Youdao Translate 有道翻译

NetEase Youdao's AI translation for text, documents, images and web pages

Productivity Freemium Has API
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RECATOOLS Score
7.6 / 10
Capability
8
Value for money
8
Ease of use
8
ASEAN readiness
6
API quality
7
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HQ
Users
Launched
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Overview

Youdao Translate is NetEase Youdao's neural machine translation service covering 100+ languages, including text, document, image, web-page and video-subtitle translation plus academic paper polishing. It is backed by Youdao's self-developed translation engine and a popular dictionary, and is used by tens of millions of students and professionals. A Youdao Zhiyun cloud API exposes translation and related NLP services to developers.

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Pricing

Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 4 Jun 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.

Free
Free
Free tier with core features.
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ASEAN Perspective

Youdao Translate 有道翻译 in Southeast Asia

ASEAN-region availability and pricing notes coming soon. Drop the editorial team a note via /contact/ if you can supply local context (Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam).

RECATOOLS Verdict

Youdao Translate is a mature, well-rounded translation suite with especially strong Chinese-English-Japanese-Korean quality, broad format support (documents, images, subtitles) and a reliable developer API via Youdao Zhiyun. The free web tier is generous and the dictionary heritage adds genuine value for learners.

For ASEAN it covers major languages but its strongest performance is on East-Asian pairs; Southeast-Asian languages are supported but less polished. A solid default for China-facing translation work and a credible alternative to Google/DeepL for CJK content.

Independent AI-assisted assessment by RECATOOLS.

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