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title: "Crowdin vs memoQ: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Crowdin or memoQ more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Translation management platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Crowdin vs memoQ: Which is searched more?

Is Crowdin or memoQ more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Translation management platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Crowdin and memoQ
- **Competitive set**: Translation management platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Crowdin Share of Search**: 28.8%
- **memoQ Share of Search**: 22.7%

## Is Crowdin or memoQ more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Crowdin had more branded searches than memoQ among translation management platforms worldwide. Crowdin had about 15,300 branded searches, while memoQ had 12,100. Crowdin made up 28.8% of all translation management platform searches we track, and memoQ accounted for 22.7%.
- Crowdin was ahead of memoQ in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Crowdin’s share of searches among translation management platforms worldwide moved from 26.6% to 28.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 18.7K to 15.3K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, memoQ’s share of searches among translation management platforms worldwide moved from 25.8% to 22.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 18.1K to 12.1K.

## Top translation management platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Crowdin was mentioned in four out of five: in all three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. memoQ was mentioned in two out of five: in two of the three ChatGPT answers, but not in either of the two Google AI Overviews. Crowdin was listed before memoQ in every answer.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lokalise | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Phrase | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Crowdin | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Smartling | 4th | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| memoQ | 5th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Transifex | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Memsource | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about translation management platforms

- Asked ChatGPT "Which translation management platform should I use?": 1. Lokalise, 2. Phrase, 3. Smartling, 4. Crowdin
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best translation management platforms?": 1. Phrase, 2. Lokalise, 3. Crowdin, 4. Smartling, 5. memoQ, 6. Transifex
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best translation management platform for localisation workflows?": 1. Lokalise, 2. Phrase, 3. Crowdin, 4. Smartling, 5. memoQ
- Searched Google, AI Overview "tms software": named none of the brands we track
- Searched Google, AI Overview "localisation platform": 1. Crowdin, 2. Lokalise, 3. Phrase

Not named in any answer: Memsource.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for translation management platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, memoQ gained share of searches among translation management platforms worldwide, from 20.8% to 22.7%.
- In September 2026, Crowdin lost share of searches among translation management platforms worldwide, from 32% to 28.8%.

## Month by month

| Month | Crowdin estimated searches | Crowdin Share of Search | Crowdin rank | memoQ estimated searches | memoQ Share of Search | memoQ rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 18.7K | 26.6% | 1 | 18.1K | 25.8% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 18.8K | 29% | 1 | 14.8K | 22.8% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 15.3K | 27.4% | 1 | 12.1K | 21.7% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 22.8K | 32.7% | 1 | 14.8K | 21.2% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 18.7K | 30.5% | 1 | 12.1K | 19.7% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 18.7K | 27.1% | 1 | 14.8K | 21.5% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 18.7K | 30.9% | 1 | 12.1K | 20% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 18.6K | 32.5% | 1 | 12.1K | 21.1% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 15.3K | 28.4% | 1 | 12.1K | 22.4% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 15.3K | 31% | 1 | 9.9K | 20.1% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 15.3K | 32% | 1 | 9.9K | 20.8% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | 15.3K | 28.8% | 1 | 12.1K | 22.7% | 2 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Crowdin’s and memoQ’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Crowdin**: Measured on the search terms “crowdin”, “crowdin app”, “crowdin platform”, “crowdin software” and “crowdin translation”, summed into one figure.
- **memoQ**: Measured on the search term “memoq”.

- [Crowdin profile](/demand/global-en/brands/crowdin)
- [memoQ profile](/demand/global-en/brands/memoq)
- [All translation management platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/translation-management-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Crowdin or memoQ more popular in search?

In September 2026, Crowdin had more branded searches than memoQ among translation management platforms worldwide. Crowdin had about 15,300 branded searches, while memoQ had 12,100. Crowdin made up 28.8% of all translation management platform searches we track, and memoQ accounted for 22.7%.

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