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Colossyan vs HeyGen
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Colossyan if…
- you're in its core audience: l&d teams, hr and onboarding teams
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Choose HeyGen if…
- you want the lower entry price ($24/mo vs $59/mo)
- you're in its core audience: marketers, l&d and training teams
Side by side
Feature Colossyan HeyGen
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$59/mo$24/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Cost per minute of generated video$1.97—
Trains AI on your contentNoYes, unless you opt out
Data retentionKept as long as needed for purposes, then deleted or anonymizedBackups kept 60 days after deletion, then permanently erased
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, GDPRSOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA
Photo-to-avatar—
Custom video avatar
Voice cloning
Lip-synced translation
Doc/PPT to video
Interactive elements
SCORM export
Real-time avatar agents—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CategoryAvatar & Talking-Head VideoAvatar & Talking-Head Video
CompanyColossyan Inc.HeyGen Technology, Inc.
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded2020—
Part of——
Key features
C Colossyan
- Convert PDF, PowerPoint, Word and URLs into videos
- 300+ AI presenters plus custom avatars from one photo
- Voiceovers in 100+ languages with voice cloning
- Translation of script, voice and on-screen text with lip-sync
- Quizzes, buttons and branching scenarios
- SCORM export with scores sent to the LMS
- Screen recorder, brand kits and collaboration
- AI course outline and assessment generators
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
Plans and prices
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Colossyan
StarterFree
Professional$59/mo billed yearly
EnterpriseCustom
HeyGen
Free$0/mo
Creator$29/mo ($24/mo billed yearly)
Pro$49/mo
Business$149/mo + $20/seat
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Colossyan
- Free Starter plan with no credit card required
- Voiceovers in 100+ languages with lip-synced translation
- SCORM export for LMS delivery
- Enterprise plan offers SOC 2 Type II and EU or US data residency
- Free plan does not include SCORM export
- Professional plan limits SCORM exports to 5 per month
- Studio custom avatars cost an extra $1,000/yr outside Enterprise
- Extra NEO2 minutes cost $1,500/yr for 600 minutes
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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