Wordbee

Vorteile: Comprehensive online translation memory and translation management system that works on every platform and with every browser eliminating the need for installing software, shipping dongles or requiring specialized hardware to operate. This eliminates much overhead and enables recruiting translators pretty much all over the world where an internet connection can be established. All translation assets and instructions can be shared online without the need to email or download files, TMs, glossaries, knowledge bases... It does address most benefits listed on our requirement list.

Nachteile: Pricey! Expect you to pay for a full year in advance or charge a ridiculous markup (20+% VAR) for quarterly payments! The solution can be semi-customized but some functions are not configurable requiring relying on their internal technical staff which can also be very pricey. Legacy TMs although can be imported will not generate similar fuzzy matches due to limited TM configuration abilities and internal tag differences making it very hard to transition legacy TMs for ongoing updates. We also have not seen any major improvements in the software features set since our subscription 4 years ago.

Vorteile: * All functions work and talk to each other
* WB team understands both language issues and language business issues, and responds logically to them
* Easy integration with other systems (open API and so on)
* Language, business, and management components are fully synched, integrated--and the linguistic components in particular are all-in-one
* Very easy to use and learn to use
* The user forum Wordbee supports (in addition to the tech support area) is a very valuable platform, and shows Wordbee is committed to the community *

Nachteile: * Term handling (term identification during translation, term development functions) is the weakest point
* Innovations are sometimes not reported in a way that users know them quickly
* WB responds in our time zone but it means waking them up in their time zone