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Synthesia gives 10 free minutes a month and Colossyan 20, both watermarked; HeyGen makes 3 free videos a month of up to a minute; Percify is free to start with no card and no watermarks on any plan. Once you pay, a Percify talking video costs 2 credits a second on its fast engine, from $12 a month.
Read Free AI Avatar Generators in 2026: What You Get Before You Pay on Percify.
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Clone your face and voice, 10 credits once
Five credits for the face and five for the voice, charged once, about 20 cents in total. Every video after that is generated from the clone at 2 credits a second, so a 10 second post is 20 credits, roughly 35 to 50 cents, with no filming.
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Most AI avatar generators have a free plan. What differs is what the free plan lets you keep: how long a video can be, whether it carries a watermark, and whether you can use it commercially. This guide compares what the free plans include, checked on each vendor's own pages on 12 September 2026, and what a talking video costs once you pay.
We make Percify, one of the tools below, so its numbers come from our own render records.
What an AI avatar generator does
An AI avatar generator makes a digital presenter who speaks a script on video: a stock avatar, or one built from your own photo and voice. You type or record the script, and the tool syncs the avatar's mouth to the audio.
Free plans compared
| tool | free plan | watermark on free output | paid plans from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percify ↗ | free to start, no card | No watermark on any plan | $26 a month |
| HeyGen ↗ | 3 videos a month, up to a minute each | not verified | $29 a month |
| Synthesia ↗ | 10 minutes a month | yes | $29 a month, $18 billed yearly |
| Colossyan ↗ | 20 minutes a month | yes | $59 a month, billed yearly |
| Vidnoz ↗ | videos up to 3 minutes at 720p | yes | 15 credits at $2 a credit |
| JoggAI ↗ | about a minute | yes, until Creator 1 at $40.66 | $24 a month |
| D-ID ↗ | a trial | yes | not shown when we checked |
Free versus paid: watermarks and commercial rights
- Many free plans watermark their videos. Synthesia, Colossyan, Vidnoz and JoggAI do on their free plans, and D-ID watermarks trial videos.
- Percify's plans, the free one included, carry commercial rights and no watermarks. Paid plans add monthly credits, and API access starts at Scale.
- Read the terms before you post free output commercially, on any tool.
How to make an avatar video on Percify
- Upload a photo: one clear, front facing picture of the person the avatar should be.
- Add a voice: record a short sample so your voice can be cloned, or upload an audio file.
- Generate: type the script. On the fast engine, the median 17 second clip rendered in 86 seconds.
What a video costs once you pay
Every talking avatar clip completed on Percify between 15 June and 11 September 2026: 88 clips from 38 accounts.
| engine | resolution | clips | median script | median render time | median credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| InfiniteTalk fast | 480p | 42 | 17.0 s | 86 s | 34 |
| InfiniteTalk | 720p | 31 | 15.0 s | 394 s | 90 |
| InfiniteTalk | 480p | 9 | 19.0 s | 229 s | 76 |
On the fast engine a talking video costs 2 credits a second, so a one minute video is about 120 credits. Plans are Starter at $12 a month for 450 credits, Creator at $26 for 1,233, Scale at $65 for 3,000 and Ultra at $128 for 8,000. 720p uses more: the median 15 second 720p clip used 90 credits.
Which free plan to start with
- To test an avatar of your own face and voice: Percify, free with no card, or HeyGen's 3 free videos a month.
- For longer free videos with a stock presenter: Colossyan's 20 minutes or Synthesia's 10 minutes a month, both watermarked.
- For many templates to try: Vidnoz.
What people make with them
- Short talking clips for TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn
- Course lessons and training videos
- Personal sales and outreach videos
- Product explainers and demos
- The same video in another language, dubbed in your voice
Tip: for the most natural result, use a photo with even lighting and a clear, unobstructed view of the face, and review every clip for lip sync slips on fast speech.
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To test an avatar of yourself: Percify, free to start with no card and no watermarks, or HeyGen, with 3 free videos a month of up to a minute. For longer free videos with a stock presenter, Colossyan gives 20 minutes a month and Synthesia 10, both watermarked.
Upload one photo and a short sample of your voice. Percify builds the avatar, clones the voice and syncs the mouth to the audio. On the fast engine, the median 17 second clip rendered in 86 seconds.
Creating a Percify account is free, and plans begin at $12 a month for 450 credits. Synthesia's Starter is $29 a month for 10 minutes, and HeyGen's Creator is $29 a month for 600 credits.
Both build avatars of you. Percify charges by the second and starts at $12 a month; HeyGen has a larger library of stock avatars and templates, with Creator at $29 a month. Try both with your own face before you choose.
Yes. Every Percify plan, the free one included, carries commercial rights, and no plan adds a watermark. If the face or voice in a video is not yours, you also need that person's permission.
Yes. Percify builds the avatar from one photo you upload, and clones your voice from a short sample.
