Wordly.ai

Starter Tier Ratings

Last Reviewed: 2026-07-14

SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified. No data used for training. Ideal use case.

Real-time translation with strong privacy protections.

Scales to thousands of attendees. No attendee data collection required.

Live captioning meets ADA requirements. VPAT available.

Custom glossaries available for industry terminology.

Helps meet language access compliance requirements.

Cost-effective multilingual access. 10% nonprofit discount on Pro+.

Supports houses of worship use case.

Wordly's security page now states it supports HIPAA-regulated workflows and may enter into a BAA, but explicitly notes alignment 'depends on the specific use case, product configuration, and applicable operational controls.' Confirm BAA availability and scope for this specific tier before use.

AI translation may not match human interpreters for nuanced legal content. Real-time with no pre-review.

No, never

Wordly does not use data from customer meetings and events to train speech recognition and translation models. This is part of the Trusted AI Translation Framework.

Not needed

Training is prohibited by default as part of Trusted AI Translation Framework.

Never

100% AI-powered with no human interpreters involved. Audio and transcripts are not reviewed by Wordly staff.

Account duration

Account information retained as long as account is active. Personal data deleted upon request. Usage/transaction data retained for accounting purposes per Privacy Policy (last updated October 25, 2025; unchanged as of July 2026).

SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001

SOC 2 Type II audited by Prescient Assurance. ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified (announced February 2026). Encryption at rest and in transit. TLS 1.2+. AWS and GCP infrastructure.

Never trains on customer data

Explicit Trusted AI Translation Framework commitment: Wordly does not use data from customer meetings and events to train AI models. This is one of the clearest AI training policies in the market and applies uniformly to all tiers.

ISO 27001 certified (February 2026)

Wordly achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification in February 2026, adding to its existing SOC 2 Type II compliance. Together these certifications provide strong independent assurance of security controls — ISO 27001 governs the security management framework and SOC 2 validates operational compliance.

HIPAA/BAA support now documented (conditional)

As of this review, Wordly's Security page explicitly states it supports HIPAA-regulated workflows and may enter into a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) where PHI is in scope. This is a meaningful update from prior reviews, which found no public HIPAA language. However, Wordly itself states that 'HIPAA alignment depends on the specific use case, product configuration, and applicable operational controls' — so healthcare organizations must still confirm BAA availability and scope directly with Wordly sales before processing PHI, especially on lower tiers.

No attendee friction

Attendees don't need accounts, downloads, or personal information to use translation. Access via web browser, QR code, or URL. Reduces barriers to participation.

Workspaces for everyday enterprise use (2026)

The Workspaces feature (launched February 2026) extends Wordly beyond one-off events into daily enterprise workflows: town halls, training, standups, and team meetings. Organizations can share sessions, glossaries, and transcripts across departments with SSO governance.

Wordly Subtitles App for production teams (March 2026)

A new companion tool lets AV and production teams overlay live captions and subtitles directly onto presentations, video streams, and broadcasts, with broadcast-ready formats (lower/upper thirds, high-contrast captions, green screen compositing) and integration with tools like OBS and video switchers.

Massive cost savings vs interpreters

While the 10% nonprofit discount is modest, AI translation costs a fraction of human interpreters ($200–500+/hour per language). Makes multilingual events accessible for smaller organizations. Wordly claims 50%+ savings over human interpreters.

2026-07

Wordly's Security page now explicitly documents support for HIPAA-regulated workflows and potential Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) where PHI is in scope, noting that alignment depends on use case, configuration, and operational controls. This is a change from prior public documentation, which did not address HIPAA.

2026-05

Wordly announced surpassing 1 billion minutes of live AI translation and captioning (150 billion spoken words), with 6 million users, 5,000 customer organizations, across 120 countries.

2026-03

Wordly Subtitles Application launched: allows production/AV teams to overlay live captions and subtitles directly onto presentations, video streams, and broadcasts, with broadcast-ready output formats and integration with tools like OBS.

2026-03

Enhanced Microsoft Teams integration launched: single browser link delivers live AI-translated captions alongside Teams video for everyday enterprise meetings without installs, including optional glossaries for terminology consistency.

2026-02

New Wordly brand identity unveiled: updated logo, redesigned website, and enterprise-class visual identity, positioned as reflecting Wordly's growth into 'the global standard for live AI-powered translation and captions.'

2026-02

ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification achieved, adding internationally recognized ISMS certification to existing SOC 2 Type II compliance.

2026-02

Workspaces feature launched: extends AI translation from events to daily enterprise operations, enabling shared team management of sessions, glossaries, and transcripts with SSO governance.

2026-01

Mobile app enhanced with background audio, battery-saving screen lock, instant language search, push-to-talk for speakers, and automatic language detection for attendees.

2025-11

Voice Transcripts feature launched: enables organizations to take translated voice output and produce multilingual dubbed video content without post-production expertise.

2025-10

Privacy Policy updated (last updated October 25, 2025): added explicit EU-US and Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework compliance language and GDPR data subject rights section. Still the current version as of July 2026.

For organizations with 5+ staff

Contact Wordly sales for Pro package (25+ hours) with 10% nonprofit/NGO discount. SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified with explicit no-training policy. The Workspaces and Subtitles App features make it practical to deploy translation beyond annual conferences into ongoing team operations and production workflows. Good value vs human interpreters.

For organizations with fewer than 5 staff

Starter package (10 hours) available for smaller organizations and can be purchased online. Nonprofit discount only applies to Pro (25 hours) and above. Consider whether translation needs justify the investment; the Starter tier still provides full privacy protections and ISO 27001 security.

For health data or vulnerable populations

As of this review, Wordly's Security page states it supports HIPAA-regulated workflows and may execute a BAA where PHI is in scope — a meaningful improvement over prior documentation. However, Wordly itself states that HIPAA alignment 'depends on the specific use case, product configuration, and applicable operational controls,' so this is not a blanket guarantee. Healthcare organizations should still confirm exact BAA terms, scope, and tier eligibility directly with Wordly sales before processing any PHI in translated meetings, and should not assume compliance based on SOC 2 or ISO 27001 alone.