HeyGen Video

According to a MindStudio pricing analysis dated October 2, 2026, HeyGen Video is HeyGen's first general-purpose video generation model, positioned as a budget-friendly alternative rather than a flagship cinematic model. Launch pricing through end of October runs 1 cent per second for 480p output and roughly 1.5 cents per second for 768p, both at a 50% discount, with regular rates of 2 cents and about 3 cents per second respectively after the sale ends. Access is API-first at launch, with ComfyUI integration and a native HeyGen web interface planned as later additions. The post characterizes the model as a fine-tune on top of Minimax H3 rather than a model trained from scratch, implying its output behavior will closely track other H3 fine-tunes already circulating in the market. The pitch centers on speed and cost rather than top-tier fidelity.

HeyGen's official developer catalog for HeyGen Video 1.0 documents a prompt-to-video general-purpose model with per-second list pricing of $0.03/s at 768p with audio. Its Arena Elo is normalized to 1000, ahead of Seedance 2.0 (955), H3 Max (952), H3 Max Turbo (920), H3 Max balanced (860), Kling 3.0 Pro (857) and Veo 3.1 (744). In inference benchmarks it renders a 10-second image-to-video clip in 3.7 seconds, faster than H3 Max Turbo (4.1s) and H3 Max (8.3s). Per-axis quality scores for HeyGen Video include True to image 65%, Follows prompt 62%, Natural motion 63%, Timing 66%, Physics 59%, Camera motion 47%, Consistency 43%, Detail 46%, Sound and voices 57%, Music 45%, and No extras 57%, drawn from 16 to 115 ranked answers. The catalog lists the model alongside H3 Max, H3 Max Turbo, Seedance 2.0, Kling 3.0 Pro and Veo 3.1 on a price-versus-quality scatter, positioning it as the highest-rated entry on both axes.