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8 tools that solve a similar problem. Compare what each costs and what it covers.
Video from a script, read by an AI presenter
Synthesia is the closest rival, video of an AI presenter reading your script, with a free tier and paid plans from $19 a month against HeyGen's $29.
Talking avatar video made from a photo
D-ID makes a talking avatar video from a single photo, with plans from $4.70 a month on a free trial, a cheaper route to the same no-camera talking head.
Avatar video built for workplace training
Colossyan aims the same avatar video at workplace training specifically, freemium with paid plans from $27 a month.
Text to speech voiceovers for video and courses
Murf AI does text to speech voiceovers for video and courses from $19 a month, the audio-only answer when a module needs narration rather than a presenter on screen.
Text to video in eighty languages, on credits
Fliki turns text into video in eighty languages on a credit system, freemium from $21 a month, a fit when multilingual output matters more than the presenter.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Voice generation and dubbing you can publish
ElevenLabs covers the voice half, generation and dubbing you can publish, from $6 a month, a fit when translation is what you wanted from HeyGen rather than the face.
Works with YouTube, TikTok, Podcast
A prompt in, a narrated video out
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.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Turns a script or a blog post into a video
Pictory at $25 turns a script or a blog post into video, assembling stock and captions rather than putting a presenter on screen.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
