What is LiveAvatar by HeyGen?
HeyGen's real-time interactive avatar API.
Who is LiveAvatar by HeyGen best for?
LiveAvatar by HeyGen is best for developers who want a live video avatar in a tutoring, sales training or hiring app.
Voice agents that need a face
Avatar Only mode renders and streams the avatar while an ElevenLabs or Cartesia agent, or your own speech stack, runs the conversation.
Apps with traffic spikes
Paid plans have no cap on concurrent sessions, and extra sessions cost nothing beyond the minutes they stream.
Training and role-play
Sales practice, language lessons and mock job interviews all feature in its customer stories, and Business sessions run up to 60 minutes.
Branded presenters and digital twins
A custom avatar is built from one image or a 2-minute continuous video, then streamed to every user at once.
How much does LiveAvatar by HeyGen cost?
LiveAvatar by HeyGen has a free plan with 10 credits a month, and its paid plans cost $99 a month for Essential (1,100 credits) or $475 a month for Business (6,000 credits), where 2 credits buy one minute of fully managed streaming.
- 10 credits a month, about 5 minutes in Full Mode
- Preset 1080p avatars and full API access, with a watermark
- 1 session at a time, up to 2 minutes each
- 1,100 credits a month, about 550 minutes in Full Mode
- 1 custom 720p avatar, no watermark
- Unlimited concurrent sessions, up to 20 minutes each
- 6,000 credits a month, about 3,000 minutes in Full Mode
- 1 custom 1080p avatar, no watermark
- Unlimited concurrent sessions, up to 60 minutes each
A credit buys 30 seconds of streaming in Full Mode, where LiveAvatar runs speech recognition, the LLM and the voice, or a full minute in Avatar Only mode, where you bring your own voice stack. Extra usage past the included credits costs $0.095 a credit on Essential and $0.09 on Business, billed in $100 steps; the Free plan has no overage. Extra custom avatars cost $49 a month each. Enterprise is priced by sales, with dedicated capacity, custom session length and rates down to $0.01 a minute. LiveAvatar credits are separate from HeyGen API credits. Full pricing on liveavatar.com. We checked these prices on .
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Questions about LiveAvatar by HeyGen
What is LiveAvatar by HeyGen?
HeyGen's real-time interactive avatar API.
Who is LiveAvatar by HeyGen for?
LiveAvatar by HeyGen is best for developers who want a live video avatar in a tutoring, sales training or hiring app.
Is LiveAvatar by HeyGen free?
Yes. LiveAvatar by HeyGen has a free plan: 10 credits a month, about 5 minutes in Full Mode.
How much does LiveAvatar by HeyGen cost?
LiveAvatar by HeyGen's paid plans are Essential at $99 per month and Business at $475 per month.
What are the best LiveAvatar by HeyGen alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are Tavus, Runway Characters and Trulience.
Where can I try LiveAvatar by HeyGen?
On its official website, liveavatar.com.
How do LiveAvatar credits work?
LiveAvatar by HeyGen bills streaming time in credits: 2 credits buy a minute in Full Mode, where it handles speech recognition, the LLM and the voice, and 1 credit buys a minute in Avatar Only mode with your own stack. These credits are separate from HeyGen API credits.
What happens when LiveAvatar credits run out?
Running sessions end and new ones cannot start, unless overage is switched on in settings. With overage on, Essential pays $0.095 and Business $0.09 for each extra credit, billed in $100 steps. The Free plan has no overage option.
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