Quick Answer
The best AI spokesperson tool depends on how long your videos are and whose face you need. For training videos of several minutes with a stock presenter, Synthesia and Colossyan charge by the minute. For short clips with your own face and voice, HeyGen and Percify: across 88 spokesperson clips made on Percify in 90 days the median script was 15.5 seconds, and the median fast clip used 34 credits on a plan that starts at $6.99 a month.
Percify, HeyGen, Synthesia, Colossyan, Vidnoz, JoggAI and D-ID compared on price, minutes, your own avatar and the first limit you hit, with render data from 88 real clips.
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An AI spokesperson is a presenter who reads your script on camera without anyone filming: a stock avatar, or one made from your own photo and voice. Most comparisons of these tools list features. The number that decides which one fits you is simpler: how long your videos are, because every tool here charges by the minute, by the second or by the video.
We make one of these tools, so this is written from our own production records. Every claim about another product comes from that vendor's own pricing page, checked on 12 September 2026 and linked, and where a vendor publishes nothing, we say so.
What 88 real spokesperson clips look like
Every talking avatar clip completed on Percify between 15 June and 11 September 2026: 88 clips from 38 accounts, grouped by the engine and resolution they rendered on. Render seconds per second of audio is the number to plan with: multiply it by the length of your script.
| engine | resolution | clips | median script | median render time | render seconds per second of audio | median credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| InfiniteTalk fast | 480p | 42 | 17.0 s | 86 s | 5.2 | 34 |
| InfiniteTalk | 720p | 31 | 15.0 s | 394 s | 23.7 | 90 |
| InfiniteTalk | 480p | 9 | 19.0 s | 229 s | 10.4 | 76 |
Six more clips ran on an older fast engine and are counted in the totals. Across all 88, the median script was 15.5 seconds, and 74% were under 30 seconds.
Two things follow.
Most spokesperson videos are short. A plan sold in minutes a month is sized for training videos. Synthesia's Starter gives 10 minutes, which is forty 15 second clips; if your videos are short, a meter that charges by the second is the fairer one.
Resolution is the real cost. 720p took about 24 seconds of rendering for every second of audio, against about 5 on the fast 480p engine, and used roughly 2.6 times the credits. Draft on the fast engine and render only the keeper at 720p.
The seven tools at a glance
| tool | cheapest paid plan | what that plan includes | an avatar of you | the limit you hit first |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percify ↗ | $6.99 a month | 425 credits; a talking clip costs 2 credits a second on the fast engine | from one photo, with your cloned voice | the fast engine is 480p; 720p takes about 24 seconds per second of audio |
| HeyGen ↗ | $29 a month | 600 credits, voice cloning | yes | 4K needs Pro, $49 a month |
| Synthesia ↗ | $29 a month, $18 billed yearly | 10 minutes a month, 125+ avatars | on Creator, $89 a month | 10 minutes a month |
| Colossyan ↗ | $59 a month, billed yearly | 40 minutes, 20 custom avatars | yes | nothing between free and $59 |
| Vidnoz ↗ | 15 credits at $2 a credit | 1,900+ avatars, 3,200+ templates | voice cloning only on Business | no monthly price shown |
| JoggAI ↗ | $24 a month | about 1,440 minutes a year, 3 custom avatars | yes | the watermark stays until Creator 1, $40.66 |
| D-ID ↗ | not shown | trial videos are watermarked | not verified | its pricing page showed no prices when we checked |
Free plans, for trying before paying: Synthesia gives 10 minutes a month and Colossyan 20, both watermarked. Vidnoz makes videos up to 3 minutes at 720p with a watermark, HeyGen makes 3 videos a month of up to a minute, JoggAI about a minute, and Percify is free to start with no card.
Tool by tool
Percify
Best for short clips with your own face and voice, and for brands that want the videos planned as well. One photo becomes your avatar and a cloned voice reads the script. On the fast engine, the median clip, 17 seconds long, rendered in 86 seconds and used 34 credits. Starter is $6.99 a month for 425 credits, Creator $25.99 for 1,233, and Scale $64.99 for 3,000 with API access and posting to 10 platforms. Paste your website into the Brand OS and it plans a week of talking videos, carousels and hooks in your brand's voice.
The catch: the fast engine renders at 480p, and a 720p render takes about 24 seconds for every second of audio.
HeyGen
Best for a polished presenter who is you. The free plan makes 3 videos a month of up to a minute. Creator is $29 a month for 600 credits with voice cloning and a custom avatar, and HeyGen lists 175+ languages. The catch: 4K is on Pro, at $49 a month.
Synthesia
Best for training and company video with stock presenters. Starter is $29 a month, or $18 billed yearly, for 10 minutes a month and 125+ avatars, with 160+ languages and dubbing. The catch: an avatar of you needs Creator, at $89 a month, and 10 minutes a month runs out quickly.
Colossyan
Best for learning and development teams. The free plan gives 20 minutes a month with a watermark. Professional is $59 a month billed yearly for 40 minutes and 20 custom avatars, with 120+ languages and automatic translation. The catch: there is no plan between free and $59.
Vidnoz
Best for trying many stock presenters and templates cheaply. It lists 1,900+ avatars and 3,200+ templates with a commercial license, and the free plan makes videos up to 3 minutes at 720p with a watermark. The catch: the paid Starter is 15 credits at $2 a credit with no monthly price shown, and voice cloning is only on Business.
JoggAI
Best for a presenter video made straight from a product link. The catch: removing the watermark starts at Creator 1, $40.66 a month.
D-ID
D-ID is one of the oldest names in this category, but its pricing page showed no prices when we checked on 12 September 2026, so we cannot compare it fairly. What we could confirm: its trial videos are watermarked.
How to choose
- Short clips with your own face, several a week: Percify or HeyGen. A meter that charges by the second suits 15 second clips.
- Training videos of several minutes with a stock presenter: Synthesia or Colossyan.
- Many stock faces and templates to try: Vidnoz.
- A presenter video straight from a product link: JoggAI.
What to check before you pay
- The meter. Minutes a month, credits a second or credits per video. Convert it to the length of the videos you actually make.
- Whether an avatar of you is on the plan you are buying. On Synthesia it starts at $89 a month.
- The watermark on free output. Synthesia, Colossyan, Vidnoz and JoggAI all watermark their free plans.
- Render time at the resolution you will post. On our records, 720p takes nearly five times as long per second of audio as fast 480p.
- Commercial rights on the plan you are buying, before the video goes on a paid ad.
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It depends on video length and whose face you need. For training videos of several minutes with a stock presenter, Synthesia and Colossyan. For short clips with your own face and voice, HeyGen and Percify. For many stock faces and templates, Vidnoz. For a presenter video from a product link, JoggAI.
Yes, with limits. Synthesia's free plan gives 10 minutes a month and Colossyan's 20, both watermarked. Vidnoz makes free videos up to 3 minutes at 720p with a watermark, HeyGen makes 3 free videos a month of up to a minute, and Percify is free to start with no card.
Yes. Percify builds one from a single photo and a short voice sample. HeyGen, Colossyan and JoggAI include custom avatars on paid plans, and Synthesia includes one from its $89 Creator plan.
On Percify's records for the last 90 days, the fast 480p engine took about 5 seconds of rendering per second of audio, so the median 17 second clip took 86 seconds. 720p took about 24 seconds per second of audio.
Tools charge by the minute, by the second or per video. On Percify a talking clip costs 2 credits a second on the fast engine, the median fast clip used 34 credits, and Starter is $6.99 a month for 425 credits. Synthesia's Starter is $29 a month for 10 minutes, and HeyGen's Creator is $29 a month for 600 credits.
A short presenter video on a website page that greets visitors or explains an offer. Any tool here can make one; the differences are the price of short clips and whether the presenter can be you.
