BabelBot vs Talksy

In BabelBot, an admin does the setup once in the dashboard. The admin turns on translations, chooses the target languages, and chooses the channel types: text channels, voice channel chats, and forum and media posts. After that, every new message gets a translation into each target language it is not already in. Members do not run commands or choose settings. Automatic translation shows the steps.

Talksy needs three things before it translates a message. An admin enables the server and adds the channel to the allow list. Then each member runs /talksy and picks a language. Talksy translates only that member's own messages, into that one language. An admin cannot opt a member in. To read a member who did not opt in, others use a flag reaction or Translate Message. See Talksy auto-translate.

This changes what the language limits mean. On BabelBot, the plan limit is how many target languages each message gets. Free has 3, Pro has 5, and Ultra and Founder Access have 10. On every plan, you choose them from more than 130 languages. On Talksy, each member can pick any of more than 100 languages, but each member picks one.

You can also stop BabelBot from translating some messages. Skip languages stops translation from languages that everyone already reads. Ignored users stops translation for the members you choose. On Talksy, a member who does not opt in is not translated.

Talksy posts each translation with the member's name and avatar, below the original message. The original stays, unless the member turns on stealth mode. Then Talksy deletes the original. Talksy's docs describe no thread or reply delivery.

BabelBot has three modes. Reply in the channel puts the translation under the original, as plain text or an embed. Translation threads keep the channel clean: members open the thread on a message to read each language. Replace the original reposts the translation with the member's name and avatar, then deletes the original after delivery. With several target languages, the repost shows the original text first.

Replies and threads come from the BabelBot app, not from the member. If you want translations that look like they come from the speaker, and you also want to keep the original, Talksy fits better. If you want translations that members open only when they need them, try BabelBot's thread mode. For a busy chat channel, Reply in the channel is the better fit. Reply mode explains each mode and the permissions it needs.

On both bots, a paid plan belongs to the person who bought it. The difference is how many servers it covers.

Talksy Pro costs €8.99 per month or €86.30 per year. The subscriber gets unlimited translation in every server. The subscriber can also sponsor servers, and every member of a sponsored server then gets unlimited translation. Talksy lists no limit on the number of sponsored servers. When the subscription ends, those servers go back to the free plan within a few minutes. See Talksy plans and limits.

A BabelBot plan covers one server at a time. The owner can select Move to another server on the Billing page of the dashboard at any time. There is no wait and no fee. BabelBot must be on the new server, the owner needs Manage Server there, and that server cannot have a plan already. The old server goes back to Free and keeps its settings. Settings over the Free limits pause until a plan returns. Billing and limits explains the details.

If one person runs several servers and wants one payment to cover all of them, Talksy costs less. If your community moves to a new server, a BabelBot plan moves with it.

Talksy Pro has no monthly translation limit. For a very busy server, that is a real advantage at €8.99 per month.

BabelBot Free gives each server 100 AI translations per month. Pro gives 10,000 at €9.99 per month, and Ultra gives 50,000 at €19.99 per month. On Pro and Ultra, the AI translations belong to the plan. They move with the plan to a different server and reset when the plan renews. Founder Access has no limit. One message counts once, even when it gets several target languages. Skipped messages do not count. Translate Text does not use the server's AI translations. Each translation posted to a linked channel and each flag translation count separately.

On the free plans, the two bots count in different places. Talksy gives each member 100 automatic translations, 100 manual translations, and 50 flag translations per month. Each server also gets 1 route with 200 routed messages a month. When a member votes, that member's own counters reset. BabelBot gives the whole server one pool of 100 AI translations each month. When any member votes on Top.gg, the pool resets to 100 for everyone. On both bots, each member can vote every 12 hours.

To compare, count how many messages your server posts in a month and how many members write in other languages. A server with 300 messages a day in translated channels uses about 9,000 AI translations a month. That fits Pro. In a bridge hub of 4 channels, each message uses 3. Billing and limits lists what counts on BabelBot.

Some servers use one channel for each language. BabelBot links them with bridges. A bridge links two channels, or a main channel and up to 25 more. Each extra channel in a hub counts as one bridge. Text, replies, threads, edits, deletions, images, supported videos, stickers, and reactions cross to the linked channels. Free includes 1 bridge and Pro includes 5. Ultra and Founder Access have no limit. See Bridges.

Talksy links channels with routes and channel groups. A free server gets 1 route with 200 routed messages a month. A sponsored server gets unlimited routes and groups. Deletions, reply quotes, forwards, and reactions stay linked for 30 days. Talksy's docs do not describe edit sync, and threads inside a normal text channel are not routed. See Talksy channel routes.

Talksy can also mirror a forum into another forum, with translated titles, posts, replies, and tags. If your community runs on forum posts, test that feature. BabelBot translates messages inside forum and media posts where they are. See Talksy forums.

BabelBot can link one channel in your server to one channel in another server. Ultra or Founder Access on one of the two servers sponsors the connection. BabelBot must be in both servers, and you need Manage Server in both. Talksy's public docs describe no connection between servers. See Cross-server connections.

A support request may include a screenshot instead of typed text. BabelBot translates supported images, PDFs, video attachments, and audio files on Pro and above, when an admin turns on media translation. Members read the result in Discord. BabelBot does not change the file. Talksy routes forward attachments as they are, and its docs describe no translation of attachment content.

For live calls, BabelBot voice chat translation posts transcripts and translations in the voice channel's text chat. Ultra and Founder Access include it. Talksy's docs describe text translation only.

Some members split one sentence over several short messages. BabelBot Conversation mode, on Pro and above, waits a few seconds and translates those messages together. See Conversation mode.

Both bots can keep names and game terms the way your community writes them. Talksy gives more room here. It includes 30 glossary terms on Free and no limit on Pro, and you can paste about 400 terms at once. BabelBot includes 5 custom words on Free, 25 on Pro, and 100 on Ultra and Founder Access. BabelBot can also set a fixed translation for a word in one language. Talksy keeps glossary terms as written. A game community with hundreds of item names should count its terms before it chooses. See Custom words.

BabelBot Founder Access costs €199 once. It gives one server at a time Ultra features with no limit on AI translations, and you can move it like any other plan. Hosted access continues while BabelBot operates the service. If BabelBot shuts down, the Founder Access terms give continuity rights, including a self-hosting package. The same terms also let BabelBot change features. A change with more than a minor negative effect comes with advance notice.

Talksy has no one-time plan. Talksy Pro costs €8.99 per month or €86.30 per year for as long as you subscribe. Founder Access costs about the same as 10 months of BabelBot Ultra.

Talksy keeps the source text and the translated text for 30 days, so replies, mirrored channels, and translation history show the right translation. Its database is in the EU, in Ireland. See Talksy security and privacy and the Talksy privacy policy.

BabelBot runs its bot and databases in the EU, in the Netherlands. It keeps recent conversation context for up to 15 minutes. The records that sync edits and deletions keep Discord IDs and a short fingerprint, not message text. A bridged reply preview keeps the quoted author's name and a short quote for 30 days. AI providers, some outside the EU, receive the message text to translate it. The privacy policy lists everything BabelBot keeps.

Test in one channel with messages your members would send. On BabelBot, try replies and threads, and send a message in a language that is not a target language. On Talksy, ask two members to opt in with different languages and talk for a few minutes.

Then ask the members who do not read the main language. Could they follow the conversation? Did the translations crowd the channel? Their answers tell you more than any table.

If you switch, remove the channel from Talksy's allow list before you turn on BabelBot there. Two bots in one channel post two translations.