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 "slug": "akool",
 "name": "Akool",
 "type": "tool",
 "type_label": "Tool",
 "summary": "A large web toolkit for AI video: talking presenters, talking photos, face swap (including live), video translation and voice cloning, plus picture and video makers that run many other companies' models. Paid by credits.",
 "areas": [
  {
   "id": "avatar",
   "label": "Talking presenters"
  },
  {
   "id": "video",
   "label": "Video"
  },
  {
   "id": "image",
   "label": "Pictures"
  },
  {
   "id": "voice",
   "label": "Voice and speech"
  }
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   "label": "A talking presenter, a presenter video from a script",
   "main": true
  },
  {
   "id": "make.avatar.talking_photo",
   "label": "A talking presenter, a talking version of a photo",
   "main": false
  },
  {
   "id": "make.avatar.interactive",
   "label": "A talking presenter, a presenter people can talk to live",
   "main": false
  },
  {
   "id": "make.avatar.digital_twin",
   "label": "A talking presenter, a digital twin of me",
   "main": false
  },
  {
   "id": "make.video.dub_lipsync",
   "label": "A video, in another language (dubbing with lip-sync)",
   "main": false
  },
  {
   "id": "make.video.edit_video",
   "label": "A video, by editing a video I have",
   "main": false
  },
  {
   "id": "make.video.from_description",
   "label": "A video, from a description",
   "main": false
  },
  {
   "id": "make.video.from_photo",
   "label": "A video, by bringing a photo to life",
   "main": false
  },
  {
   "id": "make.video.motion_transfer",
   "label": "A video, by copying movement from another video",
   "main": false
  },
  {
   "id": "make.voice.clone_my_voice",
   "label": "A voice or speech, a copy of my own voice",
   "main": false
  },
  {
   "id": "make.voice.read_aloud",
   "label": "A voice or speech, read my text aloud",
   "main": false
  },
  {
   "id": "make.voice.change_voice",
   "label": "A voice or speech, my voice sounding like someone else",
   "main": false
  },
  {
   "id": "make.picture.from_description",
   "label": "A picture, from a description",
   "main": false
  },
  {
   "id": "make.picture.edit_photo",
   "label": "A picture, by changing a photo I have",
   "main": false
  }
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  "text_to_video",
  "image_to_video",
  "video_to_video",
  "text_to_image",
  "image_to_image",
  "text_to_audio",
  "audio_to_audio"
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  "id": "closed",
  "label": "Closed",
  "explanation": "Only usable through the maker's app or API",
  "open_source": false
 },
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  "family": "proprietary",
  "family_label": "The maker's own terms",
  "name": "Akool Terms of Service",
  "url": "https://akool.com/terms-of-service"
 },
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  "headline": "with_conditions",
  "label": "Yes, with conditions",
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  "conditions": [
   {
    "id": "no_paid_ads",
    "label": "Not allowed in paid adverts"
   }
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  "rights_survive_cancel": null
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  "free_option": true,
  "free_tier": true,
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  "free_to_run_yourself": false,
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   "currency": "USD",
   "billed": "annually"
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   {
    "name": "Free",
    "price": 0,
    "currency": "USD",
    "period": "month",
    "billed": null,
    "price_text": "Free",
    "includes": [],
    "commercial_use": null,
    "note": null
   },
   {
    "name": "Starter (annual)",
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    "price_text": "$12 a month, billed yearly",
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      "unit_label": "credits",
      "quantity": 200,
      "per": "month"
     }
    ],
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    "note": "200 credits = about 100 Nano Banana Pro images or 20 Kling 3.0 videos"
   },
   {
    "name": "Pro (annual)",
    "price": 21,
    "currency": "USD",
    "period": "month",
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     {
      "unit": "credits",
      "unit_label": "credits",
      "quantity": 600,
      "per": "month"
     }
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    "note": "600 credits = about 300 Nano Banana Pro images or 60 Kling 3.0 videos"
   },
   {
    "name": "Pro Max (annual)",
    "price": 41.3,
    "currency": "USD",
    "period": "month",
    "billed": "annually",
    "price_text": "$41.30 a month, billed yearly",
    "includes": [
     {
      "unit": "credits",
      "unit_label": "credits",
      "quantity": 1200,
      "per": "month"
     }
    ],
    "commercial_use": null,
    "note": null
   },
   {
    "name": "Business (annual)",
    "price": 174.3,
    "currency": "USD",
    "period": "month",
    "billed": "annually",
    "price_text": "$174.30 a month, billed yearly",
    "includes": [
     {
      "unit": "credits",
      "unit_label": "credits",
      "quantity": 6000,
      "per": "month"
     }
    ],
    "commercial_use": null,
    "note": null
   }
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  "plans_complete": false,
  "estimates": [],
  "note": "Prices as published by the maker. Anything in estimates is Plainly's own rough comparison, not a maker price."
 },
 "access": {
  "routes": [
   {
    "id": "web_app",
    "label": "In your browser"
   },
   {
    "id": "vendor_api",
    "label": "Maker's own API"
   },
   {
    "id": "mobile_app",
    "label": "Phone app"
   }
  ],
  "platforms": [
   "web",
   "ios"
  ]
 },
 "skill_level": {
  "id": "no_setup",
  "label": "No setup"
 },
 "made_by": {
  "name": "Akool, Inc.",
  "country": "US"
 },
 "status": {
  "id": "active",
  "label": "Available"
 },
 "rights_and_safety": {
  "trains_on_your_work": "no",
  "watermark": [
   "visible"
  ],
  "copies_real_faces_or_voices": [
   {
    "kind": "face",
    "route": "instant avatar",
    "consent": "none"
   },
   {
    "kind": "face",
    "route": "face swap (photo, video, live)",
    "consent": "none"
   },
   {
    "kind": "face",
    "route": "talking photo",
    "consent": "none"
   },
   {
    "kind": "voice",
    "route": "voice clone",
    "consent": "none"
   }
  ],
  "limits": {
   "max_video_seconds": 600,
   "note": "Free plan: avatar videos up to 10 minutes, uploads up to 720p"
  }
 },
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   {
    "slug": "seedance",
    "name": "Seedance",
    "type": "model",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/seedance.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "qwen-image",
    "name": "Qwen-Image",
    "type": "model",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/qwen-image.json"
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  ],
  "uses_models_not_listed": [
   "Akool (own avatar model)",
   "Akool Image",
   "MiniMax H3",
   "Wan 3.0 / 2.7 / 2.6 / 2.5",
   "Kling 3.0 / 2.6 / 2.5",
   "Google Veo",
   "Sora",
   "Vidu Q3",
   "Grok Imagine",
   "PixVerse",
   "Nano Banana 2 / Pro",
   "Flux",
   "Seedream 5.0",
   "GPT Image 2.0",
   "Recraft"
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  "available_on": [],
  "hosts_models": [],
  "replaced_by": []
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  "for_task_label": "A talking presenter, a presenter video from a script",
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    "slug": "arcads",
    "name": "Arcads",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/arcads.json"
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    "slug": "argil",
    "name": "Argil",
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    "slug": "azure-ai-speech",
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    "slug": "captions-app",
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    "slug": "colossyan",
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    "slug": "creatify",
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    "slug": "heygen",
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    "slug": "invideo-ai",
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    "slug": "typecast",
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    "slug": "veed",
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    "slug": "vidnoz",
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    "slug": "vyond",
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   "field": "access",
   "url": "https://akool.com/",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "iOS app inferred from an App Store tag on the homepage; Android not mentioned. Also an MCP command-line tool."
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  {
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   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Terms s.4.2: you keep rights in outputs for any lawful use and are asked to disclose AI use. s.2.4: Akool's stock avatars can't go in paid social ads, TV or NFTs without written consent. Pricing labels Starter-Pro Max 'Personal' and Business 'Business' licence, undefined."
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  {
   "field": "licence",
   "url": "https://akool.com/terms-of-service",
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   "field": "lifecycle",
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   "confidence": "high",
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  {
   "field": "likeness_cloning",
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   "confidence": "low",
   "confidence_label": "Inferred or from a secondary source; needs review",
   "note": "No consent or identity check described in terms or on the homepage; s.10 makes you responsible for releases and s.2.3 bans impersonation. Trust and Safety and biometric notice pages not read."
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  {
   "field": "limits",
   "url": "https://akool.com/pricing",
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   "confidence": "medium",
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   "field": "made_by",
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   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
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  {
   "field": "modalities",
   "url": "https://akool.com/",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": null
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  {
   "field": "openness",
   "url": "https://akool.com/terms-of-service",
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   "confidence": "high",
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  {
   "field": "pricing",
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   "confidence": "medium",
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   "field": "skill_level",
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   "url": "https://akool.com/",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
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   "url": "https://akool.com/terms-of-service",
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   "confidence": "high",
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   "field": "watermark",
   "url": "https://akool.com/pricing",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
   "note": "Free plan: full-screen watermark; removed on all paid plans."
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