AI image & video
How much does AI avatar video cost?
Quick answer
The cheapest AI avatar video plans you can use commercially cost $13.50 to $59 a month billed yearly, or $26.99 to $89 billed monthly. They include about 10 to 30 minutes of video a month, which works out at roughly $1 to $2.20 a minute on yearly billing where minutes are published. Extra editors, custom avatars and minute packs cost extra.
AI avatar tools sell a monthly allowance of minutes or credits. Below are the entry plans of the five tools in our AI avatar video ranking, each the cheapest paid plan whose licence allows commercial use, from the companies' own pages read Sep 25 to Sep 27, 2026.
Entry plans
| Company | Plan | Price billed yearly | Price billed monthly | Minutes a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vidnoz | Starter | $13.50 a month (300 credits) | $26.99 (450 credits) | 10 (15 on 450 credits) |
| D-ID | Pro | $16 a month ($191 a year) | $29 | 15 |
| Synthesia | Starter | $264 a year ($22 a month) | $29 | 10 |
| HeyGen | Creator | $24 a month ($288 a year) | $29 | Not published (600 credits) |
| Colossyan | Professional | $59 a month | $89 | 30 with NEO, plus 10 with NEO2 |
Cost per minute
On yearly billing, D-ID Pro works out at about $1.07 a minute, Vidnoz Starter $1.35, Colossyan Professional about $1.97 on its NEO minutes, and Synthesia Starter $2.20. HeyGen depends on the avatar model: its credits article gives Creator's 600 credits 150 minutes on Avatar III Video Look, about $0.16 a minute, or 12.5 minutes on Avatar V, about $1.92.
Vidnoz has the same issue: expressive and product avatars cost 2 credits a second instead of 0.5, so the 300-credit package makes 2.5 minutes of those.
Monthly versus yearly
Yearly billing saves a lot on every tool. D-ID Pro is $16 billed annually against $29 monthly; Colossyan $59 against $89; Vidnoz's cheapest monthly package is $26.99 for 450 credits. Synthesia's pricing page quotes its yearly price two ways: $18 a month on the US plan card and $264 a year in its FAQ. We use the FAQ.
Typical and top plans
The next plan up: HeyGen Pro at $41 a month billed annually for 1,000 credits; Synthesia Creator at $804 a year for 30 minutes; Vidnoz Business at $56.99 billed yearly for 900 credits and up to 1,000 seats; D-ID Advanced at $108 a month billed annually for 100 minutes. HeyGen's Pro tiers run up to 100,000 credits at $4,300 a month. Synthesia, Colossyan and D-ID offer custom Enterprise pricing; Synthesia's and Colossyan's include unlimited minutes.
Seats and add-ons
- Editors. Colossyan charges $30 a month per extra editor on yearly billing, $45 monthly, up to 3 editors in all. HeyGen sells extra seats only on Business, at $20 a seat a month on top of $149. Synthesia's Starter has 1 editor and 3 guests.
- Custom avatars. Synthesia's Studio Express-1 avatar is $1000 a year, for annual plan users only. Colossyan's studio custom avatar is also $1000 a year.
- More minutes. Colossyan sells 600 extra NEO2 minutes for $1,500 a year on Professional yearly plans.
- Discounted add-ons. Vidnoz shows its voice clone and avatar add-ons at "50% OFF" with no end date.
Fine print that changes the cost
- Rounding. D-ID rounds each video up to the next 15 seconds.
- No rollover. D-ID, Synthesia and Colossyan say unused minutes don't carry over.
- Refunds. Vidnoz doesn't accept refunds on 1-month subscriptions.
- Licence limits. A cheaper plan may not be usable commercially: D-ID Lite, at $4.70 a month billed annually, is personal use only.
What to budget
For about 10 to 15 minutes of commercially licensed avatar video a month, budget $13.50 to $24 a month on yearly billing, or about $27 to $29 monthly. A training team that needs 30 minutes and several editors should budget $59 a month plus $30 per extra editor. How we score these tools is on our methodology page.