Localization Cost Benchmark Report
What translation, subtitling, and AI dubbing actually cost in 2026 — and why the industry's pricing model is quietly being rebuilt underneath your next contract.
Written for budget owners, LSP founders, and anyone who has to sanity-check a localization quote before it goes to finance. The short version: per-word pricing is losing analysts' confidence as AI compresses the cost of raw translation toward zero. What's replacing it — program fees, risk tiers, outcome-based contracts — changes how you should be budgeting starting now.
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What's Inside
Per-Word and Per-Hour Benchmarks
For human translation, MTPE, and LQA.
AI Dubbing's 250x Price Spread
Broken down tier by tier.
The Shift to Outcome-Based Pricing
And the industry voice calling per-word billing obsolete.
Five Real Project Cost Scenarios
From a single document to a full season.
Five Questions Before You Sign
What to ask before you sign the next vendor quote.
Industry-wide pricing data, not an Echo9 rate card. Use it to benchmark any vendor's quote — then run your own numbers on the Echo9 Savings Calculator for a like-for-like comparison against your actual catalog.
Related: Savings Calculator, Pricing
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