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Which AI avatar tool should I use to make talking-head videos?

HeyGen is the best avatar tool for most people who want to appear on camera without recording: it turns a script into a video of a stock presenter or of you, and translates it with lip sync into more than 175 languages and dialects. The free plan makes 3 watermarked videos a month; Creator at $29 a month removes the branding, exports 1080p and builds a custom avatar with your own voice and likeness. Synthesia suits training and onboarding videos for a company: its free Basic plan gives 500 credits and 10 minutes of video a month with a watermark, and Starter is $19 a month. Google Flow makes an avatar of you from a phone scan, usable in India though not in the EEA, UK or Switzerland, on the same 50 free daily credits as its video. Make an avatar only of yourself or of someone who has given explicit consent. Rule: HeyGen for founder videos in many languages, Synthesia for a library of training videos.

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