HeyGen
AI avatar and translated videos from a script. AI-powered tool, with a free plan; runs on web, mobile. The stack builder picks it for AI presenter videos and translation and dubbing.
What it is known for
- Strengths: AI avatars trained on your behavior; lip-synced translation in 175+ languages; text, image, audio or PPT to video.
- For: solo creators to global enterprises; marketing, sales, training, e-learning.
- Runs on: web; API for developers; available inside ChatGPT.
- Learning curve: easy: no camera, editing software or production skills needed.
- Works with: YouTube link import and ChatGPT.
Read on October 9, 2026 from heygen.com.
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 videos/mo, 1 min max |
| Creator | $29/mo | 600 credits/mo, 30-min videos, 1080p |
| Pro | $49/mo | 1,000 credits/mo, 30-min videos, 4K |
| Business | $149/mo | Plus $20/seat; 1,500 credits/mo, 60-min videos |
Checked by hand against heygen.com/pricing on October 6, 2026; confidence high. Prices are monthly in US dollars unless the row says otherwise; the builder counts the plan it starts on, Creator.
When the stack builder picks it
The builder reads each job's rules from the top and takes the first step whose conditions hold and whose plan fits the money left. HeyGen is named in these steps:
- AI presenter videos, step 2 of 3, when less than $29 is left for it: the free plan; the step also names Synthesia, and the best score takes it.
- AI presenter videos, step 3 of 3, otherwise: Creator ($29/mo); the step also names Synthesia and D-ID, and the best score takes it.
- Translation and dubbing, step 3 of 3, otherwise: Creator ($29/mo); the step also names Dubverse, Rask AI and ElevenLabs, and the best score takes it.
The rules are public in stack-rules.json, and how the stack builder scores explains the tie-break.
Alternatives the same rules name
- Synthesia: Makes presenter videos with AI avatars from a script. From free.
- D-ID: Turns a photo or avatar into a talking-head video from a script. From free.
- Dubverse: Dubs videos into other languages with AI voices and subtitles. From $18/mo, or $9/mo billed yearly.
- Rask AI: Translates and dubs videos into other languages with cloned voices. From free.
- ElevenLabs: Lifelike AI voices and voiceovers in many languages, and sound effects made from a text description, paid from the same credits. From free.
Signals and what people say
- App Store: 4.8 from 26,783 ratings, as of October 7, 2026
- Hacker News, 30 days to October 7, 2026: 0 stories
Change log
- October 6, 2026: plans and prices first recorded from heygen.com/pricing.
Logo: Nameryn monogram (no free mark on file), CC0 1.0.