HeyGen vs Captions
HeyGen is an AI video platform for presenter videos with AI avatars and translation; Captions is an AI video editor for talking videos with AI actors, a chat-based editor and clipping. Captions is cheaper to start: Captions Max costs USD 24.99 a month, HeyGen Creator USD 29 a month.
Choose HeyGen for presenter-style training, sales and translated videos with a digital person, and Captions for people who record themselves talking and post several clips a week. If you need mobile apps, desktop apps and browser games as well, Siteglade, an autonomous AI agent with its own computer in the cloud, is a third option.
This comparison is published by Siteglade. Facts about other products come from their own pages, read on October 27, 2026 and linked under sources.
The comparison in one table
No winner is picked here. The cells repeat what HeyGen and Captions say about themselves, and "Not listed" marks what their pricing pages leave out.
| HeyGen | Captions | Siteglade | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paid plans | Creator USD 29 a month; Pro USD 49 a month; Business USD 149 a month | Max USD 24.99 a month; Frontier from USD 69.99 a month | Pro USD 14.99, Plus USD 34.99, Max USD 69.99 a month |
| Free plan | A Free plan with one custom video avatar and 500+ ready-made presenters | Not stated | Free plan with 1,500 credits a month and 3 projects |
| Videos | Yes | Yes | Yes |
What sets HeyGen and Captions apart
HeyGen and Captions are both AI video tools, so they compete for the same job. Both HeyGen and Captions list videos and avatar videos. Only Captions lists short clips from long videos. Only HeyGen lists a free option, a Free plan with one custom video avatar and 500+ ready-made presenters; the pricing page of Captions does not mention one.
Pricing: HeyGen vs Captions
HeyGen's paid plans: Creator USD 29 a month (600 credits); Pro USD 49 a month (1,000 credits) and Business USD 149 a month.
Captions's paid plans: Max USD 24.99 a month (500 credits a month) and Frontier from USD 69.99 a month (1,400 credits a month). Captions is built around videos of people talking, and its pricing page states that the listed prices are for its iOS plans.
Credits are counted differently by each product, so run one real task in both before you decide.
Where HeyGen is stronger
Creator includes a custom video avatar with your own voice and likeness and 175+ languages and dialects. Videos export in 1080p from Creator. Creator credits roll over for one month.
Where Captions is stronger
It generates B-roll, music, sound effects and images inside the editor. Max turns a long video into a batch of post-ready clips.
A third option: Siteglade
Neither HeyGen nor Captions lists mobile apps, desktop apps, browser games and presentations on its pricing page. Siteglade does. Mobile apps for iPhone and Android are built with Expo, previewed in a phone frame and opened on your own phone by QR code, on every plan including Free.
Where Captions edits the talking videos you record, Siteglade writes and produces the video from a brief and adds the website, deck or app around it; it does not make AI avatars. Every task runs in a sandbox on servers in the EU, and code can be exported on every plan.
Frequently asked questions
Is HeyGen better than Captions?
Neither is better for everything. HeyGen suits presenter-style training, sales and translated videos with a digital person; Captions suits people who record themselves talking and post several clips a week.
Which is cheaper, HeyGen or Captions?
Captions is cheaper to start: Captions Max costs USD 24.99 a month, HeyGen Creator USD 29 a month.
Is there an alternative to both HeyGen and Captions?
Siteglade, an autonomous AI agent with its own computer in the cloud. It delivers mobile apps, desktop apps, browser games and presentations as well, with a Free plan with 1,500 credits a month and 3 projects.