D-ID vs Hedra
A spec-by-spec comparison of D-ID and Hedra: pricing, free tier, clip length, resolution, watermark, commercial use and API access.
| D-ID | Hedra | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan · from $5.9/mo | from $20/mo |
| Free tier | 14-day trial: up to 3 min of video and 10 min of streaming, full-screen watermark | |
| Max clip length | Up to 30 min per video | |
| Max resolution | ||
| Watermark on free plan | Yes | |
| Commercial use | Pro plan and above (Trial and Lite are personal-use) | Paid plans |
| Developer API | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | No | No |
D-ID animates photos and videos into speaking avatars and offers conversational 'visual agents' that can be embedded on websites. Its Creative Reality Studio and API share one minute balance, and it also does video translation. It fits developers and businesses building interactive avatar experiences as well as quick talking-head clips.
- Very low entry price for the Lite plan
- Web Studio and API draw from the same minute balance
- Interactive agents and streaming avatars for real-time use
- Lite plan keeps a D-ID logo and is personal-use only
- Video length rounded up to 15-second increments when billing
- Unused minutes do not roll over
Hedra started as a tool for expressive talking-head and character videos driven by audio (its Character models) and now also runs a multimodal inference platform. Hedra Studio offers credit-based monthly plans for video, image and audio generation. The usage-based API covers video generation, avatars and lip-sync, upscaling, speech and LLMs. It suits creators making dialogue-driven character clips and developers who need avatar or lip-sync generation through an API.
- Every Studio plan from Basic ($20/mo, 2,000 credits) includes commercial use
- Video credits are charged by the actual generated length (e.g. 10 seconds, not a full minute)
- Prepaid API from about 2.5 cents per second for avatar/lip-sync, with no subscription or minimum
- No free Studio plan is listed; after cancelling, only limited watermarked generations remain
- Basic plan has slower generation speeds
- Monthly subscription credits do not roll over (credit-pack credits do)
Specs last verified 2026-10-23 (D-ID) and 2026-10-23 (Hedra). See each tool page for sources.