DeepL
DeepL (Free / Pro Individual, Team, Business, Enterprise / API Free, API Pro)
Provider: DeepL SE · Based in: Maarweg 165, 50825 Köln, Germany · Provider website
- Plans
- 7
- Sources
- 10
- As of
- 18 Oct
As of 18 Oct 2026. Based on our research on this date and the process described in the methodology. No guarantee of accuracy, not legal advice. The provider’s current documents take precedence. Found an error? Report a correction.
Incomplete. 5 points could not be verified in any provider source (see open points). This does not mean the matter is unproblematic; it means we have not checked it.
At a glance
- Hosting
- not publicly documented: Free, API Free, Pro – Individual, Pro – Teammixed: Pro – Business, API ProEU option: Pro – Enterprise
- Training on inputs
- yes: Freenot publicly documented: API Freeno: Pro – Individual, Pro – Team, Pro – Business, Pro – Enterprise, API Pro
- DPA
- no: Free, API Freeyes: Pro – Individual, Pro – Team, Pro – Business, Pro – Enterprise, API Pro
- Provider
- DeepL SE
- Based in
- Maarweg 165, 50825 Köln, Germany (q2)
Values from 7 plans, each listed with the plans it applies to. Details and evidence are in the plan table.
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Details per plan
Short values per plan. Click a feature to open the evidence and notes for all plans; sources with retrieval dates are under “Evidence”.
| Feature | Free (Translator / Write, free of charge)Compare DeepL Free (Translator / Write, free of charge) with another tool | API FreeCompare DeepL API Free with another tool | Pro – Individual (terms and conditions: Starter/Advanced/Ultimate)Compare DeepL Pro – Individual (terms and conditions: Starter/Advanced/Ultimate) with another tool | Pro – TeamCompare DeepL Pro – Team with another tool | Pro – EnterpriseCompare DeepL Pro – Enterprise with another tool |
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| differs by plan | 0 EUR | 0 EUR | 7.49 EUR/mo… (further prices in the details) | 24.99 EUR/user/mo | custom |
| Details: Price | EUR 0 (q1) | EUR 0 (terms and conditions 1.13: 'provided by DeepL free of charge') | EUR 7.49/month with annual billing, incl. VAT (q3, price for Germany); Write Pro add-on EUR 6.99/user/month (q3) | EUR 24.99/user/month with annual billing, incl. VAT (q3) | custom (pricing page: 'Custom pricing'); 99.9 % availability (q3) |
| yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Details: AI features included | yes (translation, text improvement; free version) | yes (free API, up to 500,000 characters per month according to the terms and conditions' Service Specification) | yes | yes | yes |
| differs by plan | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Details: DPA | no: according to q1 section 3, no personal data may be translated in the free service; processing of personal data is only possible under a DeepL Pro subscription (q1). No DPA documented for Free. | no: Terms and conditions: processing of personal data with the Free API prohibited; in the event of a breach, the customer is obliged to indemnify (q2); privacy policy section 13 refers to the terms and conditions (q1). | yes: Terms and conditions 8.1.5 refer to the DeepL Data Processing Agreement in the Trust Center, which becomes 'an integral part of this Agreement'; privacy policy section 4: concluded on request to privacy@deepl.com (q1, q2) Provider’s DPA | yes: Terms and conditions 8.1.5 refer to the DeepL Data Processing Agreement in the Trust Center, which becomes 'an integral part of this Agreement'; privacy policy section 4: concluded on request to privacy@deepl.com (q1, q2) Provider’s DPA | yes: Terms and conditions 8.1.5 refer to the DeepL Data Processing Agreement in the Trust Center, which becomes 'an integral part of this Agreement'; privacy policy section 4: concluded on request to privacy@deepl.com (q1, q2) Provider’s DPA |
| differs by plan | yes | not publicly documented | no | no | no |
| Details: Training on inputs | "We process the content you upload and their translations or improvements for a limited period of time to train and improve our neural networks and algorithms. This also applies to corrections you make to our translation or improvement suggestions." (q1, section 3). In addition: personal data in the free service "may be checked by a human" (q1, only in the note on the Korean version, section 24.2). | q1 section 13 refers, for "DeepL API Free", to the terms and conditions and to "section 3 on using the free version of DeepL" (section 3 describes use for training, see the Free plan). It contains no express statement on training specifically for API Free. Developer documentation q8: "With DeepL API paid plans, texts aren't saved on persistent storage and aren't used to train our models"; this expressly applies only to paid plans. The pricing page (q10, API tab) lists the free API plan "Developer" (one-off credit of 1 million characters) and names "no use of your data for model training" (translated) only for the Growth plan ("all the benefits of Developer, plus:", translated); whether Developer is identical to API Free is not stated there. | "When using these services, your texts will not be used to improve the quality of our services." (q1, section 4, applies to DeepL Translator Pro, DeepL API Pro, DeepL Write Pro). Pricing page: "No data training" (q3). Terms and conditions 7.4: rights to Content remain with the customer; DeepL may use Content "solely in order to provide DeepL's Services" (q2). | "When using these services, your texts will not be used to improve the quality of our services." (q1, section 4, applies to DeepL Translator Pro, DeepL API Pro, DeepL Write Pro). Pricing page: "No data training" (q3). Terms and conditions 7.4: rights to Content remain with the customer; DeepL may use Content "solely in order to provide DeepL's Services" (q2). | "When using these services, your texts will not be used to improve the quality of our services." (q1, section 4, applies to DeepL Translator Pro, DeepL API Pro, DeepL Write Pro). Pricing page: "No data training" (q3). Terms and conditions 7.4: rights to Content remain with the customer; DeepL may use Content "solely in order to provide DeepL's Services" (q2). The pricing page additionally names Bring Your Own Key (q3, q4). |
| differs by plan | not publicly documented | Terms and conditions 3.3.2: 'DeepL API… | Terms and conditions 3.1.2: DeepL stores… | Terms and conditions 3.1.2: DeepL stores… | Terms and conditions 3.1.2: DeepL stores… |
| Details: Data retention | not publicly documented: for the free version, q1 only states 'for a limited period of time'; no period specified | Terms and conditions 3.3.2: 'DeepL API Developer reserves the right to perpetually store any Content or Processed Content' (q2; 'DeepL API Developer' = free API, terms and conditions 1.13). | Terms and conditions 3.1.2: DeepL stores Content and Processed Content only temporarily, as far as technically necessary; further storage only at the customer's request (e.g. "saved translations"), deletion 90 days after the end of the contract; access logs (without content) for billing, security, statistics. Terms and conditions 3.1.4: for certain error patterns, automatic encrypted storage for up to 72 hours for troubleshooting, followed by automatic deletion, not attributed to any customer. Privacy policy section 4: texts deleted after the service has been provided (q1, q2). | Terms and conditions 3.1.2: DeepL stores Content and Processed Content only temporarily, as far as technically necessary; further storage only at the customer's request (e.g. "saved translations"), deletion 90 days after the end of the contract; access logs (without content) for billing, security, statistics. Terms and conditions 3.1.4: for certain error patterns, automatic encrypted storage for up to 72 hours for troubleshooting, followed by automatic deletion, not attributed to any customer. Privacy policy section 4: texts deleted after the service has been provided (q1, q2). | Terms and conditions 3.1.2: DeepL stores Content and Processed Content only temporarily, as far as technically necessary; further storage only at the customer's request (e.g. "saved translations"), deletion 90 days after the end of the contract; access logs (without content) for billing, security, statistics. Terms and conditions 3.1.4: for certain error patterns, automatic encrypted storage for up to 72 hours for troubleshooting, followed by automatic deletion, not attributed to any customer. Privacy policy section 4: texts deleted after the service has been provided (q1, q2). |
| differs by plan | not publicly documented | not publicly documented | not publicly documented | not publicly documented | EU option |
| Details: Hosting | No selectable location option documented for Free. According to the Trust Center document 'Infrastructure Update' (q5), proprietary DeepL data centres in Iceland and Sweden are used for research, model training and serving Free-tier users. Privacy policy (q1, section 7.1): document translations (Free and Pro) are "processed on our infrastructure in the EEA". | Developer documentation q7: 'Data handling may differ between the Free and Pro plans.' The location for API Free is not stated; q5 refers to Free-tier users in general (proprietary data centres in Iceland/Sweden) without expressly mentioning API Free. | Terms and conditions 3.1.3: DeepL determines the place of processing and may use third-party cloud services; the place of processing 'may depend, among other things, on the location of the customer' (q2). The Trust Center document (q5) names AWS for 'business and enterprise customers'; whether the Individual plan falls under this is not stated there. The pricing page describes no location for Individual (q3). Trust Center FAQ (q5): "Self-serve customers signing up for a subscription from 13 February 2025 may be processed on DeepL administered servers as well as on AWS servers."; the FAQ does not name the AWS regions for self-service subscriptions. | As Pro – Individual: no location on the pricing page (q3); the Trust Center document names AWS for 'business and enterprise customers' without attributing the Team plan (q5); terms and conditions 3.1.3 (q2). Trust Center FAQ (q5): "Self-serve customers signing up for a subscription from 13 February 2025 may be processed on DeepL administered servers as well as on AWS servers."; the FAQ does not name the AWS regions for self-service subscriptions. | According to the Trust Center document 'Infrastructure Update' (q5): hybrid model of proprietary data centres (Iceland/Sweden; research, model training, Free tier) and AWS, which takes over 'data processing and storage for business and enterprise customers'. Default: customer content may be processed and stored in all AWS regions (currently EU, US, JP); non-content metadata is stored centrally. The paid 'Data Residency' add-on (for sales-assisted customers) contractually guarantees processing only in the selected region (EU, US or JP). Terms and conditions 3.1.3: DeepL determines the place of processing; third-party cloud services may be used (q2). For Enterprise customers, according to q5, the residency option can be booked contractually (EU, US, JP). |
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Price and scope
- differs by plan
- 0 EUR
EUR 0 (q1)
- yes
yes (translation, text improvement; free version)
Contract and data use
- differs by plan
- no
no: according to q1 section 3, no personal data may be translated in the free service; processing of personal data is only possible under a DeepL Pro subscription (q1). No DPA documented for Free.
- differs by plan
- yes
"We process the content you upload and their translations or improvements for a limited period of time to train and improve our neural networks and algorithms. This also applies to corrections you make to our translation or improvement suggestions." (q1, section 3). In addition: personal data in the free service "may be checked by a human" (q1, only in the note on the Korean version, section 24.2).
- differs by plan
- not publicly documented
- not publicly documented: for the free version, q1 only states 'for a limited period of time'; no period specified
Hosting and sharing
- differs by plan
- not publicly documented
No selectable location option documented for Free. According to the Trust Center document 'Infrastructure Update' (q5), proprietary DeepL data centres in Iceland and Sweden are used for research, model training and serving Free-tier users. Privacy policy (q1, section 7.1): document translations (Free and Pro) are "processed on our infrastructure in the EEA".
- list available
- not publicly documented: full list only viewable in the Trust Center after an access request ("DPA Sub-Processors", "Get access") (q5). q5 names proprietary DeepL data centres (Iceland/Sweden) instead of AWS for Free-tier users.
Evidence
- differs by plan
- 2 sources
- DeepL Privacy Policy (sections 3, 4, 5, 13)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- DeepL Trust Center (including the document "Infrastructure Update: DeepL's Enhanced Cloud Platform" of 2026-02-06, Knowledge Base (FAQ), announcements on C5/SOC 2 Type 2 of 2025-08-20 and ISO 27001 of 2026-02-03); readable in the browser, documents in the Legal section only after an access requestTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
not documentedmeans: not publicly documented, not verifiable in any provider source. It does not mean “no”.
Third-country transfers
DeepL SE is based in Cologne (q2); subsidiaries include DeepL UK Ltd, DeepL NL B.V., DeepL PL, DeepL US Inc. (Delaware), DeepL Japan GK (q1). According to the Trust Center document, customer content for Business/Enterprise is by default processed via the AWS regions EU, US and JP; Data Residency add-on for EU, US or JP (q5). Regional API endpoints: EU (default), US, JP (q6). Trust Center document "Infrastructure Update" (q5, published 2026-02-06): "For any instances where data is processed outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we have implemented Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)." The Trust Center FAQ (q5), by contrast, states: "The translation is done within the EEA, i.e. there is no data transfer to a third country by DeepL SE." The DPA, the "International Transfer Clauses" and the "Transfer Impact Assessments" can only be viewed in the Trust Center after an access request (q5, q9).
- DeepL Privacy Policy (sections 3, 4, 5, 13) (Privacy notice), retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- DeepL Pro Terms and Conditions incl. Service Specification (Terms and conditions), retrieved 7 Oct 2026
- DeepL Trust Center (including the document "Infrastructure Update: DeepL's Enhanced Cloud Platform" of 2026-02-06, Knowledge Base (FAQ), announcements on C5/SOC 2 Type 2 of 2025-08-20 and ISO 27001 of 2026-02-03); readable in the browser, documents in the Legal section only after an access request (Trust Center), retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Regional API Endpoints (Official developer documentation), retrieved 7 Oct 2026
- DeepL Data Processing Agreement in the Trust Center (linked in q2 8.1.5); only viewable after an access request ("Get access") (DPA (reference)), retrieved 18 Oct 2026
Certifications (as stated by the provider)
According to the pricing page, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II (q3). Data protection page: SOC 2 Type II, regular penetration tests (q4). Trust Center: announcements 'DeepL Achieves C5 Type 2 Attestation and Renews SOC 2 Type 2 Report' and 'DeepL Agent Achieves ISO 27001 Certification' (announcements of 2025-08-20 and 2026-02-03 respectively; ISO 27001:2022; q5). Under Compliance, the Trust Center lists C5, GDPR, HIPAA, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and SOC 2 Type 2; the reports can only be viewed after an access request (q5). The scope per plan is not stated.
- DeepL Pro: pricing and FAQ (German) (Pricing page / provider FAQ), retrieved 7 Oct 2026
- Secure and compliant Language AI (Data Security) (Provider security page), retrieved 7 Oct 2026
- DeepL Trust Center (including the document "Infrastructure Update: DeepL's Enhanced Cloud Platform" of 2026-02-06, Knowledge Base (FAQ), announcements on C5/SOC 2 Type 2 of 2025-08-20 and ISO 27001 of 2026-02-03); readable in the browser, documents in the Legal section only after an access request (Trust Center), retrieved 18 Oct 2026
AI Act
Functions: Machine translation (text, documents), text improvement (DeepL Write), real-time speech translation (DeepL Voice), glossaries, Style Rules, MCP integration and API (q2, q8).
Provider’s statement: Terms and conditions 8.1.2: 'The Services are not intended for high-risk use as set out in Article 6 of the EU AI Act'; the customer is itself responsible for checking whether its use counts as high-risk use (q2). The developer documentation repeats this (q7). Terms and conditions 8.1.1 prohibit, among other things, the use of synthetic outputs as deepfakes and to deceive as to the speaker's identity (q2).
Classification (for review, not legal advice): To be reviewed: customer typically a deployer (Art. 3(4) EU AI Act); DeepL contractually excludes high-risk use (Art. 6). Check Art. 50 when publishing AI-translated or AI-improved text or synthetic speech. Not legal advice.
- DeepL Pro Terms and Conditions incl. Service Specification (Terms and conditions), retrieved 7 Oct 2026
- Privacy (DeepL API Documentation) (Official developer documentation), retrieved 7 Oct 2026
Current notes 2026
According to the Trust Center document 'Infrastructure Update: DeepL's Enhanced Cloud Platform' (q5), DeepL is bringing AWS into data processing; 'Beginning January 1, 2026, new contracts and renewals will reflect our updated infrastructure terms'. Proprietary data centres (Iceland/Sweden) remain in use for research, model training and the Free tier; AWS takes over processing and storage for Business and Enterprise customers. The document names global processing via the AWS regions EU, US, JP as the default, plus a Data Residency add-on that can be booked. A date of 2026-05-20 does not appear in the retrieved sources (the document is dated 2026-02-06 in the Trust Center; on existing customers: "Existing customers will be notified in accordance with their contract terms."); the privacy policy (q1) does not name AWS as a recipient. The pricing page currently lists the plans Individual, Team, Business, Enterprise (q3); the terms and conditions' Service Specification also uses the names Starter, Advanced, Ultimate (q2). The terms and conditions (8.1.2) exclude high-risk use under Art. 6 EU AI Act (q2).
Open points of the review
- Sub-processor list, full text of the DPA, "International Transfer Clauses" and "Transfer Impact Assessments": only viewable in the Trust Center after an access request ("Get access"); erasure periods, the contractual basis for third-country transfers and sub-processor rules were therefore not checked. Publicly named are only AWS (q5) and ElevenLabs and Microsoft Ireland/AWS EMEA for DeepL Voice (q1).
- AWS regions for self-service subscriptions (Individual/Team): the Trust Center FAQ only mentions possible processing on AWS servers for self-service subscriptions taken out since 2025-02-13, no regions.
- Contradictory location statements not resolved: global processing via the AWS regions EU/US/JP as default (q5, "Infrastructure Update"), "European Union (default)" as API endpoint (q6) and the Trust Center FAQ "The translation is done within the EEA" (q5).
- API Free: hosting and training not expressly documented; the pricing page names "no use of your data for model training" (translated) only from Growth, without expressly addressing the free Developer plan (q10).
- Retention for the Free version: only "limited period of time", without a period (privacy policy section 3).
Frequently asked questions
Where does DeepL store data?
not publicly documented (plans: Free (Translator / Write, free of charge), API Free, Pro – Individual (terms and conditions: Starter/Advanced/Ultimate), Pro – Team); mixed (plans: Pro – Business, API Pro); EU hosting selectable (plans: Pro – Enterprise). Based on our research, as of 18 Oct 2026.
Is there a DPA for DeepL?
no in: Free (Translator / Write, free of charge), API Free; yes in: Pro – Individual (terms and conditions: Starter/Advanced/Ultimate), Pro – Team, Pro – Business, Pro – Enterprise, API Pro. According to the provider, as of 18 Oct 2026.
Does DeepL use inputs for AI training?
yes in: Free (Translator / Write, free of charge); not publicly documented in: API Free; no in: Pro – Individual (terms and conditions: Starter/Advanced/Ultimate), Pro – Team, Pro – Business, Pro – Enterprise, API Pro. Based on our research, as of 18 Oct 2026.
Where is the provider based?
Maarweg 165, 50825 Köln, Germany. According to the provider, as of 18 Oct 2026.
All sources
- 01DeepL Privacy Policy (sections 3, 4, 5, 13)Privacy notice · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 02DeepL Pro Terms and Conditions incl. Service SpecificationTerms and conditions · retrieved 7 Oct 2026
- 03DeepL Pro: pricing and FAQ (German)Pricing page / provider FAQ · retrieved 7 Oct 2026
- 04Secure and compliant Language AI (Data Security)Provider security page · retrieved 7 Oct 2026
- 05DeepL Trust Center (including the document "Infrastructure Update: DeepL's Enhanced Cloud Platform" of 2026-02-06, Knowledge Base (FAQ), announcements on C5/SOC 2 Type 2 of 2025-08-20 and ISO 27001 of 2026-02-03); readable in the browser, documents in the Legal section only after an access requestTrust Center · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 06Regional API EndpointsOfficial developer documentation · retrieved 7 Oct 2026
- 07Privacy (DeepL API Documentation)Official developer documentation · retrieved 7 Oct 2026
- 08About (DeepL API Documentation)Official developer documentation · retrieved 7 Oct 2026
- 09DeepL Data Processing Agreement in the Trust Center (linked in q2 8.1.5); only viewable after an access request ("Get access")DPA (reference) · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 10DeepL Pro: pricing, API tab (German version, EUR; plans Developer, Growth, Enterprise API)Pricing page · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
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