Naver Papago
by NAVER Corp.
Naver Papago is a neural machine translation service from South Korea's Naver. Its web and mobile apps translate text, speech, images, documents, websites, and conversations across supported languages.
Why Abandoned
Papago's official website remains available, and current Papago mobile-app listings are published by NAVER Corp. in major app stores.
💵 Pricing & access
- Pricing model
- Not documented
- Starting at
- Not documented
- Official site
- Visit Naver Papago →
🩺 Health Signals
- HTTP Status
- 200
- Response
- —
- SSL
- —
- Confidence
- 98%
- Domain expires
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- Last content change
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- Last tweet
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- API status
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📅 Timeline
Papago launches in beta
Naver introduced the Papago mobile translation app in beta, initially supporting Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese.
Papago exits beta
Naver announced Papago's official release after its beta period and expanded the service's supported language coverage.
Papago API transferred to Naver Cloud
Naver ended Papago's open API on Naver Developers and directed developers to the Papago Translation APIs offered through Naver Cloud Platform.
🔄 Alternatives to Naver Papago
DeepL Translator
🟢ActiveDeepL Translator is a neural machine translation service from DeepL SE. It translates typed text, documents, and supported websites across multiple languages through web, desktop, mobile, browser, and API products.
Google Translate
🟢ActiveGoogle Translate is a multilingual machine-translation service for translating text, documents, websites, images, handwriting, and speech. It is available on the web and through mobile apps and developer APIs.
Yandex Translate
🟢ActiveYandex Translate is a web and mobile machine-translation service from Yandex. It translates text, websites, documents, and text in images across many languages, with related translation APIs available through Yandex Cloud.
🪦 Other dead Translation tools
Skype Translator
🔴Shutdown / DeadSkype Translator was Microsoft’s speech and text translation feature for Skype calls and chats. It provided live translated captions and machine-translated instant messages across supported languages.
Transifex
🟡Acquired / MergedTransifex is a cloud localization platform for managing software, website, and digital-content translation. It combines translation workflows, team collaboration, integrations, translation memory, and AI-assisted automation.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
What is Naver Papago?
Naver Papago is a neural machine translation service made by NAVER Corp. It provides translation through web and mobile apps for text, speech, images, documents, websites, and conversations.
Is Naver Papago free to use?
Papago's consumer web and mobile translation apps are available free of charge. Separate Papago Translation APIs for developers are offered through Naver Cloud Platform and may have usage limits or paid pricing.
Who owns Naver Papago?
Papago is owned and operated by NAVER Corp., the South Korean internet company behind the Naver search platform and other online services.
What languages does Naver Papago support?
Papago supports Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese and a range of other languages. The exact list can vary by feature, so users should check the current language selector or official app listing.
What are the best Naver Papago alternatives?
Common alternatives include Google Translate, DeepL Translator, and Yandex Translate. The best choice depends on the language pair and whether the user needs text, image, speech, document, or API translation.