Tony Dinh replaces his i18n translation SaaS and saves $124 a month
Tony Dinh dropped the SaaS he used for i18n translations, cutting $124 a month. His app now has a built-in translation harness that he says produces more accurate, in-context translations. The numbers are almost silly: 2,705 translation keys across 16 locales for around $0.75 with GPT-Luna 6. A translation tool charging per month just lost to a script charging per run, and according to the customer who left, it lost on quality too. That's a critical hit in any language.
Saving, as stated by the author: $124/month
Just replaced another SaaS that I've been using for i18n translations.
-$124.00/month
My app now uses a built-in translation harness to do much more accurate AND in-context translations.
2,705 translation keys x 16 locales.
Costs ~$0.75 with GPT-Luna 6 🤣
— Tony Dinh, read the original on XMore SaaS obituaries
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