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HeyGen vs VEED
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
H
Choose HeyGen if…
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: marketers, l&d and training teams
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Choose VEED if…
- you work on iOS, Android
- you're in its core audience: marketers, solopreneurs
Side by side
Feature HeyGen VEED
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$24/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentYes, unless you opt outYes
Data retentionBackups kept 60 days after deletion, then permanently erasedKept only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes collected
Security and complianceSOC 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, iOS, Android
CategoryAvatar & Talking-Head VideoVideo Editing
CompanyHeyGen Technology, Inc.Veed Limited
Based inUnited StatesUnited Kingdom
Founded—2018
Part of——
Key features
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
V VEED
- Talking-head videos from one photo and a voice clone
- Library of AI presenters
- Automatic and dynamic subtitle generation
- AI dubbing and video translation
- Brand Kit for colours, fonts, logos and voice
- Eye contact correction and background noise removal
- Screen recorder, teleprompter and AI clip generator
- Access to Sora 2, Veo 3.1 and Kling AI models
Plans and prices
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HeyGen
Free$0/mo
Creator$29/mo ($24/mo billed yearly)
Pro$49/mo
Business$149/mo + $20/seat
EnterpriseCustom
VEED
FreeFree
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
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
VEED
- Free plan available
- Paid plans include unlimited subtitles, with a 50-hour monthly fair use limit
- Generating, editing, dubbing and subtitling in one tool
- Mobile apps alongside the web editor
- Pricing is per editor seat, so the cost grows with team size
- Unused AI credits and translation minutes don't roll over
- No public API mentioned
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