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Character-3 vs D-ID
Character-3 or D-ID? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In inglese
In short
- Both: Text to video, Image to video, AI presenters, Lip sync, Commercial use, API
- Only D-ID states: Dubbing
Character-3
Hedra Character 3 turns an image and audio track into a lip-synced talking or singing character video.
Plans
Basic
- $20/month billed monthly
- 2,000 credits/month
- Slower generations
- Commercial use
Pro
- $50/month billed monthly
- 7,200 credits/month
- Faster generation
- Commercial use
Ultra
- $100/month billed monthly
- 18,000 credits/month
- Fastest generation
- Commercial use
- Allowances up to 57,600 credits/month
- Teams Plan Access
Teams
- $75/month billed monthly
- 14,400 credits/month
- Fastest generation
- Commercial use
- Teams Plan Access
Enterprise
Price on request
- For enterprises that need custom volume and pricing
- Custom number of credits
- Commercial use
- Dedicated Technical Support on Slack
- Fastest inference
- Dedicated account manager
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Text to video — “When using text-to-video, include specific descriptors for the character's demeanor (e.g., "speaking in a calm, steady voice") to guide the generation.” source
- Image to video — “Hedra Character 3 is a video generation model developed by Hedra for image-to-video lip sync and animation.” source
- AI presenters — “It turns a single static portrait and an audio file into a talking avatar.” source
- Lip sync — “Hedra Character 3 is an omnimodal model designed specifically for image-to-video lip-syncing.” source
- Not: 4K — “Resolutions 540p, 720p, 1080p” source
- Commercial use — “Commercial use” source
- API — “Build with this model: the Hedra Character 3 API on the Hedra Developer Platform.” source
D-ID
D-ID creates avatar-led videos and interactive visual agents from scripts, images, audio, or video.
Plans
Trial
$0
- 14-day trial
- Up to 3 min. of video
- Up to 10 min. of streaming video
- 1 Personal Avatar
- Full-screen watermark
Build
$14.4/month
- 64 credits
- Up to 16 min. of video
- Up to 32 min. of streaming video
- Photo & 2 Video Avatars
- Use your own S3 storage
Launch
$35/month
- 180 credits
- Up to 45 min. of video
- Up to 90 min. of streaming video
- Commercial license
- 1 Voice clone
Scale
$138.6/month
- 800 credits
- Up to 200 min. of video
- Up to 400 min. of streaming video
- 5 Personal Avatars
- 3 Voice clones
Enterprise
Let's talk
- Custom plan
- Reasonable use limits apply
Prices checked 2026-09-26 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Text to video — “Generate polished, multilingual avatar videos from scripts. briefs, decks, or documents.” source
- Image to video — “Seeing our ancestors’ faces come to life through video reenactment deepens our connection to our family history and is simply breathtaking” source
- AI presenters — “Create professional, pre-scripted videos with AI avatars that deliver a defined message.” source
- Lip sync — “Automatic voice cloning and lip-sync create localized versions without requiring new recordings.” source
- Dubbing — “Translate existing videos into multiple languages while preserving the speaker’s voice and visual identity.” source
- Commercial use — “The Creative Reality™ Studio was developed for businesses and individual content creators who want to use avatars to create AI videos featuring digital humans for a wide range of commercial and creative purposes.” source
- API — “Add AI video generation and visual AI agents to websites, applications, platforms, and internal tools.” source
Security
- SOC 2 — “SOC 2 Certification : This framework ensures that data stored, processed, and shared in the cloud is protected against unauthorized access and with verified uninterrupted continued service level.” source
- ISO 27001 — “ISO/IEC 27001:2022 : A testament to our robust information security management.” source
- ISO 42001 — “ISO/IEC 42001:2023 : An international standard that specifies requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continually improving an Artificial Intelligence Management System (AIMS) within organizations.” source
- GDPR — “ISO/IEC 27018:2019 : Ensures the protection of personally identifiable information (PII) in cloud environments and compliance with data protection laws like the GDPR.” source
Latest updates
- Expressive Avatars are live in D-ID Studio (V4)
D-ID Studio now lets users create videos with V4 Expressive Avatars and control the sentiment they convey.
- Generate Better AI Presenters from Text
D-ID updated the image-generation engine for Studio photo-based avatar creation.
- Faster Starts for Builders: New API Docs and MCP Server
D-ID launched upgraded API documentation and an MCP server for MCP-compatible tools to access D-ID context.