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AKOOL vs HeyGen
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
A
Choose AKOOL if…
- you want the lower entry price ($12/mo vs $24/mo)
- you're in its core audience: marketing teams, content creators
H
Choose HeyGen if…
- you're in its core audience: marketers, l&d and training teams
Side by side
Feature AKOOL HeyGen
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$12/mo$24/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your content—Yes, unless you opt out
Data retention—Backups kept 60 days after deletion, then permanently erased
Security and compliance—SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA
Photo-to-avatar—
Custom video avatar—
Voice cloning—
Lip-synced translation—
Doc/PPT to video—
Interactive elements—
SCORM export—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CompanyAKOOLHeyGen Technology, Inc. · United States
Full feature lists
A AKOOL
- Talking avatar and streaming avatar videos
- Face, head, hair and clothing swap
- Video translation
- PPT/PDF to video conversion
- Text to speech, voice clone and voice changer
- Model Hub with Seedance, Kling, Veo, Sora and more
- Live face swap and live camera
- OpenAPI for developers
H HeyGen
- Custom AI avatars from your own likeness
- Text, image, audio and PPT/PDF to video
- Video Agent creates editable videos from prompts
- Video translation with lip-sync in 175+ languages
- Voice cloning
- AI Studio script editor with gesture and emotion control
- Brand kit, auto captions and B-roll
- APIs for generation, translation and lip-sync
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
AKOOL · akool.com
HeyGen · heygen.comWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | AKOOL | HeyGen |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | no published plan | $24 Creator |
| 5 people | no published plan | $149 Business |
| 20 people | no published plan | $149 Business |
What the free plans include
AKOOL
Free plan limits aren't published.
HeyGen
- 3 videos a month, watermarked
- Videos up to 1 minute each
- 30+ languages
- One Custom Video Avatar
All plans and prices
AKOOL
Free$0
Starter$12/seat/mo billed yearly ($144)
Pro$21/seat/mo billed yearly; $30 shown otherwise
Pro Max$41.30/seat/mo billed yearly; $59 shown otherwise
Business$174.30/seat/mo billed yearly; $249 shown otherwise
EnterpriseCustom
HeyGen
Free$0/mo
Creator$29/mo ($24/mo billed yearly)
Pro$49/mo
Business$149/mo + $20/seat
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
AKOOL
- Free tier available
- Access to many third-party video and image models in one place
- Paid plans have no watermark
- API and real-time avatar options
- API access starts at the Pro Max plan
- Starter plan limited to 1080P and 200 credits a month
- Free tier has slow processing and only 5 TTS uses in total
HeyGen
- Free plan with no credit card required
- Lip-sync translation in 175+ languages and dialects
- Cites SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and CCPA compliance
- Integrations with Zapier, Make, n8n and HubSpot on Business
- Free videos are watermarked and capped at 1 minute
- 4K export requires Pro plan or higher
- Business plan charges $20 per extra seat
- No dedicated desktop or mobile apps listed
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