Pick AI Studios if
solo creators who will render talking-head explainers at $24/mo after the 3-video Free taste.
Read the AI Studios pageAI Studios vs HeyGen
Our take
Pick AI Studios if solo creators who will render talking-head explainers at $24/mo after the 3-video Free taste. Pick HeyGen if marketers and L&D teams who want a presenter on camera without a shoot. Skip AI Studios if social teams that need a clip-from-long-video loop (OpusClip). Skip HeyGen if people who need a general text-to-video model (Runway) or speech-only TTS (ElevenLabs).
Best for
AI Studios A presenter who does not need a camera
HeyGen A talking-head video from a script
Free plan
AI Studios $0 · /mo. Up to 3 AI videos, 1 minute each. 1 custom avatar. 720p export. 1 priority video / month. 3 AI dubbing uses. 16 one-time generative credits. Limited models
HeyGen $0 · /mo. Entry card for creators; credit and length caps are on the live page
Lowest paid
AI Studios Personal $24/mo
HeyGen Creator $29/mo
Next step up
AI Studios
HeyGen Pro from $49/mo
Coding agent
AI Studios Interactive conversational avatars
HeyGen Create menu
Runs where
AI Studios Hosted
HeyGen Hosted
Watch out
AI Studios Free is three 1-minute clips
HeyGen Credits, not unlimited minutes
Last checked
AI Studios 2026-10-22 · aistudios.com/pricing
HeyGen 2026-10-19 · heygen.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick HeyGen if
marketers and L&D teams who want a presenter on camera without a shoot.
Read the HeyGen page