Comparison

Weglot alternative for Shopify: Weglot vs Unlost

Weglot is probably the best-known name in website translation, and for good reason. But if your store runs on Shopify and you’re watching your word count climb, it’s worth knowing what else is out there.

By Bram Sullot, founder of Unlost · 7 October 2026

We make Unlost, so read this with that in mind. Everything said about other apps comes from their own Shopify App Store listing and Shopify’s help center, checked on 7 October 2026. Prices and limits change; check the listing before you choose.

The short version

Stick with Weglot if you also run sites outside Shopify and want one tool for all of them, or you like choosing between translation engines and editing visually on the page.

Unlost is the better fit if your catalogue is growing or you sell in several languages and want far more words for your money, or you want every corner of your Shopify store translated, theme code included, and kept current within a minute.

Where they really differ

The biggest difference is words. Weglot’s plans include 10,000 to 200,000 words. Unlost’s paid plans include 200,000 to 1,500,000 words a month. To put a number on it: three languages costs $32 on Weglot Business with 50,000 words, while $29.99 on Unlost Growth covers up to five languages and 600,000 words a month. For a store with a few hundred products, that gap is the difference between fitting comfortably and constantly hitting a ceiling.

Where the translations live. Unlost saves every translation in Shopify itself. That means they stay in your store if you ever remove the app, and you can export them with Shopify’s own tools.

The hard-to-reach text. Unlost also translates text written straight into the theme’s code, like a Custom Liquid block, which most tools never see.

And one clear point for Weglot: it works on many platforms, while Unlost is built only for Shopify. If you run a WordPress site next to your store, that matters.

Weglot’s plans

Weglot plan	Price	Languages	Words
Free	$0	1	2,000
Starter	$17 / month	1	10,000
Business	$32 / month	3	50,000
Pro	$87 / month	5	200,000

Paid Weglot plans have a 14-day trial. Weglot lists 110+ languages, several translation engines (DeepL, Google, Microsoft), a visual editor and auto-sync. Rated 4.5 from 830 reviews on the Shopify App Store.

Unlost’s plans

Unlost plan	Price	Languages	Products	Words a month
Free	$0	1	50	40,000
Starter	$13.99 / month	2	300	200,000
Growth	$29.99 / month	5	1,000	600,000
Pro	$59.99 / month	10	2,500	1,500,000

Paying yearly gives two months free. Words count once per language: 100 words translated into 3 languages count as 300. On every paid plan, new and changed content is translated automatically within a minute; on Free you translate new content with one click.

What Unlost translates

Pretty much everything a shopper reads: products with their variant options, collections, pages, blog posts, menus and policies; SEO titles, meta descriptions, URL handles and image alt texts; notification emails; your theme’s texts, including text written straight into the theme’s code, like a Custom Liquid block; and the metafields your theme shows.

All of it is saved in Shopify itself, so it stays in your store if you ever remove the app. Product names stay as you wrote them, short texts like buttons and sizes get an extra check, and anything uncertain goes to a review list. Edits you make yourself are never overwritten.

Questions

Is there a cheaper alternative to Weglot for Shopify?

For three languages, Unlost Growth costs $29.99 a month with 600,000 words a month (and up to five languages), against $32 for Weglot Business with 50,000 words. Compare with your own word count.

Can I switch from Weglot to Unlost?

Yes. Install Unlost, translate your store, check the result, then remove Weglot. Unlost saves translations in Shopify itself.

Try Unlost on your store

Free for one language and up to 50 products. Paid plans keep every language up to date within a minute of a change.

Install from the Shopify App Store