ProZ.com, Inc.Reviews of proz.com

I subscribed to ProZ.com's paid membership expecting transparency and fairness, but my experience has been disappointing. The Blue Board, which is supposed to help freelancers make informed decisions, appears to be heavily biased—negative but honest reviews about certain companies are not allowed, raising questions about its authenticity. As a paying member, I expected better value. What exactly am I paying for if I can't even share a truthful review based on my experience? It seems like a case of "who pays more" rather than genuine support for freelancers. I have canceled my membership, as I no longer see the benefit of staying on a platform that prioritizes businesses over its users.

This company is all about hype. Job offers are scarce, and when a translation agency contacts you, they want you to work for peanuts. For example, a company once offered me $0.015 per word to translate from English into Portuguese! Despite branding themselves as "ProZ," they are far from professional. The Kudos platform is full of translation errors, and they don’t seem to care. Recently, I disagreed with a colleague on several of his translation answers. He filed a complaint against me, and ProZ placed a peer-comment restriction on my account—meaning he’s now free to post translation absurdities to his heart's content. When I appealed, they claimed the restriction was due to "repeated violations of site rules and discussions that appeared more personal than linguistic." Yet, they provided only one example of a violation. That’s ridiculous. I always back my disagreements with linguistic reasoning. Who needs ProZ anyway? The jobs I get through their platform are negligible, and their membership fees are absurdly high for what they offer: a glossary full of mistakes, a community of know-it-alls and wannabes with little academic background in translation (except for a small minority), and a flood of ads for overpriced CAT tools. I recommend not wasting your time with this platform. It’s not worth it. Instead, focus on building your resume, website, and working directly with potential clients. You’ll get a better return on investment and avoid the hassle of dealing with amateurs.

I haven't even registered, and I won't. As soon as I press the button, it shows me three subscription plans. And not monthly or quarterly ones, NO, yearly. I check to compare the benefits each one has to offer, clearly they want you to pay for the most expensive one. I've been a translator for over 15 years, I won't pay these blood suckers £200+ a year to "possibly" get a job. Next!

What a waste of time and 3 months worth of paid membership. I have not received a single job. One of the Interpreting recruiter was an absolute discrace and rude.

Terrible company. They are nice only when you pay for membership and after they can easily disconnect your profile. Discriminate interpreters, and a Complaince officer is so stupid:), his name is Saint Machester. Do not recommend this company to anyone

I've heard many times that ProZ.com is good for beginners, however I can't say this is true. At least not for me. When I had a profile I couldn't apply to jobs because I: a) wasn't paying membership b) didn't have certain years of experience. Not paying membership had another disadvantage: I couldn't look up information about agencies I wanted to message privately. Although this isn't big of a deal because I can always google them, it's still stupid... I don't see how beginners can find work there if the majority of posts are for members only and for people with a lot of experience.

The site is filled with stuff to the point of being overwhelming. I signed up and paid membership for the year on April 28 and then, after reading the reviews (too late), I wanted out. I managed to find a telephone number, which the voicemail says it's full. Then, I tried the "chat" and it didn't work because it kept taking me to the same page after "verifying my email". I, somehow, wrote a message in customer assistance saying that I want to cancel my membership and my money (portion) refunded, but nobody responds. I will keep myself to the American Translators Association. They are very serious and professional.

It literally does nothing for the translator. The site filled with scammers, job postings with no moderation so most of it is people asking for selfies to train their AI. Then there are people who wants you to work for FREE, or *almost* for free, the false advertisements, the so-called trustworthy companies trying to talk you into giving them a free "translation test" of giant proportions.. There are once in a while more solid looking ads and they tend to be only for the overpriced membership, which makes me doubt their authenticity. Their ratings also are untrustworthy as I (and many others, I've seen) had terrible experiences with companies with 5 stars blueboard rating - but wildest is that they don't even show you the reviews if you're not a paid member. Overall, terribly moderated, they just want you to get membership so maybe you'll stay in for the sunk-cost, the fact we resort to it is a sad reflection of what this business has become because of people with no standards who thinks you'll deign to work like some sort of slave and the ones feeding them with google translate.