Revid vs HeyGen

What each one makes for ads

Revid builds the whole short video and can post it for you. HeyGen builds the person who speaks in it.

Revid turns a text or a link into a captioned video with a voiceover, then publishes it. Its pricing page says every plan includes publishing to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and X, with post stats (pricing). An Auto-Mode worker is a scheduled job that makes and posts videos on its own. Growth has three; Ultra has ten.

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HeyGen makes talking-avatar video: a stock presenter, a photo you animate, or a digital twin filmed from you. Its Creator plan lists 175+ languages and voice cloning. Six of 39 public user sources single out its translation and dubbing (YouTube, G2).

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The two overlap more than their pitches suggest. Revid’s privacy policy (25 October 2026) names HeyGen first among the providers behind its “Talking avatars and lip sync”. Revid’s own comparison page puts its case in one line: “The video is the product, not the presenter.”

What a 30-second video costs

A 30-second video costs $0.10 on HeyGen’s Avatar III, about a tenth of Revid’s typical video. Avatar IV and Avatar V, at $0.75 and $1.16, overlap Revid’s $0.78 to $1.56.

HeyGen Creator lists $29 a month for 600 credits, and Revid Growth $39 a month for 2,000 (HeyGen pricing, Revid pricing, read 14 November 2026). HeyGen bills avatar video in credits a minute, by model (help centre). Revid’s FAQ puts “a typical 30-second video with Pro moving images and a voiceover” at about 40 to 80 credits.

Each figure is the plan price over its credits, times the credits a 30-second video uses. HeyGen publishes no rounding rule, so its rows show the whole-minute case too. Yearly billing cuts each figure by about a sixth (HeyGen $24 against $29, Revid $32 against $39).

The rows leave out HeyGen’s photo Looks, at 7 credits a minute on Avatar III and 16 on Avatar IV. Revid’s full AI video models cost more per second, and its editor shows the cost before each render. Revid’s Hobby card, at the same $39 a month, names no AI credits (pricing).

HeyGen’s rates have moved before. Seven of 39 user sources report its per-minute costs rising in August and September 2026 without notice (Trustpilot, Trustpilot). Every HeyGen plan and tier: HeyGen pricing. Both beside every other tool: the price tracker.

Who owns the video and who can see it

You own the video on both, HeyGen only on a paid plan. Revid adds a visibility setting you have to change yourself.

Revid’s terms (25 October 2026, Copyright and Content Ownership) say you “can use your videos however you want, including commercially and after your subscription ends”. The same section makes project pages public “(the default setting, which you can change)”.

While a page stays public, Revid may show the video and its title in its galleries and search results on revid.ai. Set unreleased ad creative to unlisted or private first.

HeyGen’s terms (16 October 2026) give you ownership of output in section 3. Section 4 bars Free Plan output from use “in connection with commercial activities, advertising”. The same section 3 lets HeyGen use your content “to train or otherwise improve or modify” its models. Revid’s privacy policy says it does not use your content “to train general-purpose AI models”.

Both need a real person’s consent before you use their likeness. Revid’s terms ask for it before you use someone’s face or voice. HeyGen’s moderation policy asks for it before you build a custom avatar. Clause by clause: Revid and HeyGen in the AI commercial use matrix, and HeyGen’s terms for ads.

Revid posts for you; HeyGen hands you the file

Revid publishes to four social apps itself. HeyGen stops at the finished file, which you post or pass to an automation tool.

Revid’s terms (Automation and Publishing to Third-Party Platforms) say its tools “can run and publish while you are not signed in”. You stay responsible for each post and each platform’s rules. The terms also warn that a scheduled post can be delayed or fail when a platform is down or revokes access. Check that the important ones went out.

Every Revid plan includes the API, an MCP server and a CLI, its pricing FAQ says. An MCP server is a link that lets an AI assistant drive the tool. The terms tie all three to an active plan, with rate and daily limits.

HeyGen’s pricing page lists no social posting. It names Zapier, Make, n8n and HubSpot as integrations, and links its API to a separate pricing page.

HeyGen’s free videos are barred from ads

HeyGen’s free plan gives up to three watermarked videos a month, each up to a minute. Section 4 of its terms bars those videos from advertising, so a test ad needs Creator or above.

Revid has no free plan. New accounts get free credits without a card (pricing FAQ), and the terms set no separate ad rule for them.

Unused credits behave differently too. Revid’s plan credits reset each month and never stack; its Credit Boost packs never expire. HeyGen’s monthly plans roll unused credits over for one more month.

If neither fits

For avatar and product ads made from a URL, Creatify adds an ad agent that launches to Meta, Google Ads and TikTok in the same tool. For captioning and editing your own footage on a phone, with Mirage actors beside it, Captions fits.

Every HeyGen replacement by job: HeyGen alternatives. Presenter tools side by side: AI spokesperson video generators. Tools that turn a product link into a video, Revid’s other route in: URL to video AI tools. More head to head: Creatify vs HeyGen.

Questions buyers ask about Revid and HeyGen

Does Revid use HeyGen?

For some avatars. Revid’s privacy policy (25 October 2026) lists HeyGen, Hedra, Sync and Sieve as the providers behind its talking avatars and lip sync. It does not say which feature uses which provider.

Can Revid post to TikTok for you?

Yes. Revid’s pricing page says every plan includes publishing to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and X. Growth adds three Auto-Mode workers, scheduled jobs that make and post videos on their own.

Is Revid free?

No. Every plan is paid, from $39 a month (pricing). New accounts get free credits to try generation, with no card at sign-up.