Tencent Cloud Machine Translation Monthly Free Quota (5 million characters of text translation + 10,000 image / speech translations each)

Free every month once activated: 5 million characters of text translation, 10,000 image translations, and 10,000 speech translations; end-to-end image translation additionally has 10 free calls (valid for 3 months)

Official "Machine Translation Billing Overview" (last updated 2026-07-15) verbatim: once you activate the following machine translation services, whether you choose prepaid or postpaid billing, they all come with a free call allowance; the text translation allowance is delivered as a free resource pack, the first 10,000 image translation and speech translation calls each month are not billed, end-to-end image translation has 10 free calls valid for 3 months, and the free allowance is deducted first at billing settlement. Specifics: text translation 5 million characters per month; image translation 10,000 calls per month; end-to-end image translation 10 calls, valid for 3 months; speech translation 10,000 calls per month. If you activate the service for the first time in a month, the free text-translation character pack is issued on the day of activation; after that it is issued from the 1st of each month and is valid for that month only. The end-to-end image translation free resource pack must be claimed manually under "Resource packs" in the machine translation console. File translation has no free allowance.

⚠️Postpaid mode is off by default (official wording: you must go to the system settings of the machine translation console to turn it on manually); if you leave it off, the service stops automatically once the free allowance and prepaid packs run out, and no bill is generated. The monthly allowance resets each month. This is a traditional machine translation API rather than large-model translation, suited to batch text translation, in-app embedded translation, and similar scenarios. Activating cloud products in the Tencent Cloud console usually requires real-name verification.