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It's very usual to find this in websites or softwares, like for example, when a website uses a software or functionality from another company as part of its functionality, somewhere in the website there's a "powered by <.company or software name>".
What would be the equivalent in Portuguese?
I believe that it is common to some companies to use the term:
Fornecido por
Joomla uses this translation for their templates:
Wordpress seems to have agreed with this term as well:
When trying to translate the "powered by" alone you usually get some weird suggestions, but when translating the term within a context some online translators brings lots of examples using the same term. Example:
Even though fornecido por has been used in place of powered by already I’d like to present some alternatives for you consideration. Namely:
Assistido por
Habilitado por
Suportado por
Ajudado por
Here are my reasons. Suppose you have webpage X which uses some functionality Z supplied by firm Z, but functionality Z does not do all the work, it only helps webpage X to work seamlessly; or we might say functionality Z enables webpage X. So any of the alternatives above sort of conveys that idea, and has a more upbeat feel to it than fornecido por. Habilitar, tornar hábil ou apto a, prover (outrem) do preciso (para um fim) corresponds more closely to enable. It might take some getting used to, because it also has a legal meaning which is not relevant here. Otherwise it’s probably my favourite, followed by assistido por.
The literal translation of powered by is of course movido por, motorizado por. As used in the present context I suppose all powered by means is precisely enabled by, made to work by. which is not far from the phrases I suggested.
In the following phrases, "powered" is used with a noun to inform what kind of energy provides power to a certain equipment or machinery.
With the advent of the computer, it began to be used to refer to a firm or corporation that provides the hardware (hard-disk, processor, motherboard).
In such cases, "powered by XXX" could be translated as "energizado por" or, simply, "funciona com hardware da..."
In ptBR "hardware" is a loan-word and is described in most dictionaries as "conjunto de unidades físicas que compõem um computador ou seus periféricos."
This is not a neutral term. It is not merely informative, and is usually used as a marketing or branding phrase, to communicate that the product allows you to do great things.
So I would use Empoderado por, as it is directly correlated with “power”.
It preserves the original meaning of the term – which refers to improved capacity and drivenness – but also addresses the connotation of pride that it carries today.
“Empoderado” is also a word that is quite common in today's Brazilian Portuguese parlance.
solar-powered is movido por energia solar
Cambridge Dictionary
Tambem se ve: movido a energia nuclear e movido por bateria ou movido a bateria
Então, eu diria:
movido por [x]
Por exemplo:
4 – Anúncios Agora observa o seguinte. Esse site é movido por anúncios, é assim que ele monetiza para te entregar de graça esse tipo de serviço.
E isso:
BMW está a desenvolver um carro movido a hidrogénio. Veja o protótipo!
BMW is developing a hydrogen-powered car. See the prototype! movido a hidrogénio
E esse:
Prepare-se para descobrir uma forma revolucionária de interagir com seus jogadores e dar vida a suas partidas de RPG, pois a empresa multicultural fundada por brasileiros Fantastic Art Studios anuncia hoje a data da campanha de Kickstarter de seu novo software movido por Inteligência Artificial, o Black Box Map Maker. software movido por IA
