How is LiveSunday different from Glossa for church translation?
Glossa and LiveSunday look similar on a pricing page: both sell live church translation, both start at $5/hour, both offer 100+ languages, and both let attendees listen or read on their phones with no app.
The difference is how that $5 is counted. Glossa bills a language-hour — one hour streamed into three languages is three hours. LiveSunday bills a session hour, with a small monthly add-on only if you exceed the languages included on your plan. This page walks through that math, plus voice cloning, overlays, and which tool fits a typical Sunday.
How does LiveSunday compare to Glossa?
| Feature | LiveSunday | Glossa |
|---|---|---|
| Languages | 100+ | 100+ |
| Starting price | Pay-as-you-go ($5/hr) or $59/mo (Pro) | $5/hr per language |
| Included hours (entry plan) | 12 session hrs/mo on Pro ($59) | 25 language-hours/mo on Standard ($99) |
| How hours are billed | Session hour; extra languages are a monthly add-on | 1 hr × 3 languages = 3 hrs; silence and songs not billed |
| Simultaneous languages included | 1 on PAYG, 3 on Pro, 5 on Advanced | All 100+; each language consumes hours |
| Listeners | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Self-serve signup | Yes | Yes — public pricing and a 4-hour trial |
| Spoken translation (TTS) | Yes on Advanced ($99/mo) | Included; speaker voice cloning on $299+ plans |
| Streaming integrations | OBS, ProPresenter, vMix, EasyWorship | OBS, ProPresenter, RTMP, API |
| Custom branding | Included on Pro+ | Higher-tier plans |
Why do teams choose LiveSunday over Glossa?
1.The $5/hour headline is not the same unit
Glossa's pay-as-you-go rate is $5 per hour per language. Their own examples: a 1-hour service into one language is $5; the same hour into three languages is $15. LiveSunday's $5/hour is a session hour. Translate into the languages included on your plan and you still pay for one hour of stream time. Extra languages are a monthly add-on ($5/month each on pay-as-you-go, $2/month on Pro and Advanced), not a multiplier on every Sunday.
2.A typical multilingual Sunday costs less on LiveSunday Pro
A church running two 75-minute services per week is about 10 session hours a month. On LiveSunday Pro that is $59, with 3 translation languages included. On Glossa, 10 hours into three languages is 30 language-hours. Standard includes 25 language-hours for $99, then extra hours at $4 — about $119 that month — or $150 on pay-as-you-go. Glossa does not bill silence or worship music, which can shrink a language-hour if the sermon is short. Even then, each extra language still multiplies the remaining spoken time.
3.Same $99 hour bucket, different meaning
LiveSunday Advanced is $99/month for 25 session hours, 5 languages, API access, and spoken translation. Glossa Standard is also $99/month, but those 25 hours are language-hours (1 hour × 3 languages = 3 hours). Glossa Advanced is $299/month for 100 language-hours plus voice cloning. If you need spoken translation, LiveSunday Advanced is the like-for-like plan — and you are still counting session hours, not language-hours.
4.Worship production tools without a higher tier
Both products overlay captions in OBS and ProPresenter and offer an API. LiveSunday also lists vMix and EasyWorship, includes branding on Pro, and keeps the operator in the browser. Glossa's standout is speaker voice cloning on Advanced ($299) and Premium ($499), plus RTMP out to YouTube or Facebook. If cloned preacher-voice is the feature you came for, Glossa has it. If you want overlays, branding, and multilingual hours without jumping to a $299 plan, LiveSunday is the simpler Sunday setup.
Should you choose LiveSunday or Glossa?
Choose LiveSunday if
- You translate into more than one language and do not want every language to multiply your hourly bill.
- You want Pro at $59/month with 12 session hours and 3 languages, or Advanced at $99/month with 25 session hours and spoken translation.
- You need OBS, ProPresenter, vMix, or EasyWorship overlays and branding without buying a higher Glossa tier.
- You want a browser operator workflow with self-serve signup and unlimited listeners.
Choose Glossa only if
- You usually translate into a single language and want the meter to skip silence and worship songs.
- Speaker voice cloning (Glossa Advanced at $299/month) is a must-have, or you want built-in RTMP to YouTube and Facebook.
- You prefer their 4-hour free trial and are comfortable managing language-hour math each Sunday.
Learn more
- LiveSunday vs Wordly — pricing, languages, and weekly-service setup vs Wordly
- LiveSunday vs Polyglossia — per-minute credits and a hardware gateway vs an all-in plan
- AI live translation for churches — the full product walkthrough for real-time sermon translation
- Real-time captions for churches — live captions on phones, screens, and livestreams
- Pricing — pay-as-you-go, Pro, and Advanced plans
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