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D-ID vs Pictory
D-ID or Pictory? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In short
- Both: Text to video, Image to video, AI presenters, Dubbing, API
- Only D-ID states: Lip sync, Commercial use
- Only Pictory states: Edits video, Captions
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.
Pictory
AI video platform that turns text, URLs, presentations, images, audio, and recordings into edited videos.
Plans
Starter
- $25 per month, billed annually
- $29 per month
- 2,400 minutes yr (annual plan)
- 5 GB storage
- 1 Brand Kit
- 720 minutes of ElevenLab's AI voices in 29 languages
- 5 million videos from Getty Images and Storyblocks
- 1,200 AI credits/yr
Professional
- $35 per month, billed annually
- $59 per month
- 7,200 minutes yr (annual plan)
- 20 GB storage
- 5 brand kits
- Unlimited standard voices in 7 languages
- 1,440 minutes of ElevenLab's AI voices in 29 languages
- Custom Avatars
Team
- $119 per month, billed annually
- $199 per month
- 3+ Users
- 21,600 minutes yr (annual plan)
- 100 GB storage
- 10 brand kits
- Team workspace to share assets & collaborate on projects
- Professional onboarding and team training
Enterprise
Price on request
- 10+ Users
- Custom video minutes
- Custom storage
- Unlimited Brand Kits
- Pictory Central: Interactive Video Hosting
- Dedicated success manager
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Text to video — “Turn text, prompts, scripts, articles, and blog posts into videos using Gen AI visuals, AI avatars, captions, and realistic AI voices.” source
- Image to video — “Start with a single image, add a quick prompt, and instantly turn it into a smooth, animated video clip.” source
- Edits video — “Edit videos faster with Gen AI-powered video editing , automatic captions, highlights, AI avatars, and realistic AI voices.” source
- AI presenters — “Create videos with realistic Gen AI avatars and natural AI voices that present your scripts for training, marketing, and social media.” source
- Dubbing — “Dubbing & Multilingual Voices” source
- Captions — “Automatically make your videos accessible with auto captions.” source
- API — “Easily integrate Pictory’s AI into your systems with our flexible API, enabling automated video creation and customization at scale.” source
Security
- SOC 2 — “SOC 2 Compliant” source