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AI Avatars Comparison

Captions vs. HeyGen

At a glance

At a glance

Captions

Best for

Best for creators and social teams producing short-form video with AI avatars and captions.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

HeyGen

Best for

Best for creators, marketers and agencies who need lifelike presenter videos, translation and cloning.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

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Full Comparison

Criterion Captions HeyGen
Starting price lower value Free plan; paid from $24.99 / month Higher Scale tiers and custom Enterprise pricing above. Avatar and dubbing features run on a monthly credit system. Creator $29 / month $24 / month billed annually. A free plan allows 3 videos a month; Business seats beyond the first cost $20 each per month.
Free trial Free plan Free plan, 3 videos a month
Commercial use Not stated Yes on paid plans
Output Digital avatars and AI twins, with captions and translation in 100+ languages Industry-leading lip-sync (Avatar IV) in 175+ languages
API Yes, the Mirage API Yes
Avatar library Yes, a library of digital avatars plus AI-generated avatars Yes, 1,100+ avatars with best-in-class lip-sync and micro-expressions (Avatar IV)
Custom and cloned avatars Yes, an AI Twin of yourself, plus AI voice cloning Yes, personal and cloned avatars from a short video
Languages and translation Captions and translation in 100+ languages Yes, 175+ languages with video translation
Editor Yes, an AI video editor that cuts scenes, overlays B-roll, removes noise, trims filler words and corrects eye contact Yes, brand templates
Learning features No. The help centre lists no quizzes, no branching and no SCORM export; the product is aimed at social and marketing video rather than course authoring Yes, from the Business tier: interactive video, interactive quizzes, video branching and decisioning, and SCORM export into a learning management system
Deployment Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support Email helpdesk Chat
Onboarding Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials Documentation and knowledge base, Guided onboarding
Company size Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations Not stated Zapier, Make, n8n, Canva, Adobe Express, Figma, Slack, Notion, HubSpot, Salesforce, Google Drive, Airtable, Intercom, Zoom, Vimeo, GitHub

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Starting price Captions Free plan; paid from $24.99 / month HeyGen Creator $29 / month
  • Free trial Captions Free plan HeyGen Free plan, 3 videos a month
  • Support Captions Email helpdesk HeyGen Chat
  • Output Captions Digital avatars and AI twins, with captions and translation in 100+ languages HeyGen Industry-leading lip-sync (Avatar IV) in 175+ languages
  • API Captions Yes, the Mirage API HeyGen Yes

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Captions

Strengths

  • Free plan to start
  • AI Twin and voice cloning on paid plans
  • Captions and translation in 100+ languages

Limitations

  • Avatar and dubbing features consume monthly credits
  • No learning or SCORM features stated

HeyGen

Strengths

  • Most lifelike realism and lip-sync
  • Most languages
  • Self-serve custom avatar cloning
  • Strong for marketing and social

Limitations

  • Less enterprise governance than Synthesia
  • Free tier is very limited and watermarked

Plans

Pricing

Captions

  • Free $0 Limited feature set with basic editing tools.
  • Max $24.99 Per month. 500 credits per month, the library of AI edit styles, digital twins and custom AI actors.
  • Scale 1x $69.99 Per month. 1,400 credits per month, everything in Max.
  • Scale 2x $139.99 Per month. 2,800 credits per month.
  • Scale 4x $279.99 Per month. 5,600 credits per month.
  • Enterprise Custom Bulk credit discounts, custom seats, dedicated account management, training-data exclusion, priority support.
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HeyGen

  • Free $0 3 videos a month, basic features.
  • Creator $29 Per month, or $24 / month billed annually. 600 credits, videos up to 30 minutes, 1080p export.
  • Pro $49 Per month, or about $41 / month billed annually. 1,000 credits, 4K export and faster processing.
  • Business $149 Per month, or about $124 / month billed annually. 1,500 credits, videos up to 60 minutes, team collaboration, and $20 per additional seat per month.
  • Enterprise Not stated Custom. No maximum video duration, highest concurrency and dedicated support.
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What users say

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Captions

Ease of use
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HeyGen

Ease of use
Not rated yet
User interface
Not rated yet
Onboarding
Not rated yet
Support and service
Not rated yet
Value for money
Not rated yet
Features
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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

Captions https://captions.ai · no check date recorded yet

HeyGen https://www.heygen.com · no check date recorded yet

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.