About HeyGen
HeyGen creates AI avatar videos, real-time avatars, and instant video translation with lip sync. HeyGen stands out for ai avatar generation with character consistency, video translation across 175+ languages, voice cloning and voice mirroring, and text-to-video, image-to-video, audio-to-video conversion. Teams pick it because instant video translation and strong lip-sync. Things to keep in mind: pricey for serious use.
HeyGen is a freemium tool and launched on 2020-04-01. It sits in the Video and Audio space and is best used to Social content creation, Online course production, Legal and compliance videos.
Pricing
FreeFree
- 3 videos per month
- Videos up to 1 min
- Access to Avatar IV
- Standard video processing
- 500+ Stock Video Avatars
- 1 Custom Video Avatar
- 30+ languages
Creator$29/mo
- 600 credits
- Videos up to 30 mins
- 1080p video export
- Extended Avatar IV video generation
- Fast video processing
- Unlimited Photo Avatars
- Watermark removal
- Voice Cloning
Pro$49/mo
- 1,000 credits
- Videos up to 30 mins
- 4K video export
- Extended Avatar IV video generation
- Faster video processing
- Unlimited Photo Avatars
- Watermark removal
- Voice Cloning
Business$149/mo
- 1,500 credits
- Videos up to 60 mins
- 4K video export
- Faster video processing
- 2x more concurrency than Pro
- 5 Custom Video Avatars
- SAML/SSO
- Centralized billing
EnterpriseCustom
- Flexible video generation
- No video duration max
- 4K video export
- Fastest video processing
- Highest concurrency
- Multi-workspace control
- Proofreader seats for video translation
- Centrally manage roles and access
Features
- •AI Avatar Generation with character consistencyIt's a defining strength of HeyGen — especially when teams need to social content creation.
- •Video Translation across 175+ languagesBuilt-in support for video translation across 175+ languages — used for social content creation.
- •Voice Cloning and Voice MirroringBuilt-in support for voice cloning and voice mirroring — used for social content creation.
- •Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video, Audio-to-Video conversionCited as a top reason teams pick HeyGen over competitors when they need to social content creation.
- •AI Studio with script-driven editingBuilt-in support for ai studio with script-driven editing — used for social content creation.
- •Video Agent for prompt-based generationBuilt-in support for video agent for prompt-based generation — used for social content creation.
- •Lip-sync accuracy at phoneme levelBuilt-in support for lip-sync accuracy at phoneme level — used for social content creation.
- •4K video export and multi-angle avatar supportComes up again and again in user reviews of HeyGen for social content creation.
Pros
- Instant video translation
- Strong lip-sync
- Real-time avatars
Cons
- Pricey for serious use
- Avatar selection is limited
- Watermark on free clips
AI Models used
The foundation models that power HeyGen under the hood.
Powers natural language understanding and script generation for avatar interactions and dialogue creation.
Generates realistic talking avatar videos with lip-sync and natural head movements.
Provides multi-language voice synthesis and dubbing capabilities for video localization.
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