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The platform has good workflow design allowing for a lot of flexibility and comprehensive management and customization of projects. The marketplace also works well, but could use some improvements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Parts of the interface are still clunky, management and insights into payouts could be more transparent and convenient to browse and control. Pricing could be more flexible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This platform combines CAT tool, hiring, and payment processes in one system, making it easier for translators to manage their work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The website is divided into three regions, which sometimes causes confusion for me as I manage my tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SmartCat has been an excellent CAT tool for our in-house Translation team. It offers collaboration, an intuitive user interface, and customization. There are tools to save Translation Memories (TM's) and Glossaries for future translation projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have nothing negative to say about SmartCat. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SmartCat platform is helpful for freelance translators and proofreaders to search and position themselves for suitable jobs by registering themselves at their preferred rates. It is a practical CAT tool to help you translate and use translation memories and glossaries to speed up and stay consistent. Similarly, businesses get a mine of freelance workers to choose from at their preferred rates. You get paid for your work through SmartCat, and you can also add clients from other projects to receive quick payments. The interface is quite user-friendly. You also get OCR and machine translation help for nominal charges. Keep pitching to get 3-star ratings and complete a 100% profile to get regular matching with jobs. It’s a win-win platform for businesses and professionals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

OCR and MT are paid tools. So, you may have to pay extra to get help from these tools. Although it has plenty of jobs listed, some may be too old and irrelevant. You may filter the ones related to your language pair. Initially, you may find it challenging to find enough work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is very easy to apply and accept a project. The formatting is already done and the translation goes smoothly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't see any drawbacks. Maybe there are not enough projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Translators for hire, self-service translating, robust application for many languages, solid customer support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Very detailed interface, so it takes a little time to learn navigation. Once you understand the navigation, all else is pretty simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that you could get paid through the system and find new projects through their projects board. The referral system is also another great thing that Smartcat offers, since you get paid for bringing your clients into it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The CAT system itself isn't particularly advanced and could use some improvement. I did find some new projects on the jobs board. However, there aren't that many projects to work with, and the platform could do better to market itself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My favorites at Smartcat are the freelancer-client linking feature and the various payment methods. Shortly, everything is in one place: There is no need for invoicing, and finding jobs and accepting invitations is easy and fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is no guarantee that clients pay on time. The Availability section is useless because there is no prevention or warning for clients when I am busy. Also, supporting right-to-left languages can be better as there is a mess-up in the mixture of English and an RTL language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The platform became easy to use and the customer service provided to the team, in the beginning, was crucial to help everyone on the team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

They could put together an easy one-pager reference to the tools on the translation page. In the beginning, it can be difficult to navigate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a lot of features I love about Smartcat:

1. There are a lot of free-of-charge language pairs for machine translation. Accepting that the machine translation is not perfect and proofreading / post-editing is required, Smartcat is a very good tool for getting the first translation draft with machine translation aid.

2. Smartcat preserves the formatting in the source document. I.e. the translated document is having the same formatting with the source document. This is very helpful, especially when I’m working with translation works involving tables and figures.

3. Smartcat provides a platform for worldwide connection among translators, freelancers and clients. It provides many job opportunities with a very good and handy payment system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes I find it challenging to use Smartcat with regards to the followings:

1. The design for user interface and navigation could be disappointing. It seems that there are quite a lot of stuff happening at the same time, such as CAT, project management and freelance job platform. Sometimes it looks a bit clumsy and overwhelming.

2. Internet connection is a must to work on Smartcat. Offline functionality is not available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.