Transmonkey
Verified Oct 16, 2026 ActiveCredit-priced translator for documents, images, video and audio across 130+ languages, routed through hosted LLMs.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $6 once
- Billing
- One-time purchase
Cheapest purchase is a one-off 50-credit pack at $6 ($0.12 per credit); packs go to $99 for 4,000 credits. Pro is $12/month or $99/year, shown as 30,000 credits with 500 per month. No free plan is listed on the pricing page; refunds only within 3 days and under 30 credits used.
Use tool ↗About Transmonkey
Transmonkey translates more than 30 file types, from PDF, DOCX, PPTX and XLSX to EPUB, SRT, images, MP4 and MP3, keeping the original layout, and also offers dubbing, transcription and subtitle tools. Work is routed through hosted language models such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude. Everything is priced in credits: one credit buys a minute of video, one image, or 500 characters of document text. Packs run from $6 for 50 credits to $99 for 4,000, and a Pro subscription is $12 a month or $99 a year. Chrome and Google Workspace extensions sit alongside the web app. The site and terms now name Deep Explore Pte. Ltd. in Singapore as the operator.
- Platforms
- Web · Chrome extension
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 16, 2026
Verified sources
- Pay-as-you-go packs 50 credits $6 to 4,000 credits $99; Pro Monthly $12, Pro Yearly $99 billed yearly; 1 credit = 1 video minute, 1 image or 500 document characters (15 October 2026)transmonkey.ai ↗
- Terms name Deep Explore Pte. Ltd., 9 Raffles Place, Singapore 048619, under Delaware law; footer copyright 2026 Deep Explore Pte. Ltd. (15 October 2026)transmonkey.ai ↗
Is Transmonkey legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Mar 19, 2024 (2 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar NameCheap, Inc., looked up Sep 15, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Nov 26, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 16, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 16, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- Deep Explore Pte. Ltd., SingaporeOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Transmonkey
Handling documents, scanned PDFs, images and video subtitles under one credit balance saves stitching three tools together, and pay-as-you-go packs mean no subscription for occasional work. Read the credit maths carefully though: the subscription's 30,000 credits are advertised with only 500 released immediately, which is not the same as 30,000 available.
Pros
- 30+ file formats including scanned PDF, EPUB, SRT, MP4 and MP3
- Layout is preserved rather than dumped to plain text
- Pay-as-you-go packs start at $6 with no subscription
- Chrome and Google Workspace extensions alongside the web app
Cons
- No API documented on the site
- Free tier is claimed on the home page but absent from the pricing page
- Video is credit-hungry at one credit per minute
- Operator changed from a US LLC to a Singapore company, and cancellation runs by email to a sister brand's address
Best for
- Occasional translation of mixed file types
- Subtitling video without a separate dubbing tool
- Anyone who wants credits without a subscription
Not for
- Programmatic or CI-driven localisation, since no API is documented
- Regulated content needing certified human translation
Watch out: The Pro plan's 30,000 credits come with only 500 credited up front, so the headline number is not what you can spend on day one.
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