HeyGen review
8.9/10★★★★★Realistic AI avatars and digital twins, with video translation in 175+ languages
- Best for
- Marketers, creators and sales teams making talking-head, explainer and translated videos
- Price
- Freemium · from $24/month
Free: 3 watermarked videos a month up to 1 minute each, 500+ stock avatars, 1 custom avatar - Platforms
- Web, iOS, Android, API
- Made by
- HeyGen Technology Inc., Los Angeles, USA · since 2020
- App store ratings
- iOS 4.8★ (29K) · Android 4.7★ (71.8K)
What it is
HeyGen turns a script into a video presented by a stock avatar or by your own digital twin, which its Avatar V model builds from about 15 seconds of footage; a single photo also works. It translates and lip-syncs videos into 175+ languages and runs on the web, iOS, Android and an API.
Latest: HeyGen passed $200M in annual recurring revenue in June 2026, after shipping its Avatar V model.
What the AI does
- Avatar V digital twins from a 15-second video
- Talking photo avatars (Avatar IV)
- Video translation with lip sync in 175+ languages
- Voice cloning
- Video Agent: prompt to finished video
- API and MCP server
Pros and cons
- Most realistic avatars and digital twins we tested
- Best video translation and lip sync here
- Apps on every platform plus an API
- Free plan to try it
- Entry plan credits run out quickly
- 4K needs the $49 Pro plan
- Lifelike twins raise consent and deepfake concerns
How it scores
Leads on avatar realism, translation and platforms; value is held back by tight credits on the entry plan.
Feature checklist · 8 of 9
- Custom avatar or digital twin of yourself (yes)
- Talking avatar from a single photo (yes)
- Voice cloning (yes)
- Video translation or dubbing with lip sync (yes)
- Turn documents, slides or web pages into videos (no)
- 4K export (yes)
- SCORM export for learning platforms (LMS) (yes)
- iOS and Android apps (yes)
- Developer API (yes)
Alternatives
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- Synthesia 8.0/10Companies producing training, onboarding and internal communications videos
- Colossyan 8.0/10Learning and development teams building interactive training courses
- D-ID 7.9/10Quick talking-photo videos and low-cost avatar clips on any device
- DeepBrain AI Studios 7.4/10Small teams that need lots of presenter-led explainers and training videos on a budget
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