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Plunet alternative for translation and interpreting agencies
What Plunet is, what it does well, why agencies look elsewhere, and how LinguisTriks compares. Facts checked on 3 October 2026 against Plunet's own pages.
In short
Plunet describes itself as: Translation management system for agencies and language departments. Price: Not published; editions from 2, 5 or 20 full user licences. Interpreting: InterpretingManager module. LinguisTriks is the alternative for agencies that want translation projects and interpreting bookings in one system, with every price published, a 30-day free trial, client payments, linguist payouts, online meetings and AI first drafts that a linguist reviews.
Plunet and LinguisTriks at a glance
| Plunet | LinguisTriks | |
|---|---|---|
| How it describes itself | Translation management system for agencies and language departments | Business management for translation and interpreting agencies |
| Published price | Not published; editions from 2, 5 or 20 full user licences | Per user per month, every price on the pricing page; 30-day free trial, no card |
| Interpreting | InterpretingManager module | Built in: bookings, job offers by email and SMS, timesheets, online meetings |
Checked on 3 October 2026 against Plunet pricing. Product names belong to their owners. Spotted something out of date? Email info@linguistriks.com.
What Plunet is
Plunet BusinessManager is a long-established translation management system for agencies and corporate language departments, sold in editions from 2, 5 or 20 full user licences. It offers an InterpretingManager module for interpreting projects. Prices are quoted, not published.
Source: Plunet pricing, checked 3 October 2026.
Plunet is a good fit if you...
- want a highly configurable system and have time to set it up
- manage translation and interpreting at scale
- prefer a licence-based, quoted purchase
Why agencies look for a Plunet alternative
In our conversations with agencies, the move away from Plunet comes up usually to see a price before a demo, or to have client payments, linguist payouts and online meetings in the same system as their bookings and projects.
None of those are faults in Plunet; they are a question of fit. A translation-only operation with the time to configure a large system is well served by it. An agency that books interpreters as well as running translation projects, or that wants to see a price and try the system before it talks to anyone, tends to look elsewhere.
What agencies ask for instead
- A price they can see, and a trial they can run without a sales call
- Interpreting bookings and translation projects in one database
- Clients who can accept quotes and pay invoices online
- Linguist payouts from the same system, with no double payments
- Online meetings and transcripts inside the booking
- AI first drafts that a linguist reviews before anything is delivered
How LinguisTriks compares
Prices you can see
Every plan and price is on the pricing page, per user per month, with a free trial that needs no card.
Read moreInterpreting and translation together
Bookings in their own time zones, job offers by email and SMS and online meetings, beside translation projects, word counts and certificates.
Read moreClients pay online
Quotes accepted or paid by card or PayPal, invoices paid in the client portal, and payments recorded automatically.
Read moreLinguists paid, never twice
Payouts through Wise, Airwallex or PayPal from one approval list, with a check that stops a second payment.
Read moreAI first drafts, reviewed
Drafts in the original layout, scored segment by segment and reviewed by your linguist. Clients never see a draft.
Read moreXero and FreeAgent
Invoices, payments, linguist bills and payouts synced to your own accounts package.
Read moreSwitching from Plunet
Switching is mostly about data and habits, not software. We work from the exports your current system gives you, usually Excel or CSV files: clients and contacts, linguists with their languages and rates, and open jobs if you want them. Translation memories come across as TMX or CSV files and glossaries as TBX or CSV.
Help moving your clients, linguists and rates is part of the onboarding included in every plan. Start new work in LinguisTriks, finish open jobs in the old system, and keep it read-only until its last invoices are paid.
- Export clients, contacts and their rates
- Export linguists, their languages and their rates
- Export translation memories (TMX) and glossaries (TBX or CSV)
- Recreate your email and document templates
- Start new work in the new system; finish open jobs in the old one
- Keep the old system read-only until its last invoices are paid
Questions
Choosing a Plunet alternative
Is LinguisTriks cheaper than Plunet?
We can't compare like for like, because Plunet doesn't publish a price. LinguisTriks publishes every price on its pricing page and has a 30-day free trial, so you can work out the cost for your team before you talk to anyone.
Does Plunet support interpreting?
Yes. Plunet offers an InterpretingManager module for interpreting projects. In LinguisTriks, interpreting bookings, job offers by email and SMS, timesheets and online meetings are part of the standard system.
Can you move our data across from Plunet?
Yes. We work from the exports Plunet gives you, usually Excel or CSV files, and bring across your clients, contacts and linguists with their languages and rates. Translation memories import from TMX or CSV files and glossaries from TBX or CSV. Help with clients, linguists and rates is included in every plan.
Can we try it before we switch?
Yes. The 30-day free trial includes every feature and needs no credit card, so your team can run a few real jobs side by side with the old system before deciding.
What does Plunet do better?
Plunet suits a large, translation-focused operation with complex workflows and the time to configure them. If that is you, and buying through a sales process is fine, it remains a strong choice.
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