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HumanLike Homo 1 vs HeyGen Interactive Avatar

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

Cost of talking
Per minute$0.0050$0.500Estimate
Per hour$0.300$30.00
30-min interview$0.150$15.00
List price$0.005/minPublished$0.5/minEstimate
Recruitment fit
Overall88/10072/100
VerdictThe cost floor for candidate-facing video — cheap enough to leave running on every job page, not just the interview.Good for employer-brand content, weaker as a live interviewer than Tavus.
Best for
Job-page avatarsCandidate FAQ and chatHigh-volume first contact
Employer-brand videoMultilingual job adsOnboarding content
Watch out for
  • No visual perception layer — it does not see the candidate the way Tavus Raven does
  • Proctoring and attention signals need a separate component
  • 1.2s latency is noticeable in live conversation
  • Stock faces can read as generic to candidates
What it animates
Coverage
FaceFullFull
Lip-syncFullFull
Upper torsoPartialFull
HandsNonePartial
Full bodyNonePartial
Capabilities
Modalitiesavatar, videoavatar, video
Context window
VariantsReal-timeInteractive, Studio (rendered)
On HumanLikeHomo, AI Personas, InterviewNot yet
Published benchmarks
Lip-sync accuracy99%Our eval92%Estimate
End-to-end latency300 msOur eval1200 msEstimate

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