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HeyGen
HeyGen creates AI videos from scripts, prompts, images, URLs, and PDFs using avatars, voices, B-roll, captions, and translation.
HeyGen is a browser-based AI video platform for creating presenter-led videos, social clips, explainers, product demos, training content, sales outreach, and localized video. Users can generate videos from scripts, prompts, images, URLs, or PDFs, then edit and export them.
It includes AI avatars, voice cloning, translation, captions, Video Agent, image-to-video tools, and API access. The Free plan is limited to three videos per month; paid plans add longer videos, higher resolution, watermark removal, and expanded credits.
Features
- Generate videos from scripts, prompts, images, URLs, or PDFs
- Create presenter videos with stock and custom AI avatars
- Clone voices and generate speech in multiple languages
- Build scenes with AI B-roll, captions, pacing, and voiceover
- Translate videos and edit translation scripts
- Generate text-to-video and image-to-video clips
- Export videos in up to 4K resolution on eligible plans
- Use Video Agent through HeyGen, ChatGPT, and the API
Use cases
- Create product demos and marketing videos
- Produce training and e-learning content
- Localize videos for international audiences
- Generate sales outreach and social media clips
- Turn reports, webpages, or PDFs into videos
- Create real-estate market updates and listing videos
Pros
Cons
Latest updates
- HyperFrames Render API — Decomposed Resolution + Aspect Ratio
resolution is now a tier; aspect_ratio is a separate field.
- New Aspect Ratios for Social Formats
POST /v2/videos and POST /v3/videos now accept four additional values for aspect_ratio: 1:1, 4:5, 5:4, and auto.
- New Endpoint: Get Asset
GET /v3/assets/{asset_id} returns asset metadata, including owner, upload timestamp, file type, and a publicly accessible URL.
- Optional `consent_text` on Avatar Consent
POST /v3/avatars/{group_id}/consent now accepts an optional consent_text field.
- New `download_failed` Error Code
Requests that include a URL can now return a dedicated download_failed error (HTTP 400) when the URL can’t be downloaded.
Capabilities
- Text to video — “Create complete videos from a script using Text to Video.” source
- Image to video — “Transform any image into a dynamic AI video in seconds.” source
- AI presenters — “Create business presenters, talking avatars, or custom characters with studio-quality results.” source
- Lip sync — “Phoneme-level accuracy across every supported language.” source
- Dubbing — “Upload a file or paste a YouTube link to translate videos with one click. No reshoots, no manual dubbing. Just fast, affordable localization for any creators or business.” source
- Captions — “Brand Kit, auto captions, and B-roll deliver finished videos without switching tools.” source
- Sound and music — “Our generator handles end-to-end editing and produces videos with voiceovers, visuals, and avatars.” source
- 4K — “4K video export Ship at the highest resolution HeyGen offers” source
- Commercial use — “You own your AI-generated videos and visuals, allowing you to publish content for marketing or training with confidence, knowing your materials are produced ethically and securely.” source
- API — “HeyGen for Developers offers production-ready, scalable APIs, including Video Agent, Video Generation, Translation, and Lipsync models.” source
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Security
- SOC 2 Type II — “We are SOC 2 Type II certified, reflecting our ongoing commitment to robust cybersecurity practices.” source
- SOC 2 — “We are SOC 2 Type II certified, reflecting our ongoing commitment to robust cybersecurity practices.” source
- GDPR — “HeyGen meets rigorous compliance requirements for global standards, including SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA, the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), and the EU AI Act.” source
- Not: Data kept in the EU — “All HeyGen customer data is stored in the United States on AWS infrastructure.” source
- Not trained on your data — “Enterprise customers' data is excluded from AI model training by default.” source
Pricing
- Starting price
- $20/user/mo
- Prices checked
- 2026-10-27
Free
Free
- 3 videos a month, watermarked
- Videos up to 1 minute each
- Access to Avatar IV and Video Agent
- One Custom Video Avatar, plus 500+ ready-made presenters
- 30+ languages
Creator
- $29 / mo
- $24/month if you pay annually
- 600 credits
- Export your videos in 1080p
- Remove HeyGen branding
- Custom Video Avatar with your own voice and likeness
- 175+ languages and dialects
- Credits roll over one month
Pro
- $49 / mo
- $4,300
- 1,000 credits
- 4K video export
- Access to Seedance 2.5
- Videos up to 30 minutes each
- Faster video processing
- Highest usage limits and memory
Business
- $149 / mo
- $20/seat/month
- 1,500 credits
- Videos up to 60 minutes each
- 2x the concurrency of Pro
- 5 Custom Video Avatars with Avatar V
- Add members to a shared workspace
- SAML/SSO
Enterprise
Price on request
- No maximum video length
- Credit volume set to your usage
- Fastest processing and the highest concurrency we offer
- Multi-workspace control, with roles and access managed centrally
- Enterprise-grade security and privacy
- Dedicated customer success manager and tailored onboarding