HeyGen

Free your story.

4.3•66 reviews•

6.1K followers

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4.3•66 reviews•

6.1K followers

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HeyGen is an AI-powered video generation platform that makes creating, translating, and personalizing high-quality videos as easy as typing in a doc. With lifelike avatars and intuitive editing tools, we help businesses and individuals effortlessly scale their visual storytelling, reaching global audiences with unmatched speed and authenticity.

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4.3

Based on 66 reviews

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Reviewers praise HeyGen for fast, intuitive workflows, realistic avatars, and strong translation/dubbing that helps globalize content. Makers of

MindPal

and

Trupeer

highlight reliability, frequent feature updates, and impactful cost/time savings. Some note standout realism in Avatar IV and smooth Canva integration. Critiques cluster around support responsiveness, opaque moderation and credit policies, plan/feature confusion, occasional lip‑sync issues, slow processing on lower tiers, and pricing. Overall sentiment is positive: powerful for scalable content and localization, provided buyers understand plan limits and best practices for recording, scripting, and lighting.

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Pros

AI avatars (13)

easy to use (9)

realistic avatars (6)

content creation (5)

multilingual support (4)

custom avatars (3)

cost saving (2)

lip-syncing (2)

video translation (2)

Cons

subscription pricing (8)

customer support (7)

feature availability (4)

video processing time (4)

audio quality (2)

free version limitations (2)

Pros

Cons

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What's great

easy to use (9)AI avatars (13)multilingual support (4)realistic avatars (6)

I’m genuinely impressed by HeyGen’s Avatar IV. What stands out immediately is the fusion of simplicity and sophistication: from a single photo and a short script, Avatar IV creates a fully-animated, expressive video avatar — complete with lip sync, facial micro-expressions, natural head movements and even hand gestures.

In my experience testing it, the results feel remarkably human. The model seems to interpret tone and rhythm, not just mimic them — there’s a tangible sense of timing and emotion.

The fact that you can animate not just humans but also stylised characters, pets or even anime-style avatars extends its creative potential enormously.

What needs improvement

free version limitations (2)subscription pricing (8)

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I paid 2 months subscriptions and honestly I highly DO NOT RECOMMEND this AI tool. They basically "scam" you secretly by deducting your credits for no reason. 1) The so called "very powerful" Avatar IV" doesn't even work property with the lip sync. 2) In a day, you will notice at least more than 10 times broken links. 3) For so called Unlimited Videos, same issue with lip sync. Sometimes they worked but no consistency. 4) Customer support did not really understand the products and they tend to give you generic answers which they did not really look into your issues personally. 5) Slow response and not friendly user. The most frustrating part is they deducted your credits and you know we paid for the credits so basically they are cheating my money and no explanation is given for this. Really disappointed with this and be careful all the people out there, do not let those tiktok videos out there fool you.

What needs improvement

customer support (7)lip-syncing (1)credit deduction issues (1)

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I had been very happy with HeyGen up until now and had signed up for an annual subscription for translation services. Then, out of the blue, without any communication or explanation, the number of translation minutes was reduced overnight. When I signed up for the annual subscription, I was promised “unlimited” minutes, which is why I chose this option. Suddenly, it's limited to 120 minutes per month. When you contact support, they just say they had to change it and are in no way willing to find a good solution. I'm really speechless—I've never experienced such poor treatment of customers anywhere else.

What needs improvement

customer support (7)subscription pricing (8)feature availability (4)

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What's great

easy to use (9)AI avatars (13)multilingual support (4)realistic avatars (6)

What needs improvement

free version limitations (2)subscription pricing (8)

Ratings

Ease of use

Reliability

Value for money

Customization

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57 views5mo ago

•1 review

What needs improvement

customer support (7)lip-syncing (1)credit deduction issues (1)

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51 views7mo ago

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What needs improvement

customer support (7)subscription pricing (8)feature availability (4)

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