Kagi Translate Is Back

Posted by twapi 7 hours ago

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Comment by friedtofu 3 hours ago

> Subscribers on Starter, Professional, Family, and Team plans will keep their existing Translate access through October 12, 2026 (UTC).

> After that, they will move to the free version of Kagi Translate.

As a pro subscriber since March of 2024...this doesn't feel nice. So I either need to fork up another $8 a month on top of my pro subscription or upgrade to Kagi Ultimate which would cost an extra $15 a month.

Because I'm willing to assume hitting the limit is going to be a whole lot easier even using the default translation settings and my sporadic usage of the service. Its not a service I rely on, but it was definitely nice to have. I'd rather not double my monthly subscription just to have (usable)access to kagi translate.

Comment by KetoManx64 2 hours ago

As a multi year subscriber I had the same thoughts/feelings when I found out that they want to charge me extra for using the search API when I'm already a pro member. It's very nickel and dimey for a company that I already pay $200 a year to.

Comment by freediver 1 hour ago

API incurs very different usage patterns than humans do, That affects margins and professional plan was made years ago with human use in mind, not programatic access. Paying for only what you use for API is the most fair way to do it.

Comment by sudowood0 4 hours ago

I'm happy with this change. I love Kagi but don't use the translate feature enough to warrant being charged extra for it. If usage patterns are such they feel the need to do this I'm glad they made it separate instead of increasing my monthly cost.

Comment by RIMR 2 hours ago

As long as this does not represent a trend of splitting every feature off into its own subscription.

Comment by mostlysimilar 4 hours ago

Kagi Translate is good software.

I think Kagi's product team actually uses their own software. I often have a small frustration with something and wish for some mitigating setting or change, then go look in the settings and find exactly what I want.

For example: automatically choose Japanese when entering kanji, and automatically strip HTML markup from pasted content.

Comment by andelink 4 hours ago

Kagi Translate has become my most used Kagi product. I would pay for API access