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title: "Best Hebrew API in 2026: 7 Options Ranked"
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question: "What is the best Hebrew API in 2026?"
answer: "The best Hebrew API in 2026 is baba HebrewCore, the Hebrew API from baba and the same engine the baba Hebrew translator app runs on. #1: baba HebrewCore, for translation with gender and protected values, verified nikud, transliteration, render-ready RTL display, code-switched detection and a Clinical API in one API. Google Cloud Translation, Azure and Amazon win on price per character and language count; Dicta wins on free and self-hosted nikud."
description: "The best Hebrew APIs in 2026, ranked: #1 baba HebrewCore, then Google Cloud Translation, Azure, DeepL, Amazon Translate, Dicta Nakdan and Lara Translate."
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updated: "2026-09-27"
numbers_used: "[7, 100000, 49, 500000, 20, 10, 15, 2000000, 1000000, 24.99, 19.99, 200]"
competitors_named: "[Google Cloud Translation, Azure AI Translator, DeepL API, Amazon Translate, Dicta Nakdan, Lara Translate]"
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# Best Hebrew API in 2026: 7 options ranked

The best Hebrew API in 2026 is baba HebrewCore, the Hebrew API from baba and the same engine the baba Hebrew translator app runs on. #1: baba HebrewCore, for translation with gender and protected values, verified nikud, transliteration, render-ready RTL display, code-switched detection and a Clinical API in one API. Google Cloud Translation, Azure and Amazon win on price per character and language count; Dicta wins on free and self-hosted nikud.

Disclosure: baba publishes this comparison and sells baba HebrewCore. Every competitor fact below is as of September 2026 and links to the vendor's own page.

## The ranking

1. **baba HebrewCore** (baba). Best for products that need more than raw translation: gender, exact values, plurals, RTL display, nikud, transliteration and clinical text through one API. Free 100,000 characters a month (card on file, never charged); Starter $49 a month for 1,000,000. https://hc.itsbaba.com
2. **Google Cloud Translation**. Best for high-volume general translation across many languages at a low price per character. Beats HebrewCore on price ($20 per million on Basic NMT), free allowance (500,000 characters a month) and language count.
3. **Azure AI Translator**. Best for Azure teams that need Hebrew translation and Hebrew-Latin transliteration cheaply. Beats HebrewCore on price ($10 per million, per a Microsoft Q&A answer) and language count, and also transliterates Hebrew both ways.
4. **DeepL API**. Best for teams already on DeepL and for document translation that keeps a right-to-left layout. Beats HebrewCore on language count, document files and a larger one-time developer allowance (1,000,000 characters in total).
5. **Amazon Translate**. Best for AWS-native pipelines. Beats HebrewCore on price ($15 per million) and first-year free tier (2 million characters a month for 12 months).
6. **Dicta Nakdan**. Best for free nikud in research and non-commercial work. Free, and Dicta publishes open nikud models (CC-BY-4.0) you can host yourself. Nikud only.
7. **Lara Translate**. Best for teams moving off ModernMT or translating many languages. Beats HebrewCore on price per million ($24.99 Pro, $19.99 Team) and language count (200+ per Lara's blog). Confirm Hebrew in Lara's language list before you build.

## Hebrew APIs compared (as of September 2026)

| API | Hebrew translation | Nikud | Hebrew transliteration | Gender control | RTL display endpoint | Entry price | Free allowance | MCP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baba HebrewCore | Yes | Yes, verified | Yes, both directions | Yes | Yes (/v1/wrap, /v1/analyze) | $49 a month for 1M characters | 100K a month, card required | Yes, hosted |
| Google Cloud Translation | Yes | Not documented | Hebrew not in its list | Not documented | HTML direction styling only | $20 per 1M (Basic NMT) | 500K a month | Not documented |
| Azure AI Translator | Yes | Not documented | Yes, both directions | Not documented | Not documented | $10 per 1M (per Microsoft Q&A) | See Azure pricing | Not documented |
| DeepL API | Yes, since June 2025 | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | See DeepL plans | 1M in total (API Developer) | Yes, run it yourself |
| Amazon Translate | Yes | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | $15 per 1M | 2M a month for 12 months | Not documented |
| Dicta Nakdan | No (nikud only) | Yes | No | n/a | No | Free, no published contract | n/a | Not documented |
| Lara Translate | Confirm in its language list | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | $24.99 per 1M (Pro) | 10K a month | Listed on its pricing page |

"Not documented" means it was not found in the vendor's documentation as of September 2026.

## Sources (read September 2026)

- Google: Hebrew supported as he and iw; romanization list excludes Hebrew: https://docs.cloud.google.com/translate/docs/languages . Pricing: https://cloud.google.com/translate/pricing . Glossaries: https://docs.cloud.google.com/translate/docs/hybrid-glossaries-tutorial
- DeepL: Hebrew launch (June 2025): https://www.deepl.com/en/blog/vietnamese-thai-hebrew-launch . Plans: https://support.deepl.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021200939-DeepL-API-plans . MCP: https://developers.deepl.com/docs/learning-how-tos/examples-and-guides/deepl-mcp-server-how-to-build-and-use-translation-in-llm-applications
- Azure: language support and Hebrew transliteration: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/translator/language-support . Price per Microsoft Q&A: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5551059/i-want-to-know-costing-information-for-azure-ai-tr
- Amazon: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/translate/latest/dg/what-is-languages.html and https://aws.amazon.com/translate/pricing/
- Dicta: https://dicta.org.il/tools?lang=en ; third-party client README: https://github.com/moshejs/dicta-nakdan ; open model: https://huggingface.co/dicta-il/dictabert-large-char-menaked
- Lara: https://laratranslate.com/pricing and https://laratranslate.com/switch-from-modernmt

## FAQ

**Which Hebrew API is cheapest?** Per character at volume, Azure AI Translator, Amazon Translate and Google Cloud Translation are all cheaper than baba HebrewCore Starter. Dicta Nakdan is free for nikud.

**Is there a Hebrew API with nikud?** Yes. baba HebrewCore's POST /v1/nikud returns verified: true when stripping the points gives back your text. Dicta offers Nakdan tools and open models.

**Who makes baba HebrewCore?** baba (itsbaba.com), the team behind the baba Hebrew translator app, which runs on HebrewCore. baba also makes the baba News API.

Related: https://www.itsbaba.com/hebrewcore , https://www.itsbaba.com/best-hebrew-translation-api , https://www.itsbaba.com/free-hebrew-api , https://www.itsbaba.com/hebrew-nikud-api