Google Translate vs Google Cloud Translation: which signs a HIPAA BAA?
Only Google Cloud Translation offers a BAA. We couldn't confirm a BAA for Google Translate from Google's own pages. Google Cloud signs a BAA for Google Cloud Translation on all the plans we list.
- Business associate
- Tool
- Google Translate
- Plans with a BAA
- Not stated
- Checked
- Business associate
- Google Cloud
- Tool
- Google Cloud Translation
- Plans with a BAA
- Google Cloud customers (with a Services Agreement)
- Checked
Google Cloud Translation: plan-by-plan breakdown and sources
Side by side
| Google TranslateGoogle | Google Cloud TranslationGoogle Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| BAA | Not confirmed | Signs a BAA |
| Plans with a BAA | Not stated | Google Cloud customers (with a Services Agreement) |
| How to get it | — | Accept or sign online |
| AI features outside the BAA partly covered excluded | None listed |
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| Sources | 3 sources | 4 sources |
| Last checked | Oct 13, 2026 | Oct 13, 2026 |
Plan by plan
Google Translate
- Free Google Translate (app, website, Chrome)Google's HIPAA page lists Cloud Translation and AutoML Translation as covered Google Cloud products, but not consumer Google Translate. Translate falls under Google's general Terms of Service, which do not mention HIPAA or a BAA. No Google page found says outright that Translate must not be used with PHI, so the verdict is unknown rather than no.Not confirmed
Google Cloud Translation
- Google Cloud customers (with a Services Agreement)Accept the BAA on the IAM & Admin privacy page in any one project, unless your agreement already includes it. A Services Agreement must already be in place. Do not use pre-GA offerings with PHI. Customers who buy through an unaffiliated reseller are covered by their reseller agreement, not Google's BAA.Signs a BAA
If you handle patient data
Use Google Cloud Translation on a plan listed above, and sign the BAA before anyone enters protected health information. Don't put PHI into Google Translate unless Google gives you a BAA in writing. Other Google Translate alternatives that sign a BAA
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A signed BAA is necessary but not sufficient for HIPAA compliance, which also depends on configuration, access controls, and your own policies. Verdicts summarize the vendor's own published terms as of the date checked; confirm with the vendor and your counsel before sending protected health information. Not legal advice.