HeyGen Creator is $29/month, but Avatar V burns 48 credits a minute and Creator can't buy more.

By KevinEvery price checked on heygen.com/pricing and HeyGen's help center on 11 November 2026

HeyGen sells Creator at $29/month ($24/month billed yearly) with 600 credits, Pro from $49/month with 1,000 credits, and Business at $149/month with 1,500 credits plus $20 per extra seat (checked 11 November 2026). Its help center prices Avatar V at 48 credits per minute, so Creator's 600 credits make about 12.5 minutes of Avatar V video, and Creator and Pro accounts cannot buy one-time credit packs: you move up a tier instead. 4K export, Veo 3.1 and Seedance 2.5 start on Pro, and the Free plan makes 3 watermarked videos a month. Zemith Plus is $15.99/month with 1.5M monthly credits for Language Swap dubbing, Lipsync, Ad Maker, Product Studio, Virtual Try-On, video models and AI chat.

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Zemith Plus gives you dubbing, lip-sync, UGC ads, video models and AI chat for $15.99/mo.

Language Swap dubs clips of up to 60 seconds into 21 languages with lip-sync, and can keep the speaker's own voice in nine of them (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese and Korean).
Lipsync matches any clip to new speech, Voice Change re-voices video or audio, and Captions burns in word-timed subtitles in six styles.
Ad Maker turns a product photo into 9:16 presenter ads in three script angles, with AI-made presenters, your own photo or a saved AI Influencer character.
Veo 3.1, Kling V3.0, Seedance 2.5 and Wan video, Product Studio, Virtual Try-On and GPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok chat all run on the same $15.99/mo Plus plan.

HeyGen Pro (for Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.5 & 4K)$49/mo

1,000 credits, about 20 minutes of Avatar V video; no one-time credit packs below Business

Zemith Plus$15.99/mo

1.5M credits · Dubbing + Lipsync + Ad Maker + Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.5 + Product Studio + GPT, Claude & Gemini

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Company	Plan	Price
Northwind	Team	$12 per seat
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Swap a clip into 21 languages with lips that follow the new words, then caption it, re-voice it or turn it into a 9:16 ad, with the exact credit cost shown first.

Three pricing traps HeyGen subscribers run into.

The newest avatar model eats Creator's credits in about 12 minutes of video.

“Avatar V Video Look: 48 credits per minute”HeyGen Help Center, Official credit rates, Checked 11 Nov 2026

On ZemithZemith shows the exact credit cost before every dub, lip-sync, ad or video render, so you never discover the rate after the fact. Plus includes 1.5M credits a month across every studio and chat.

No extra credit packs on Creator or Pro: you upgrade the whole plan instead.

“one-time credit packs or enable auto-reload”HeyGen Pricing, Listed on the $149 Business plan only, Checked 11 Nov 2026

On ZemithOn any paid Zemith plan you can top up from $10 for 800,000 credits up to $100 for 10.4M, and top-up credits never expire.

4K, Veo 3.1 and Seedance 2.5 sit behind the $49 Pro plan.

“Access to Seedance 2.5”HeyGen Pricing, Listed as a Pro plan feature, Checked 11 Nov 2026

On ZemithZemith Plus ($15.99/month) includes Veo 3.1, Kling V3.0, Seedance 2.5 and Wan video plus 4K/60fps video upscaling in Creative Studio.

What HeyGen's plans do well, and how Zemith matches it for less.

Avatar and video translation across a wide set of languages.

“175+ languages and dialects”HeyGen homepage, Official product claim, Checked 11 Nov 2026

On Zemith tooZemith's Language Swap dubs short-form clips (2 to 60 seconds) such as ads, Reels and product demos into 21 major languages with lip-sync and optional voice cloning in nine, right alongside Ad Maker, Captions, Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.5 and AI chat for $15.99/month.

At every tier, here is what HeyGen costs versus Zemith.

Published US prices from heygen.com/pricing, credit rates from HeyGen's help center, Zemith from zemith.com/pricing. Checked 11 November 2026.

Tier	HeyGen Plan	Zemith Plan	What Changes on Zemith
Free tier Testing & daily use	$0 · 3 watermarked videos a month, up to 1 minute each	$0 · 2,000 daily chat credits · no card required	Try Zemith chat and free web tools at $0; upgrade for Creative Studio
Entry paid Solo creators	Creator · $29/mo ($24/mo yearly) · 600 credits · up to 1080p · no credit packs	Plus · $15.99/mo ($179.88/yr · $14.99/mo) · 1.5M credits/mo	About $13/mo less, with dubbing, Lipsync, Ad Maker, Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.5, Product Studio and AI chat
Full creator 4K and premium models	Pro · from $49/mo · 1,000 credits · 4K, Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.5 · upgrade tiers for more credits	Plus ($15.99/mo) or Professional · $29.99/mo ($299.88/yr · $24.99/mo) · 3M credits/mo	Save $19 to $33/mo and add top chat models, Cloud background agents and Office file exports
Teams Business & seats	Business · $149/mo · 1,500 credits · $20 per extra seat · packs at $5 per 100 credits	Professional seats or mixed Plus and Professional team seats	Pay per seat at plan price; top-ups from $10 (800k credits) on every paid plan, never expiring

Our verdict: HeyGen is an avatar specialist, while Zemith Plus ($15.99/mo) covers dubbing, ads, video models and AI chat in one plan.

HeyGen Creator is $29/month for 600 credits, about 12.5 minutes of Avatar V video, and Creator and Pro can't buy one-time credit packs.
4K export, Veo 3.1 and Seedance 2.5 start on Pro ($49/month); top-up packs and auto-reload start on Business ($149/month).
Zemith Plus ($15.99/month, 1.5M credits) includes Language Swap dubbing, Lipsync, Voice Change, Captions, Ad Maker, Veo 3.1 and Seedance 2.5 video, Product Studio and GPT, Claude and Gemini, with top-ups that never expire.
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Questions people ask about HeyGen pricing.

How much does HeyGen cost per month in 2026?

Creator is $29/month ($24/month billed yearly) with 600 credits, Pro starts at $49/month with 1,000 credits and scales up to 100,000 credits at $4,300, and Business is $149/month with 1,500 credits plus $20 per extra seat. Enterprise is custom.

How many minutes of video do HeyGen credits buy?

It depends on the avatar model. HeyGen's help center lists Avatar V at 48 credits a minute, Avatar IV Video Look at 31 and Avatar III Video Look at 4. On Creator's 600 credits that is about 12.5 minutes of Avatar V or about 19 minutes of Avatar IV Video Look.

Can I buy more HeyGen credits?

Not on Creator or Pro: Creator users upgrade to Pro and Pro users move to a higher Pro tier. One-time packs ($5 per 100 credits) and auto-reload are available on Business. Zemith offers top-ups from $10 on every paid plan.

Do HeyGen credits roll over?

On monthly plans, unused credits roll over for one more month; annual plans accumulate until renewal. Credits do not carry over after cancellation.

Is there a cheaper alternative to HeyGen for dubbing and avatar ads?

Zemith Plus is $15.99/month with 1.5M credits for Language Swap dubbing (21 languages, lip-sync, optional voice cloning), Lipsync, Captions, Ad Maker presenter ads, video models and AI chat.

Dub, lip-sync, caption and turn clips into ads in one $15.99/mo workspace.

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Article by Kevin · Founder at Zemith

Founder of Zemith, the all-in-one AI workspace built for people who use GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and Creative Studio every day.

I spend my weeks testing model releases, pricing structures and real document, research and creative workflows across Web, iOS and Android.