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Compare these plans by what they buy rather than by their monthly number, because they sell different things. For a talking avatar of you, Percify's Starter is $12 a month for 450 credits at 2 credits a second, so a minute costs about $3.20. For stock presenters, Synthesia's Starter is $29 a month, or $18 billed yearly, and HeyGen's Creator is $29. For generative shots, Runway's $15 Standard plan includes 625 credits, which its own page equates to 52 seconds of Gen-4.5 video. For editing footage you filmed, Descript's Hobbyist plan is $16 billed yearly. Most tools have a free tier, and each holds back something different. Prices read 20 October 2026.
AI video plans compared by job, with every price read on the maker's own page: entry points, per second costs where published, what each free tier holds back, and where annual billing saves. Checked 20 October 2026.
Percify pricing
What a Percify plan actually buys
No plan gates video length, quality, render speed or queue order, and no plan puts a watermark on your output, except Remake, which adds a small AI-disclosure mark. Plans differ only by credits; API and MCP access come with every plan, and credits are spent per second of what you generate rather than per seat.
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Monthly prices are not comparable across these tools, because a $15 plan for generative shots and a $29 plan for stock presenters are not competing for the same job. What follows is grouped by the job, with every price read on the maker's own pricing page on 20 October 2026.
Percify is ours. Prices change often and some makers show different currencies by region, so check the linked page before you buy. Tools we could not read are not listed, which is why some names you may expect are absent.
The cheapest real entry point, by job
| The job | Tool | Entry price | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| A talking avatar of you | Percify | $12 Starter for 450 credits, or $115 billed yearly | No free plan; creating an account costs nothing |
| Lip sync by the second | Sync.so | $5 Hobbyist plus $0.05 a second | Not listed |
| A photo that talks | D-ID | $5.90 Lite monthly, or $4.70 billed yearly | 14 day trial, 3 minutes, watermarked |
| Stock presenters | Synthesia | $29 Starter, or $18 billed yearly | Basic, 500 credits a month, watermarked, no downloads |
| Stock presenters at volume | HeyGen, Vidnoz | $29 Creator, or $24 billed yearly; $26.99, or $19.99 billed yearly | 3 videos a month up to a minute; daily credits at 720p with a watermark |
| Generative shots | Runway ↗ | $15 Standard, or $12 billed annually | 125 one time credits |
| Text to video from articles | Pictory ↗ | $29 Starter, or $25 billed annually | 14 days of free use |
| Editing your own footage | Descript | $24 Hobbyist monthly, or $16 billed yearly | 60 media minutes a month at 720p |
| A voice | ElevenLabs | $6 Starter, with cloning and a commercial licence | Free plan without cloning or a commercial licence |
| AI actor ads | Creatify, MakeUGC | From $15 a month, or $12 billed yearly; $29 a month billed yearly for 500 credits | None listed |
| Templates and layout | Canva, Kapwing | US$144 a year; $16 a month billed annually | Canva free plan; Kapwing exports carry a watermark |
| A professional editor | Adobe Premiere Pro | US$22.99 a month on an annual plan, a first year price for new subscribers | Full refund if you cancel within 14 days |
Where a per second price exists, compare that
Most plans hide the unit cost. Three do not:
- Percify: a talking video in Fast mode is 2 credits a second, so a minute is 120 credits: about $3.20 on Starter ($12 for 450 credits) and about $2.53 on Creator ($26 for 1,233). High quality is 4 credits a second at 480p and 6 at 720p.
- Sync.so: $0.05 a second on Hobbyist, which is $3.00 a minute.
- Runway: its Standard plan's 625 monthly credits are equated on its own page to 52 seconds of Gen-4.5 video, which costs 12 credits a second, so $15 a month buys a little under a minute of that model.
Those three are not the same product, which is the point: lip syncing a face you supply is cheap per second, and generating a whole scene is not. Decide which one your video needs before comparing the numbers.
What each free tier withholds
- Synthesia: 500 credits a month and a watermark; downloads start on Starter.
- HeyGen: 3 videos a month, up to a minute each; removing the watermark needs a paid plan.
- Vidnoz: daily free credits (60 a day on its page when we checked), at 720p with a watermark.
- D-ID: a 14 day trial of 3 minutes, with a full screen watermark.
- Runway: 125 one time credits rather than a monthly allowance.
- Descript: 60 media minutes a month at 720p.
- Kapwing: unlimited exports that carry a watermark.
Creating a Percify account is free; making videos needs a plan, from $12 a month. Creating an account costs nothing and making videos needs a plan. Output carries no watermark on any plan, except replicas made with Remake, which carry a small AI disclosure mark.
The pattern worth noticing: most free tiers let you make the video and then hold back the file, through a watermark or a missing download. That is the thing to check before you invest an afternoon.
Annual billing, where it actually saves
Synthesia $29 to $18, HeyGen $29 to $24, Runway $15 to $12, Pictory $29 to $25, Descript $24 to $16, Vidnoz $26.99 to $19.99, D-ID Lite $5.90 to $4.70. Creatify shows $15 against $12 on its annual plan.
Percify bills yearly at about 20% less than twelve monthly payments: Starter is $115 a year instead of $144, and Creator $249 instead of $312. Subscribers can also add one time credit packs, from $5 for 200 credits, and pack credits never expire, which covers a busy month without moving to a bigger plan. Plans and packs are on pricing.
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It depends on the job, and the cheapest entry points differ: D-ID's Lite at $4.70 billed yearly, Sync.so's Hobbyist at $5 plus $0.05 a second, ElevenLabs at $6 for voice, Percify's Starter at $12 for 450 credits, Runway at $15, Descript at $16 billed yearly. Read on 20 October 2026.
Where a unit price is published: Percify's Fast talking video is 2 credits a second, about $3.20 a minute on Starter and $2.53 on Creator; Sync.so is $0.05 a second, which is $3.00 a minute; Runway's Standard plan equates its 625 monthly credits to 52 seconds of Gen-4.5 video. Tools with stock presenters price by plan rather than by second.
Most, with different catches: Synthesia's Basic gives 500 credits a month but no downloads; HeyGen allows 3 videos a month up to a minute; Vidnoz gives daily credits at 720p with a watermark; D-ID offers a 14 day trial of 3 minutes, watermarked; Runway gives 125 one time credits; Kapwing exports carry a watermark. Creating a Percify account is free; making videos needs a plan, from $12 a month.
It is where the discount is real and your use is steady: Synthesia $29 to $18, HeyGen $29 to $24, Runway $15 to $12, Descript $24 to $16, Pictory $29 to $25, Vidnoz $26.99 to $19.99. Percify's yearly plans cost about 20% less, for example Starter at $115 a year instead of $144.
Because the cost follows the seconds rendered rather than a monthly allowance: a talking video is 2 credits a second in Fast mode, 4 in High at 480p and 6 in High at 720p, and the app shows the cost before you run it. A 30 second Fast video is 60 credits, about $1.60 on Starter.
