Review · HeyGen Inc.
HeyGen Review
8.5/10
our rating
Talking AI avatars with lip-sync, your own digital twin from a 15-second recording.
Strengths
- +Avatar V: your own avatar from a 15-second phone recording
- +175+ languages with voice clone and lip-sync
- +Translation of finished videos with matched lip movement
- +Cheap start: Creator at $29, custom avatar already included
- +Pay-as-you-go API and integrations, including Canva
Weaknesses
- −Credits instead of minutes: Avatar V uses 48 credits per minute, about 12 minutes of video on Creator
- −No credit top-ups on Creator and Pro, you have to upgrade
- −Generates a presenter, not scenes; B-roll needs another tool
- −Acronyms, numbers, and foreign names often need script fixes
- −Free plan: 3 videos up to 1 minute, with watermark
Pricing
Free
Free
- ·3 videos per month, up to 1 minute each
- ·Up to 1080p
- ·1 custom avatar
HeyGen watermark
Creator
$29/mo
- ·600 credits per month
- ·Videos up to 30 min, 1080p
- ·Voice clone, translation into 175+ languages
- ·No watermark
About 12 min in Avatar V or 19 min in Avatar IV
Pro
$49/mo
- ·1,000 credits per month
- ·4K export
- ·Videos up to 30 min
About 20 min in Avatar V
Business
$149/mo
- ·1,500 credits shared by the team
- ·$20 per additional seat
- ·Videos up to 60 min, 4K
- ·Top-ups at $5 per 100 credits
Credits do not grow with seat count
Best for
- →Online course lessons and internal training
- →YouTube talking-head without a camera
- →Language versions of one recording
- →Ads and product videos with an AI presenter
- →Personalized sales videos
Verdict
HeyGen (8.5/10): talking ai avatars with lip-sync, your own digital twin from a 15-second recording. Best choice if you need: Online course lessons and internal training, YouTube talking-head without a camera. Main competitors: Synthesia, Veo 3.1, ElevenLabs.
Official website
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https://heygen.com