# HeyGen — AI avatar video platform for generating, editing and translating video from a script or a prompt. > Source: The Agents Index — https://theagentsindex.com/heygen (structured, researched, re-verified) > Facts last verified: 2026-10-18 HeyGen is a hosted AI video platform that turns a script or prompt into avatar-presented video, with voice cloning and lip-synced translation. It is used through a web studio, a REST API, a CLI and a remote MCP connector. | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Website | https://heygen.com | | Price | free, then from $29/month billed monthly, $24/month billed annually | | Free tier | Yes | Free plan at $0/mo: 3 videos per month, videos up to 1 minute, 500+ stock video avatars, 1 custom video avatar, 30+ languages, standard processing, watermark not removable, no 1080p/4K export. No credit card required. ## What it does **Done-for-you service** · No — You run the software yourself: self-serve plans, a studio you edit in, and an API you call; enterprise buyers get onboarding and a CSM rather than a team producing the videos for them. > HeyGen empowers 100,000+ businesses to create, localize, scale, and collaborate on video, no camera or crew needed. > — https://www.heygen.com/pricing · Pricing hero paragraph under 'Flexible pricing plans for every creator and team' ## How much it does unattended **Runs autonomously** · Yes — Video Agent takes one prompt and completes scripting, avatar choice, scene composition and rendering without a human step, with a fire-and-forget mode alongside a multi-turn chat mode. > One-shot video generation from a prompt — agent handles scripting, avatar selection, scene composition, and rendering. Supports generate (fire-and-forget) and chat (multi-turn) modes. > — https://developers.heygen.com/mcp/overview · What You Can Do, Video Agent tool table, create_video_agent row **Agent permissions** · Partly — An external agent reaches HeyGen only after a one-time OAuth approval, and custom agents are additionally restricted by domain whitelisting, but no per-tool permission scoping is documented. > For security, HeyGen Remote MCP uses domain whitelisting. If your agent runs on a domain that isn't already whitelisted, you'll need to request access before it can connect. > — https://developers.heygen.com/mcp/overview · Connect Your Own Agent section ## Which models it runs on **Claude** · Yes — Claude is supported as a client rather than as a selectable generation model: HeyGen ships an official connector that makes video generation a native Claude tool. > Add HeyGen as a native tool in Claude. Generate avatar videos from any conversation or agentic workflow. > — https://www.heygen.com/integrations · Integrations directory, Claude card **GPT** · Yes — ChatGPT is supported the same way, as a calling surface through an OpenAI plugin and MCP connector, not as a model you select inside HeyGen. > Generate a video script in ChatGPT and instantly turn it into a finished HeyGen video. > — https://www.heygen.com/integrations · Integrations directory, ChatGPT card **Model choice** · Partly — You choose between named engines rather than being locked to one: Avatar III, IV or V for video and HeyGen Voice, Starfish or ElevenLabs for speech, all within HeyGen's own catalogue. > Creates an avatar video: a HeyGen avatar or an image speaks your script or audio with lip-sync. Choose Avatar III, IV or V with `engine` (Avatar IV by default). > — https://developers.heygen.com/mcp/overview · Videos tool table, create_video row ## Where you use it **In your editor** · Partly — There is no HeyGen editor extension; the IDE surface is the MCP connector installed into Cursor from its marketplace, which calls the hosted service. > **Cursor** (available in the [Cursor marketplace](https://cursor.com/marketplace/heygen)) > — https://developers.heygen.com/mcp/overview · Supported Products list **On the command line** · Yes — A first-party command line tool creates and downloads videos, documented beside the API as the terminal route into the same endpoints. > `heygen video create`, `heygen video download`. Scriptable from any shell or CI job. > — https://developers.heygen.com/docs/quick-start · Working from an agent or terminal? section, CLI card **In your pipeline** · Partly — The vendor states the CLI is scriptable in a CI job and webhooks exist for completion, but nothing acts on a pull request or runs as a CI app itself. > `heygen video create`, `heygen video download`. Scriptable from any shell or CI job. > — https://developers.heygen.com/docs/quick-start · Working from an agent or terminal? section, CLI card **In a browser** · Yes — The primary surface is a hosted browser studio where scripts, gestures, tone and scenes are edited, with team commenting and brand assets in the same place. > The text-based editor makes AI video generation as easy as writing a document. Control tone, delivery, gestures, and emotion in one seamless platform built for human-first storytelling. > — https://www.heygen.com/ · AI Studio section, intro paragraph ## Whose machine it runs on **Self-hosted** · No — Everything runs on HeyGen's own AWS estate in the United States; no bring-your-own-infrastructure or on-premise deployment is offered on any tier. > HeyGen's services are hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the United States. > — https://www.heygen.com/security · Public Cloud Infrastructure section ## What it costs to run **How it meters** · Yes — Billing is a monthly subscription carrying a credit allowance spent across every feature, with team seats charged separately on top at a fixed per-seat rate. > Paid plans include a monthly credit allocation you spend across all features. For solo creators, the Creator plan costs $29/month (or $24/month if you pay annually). > — https://www.heygen.com/pricing · Pricing FAQ, 'How much does HeyGen cost' answer **Free tier** · Yes — A standing $0 plan lets anyone generate three one-minute videos a month with stock avatars and one custom avatar, no sales call and no card. > You can use HeyGen for free and generate up to 3 videos a month, no credit card required. > — https://www.heygen.com/pricing · Pricing FAQ, cost answer **API access** · Yes — A documented public REST API with key authentication drives video, avatar, voice, translation and template endpoints from your own stack. > **Base URL** `https://api.heygen.com` · **Auth header** `X-Api-Key: ` > — https://developers.heygen.com/docs/quick-start · Your first video section, Info callout **MCP server** · Yes — A hosted remote MCP server exposes dozens of tools over OAuth, so another agent can create, poll, translate and delete videos without an API key. > Connect any MCP-compatible AI agent to HeyGen video generation in a few clicks. No API key, no local server — add the connector, authenticate with OAuth, and start creating. > — https://developers.heygen.com/mcp/overview · Overview page summary line ## Buying it for a team **A company can buy it** · Yes — Business and Enterprise tiers are sold to organisations with centralised billing, invoicing and team management rather than only to an individual card holder. > Additional Seats are $20/seat. Secure, scalable video creation for teams and businesses > — https://www.heygen.com/pricing · Business plan card, description line **Seat model** · Yes — Seats are priced per member per month on top of the Business plan fee; the plan itself is the floor and no published ceiling applies. > Add team members for $20/seat/month > — https://www.heygen.com/pricing · Business plan card, 'Everything in Pro, plus' bullet list **Pooled budget** · Yes — Credits belong to the workspace rather than the individual, and OAuth or MCP calls draw the standard price from that shared workspace balance. > a connected integration (OAuth, including MCP) the method's standard price from workspace credits > — https://developers.heygen.com/mcp/overview · Avatars tool table, create_avatar_looks row **Admin controls** · Partly — Central role and access management is an Enterprise capability, alongside SCIM provisioning and enforced MFA; lower tiers get workspace membership controls only. > Centrally manage roles and access > — https://www.heygen.com/pricing · Enterprise plan card, 'Everything in Business, plus' bullet list **Audit log** · Partly — Administrative and user activity is logged and retained, but the vendor frames the resulting visibility as something enterprise customers get rather than every plan. > HeyGen maintains audit logs of user activity and administrative actions, giving enterprise customers visibility into how their accounts and data are being accessed and managed. > — https://www.heygen.com/security · Security Logs section **Single sign-on** · Partly — SAML single sign-on starts at the Business plan and is not available to Free, Creator or Pro buyers; Enterprise adds SCIM provisioning and enforced MFA. > SAML/ SSO > — https://www.heygen.com/pricing · Business plan card, 'Everything in Pro, plus' bullet list ## What happens to your code **Opt out of training** · Yes — Enterprise data is excluded from model training by default and everyone else can opt out, though non-enterprise opt-out is by emailing privacy rather than a setting. > Enterprise customers' data is excluded from AI model training by default. Non-enterprise customers may opt out at any time by contacting > — https://www.heygen.com/security · AI Model Training section **Data residency** · Partly — There is one jurisdiction only — the United States on AWS — with EU transfers covered by the Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses rather than local storage. > All HeyGen customer data is stored in the United States on AWS infrastructure. > — https://www.heygen.com/security · Data Residency section **Getting out** · Partly — Data return on termination is promised in a commonly used format but governed by contract terms rather than a self-serve export, and credit rollover is a paid-plan feature. > Upon termination of a customer's contract, HeyGen is committed to assisting in the return of all customer data in a commonly used format, as detailed in the contract terms. > — https://www.heygen.com/security · Return of Customer Data section **Certifications** · Yes — The vendor names SOC 2 Type II certification plus GDPR, CCPA, EU-US Data Privacy Framework and EU AI Act compliance, with reports available through a security portal. > HeyGen meets rigorous compliance requirements for global standards, including SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA, the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), and the EU AI Act. > — https://www.heygen.com/security · Introduction, third paragraph ## What changed - 2026-10-18 — Capabilities · Free tier · Price · Terms ## Keeping it current These facts are re-checked against HeyGen's own pages and updated when they change. 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