// Make images & video
HeyGen
Avatar video generator turning text, photos or voice into talking-head videos.
Closed / commercial Maintained For everyone
IN ONE PARAGRAPH
HeyGen is avatar video generator turning text, photos or voice into talking-head videos.
Good for: Anyone who wants AI to make images & video without setting anything up.
Not for: teams that require open source or self-hosting.
01How to start
- 1Open the official site or app store page (link above) and sign up.
- 2Available on: Web, API.
- 3Pricing: Freemium — start with the free tier if there is one.
02Alternatives & comparison
Compare side by side → ComfyUI Node-based diffusion workflow GUI, a de-facto standard for image/video generation. visits 3.9M MoneyPrinterTurbo One-click HD short-video generation from a topic keyword. +258★/day OpenMontage Open-source agentic video production system with many pipelines. +485★/day hyperframes Write HTML; agents render it into video. +556★/day Fooocus Simplified Stable Diffusion UI focused on prompting. ★ 54k
Versions, why it is listed, for AI to read
Popularity evidence (third-party snapshots)
- Monthly visits：8.7M (-13.4% MoM) · AlphaMoat 2026-09
- a16z Top 100 Gen AI Apps (7th ed.)：listed · a16z Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps — 7th Edition 2026-10-05
For AI agents
- Interfaces：its own app or website
- Machine-readable record：/api/v1/software/heygen.json · llms.txt
- Added 2026-10-10