Simple, Transparent CAT Tool Pricing

Yes. The KanCAT Free plan is a permanent freemium tier — not a trial. It includes a full CAT editor, translation memory (10,000 segments), Kanban board, and up to 3 invoices per month. No credit card required, no expiry date.

The 14-day trial gives you full access to all Starter or Professional featuresincluding XLIFF/TMX export, unlimited invoicing, and full MQM quality scoring. No credit card is required to start.

The 30-day trial unlocks all Team Starter or Team Pro features including PM seats, vendor proposals, the Kanban board, and (on Team Pro) the full audit trail and PO-gated workflow. A credit card is required at signup for agency trials.

Yes. KanCAT supports TMX import on all plans, and accepts .sdltm and .mqtm files for users migrating from traditional desktop tools. Your existing linguistic assets transfer fully — no data loss.

KanCAT supports XLIFF 1.2/2.0, TMX, DOCX, XLSX, IDML, JSON, CSV, and import of .sdltm, .sdltb, .mqtm, and .mqtb files for TM and termbase migration.

The audit trail records 95 distinct event types — project changes, TM edits, invoice actions, and user access — with a 7-year retention period. It is available on Team Professional and Enterprise and is designed to meet SOC 2 and GDPR Article 30 requirements.

Weighted-words billing calculates your billable word count by applying TM match discounts (100% match, fuzzy match, repetitions) to the source word count. Available on Starter and above for freelancers, and Team Starter and above for agencies.

Yes. Cancel your subscription at any time from your account dashboard. You retain access to your paid tier features until the end of the current billing period, then your account returns to the Free plan.

KanCAT uses TOTP two-factor authentication (available on all tiers), encrypted file storage, and GDPR-compliant data handling. Payments are processed via Paddle (PCI-DSS certified). We identified and closed 26 security issues before public launch.

Starter is for active freelancers who need unlimited invoicing, and XLIFF/TMX export. Professional adds visual website preview with overflow detection, 3-domain website translation, PDF report export, per-linguist MQM benchmarking, and a larger TM limit (150,000 vs 50,000 segments).