Tool · Talking presenters, Video

Tavus

Builds AI video presenters, mostly for developers: a lifelike face you can hold a live video conversation with, or videos read from a script. You can train a copy of yourself from a short recorded video. Free tier for testing.

Go to Tavus’s website

At a glance

Open or closed: Closed
Only usable through the maker's app or API
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Licence: Tavus Terms of Service (The maker's own terms)
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Can I sell what I make?: Yes
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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Cost: Free option: 20 minutes of conversational video a month with stock faces (developer Free plan).
Plans below.
How you use it: In your browser, Maker's own API
API plus a no-code platform listed on the Free plan.
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Skill needed: Some setup
Our judgement: aimed at developers building apps; consumer 'PALs' need no setup.
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Made by: Tavus Inc. (US)
Terms give a San Francisco, CA street address.
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Status: Available
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What you can make with it

A talking presenter, a presenter people can talk to live (main use)
A talking presenter, a digital twin of me
A talking presenter, a presenter video from a script

text to videoaudio to video

Pricing centres on conversational video (CVI) minutes; script-to-video generation is mentioned only as an overage rate on an older version of the page and in replica docs.

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Plans and prices

Plan	Price	Includes
Free	Free	20 minutes of audio or video a month
Starter	$22 a month	60 minutes of audio or video a month
Builder	$59 a month	175 minutes of audio or video a month Extra minutes $0.35 each.
Growth	$397 a month	1,300 minutes of audio or video a month Extra minutes $0.31 each.
Business	$975 a month	4,000 minutes of audio or video a month Extra minutes $0.26 each.
PALs Plus	$20 a month	150 minutes of audio or video a month
PALs Max	$50 a month	500 minutes of audio or video a month

Some plans are not listed here; see the source for the full list.

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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Rough cost of 1 minute of presenter video: about $0.34 / £0.25 (estimate, worked out by Plainly, not a price the maker publishes). $59 / 175 included conversational minutes = $0.337 a minute. GBP at 0.75. Live conversation minutes, not rendered video.

Rights and safety

Trains on your work?: The terms don't say clearly
No explicit mention of model training; s.6.5 grants a perpetual licence to use your content to maintain and improve Tavus' products.
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Watermark: No watermark
Paid developer plans list 'No watermark'; Free plan watermark not stated.
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Real faces and voices: Copies a real face (personal replica (video training)), checks the person's consent
Copies a real voice (personal replica (video training)), checks the person's consent
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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About this entry

Facts last checked 12 Oct 2026 against the maker’s own pages (each fact links to its source). Entry status: draft. Plain-English summary written by Plainly.