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Tavus CVI vs HeyGen Interactive Avatar

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

Tavus logo
Tavus CVI
Tavus
HeyGen logo
HeyGen Interactive Avatar
HeyGen
Cost of talking
Per minute$1.00Estimate$0.500Estimate
Per hour$60.00$30.00
30-min interview$30.00$15.00
List price$1/minEstimate$0.5/minEstimate
Recruitment fit
Overall90/10072/100
VerdictThe most complete option for conversational screening — the perception layer is worth the premium when a real person is on the other end.Good for employer-brand content, weaker as a live interviewer than Tavus.
Best for
First-round conversational screeningEmployer-brand videos personalised per candidateProctored assessments where attention signals matter
Employer-brand videoMultilingual job adsOnboarding content
Watch out for
  • At roughly $1/min it is 200× the cost of Homo 1 — model your per-interview cost before committing
  • Recording a candidate’s webcam raises consent and data-retention obligations; several jurisdictions require explicit notice for automated video assessment
  • A trained replica of a real employee needs that employee’s written consent
  • 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, video, speechavatar, video
Context window——
VariantsPhoenix-3 (render), Raven-0 (perception), Sparrow-0 (turn-taking), Hummingbird-0 (lip-sync)Interactive, Studio (rendered)
On HumanLikeAI Personas, InterviewNot yet
HumanLike evals
Wired into HumanLike avatarsYes — face_id providerOur eval—
Published benchmarks
Lip-sync accuracy90%Estimate92%Estimate
Utterance-to-utterance latency1000 msEstimate1200 msEstimate

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