PLATFORM COMPARISON
If most of your videos are a presenter talking, HeyGen is the specialist and translates in one click. If the presenter is one part of the job, Affogato makes the talking head and everything around it from one balance of credits that roll over.
HeyGen is built around AI presenters: stock avatars, digital twins and one-click translation. Affogato's Talking Head Studio makes presenter videos too, but it sits inside a studio for every kind of image and video. Which one fits depends on how much of your work is a person talking to camera.
Last checked November 15, 2026 · Affogato team · How we checked
AffogatoTalking Head Studio: a script to a multi-segment episode of up to about ten minutes, on Kling AI Avatar v2 or OmniHuman 1.5
HeyGen700+ stock avatars on paid plans, custom video avatars (digital twins), photo avatars, and interactive streaming avatars[1]
AffogatoNo one-click translation; voice a translated script and re-sync with Lipsync
HeyGenTranslation and lip-sync in 175 languages and dialects on paid plans[1]
AffogatoHigher (table below)
HeyGenLower on every plan, lowest on Avatar III[2]
Affogato128 models from 36 providers, plus Product, Fashion, Headshot and Influencer studios and a Video Editor
HeyGenPro adds Seedance, Veo 3.1 and Nano Banana for video and image generation, alongside HeyGen's own video model[1]
AffogatoRoll over every month, up to 10,000 on Standard
HeyGenUnused monthly credits carry forward for one extra month (yearly plans until renewal) and are lost when you cancel[1]
AffogatoREST API and MCP server on every paid plan, same credits as the app
HeyGenHeyGen's API is a separate pay-as-you-go wallet, billed apart from plans; its MCP server uses plan credits[3]
The brief: a short explainer read by a presenter, without a camera or a studio. The images and the clip below are the unedited output of each step.
01 · Characters
Use a saved character or create one from a photo or a description. The same face can host every episode and appear in your images and videos.
Open Characters
02 · Audio Studio
Choose a curated voice or design your own, and table-read the script before you render anything.
Open Audio Studio03 · Talking Head Studio
Pick a set and a framing; the studio splits the script into segments, lip-syncs each one and assembles the episode in 16:9 or 9:16.
Open Talking Head Studio04 · Video Editor
Open the episode on a timeline, cut in b-roll from Video Studio, add auto-captions and export a 1080p MP4.
Open Video EditorMade on November 15, 2026 with the engines Talking Head Studio runs: Nano Banana Pro for the host, an ElevenLabs voice, Kling AI Avatar v2 for the performance. The host is a made-up person.
| Affogato | HeyGen | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Presenter videos inside a full image and video studio | Avatar videos and translation at scale |
| Presenter engines | Kling AI Avatar v2 and OmniHuman 1.5 | Avatar III, IV and V, photo avatars, digital twins[1] |
| Stock presenters | Your own characters as hosts, on ten curated sets or your own | 700+ stock avatars on paid plans[1] |
| Video length | Up to about ten minutes an episode | Up to 30 minutes on Creator and Pro, 60 on Business[1] |
| Translation | Not one click | Translation and lip-sync in 175 languages and dialects on paid plans[1] |
| Image and video models | 128 models from 36 providers | Pro adds Seedance, Veo 3.1 and Nano Banana for video and image generation, alongside HeyGen's own video model[1] |
| Other studios | Product, Fashion, Headshot, Influencer, Audio, Video Editor | Video Agent, AI clips, podcasts, interactive avatars[1] |
| Unused credits | Roll over, up to a cap per plan | Unused monthly credits carry forward for one extra month (yearly plans until renewal) and are lost when you cancel[1] |
| Free plan | No | HeyGen's free plan gives up to 3 watermarked videos a month, each up to a minute, for personal, non-commercial use[1] |
| Teams | 25 seats on one shared pool from $99/month | Business is $149 a month for the first seat plus $20 per extra seat, all sharing one credit pool[2] |
| Developer API | REST API on every paid plan, same credits as the app | HeyGen's API is a separate pay-as-you-go wallet, billed apart from plans; its MCP server uses plan credits[3] |
| MCP for agents | Yes, sign in with OAuth, no API key | An MCP server for ChatGPT, Claude and other agents on all plans, using plan credits[4] |
| Commercial licence | Every paid plan | Paid plans own their output and can use it commercially[5] |
| Likeness and consent | Our terms forbid a real person's likeness without consent | Digital twins need a recorded consent statement; photo avatars have no consent check[6] |
HeyGen's monthly credits carry over one extra month and end when you cancel, so use them before you go.
Download the finished videos and scripts you want to keep.
Save a face as a Character (yours, with consent, or a made-up one) and pick a voice in Audio Studio.
Paste a script into Talking Head Studio and pick a set. Plans start at $24/month for 2,000 credits.
HeyGen's free plan gives up to 3 watermarked videos a month, each up to a minute, for personal, non-commercial use[1]. Affogato has no free plan; plans start at $24/month for 2,000 credits, with a commercial licence and no watermark.
Not in one click. On Affogato you translate the script, voice it in Audio Studio and re-sync the video with Lipsync. HeyGen does it in one step: Translation and lip-sync in 175 languages and dialects on paid plans[1].
Partly. Unused monthly credits carry forward for one extra month (yearly plans until renewal) and are lost when you cancel[1]. Affogato credits roll over up to your plan's cap (10,000 on Standard).
Yes on both. On Affogato, save your photo as a Character and use it as the host in Talking Head Studio; our terms forbid using a real person's likeness without their consent. On HeyGen: Digital twins need a recorded consent statement; photo avatars have no consent check[6].
Yes. HeyGen's API is a separate pay-as-you-go wallet, billed apart from plans; its MCP server uses plan credits[3]. Affogato has a REST API and an MCP server on every paid plan, spending the same credits as the app.
Plans start at $24/month for 2,000 credits, and unused credits roll over. Every paid plan includes a commercial licence with no watermark.
How we checked. Everything said here about HeyGen comes from its public pages, read on November 15, 2026 without signing up, and from public reviews and forums. We don't compare outputs: most of the same models run on both platforms. Prices and plans change; if something here is out of date, tell us and we'll fix it.