "latest translation engine".

Model	Type	Features	Plans that can use it
Basic translation engine (Papago NMT)	Neural machine translation engine	In-house translation engine built on NAVER's Korean language experience Supports honorific translation	Free Papago
Latest translation engine (Papago Plus)	Upper-tier translation engine for work	Latest engine exclusive to Papago Plus Unlimited text translation Data security (translated content is not stored) Model name not disclosed	Plus Basic Standard Advanced Enterprise
Text translation	Translation feature	Real-time translation of the sentences you enter About 13 to 14 languages including Korean (per the app)	Free (limited) Plus (unlimited)
Image (photo) translation	OCR + translation	Recognizes and translates text in the camera/photos Plus: edit the text design in images Plus: batch translation of up to 100 images	Free 30 images per month Plus 100 to 1,000 images
Document translation	Format-preserving translation	Translates PDF/Word/Excel/PPT/HWPX/TXT Keeps table/image layout Plus: results are editable	Free 20 files per month (20MB) Plus 30 to 150 files (100MB)
Voice/conversation translation	Speech recognition + translation	Translates speech in real time In 1:1 conversation mode, each person speaks their own language Plus: real-time meeting/lecture translation (beta)	Free 30 minutes per month (beta) Plus 60 to 180 minutes
Website translation	Translation feature	Enter just a URL to translate a whole foreign-language web page Chrome extension available	Free Plus
Offline translation	On-device translation	Translates text without internet Quality improved by the 2026-09 app update	Free app
Glossary	Translation customization	Fixes company names/technical terms to the translation you want Plus: share with the team	Free 1 (10 terms) Plus 1 to 1,000
AI summary Edu Handwriting translation	Extra AI features	Summarizes translation results (beta) Makes word lists/study notes from photographed passages Translates handwriting recognition	Free Plus
Papago Translation API	Translation API for developers	Text/document/website translation API Language detection API Input data is not stored or used for training	NAVER Cloud pay as you go

Plans

Plan	Price (monthly billing / yearly billing)	What you can do	Usage limits	Features
Papago (Free)	Free	Text translation (limited) Document translation Image translation Voice translation (beta) Glossary	20 documents per month (20MB) 30 images per month 30 minutes of voice per month (beta) 1 glossary (10 terms)	Includes ads Free on both app and web
Papago Plus Basic	USD: $9.99/mo (official) KRW: ₩13,000/mo (reported as the price shown on the official page when accessed from Korea, ₩15,000 at launch) 15% off with yearly billing	Unlimited text translation Document translation (editable) Image translation Voice translation Glossary	Unlimited text 30 documents per month (100MB) 100 images per month (1,000 on app/Chrome) 60 minutes of voice per month 1 glossary (5,000 terms)	For individuals Translation data security
Papago Plus Standard	USD: $29.99/mo per member (official) KRW: ₩40,000/mo per member 15% off with yearly billing	Shared glossary Free editing of documents/images	70 documents per month 500 images per month 120 minutes of voice per month 10 shared glossaries (10,000 terms each)	Teams of up to 100
Papago Plus Advanced	USD: $55.99/mo per member (official) KRW: ₩75,000/mo per member 15% off with yearly billing	Shared glossary Document/image/voice translation	150 documents per month 1,000 images per month 180 minutes of voice per month 1,000 shared glossaries	Teams of up to 100 For teams with heavy translation volume
Enterprise Pass	Negotiated separately	Feature customization	Usage customization	Companies with more than 100 people should contact the enterprise consultation channel Volume discounts
Papago Translation API	Won-based pay as you go per 1,000,000 characters (check the NAVER Cloud pricing calculator for the unit price)	Text/document/website translation Language detection (free when used with the translation API)	Up to 1,000,000,000 characters per app per month	For developers/companies Excl. VAT

Won (KRW) and dollar (USD) prices are separate charges (not conversions of each other). The official price comparison page appears to show different currencies depending on the region you access from, and when accessed from overseas only USD ($9.99 / $29.99 / $55.99, monthly billing) is confirmed. When accessed from Korea, the official won prices were reported as Basic ₩13,000 / Standard ₩40,000 / Advanced ₩75,000 (per month). Standard/Advanced match the September 2024 launch coverage, and Basic appears to have come down from ₩15,000 at launch. The won prices could not be confirmed directly in this check, so they need rechecking on the payment screen in Korea. Whether VAT is included is not shown on the official page.

Which plan to choose

Papago (Free): General users who need photo translation of menus/signs while traveling, conversations with foreigners, and occasional document translation. The Korean translation quality is good, so it is enough for everyday use.
Papago Plus Basic: Office workers/researchers who translate foreign-language contracts/papers/reports every month for work and need a secure environment where translation data is not stored.
Papago Plus Standard: Overseas sales/marketing/localization teams where several people share a glossary to keep translation quality consistent.
Papago Plus Advanced: Trade/e-commerce teams with heavy image/document translation volume (such as bulk translation of product detail images).
Enterprise Pass: When an organization of more than 100 people adopts a translation tool company-wide.
Papago Translation API: Developers who want to add Korean-centered translation to their own app/web.

Notes

Information checked: 2026-10-12
Sources:
Not confirmed: the specific model name of the translation engine, the current won prices (reported as the values shown when accessed from Korea, not checked directly), and API unit prices.

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Prices converted at 1 USD = ₩1,329.49 (2026-10-19). Original price shown in brackets. Taxes as listed by each provider.

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