Tavus - AI Tools Nav

What it is for

Tavus is a conversational AI-human studio: describe a PAL in a sentence, talk to a replica, or call the developer APIs. Use it when the job is a face-to-face agent you can chat with.

Free exists ($0/mo). Plus is the first public paid PAL card.

What makes it unique: the cover is Tavus’s live PAL Maker composer on tavus.io/pal-maker — Charlie, Talk to Charlie, and Create a PAL.

Key features

PAL Maker — describe a PAL in a sentence, then create it (cover) on PAL Maker (PAL overview).
Conversational Video Interface — start a live face-to-face CVI session from a PAL on Introduction.
Face training — train a custom face from a video or image on Choose a Model and Training Path.
Stock Faces — pick a ready face from the 100+ library with no training on Stock Faces.
Raven perception — give the PAL live camera, screen, and audio understanding on Perception.
Knowledge Base — upload documents a PAL retrieves during a call on Create Document.

Who it's for

Best fit: product teams who want a talking replica for a PAL or a CVI stream.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) from the live cards on tavus.io/pricing. Displayed dollars can vary by region at checkout.

PAL plans:

Free — $0/mo. Unlimited messaging; 15 minutes of voice and video calls; 30+ languages.
Plus — $20/mo. 150 minutes; MCP early access.
Max — $50/mo. 500 minutes; MCP early access.

Developer plans:

Basic — Free. 25 conversational minutes; 5 generation minutes; 25 stock replicas.
Starter — $59/mo plus usage. 100 conversational minutes; 10 generation minutes; 3 replica trainings; overage $0.37/min.
Growth — $397/mo plus usage. 1,250 conversational minutes; 100 generation minutes; 7 replica trainings; overage $0.32/min.
Enterprise — custom concurrency and SLAs.

Limitations / costs

Call minutes are the PAL meter. Free is 15 minutes.
Developer cards add a usage overage after the included minutes.
Each CVI conversation has a 30-second minimum on the developer table.
Replica trainings above the monthly quota are a flat extra fee.

Alternatives

HeyGen — talking-avatar generator.
Synthesia — avatar course studio.
ElevenLabs — voice agents and TTS.

Official tutorial

Written path: PAL Maker plus Pricing and the developer docs.

Website

https://www.tavus.io

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is Tavus’s live PAL Maker composer on tavus.io/pal-maker (Charlie + Talk to Charlie). Dollars checked on tavus.io/pricing (PAL Free $0 / Plus $20 / Max $50; Developers Basic Free / Starter $59 / Growth $397). Tutorial: official PAL Maker + docs.

Last verified

2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.