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ElevenLabs vs HeyGen

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 16 October 2026.

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ElevenLabs

Free plan · from $5/mo

HeyGen

Free plan · from $24/mo

What it isAI voice platform for text to speech, voice cloning, dubbing and musicAI avatar video generator with video translation and voice cloning
Free plan10,000 credits per month (about 10 minutes of text to speech in the app); 3 Studio projects; 3 custom voice slots for Voice Design, no voice cloning; no commercial licence, and published content must credit ElevenLabs; no credit rollover3 videos per month, up to 1 minute each; 500+ stock video avatars; 1 custom video avatar; up to 3 photo avatars; 30+ languages
Cheapest paid plan$5/mo billed annually (Starter)ElevenLabs pricing$24/mo billed annually (Creator)HeyGen pricing
What it covers30,000 credits per month; annual billing is priced at 10 months; prices exclude taxes.$288 billed yearly; 600 credits per month; videos up to 30 minutes; 1080p export.
Free trialNone statedNone stated
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedNot stated
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • Recording voiceovers for videos, courses and presentations without a studio
  • Turning written content into audio
  • Dubbing videos into other languages
  • Making talking-head marketing or explainer videos with an AI avatar
  • Translating existing videos into other languages
  • Producing training videos for a learning system (SCORM export on Business)
Watch out for
  • Free plan has no commercial licence and no credit rollover
  • Unused credits roll over for up to two months only while a paid subscription stays active
  • Business plan ($990/month) and Enterprise are needed for more seats and professional voice clones
  • Free plan: 3 videos per month, each up to 1 minute
  • Watermark removal is listed from the Creator plan up
  • Individual plans include 1 user seat; Business adds seats at $20 per seat per month
Made byElevenLabsHeyGen

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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