This article describes the differences between the five available versions of
Trados Studio:
- Professional
- Workgroup
- Freelance
- Starter
- Express
Refer to the table below for the main differences between the five
Trados Studio versions.
| Trados Studio 2017 and above | Express | Starter | Freelance | Workgroup | Professional |
|---|
| Unlimited languages supported at once: Trados Studio 2021 | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Unlimited languages supported at once: Trados Studio 2019, 2017 | - | 5 simultaneously | 5 simultaneously | Yes | Yes |
| Open standalone documents outside of a package | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Create and email Trados Studio packages | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Open Studio packages | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open WorldServer, TMS, TeamWorks packages | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Create projects | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Project wizard | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Open local project | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open Trados GroupShare Project (online/server-based project) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Align Documents | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Works on company networks (Domain-Based) | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Publish project to server | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Create own file-based TMs | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Unlimited file-based TM size | No1 | No2 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open multiple TMs at a time in single file translations | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Support for importing TMX translation memories | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Upgrade legacy TM formats | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Access server-based TMs | Yes3 | Yes8 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TM Administration | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Includes MultiTerm | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Allows creating termbases (add/edit terms) | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Allows using termbases (read terms) | Yes4 | Yes4 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Can access machine translation from within the tool | Yes | No5 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Full batch task functionality | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Custom task sequence | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| AutoSuggest use | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AutoSuggest create | No | No | Yes6 | Yes | Yes |
| Perfect Match use | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Perfect Match create | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Unlimited number of languages | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Runs 3rd party plug-in apps from RWS AppStore | No7 | No7 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Software Development Kits (API and SDK) | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Perpetual license available | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Subscription license available | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Update from Reviewed Target File (Retrofit) | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Translation Quality Assessment | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| upLIFT Fragment Recall | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| upLIFT Fuzzy Repair | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| QuickPlace | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Real-time preview | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alignment based TM creation | No | - | Yes | Yes | Yes |
1 Unlimited TM size when a TM is delivered as part of the project package.
2 Unlimited TM size when a TM is delivered as part of the project package, limited to 5,000 translation units in single file translation.
3 Requires Trados Studio 2017 or higher.
4 Trados Studio Starter and Trados Studio Express can access termbases if they are inside a package.
5 Studio Starter can access MT if the machine translation string is provided in a trados Studio package.
6 If the optional AutoSuggest Creator add-on has been purchased.
7 Will not run RWS utilities or plug-ins because these check that the user is not using Express or Starter.
8 Studio Starter can only access server-based TMs if they are referred to inside a Studio package or used as part of a published Trados GroupShare project.
