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HeyGen: what’s new and our verdict

AI avatar video with a Free plan and paid tiers at $29, $49 and $149 a month.

Official site

Release Ruler for HeyGen: marked at its Reported release date on the timeline of every AI model we track.

At a glance

Evidence
Reported
First covered
Oct 25, 2026
Last verified
Oct 25, 2026
Pricing
Official page, dated
Best for
video

Evidence and ranking

Evidence behind this verdict

  1. Sources read2 cited sources, latest fetched Oct 25, 2026. (done)
  2. Facts re-checkedLast verified Oct 25, 2026. (done)
  3. Not run by us yetWe have not run it, so this is labelled Reported. (not done)

Where we rank it (editorial)

Listed here but not yet ranked. Ranks are editorial picks, not benchmark scores.

Pricing: Read from heygen.com/pricing on 2026-10-25. (checked 2026-10-25)

Our verdict

AI avatar video with a Free plan and paid tiers at $29, $49 and $149 a month.

Good for

  • Marketers and trainers making avatar videos

Skip if

  • You need cinematic text-to-video

Status: Reported. This write-up is based on official release notes and docs; we have not run this release ourselves yet.

Best for

Key facts

HeyGen's pricing lists Free ($0), $29 a month (600 credits, rollover one month), $49 a month (1,000 credits) and $149 a month (1,500 credits, team seats at $20 each), plus Enterprise; the site also mentions a HeyGen plugin for ChatGPT.

  • License: Proprietary
  • Platforms: Web
  • Pricing model: Freemium
  • Free tier: Free: $0 a month
  • Paid plans: $29/month (600 credits); $49/month (1,000 credits); $149/month (1,500 credits, $20 per extra seat); Enterprise custom
  • How to start: Sign up free and create a Personal Avatar.
  • Catalog entry: facts read from the vendor's pages on 2026-10-25. We do not track release notes for this entry.

How to set it up: Get started with HeyGen

These steps come from the vendor's own pages as read on 2026-10-25. We have not run HeyGen.

  1. Get access

    Sign up free and create a Personal Avatar.

  2. Check the limits and costs first

    Free: $0 a month. Paid: $29/month (600 credits); $49/month (1,000 credits); $149/month (1,500 credits, $20 per extra seat); Enterprise custom. Read from heygen.com/pricing on 2026-10-25.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free plan
  • Credit rollover on $29

Cons

  • Credits are used per video minute and feature

Alternatives and comparisons

  • Synthesia: Business video platform with AI avatars in 140+ languages and a free credit allowance.
  • Runway: AI video and creative suite with an MCP server, Agent, and many partner models.
  • Descript: AI video and audio editor where you edit by editing text; Free plan, paid plans measured in media hours and AI credits.
  • invideo: AI video editor with agents; plans at $10, $30 and $75 per seat a month billed annually.

See all alternatives to HeyGen

FAQ

What is HeyGen?

HeyGen's pricing lists Free ($0), $29 a month (600 credits, rollover one month), $49 a month (1,000 credits) and $149 a month (1,500 credits, team seats at $20 each), plus Enterprise; the site also mentions a HeyGen plugin for ChatGPT.

Is HeyGen free?

Free: $0 a month. Paid: $29/month (600 credits); $49/month (1,000 credits); $149/month (1,500 credits, $20 per extra seat); Enterprise custom. Read from heygen.com/pricing on 2026-10-25. Checked 2026-10-25; prices change, so confirm on the vendor's page.

What license is HeyGen under?

Its license: Proprietary. Read from the project's own pages on 2026-10-25.

What we have not verified

  • Release date (none published on the pages we read; the date shown is the day we first covered this entry)
  • Plan names

Sources

Last verified · Agentic Weekly

  • Descript: AI video and audio editor where you edit by editing text; Free plan, paid plans measured in media hours and AI credits.
  • invideo: AI video editor with agents; plans at $10, $30 and $75 per seat a month billed annually.
  • OpusClip: Turns long videos into shorts and posts to social platforms; Free forever plan.

How to cite this page

Agentic Weekly, "HeyGen: what's new, verdict & setup", last updated 2026-10-25, https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/heygen

Keep the Reported or Tested label when you quote a verdict. Plain-text version: https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/heygen.md. More for AI assistants: /ai, /tools.json, /llms.txt.