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HeyGen Interactive Avatar vs Synthesia

Up to 4 models, normalised onto the same cost basis and scored through the lens you pick.

Cost of talking
Per minute$0.500EstimateNot conversational
Per hour$30.00
30-min interview$15.00
List price$0.5/minEstimatePlan-basedEstimate
Recruitment fit
Overall72/10055/100
VerdictGood for employer-brand content, weaker as a live interviewer than Tavus.Excellent for onboarding and policy video; structurally unable to do live screening.
Best for
Employer-brand videoMultilingual job adsOnboarding content
Onboarding modulesCompliance trainingCareers-page brand film
Watch out for
  • 1.2s latency is noticeable in live conversation
  • Stock faces can read as generic to candidates
  • No real-time path at all
  • Credit pricing makes per-candidate cost awkward to model
What it animates
Coverage
FaceFullFull
Lip-syncFullFull
Upper torsoFullFull
HandsPartialPartial
Full bodyPartialFull
Capabilities
Modalitiesavatar, videoavatar, video
Context window
VariantsInteractive, Studio (rendered)Studio
On HumanLikeNot yetNot yet
Published benchmarks
Lip-sync accuracy92%Estimate94%Estimate
Utterance-to-utterance latency1200 msEstimateminutesEstimate

Cost per hour assumes 150 wpm and a 40% AI speaking share. Hover a figure for its full derivation.