D-ID vs HeyGen
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
D-ID
Talking-head video from a single still image
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HeyGen
Script-to-video with AI avatars, digital twins and lip-synced translat...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.4 / 10 | 8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Free tier | 14-day trial with 3 minutes of use and a full-screen watermark | Free plan: 3 videos a month up to 1 minute each, Avatar IV access, 1 custom video avatar, 30+ languages |
| Paid from | $4.70/month (Lite, billed annually at $56); 14-day free trial | $29/month (Creator, 600 credits), or $24/month billed annually |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | 500k+ users | 31M+ registered users (100k+ paying business customers) |
| Founded | 2017 | 2020 |
| Maker | Gil Perry, Sella Blondheim, Eliran Kuta | Joshua Xu, Wayne Liang |
| Verdict | D-ID is a leading AI avatar and talking-head video platform that animates a still photo or generates a presenter to deliver scripted speech, with multilingual TTS and a developer API. The March 2026 V4 Expressive Visual... |
HeyGen is the established choice for avatar-presented training, sales and marketing video: Avatar V digital twins from a short recording, lip-synced translation in 175-plus languages, SCORM and LMS output on Business, an... |
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