Alternative to Immersive Translate
Immersive Translate alternative for work chat replies
Immersive Translate is one of the best tools for reading in another language: web pages side by side with the original, PDFs, ebooks and subtitles. For writing, it translates the text in an input box when you press the space bar three times, and you get a translation of what you typed. If what you need is the reply to a colleague or a client, BetterSend rewrites your draft as natural English in one of 13 tones, inside Slack, Teams, WhatsApp and Discord, their desktop apps on Mac and Windows included. Its free plan has 50 actions a month.
By Rubens Jr, Founder of BetterSend
What changed at Immersive Translate
- Pro costs US$ 14.99 a month or US$ 119.88 a year, and Max costs US$ 39.99 a month or US$ 239.88 a year, as of October 2026. Both renew automatically.
- Its membership terms allow one refund per account: within 24 hours of a monthly purchase or 72 hours of a yearly one. The terms are governed by the laws of the People's Republic of China.
- Input box translation, documented on its site, replaces your draft with its translation when you press the space bar three times. A slash and a language code, such as /ja, picks the language.
- The Chrome Web Store listing reports 3 million users and a rating of 4.6 out of 5 from 3,200 reviews, as of October 2026.
- It runs in the browser, with mobile apps and a Safari app for Mac. No app that works inside installed desktop chat apps was found.
What BetterSend gives you for free
- 50 AI actions a month, every month, with no trial that runs out and no card. Each Improve, Translate or Explain is one action.
- 3 tones (Professional, Friendly, Fix Grammar) and 10 free uses of the Pro tones, to try the others on real messages.
- Write in Portuguese, Spanish or any other language and get natural English back, in one click.
- Translate and Explain on the messages you receive, in 44 languages.
- The desktop app for Mac and Windows puts the same button in the Slack, Teams, WhatsApp and Discord apps, on the same free plan.
- Your message is sent only when you click, never stored and never used to train models.
Where Immersive Translate is still the better choice
- Reading: bilingual pages, PDFs with the layout kept, ebooks, images and video subtitles. BetterSend translates single messages only.
- A choice of many translation services and AI models, including your own API keys.
- Its free plan for reading has no monthly message count.
- It has apps for iPhone and Android. BetterSend has no mobile app.
Switch in three steps
- 1
Add BetterSend to Chrome and sign in with your email. The free plan needs no card.
- 2
Open Slack, Teams, WhatsApp Web or Gmail, write the draft in your own language and press Improve.
- 3
For the apps installed on your computer, get BetterSend for Mac or Windows.
Common questions
Does Immersive Translate work in the Slack desktop app?
It is a browser extension, so it works in Slack on the web. The BetterSend desktop app adds its buttons to the installed Slack, Teams, WhatsApp and Discord apps on Mac and Windows.
Can I choose a tone with Immersive Translate's input translation?
Its documentation describes a translation of what you typed, with a choice of target language. BetterSend offers 13 tones, 3 of them free, and shows the result before it replaces your draft.
Can I use both?
Yes. Read with Immersive Translate and write with BetterSend. They act on different text and do not get in each other's way.
What does BetterSend cost compared with Immersive Translate?
BetterSend is free for 50 actions a month; Pro is $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year. Immersive Translate Pro is US$ 14.99 a month or US$ 119.88 a year, as of October 2026.
Sources
- Immersive Translate pricing (checked 2026-10-29)
- Immersive Translate membership terms (checked 2026-10-29)
- Immersive Translate docs: how do I translate the contents of an input box? (checked 2026-10-29)
- Immersive Translate extension on the Chrome Web Store (version 1.34.4) (checked 2026-10-29)
- BetterSend (checked 2026-10-23)