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  "note": "Prices as published by the maker. Anything in estimates is Plainly's own rough comparison, not a maker price."
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    "slug": "deepbrain-ai",
    "name": "AI Studios by DeepBrain AI",
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    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/deepbrain-ai.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "akool",
    "name": "Akool",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/akool.json"
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   {
    "slug": "anam",
    "name": "Anam",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/anam.json"
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   {
    "slug": "azure-ai-speech",
    "name": "Azure AI Speech",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/azure-ai-speech.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "simli",
    "name": "Simli",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/simli.json"
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  {
   "field": "access",
   "url": "https://www.tavus.io/pricing",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "API plus a no-code platform listed on the Free plan."
  },
  {
   "field": "commercial_use",
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   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Terms assign ownership; no explicit commercial clause. s.6.4: you own generated media files; s.4.1 allows internal business use and building into your own products. Avatars themselves can't be used outside Tavus."
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  {
   "field": "licence",
   "url": "https://www.tavus.io/terms-of-service",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
   "note": null
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   "field": "lifecycle",
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   "confidence": "high",
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   "url": "https://docs.tavus.io/sections/replica/replica-training",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Training video must include a spoken consent statement by the person; docs don't say how it is checked. Voice cloning inferred from the consent script ('look and sound like me'). Terms s.6.2 also require written releases."
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  {
   "field": "made_by",
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   "confidence": "high",
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   "note": "Terms give a San Francisco, CA street address."
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  {
   "field": "modalities",
   "url": "https://docs.tavus.io/sections/replica/replica-training",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "low",
   "confidence_label": "Inferred or from a secondary source; needs review",
   "note": "Our inference: replicas speak from text or live conversation audio; not listed as modalities on the pages read."
  },
  {
   "field": "openness",
   "url": "https://www.tavus.io/terms-of-service",
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   "confidence": "high",
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   "field": "pricing",
   "url": "https://www.tavus.io/pricing",
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   "confidence": "medium",
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   "note": "Only '$' shown; USD assumed. Page showed two conflicting versions (older: Starter $59/100 min, Growth $397/1,250 min); newer one used. Enterprise is custom. No annual prices shown."
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  {
   "field": "skill_level",
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   "field": "trains_on_outputs",
   "url": "https://www.tavus.io/terms-of-service",
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   "confidence": "medium",
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   "field": "watermark",
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 "attribution": "Data from Plainly Guide (https://plainly.guide). Please credit Plainly with a link to the entry page when you use it."
}