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Protemos alternative for translation and interpreting agencies
What Protemos is, what it does well, why agencies look elsewhere, and how LinguisTriks compares. Facts checked on 3 October 2026 against Protemos's own pages.
In short
Protemos describes itself as: Business and project management system for translation agencies. Price: €899 a year per manager (about €75 a month); free for freelancers. Interpreting: Not mentioned on its pricing and product pages. 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.
Protemos and LinguisTriks at a glance
| Protemos | LinguisTriks | |
|---|---|---|
| How it describes itself | Business and project management system for translation agencies | Business management for translation and interpreting agencies |
| Published price | €899 a year per manager (about €75 a month); free for freelancers | Per user per month, every price on the pricing page; 30-day free trial, no card |
| Interpreting | Not mentioned on its pricing and product pages | Built in: bookings, job offers by email and SMS, timesheets, online meetings |
Checked on 3 October 2026 against Protemos prices. Product names belong to their owners. Spotted something out of date? Email info@linguistriks.com.
What Protemos is
Protemos is a business and project management system for translation agencies with published prices: €899 a year per manager, or €249 for three months, with the first month free. You pay for managers signed in at the same time, and client and vendor accounts are unlimited. It's free for freelancers.
Source: Protemos prices, checked 3 October 2026.
Protemos is a good fit if you...
- run a translation-only agency on a tight budget
- have several staff who rarely log in at the same time
- are a freelancer (it's free)
Why agencies look for a Protemos alternative
In our conversations with agencies, the move away from Protemos comes up typically when they also run interpreting, or want online meetings, linguist payouts and AI first drafts in the same system as their quotes and invoices.
None of those are faults in Protemos; 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 Protemos
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 Protemos alternative
Is LinguisTriks cheaper than Protemos?
Protemos publishes its prices (€899 a year per manager), and so does LinguisTriks: every plan is on the pricing page, per user per month, with a 30-day free trial. Which costs less depends on how many people sign in and what you need - Protemos charges for managers signed in at the same time, LinguisTriks per user - so compare the two pages for your team.
Does Protemos support interpreting?
Protemos's pages we checked focus on translation; interpreting isn't mentioned there. 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 Protemos?
Yes. We work from the exports Protemos 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 Protemos do better?
Protemos is a good fit for a translation-only agency on a tight budget, and it's free for freelancers. If you don't book interpreters, don't need online meetings or AI drafts, and rarely have several managers signed in at once, it may well be the cheaper choice.
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