HeyGen vs invideo AI Comparison 2026
HeyGen generates a video of an avatar, including a twin of your own face, reading a script in 30-plus languages, free for three one-minute videos a month then $29. invideo AI turns a prompt into a narrated video built from stock clips, a script and captions, with no avatar and no free plan, from $17 a month billed annually for 75 credits that do not roll over. Pick HeyGen when the video needs a person visibly speaking. Pick invideo AI for faceless narrated video assembled from footage you did not shoot.
A presenter generated from a script, in 30 languages
A prompt in, a narrated video out
At a glance
- invideo AI starts cheaper, at $17.
- Only HeyGen has a free tier.
Side by side
HeyGen | invideo AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $29 | From $17 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free plan, paid tiers | Paid subscription |
| Free tier (they differ) | Yes | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | None | Not stated |
| API | Yes |
HeyGen
A presenter generated from a script, in 30 languages
HeyGen turns typed text into video of an avatar saying it, including one trained on your own face, which is how a course module or a product update gets recorded with no camera set up. Translating a finished video into other languages is the part most people buy it for. It still looks like what it is, so a video whose whole job is being trusted on camera is the wrong job for it.
Our note
Buy it for the languages rather than the avatar. Redubbing a video that already works is worth real money; generating a presenter for a channel that has none is how a feed starts to feel synthetic.
invideo AI
A prompt in, a narrated video out
invideo AI takes an idea in a sentence and returns a video with stock clips, a script, a voiceover and captions, then lets you fix it by typing corrections rather than by dragging on a timeline. That is a different way to work and it suits people who write faster than they edit. Everything is metered in credits, and unused ones do not carry to the next month.
Our note
Why people weigh these two
- invideo AI instead of HeyGen
- invideo AI turns a prompt into a narrated video rather than a talking avatar, from $17 a month with no free tier, closer to automated editing than a generated presenter.
- HeyGen instead of invideo AI
- HeyGen swaps the stock-clip montage for a generated presenter speaking your script in 30 languages, with a free tier to test before its $29 plan.
Which one should you pick
Pick HeyGen if the point is a presenter, your own face or an avatar, delivering a script, especially in a language you do not speak. Free covers three one-minute videos a month with one custom digital twin, and Creator is $29 a month for one person. Buy it for translating a video that already works rather than for a channel that has never shown a face.
Pick invideo AI if the output is faceless narrated video and you would rather type a correction than drag a timeline. There is no free plan, so the first month is the real trial, and plans run $17, $85, $170 and $900 a month billed annually, carrying 75 to 800 credits. Unused credits do not carry over, which punishes batching a month of output into one weekend rather than posting steadily.
Common questions
- Which one has a free plan?
- HeyGen, with three one-minute videos a month and one custom digital twin at no cost. invideo AI has no free plan at all, so budget for at least one paid month, $17 billed annually, to evaluate it.
- Does invideo AI generate an avatar of a person like HeyGen does?
- No. invideo AI builds video from stock clips, a script and a voiceover, with no presenter or face involved. HeyGen exists specifically to put an avatar, including a twin of your own face, on screen reading the script.
- Which one is cheaper for steady weekly output?
- invideo AI's entry plan is $17 a month billed annually for 75 credits, but those credits expire monthly and do not roll over, which suits steady output and punishes batching. HeyGen's Creator plan is $29 a month for one person with no credit-rollover issue described.
- Can either one translate a video I already made?
- HeyGen's video translation redubs an existing recording into other languages, which its own guidance says is the feature worth paying for. invideo AI is built to generate a new video from a prompt, not to redub one you already have.
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