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At a glance

Price
from 59 $/mo
Vendor
Tavus

Specifications & properties

Key decision factors

Pricing model
Freemium 1
Generation modes
  • Avatar presenter
1

Pricing

Price from
59 $/mo 1
Free tier
Yes 1

Integration

API available
Yes 1

Capabilities

Voices/avatars
100 avatars 1
Supported languages
30 languages 1
Report data / suggest a correction

Metrics vs. the category

Max clip length
n/a
Voices/avatars
100 avatars Category max 2,000 avatars (8 with data)
Supported languages
30 languages Category max 175 languages (15 with data)

Tavus is an API-first platform for conversational AI video, providing real-time avatar (replica) interactions through its Conversational Video Interface. It offers a free tier and paid subscriptions.

Profile

Tavus is an API-first platform for conversational AI video, built by Tavus, that lets developers embed real-time, two-way avatar ("replica") interactions into their own products through its Conversational Video Interface (CVI). Rather than a studio for producing pre-rendered clips, Tavus is infrastructure: you call its developer APIs to spin up a live avatar that can see, hear, and respond to a user on video in real time.

Who builds it

Tavus is developed by Tavus, a company focused specifically on real-time conversational video rather than one-way script-to-video generation. Its core product, the Conversational Video Interface, powers use cases like AI interviewers, sales agents, and support avatars that hold an actual back-and-forth video conversation, not just narrate a script. Tavus also ships a consumer-facing app called PALs, on separate pricing, that showcases the same conversational-replica technology to end users.

Core features

  • Conversational Video Interface (CVI), the core capability for building two-way, real-time avatar conversations rather than pre-rendered narration.
  • Stock and custom replicas, with access to 100+ stock replicas across paid tiers and the ability to build custom ones.
  • Full developer API suite plus a no-code portal, so teams can integrate CVI programmatically or configure it without writing code.
  • 1080p video delivery on paid developer tiers.
  • 30+ supported languages for conversational replicas.
  • Whitelabeled APIs, letting Enterprise customers present a fully white-labeled conversational-video experience.

Pricing

Tavus runs two separate pricing tracks: Developer plans (the API platform) and PALs (its consumer app). On the Developer track:

  • Basic (Free): $0/month, 25 minutes of AI conversational video per month, access to 25 stock replicas.
  • Starter: $59/month, 100 minutes of AI conversational video per month, 1080p delivery, no watermark.
  • Growth: $397/month, 1,250 minutes per month.
  • Business: $975/month, 4,000 minutes per month.
  • Enterprise: custom pricing with whitelabeled APIs.

Usage is metered in conversation minutes rather than sold as flat per-video credits, and per-conversation length is capped by tier (roughly 5 minutes on Basic, 15 minutes on Starter, effectively unlimited from Growth upward).

Who it's for

Tavus targets developers and product teams building conversational AI experiences that need to look and feel like a live video call: AI interviewing and hiring tools, sales and customer-support agents that talk face-to-face with users, and healthcare, education, or coaching products that want a responsive on-screen presence instead of a chatbot. The free Basic plan lets a developer prototype CVI integration end to end before committing to a paid tier, while Starter and above add higher-fidelity 1080p output, longer per-conversation limits, and, at Enterprise, a fully white-labeled deployment.

Frequently asked questions

What does Tavus cost?

Tavus's Developer plans run from a free Basic tier up to Business at $975/month. Basic is $0/month for 25 minutes of AI conversational video, Starter is $59/month for 100 minutes, Growth is $397/month for 1,250 minutes, and Business is $975/month for 4,000 minutes; Enterprise is custom-priced. Usage is metered in conversation minutes rather than a flat per-video price.

Is Tavus free, and does the free plan add a watermark?

Yes, the Basic Developer plan is free at $0/month with 25 minutes of conversational video per month and access to 25 stock replicas. Starter ($59/month) explicitly lists "no watermark" as a feature that Basic does not list, which indicates free-tier output is watermarked — confirm the current wording on the pricing page if this matters for your use case.

What is the maximum resolution and conversation length in Tavus?

Paid Developer tiers deliver video at 1080p. Per-conversation length is capped by plan: about 5 minutes on Basic, 15 minutes on Starter, and effectively unlimited ("Maximum") from Growth and Business upward, subject to the plan's total monthly minute allowance.

Can I use Tavus conversational video commercially?

Tavus's pricing page doesn't publish a plain-language commercial-use grant, and its terms instead focus on consent: creating a custom replica requires the explicit, informed consent of the person depicted, and customers are responsible for obtaining the rights needed for any content and voices they submit. For a commercial deployment, review Tavus's Acceptable Use Policy and Terms of Service directly rather than assuming blanket commercial rights from the pricing page alone.

Does Tavus have an API?

Yes — Tavus is built API-first. Every Developer tier, including the free Basic plan, includes "full access to our suite of developer APIs, as well as no-code portal," with Enterprise adding whitelabeled APIs for a fully branded deployment.

Tavus vs. Synthesia — which avatar video tool should I pick?

Tavus is an API-first platform for real-time, two-way conversational avatars (from a free tier, then $59/month for 100 minutes at 1080p), built for developers embedding live avatar interactions into their own product. Synthesia is a script-to-video studio for one-way, pre-rendered presenter videos, with a free Basic plan and paid tiers from $18/month (annual) that add API access from Creator upward. Pick Tavus if you need a live, responsive video conversation; pick Synthesia if you need polished, pre-scripted presenter videos at scale. Confirm current numbers on each vendor's own pricing page.