it's better (than google) not 'sometimes', but generally, ALWAYS. And not just 'better', noticeably superior. That said, their free limit has been curtailed again and again to something like 1K characters, vs google 5K and yandex translate, 10K. And their billing, for those who decide to pay... oh dear, it's a cluster(...), just look at trustpilot. Which is VERY strange, when you deal with a paying customer, you'd expect a business wants to make the process of taking customers' money as painless as possible. You'd think? ;)