HeyGen

What Is HeyGen?

HeyGen is an AI video platform that makes videos with AI avatars and AI voices. An AI avatar is a digital person who can speak in a video. You can start from a script, a text prompt, an image, an audio file, or a PowerPoint or PDF deck. HeyGen also translates existing videos into other languages and matches the speaker’s lip movements. The finished video can be edited, downloaded and shared.

Who Should Use HeyGen?

HeyGen is useful for marketers, trainers, sales teams and small businesses that make talking-person videos without recording themselves each time. It also helps teams with customers in different countries, because videos can be translated. Before you pick a plan, check the video length, export quality and credit limits, since they change by plan.

How Does HeyGen Work?

1. Choose a starting point, such as Video Agent, the AI Studio editor, or video translation.

2. Add your input. This can be a script, a text prompt, files or images, or a video you want to translate.

3. Pick an avatar and a voice, or choose the target languages for a translation.

4. Generate the video and check the result. Edit the script, scenes or captions if needed.

5. Download the video or share it.

HeyGen Pricing and Plans

The screenshot shows three plans with monthly billing: Free, Creator and Pro. Free costs $0 per month. Creator costs $29 per month. Pro costs $49 per month, and its credit menu is set to 1,000 credits. 

Credits are units that pay for AI features. The paid plans show a yearly option with “2 months free,” but the screenshot does not show yearly prices, so none are listed here. The screenshot covers these three plans only. It does not show Business, Enterprise or API plans.

Pricing source: User-provided official pricing screenshots.
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Official pricing page: https://www.heygen.com/pricing

Is HeyGen Free?

Yes. The Free plan costs $0 per month and includes 3 videos per month with a watermark. A watermark is a logo shown on the video. Each video can be up to 1 minute long. Free users get access to Avatar IV and Video Agent, one Custom Video Avatar and over 500 ready-made presenters. HeyGen’s blog says the free video count can be 1 to 3 per month, depending on region.

HeyGen Key Features

AI Avatars

HeyGen offers several avatar engines, including Avatar III, Avatar IV and Avatar V. Users can pick a ready-made presenter or make a Custom Video Avatar. Avatar V has limited usage on the Creator plan and full access on Pro.

Video Agent

Video Agent makes a video from a text prompt. It can add motion graphics, B-roll (extra scenes shown over the speech) and presenter footage. Users can upload images, videos, logos and documents. They can review the plan first, then change scenes by chatting or in AI Studio.

Video Translation

Users upload a video or paste a YouTube link, then choose up to 10 target languages at once. HeyGen translates the speech, keeps a matching voice and aligns lip movements. HeyGen lists support for 175+ languages and dialects. On the Free plan, translation is limited to 3 videos per month, up to 3 minutes each.

PowerPoint and PDF to Video

HeyGen lists PPT and PDF decks as inputs. This helps teams turn slides into a talking-presenter video for training, sales or updates.

AI Studio

AI Studio is a script-based video editor. It lets users control delivery, gestures and tone, and it includes a Brand Kit, automatic captions and B-roll. Several people can work together on a video.

HeyGen Voice

HeyGen Voice turns text into speech. The pricing screenshot shows up to 10 hours of text-to-speech on Creator and over 16 hours on Pro. HeyGen also lists AI voice cloning.