BetterSend vs Other translators
Best translator for Slack, Teams, WhatsApp and Discord
There is no single best translator for every chat app. For reading, the built-in options are often enough: WhatsApp translates on phones, Teams translates received messages, and Slack does on Business+. For a whole server or workspace, a bot set up by an admin works. If you write replies in a second language in several of these apps, BetterSend covers all four, in the browser and in the desktop apps, and rewrites the reply in a tone you pick.
By Rubens Jr, Founder of BetterSend
We looked at what people use to translate messages in each app, as of October 2026: the apps' own features, translation bots, and browser extensions such as Immersive Translate, Kaption for WhatsApp Web and the Slack translator extensions. Each row names the best option we found for that app and what it does well, beside what BetterSend does there.
BetterSend is a Chrome extension and a desktop app for Mac and Windows, and it is our product, so read this page with that in mind. Each row says when the other option is the better pick, and every competitor fact links to its source.
BetterSend is for
People who read and write work messages in a second language across several chat apps and want one tool for all of them.
Other translators is for
People who only read, use one app, or run a whole community or workspace in several languages.
| Feature | BetterSend | Other translators |
|---|---|---|
| Slack | In Slack on the web and in the Slack app: Translate and Explain on messages, Improve on your reply, on any plan. | Slack's own translation on Business+ and Enterprise+, private to you. Without it, the most used browser extension is Automatic Slack Translator, about 2,000 users, Slack on the web only. For a whole workspace, bots such as Lingvanex or Translate Channels. |
| Microsoft Teams | In Teams on the web and in the Teams app, on any plan, with your reply rewritten in a tone you pick. | Teams' own translation of received messages, included unless an admin turns it off. Copilot rewrites drafts with a Microsoft Copilot license. |
| In WhatsApp Web and in the WhatsApp app on Mac and Windows. | On phones, WhatsApp translates a message when you long-press it and tap Translate. On WhatsApp Web, Kaption previews your reply in your contact's language as you type and transcribes voice notes, with about 50,000 users. | |
| Discord | In Discord on the web and in the Discord app, with no bot on the server. | Translation bots such as iTranslator, which says it is on more than 130,000 servers. They need the server admin and post translations for everyone. |
| Reading pages and documents | Not its job. BetterSend works on messages. | Immersive Translate: bilingual web pages, PDFs and subtitles, with 3 million users on the Chrome Web Store. |
| Writing in a second language | Improve turns a draft in your language into natural English in one of 13 tones, and you read it before you send. | Most options above translate what you receive or translate your draft literally. Copilot rewrites but does not translate; Kaption previews a translation. |
| Free plan | Free plan: 50 actions per month and 3 tones (Professional, Friendly, Grammar fix). | WhatsApp's, Teams' and Immersive Translate's reading features are free. Kaption's free plan has one translation session a week, as of October 2026. |
| Price | Pro is US$ 4.99 per month or US$ 39.99 per year as of October 2026, with all 13 tones and unlimited actions. In Brazil, Pix: 6 months for the price of 4 (R$ 99.60). | Kaption: from US$ 5.99 a month. Immersive Translate Pro: US$ 14.99 a month. iTranslator Premium: from 8.32 euros a month, as of October 2026. |
Verdict
Use what your app already gives you for reading when it is there: it is free and private. Pick a bot when a whole community needs every message translated, and Immersive Translate when most of what you read is pages and documents. Pick BetterSend when your problem is writing replies in a second language across Slack, Teams, WhatsApp and Discord, in the browser and in the desktop apps.
Common questions
Which translator works in all four apps?
BetterSend works in Slack, Teams, WhatsApp and Discord, in Chrome and in the desktop apps on Mac and Windows. The other options here each cover one app or only the browser.
Is a free translator enough?
For reading, often yes: WhatsApp, Teams and Slack on Business+ translate received messages. For a reply that has to sound natural in English, a literal translation usually is not, and that is what BetterSend's free plan, with 50 actions a month, is for.
Why is BetterSend on this list?
It is our product, so read this page with that in mind. Every competitor fact links to its source and the date it was checked.
Find the right tone in one click
Get the desktop app for macOS or Windows, or install the Chrome extension. Same account, the same 13 tones.
Sources
- BetterSend (checked 2026-10-06)
- Slack Help Center: guide to AI features in Slack (checked 2026-10-29)
- Automatic Slack Translator on the Chrome Web Store (checked 2026-10-29)
- Lingvanex Translator for Slack (checked 2026-10-29)
- Microsoft Support: translate a message in Microsoft Teams (checked 2026-10-29)
- Microsoft Support: Copilot tutorial, edit messages in Teams before sending (checked 2026-10-29)
- WhatsApp Blog: introducing message translations (checked 2026-10-29)
- Kaption AI pricing (checked 2026-10-29)
- Kaption AI extension on the Chrome Web Store (version 0.90.1) (checked 2026-10-29)
- iTranslator, translation bot for Discord (checked 2026-10-29)
- Immersive Translate pricing (checked 2026-10-29)
- Immersive Translate extension on the Chrome Web Store (version 1.34.4) (checked 2026-10-29)