Prices checked October 2026
Creatify vs HeyGen
Two AI ad tools people compare before they buy. Here is what one video ad costs on each, what each does well, and who should pick which.
Price per video ad
Monthly list prices. One finished video ad is the unit.
| Product | Plan | Monthly | Video ads / mo | $ per video ad |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creatify | Standard55 credits; $10/mo billed yearly | $15 | 11 | $1.36 |
| Creatify | Pro280 credits; $38/mo billed yearly | $55 | 56 | $0.98 |
| Creatify | Max730 credits; $66/mo billed yearly | $95 | 146 | $0.65 |
| HeyGen | Creator600 credits; Video Agent is 80 credits/min, so 20 credits per 15-second ad. Plain Avatar IV talking heads would be ~77. $24/mo billed yearly | $29 | 30 | $0.97 |
| HeyGen | Pro1,000 credits at 20 credits per 15-second Video Agent ad; ~129 plain Avatar IV clips | $49 | 50 | $0.98 |
| HeyGen | Business1,500 credits at 20 credits per 15-second Video Agent ad; +$20 per extra seat | $149 | 75 | $1.99 |
"Video ads / mo" is the vendor's stated video count, or monthly credits divided by the cost of one video. Sources: Creatify pricing page, HeyGen pricing page.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Creatify | HeyGen |
|---|---|---|
| Portrait 9:16 video ads | ✓ | ✓ |
| Learns brand from URL | ✓ | URL to video |
| Competitor + Reddit research | Pro | — |
| Multiple ad formats (16) | Partial | Partial |
| AI creators that post daily | — | — |
| Reels / TikTok / Shorts scheduler | — | — |
| Launches Meta ads | Partial | — |
| Winner / loser learning loop | Pro | — |
| API + MCP | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free trial without card | ✓ | Free plan |
| Photoreal AI actor library | ✓ | 700+ stock avatars |
| Your own face in ads | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remix any winning ad from a link | — | — |
| Never trains on your data | — | — |
Which should you pick?
Pick Creatify if you want: Large actor library; About $1 per 15-second avatar video on yearly plans; Free tier with watermark.
Pick HeyGen if you want: Very realistic avatars and digital twins; Translation with lip-sync in 175+ languages; Free plan (3 watermarked videos a month) and a public API.
Creatify is a solid ad-creative tool for paid media teams, and on yearly billing its avatar videos cost about the same per clip as Addy's. The difference is scope: Addy writes the concepts from your website, renders 16 formats beyond talking avatars, and posts to Reels, TikTok and Shorts with a learning loop. Both have an actor library and let you use your own face; only Addy remixes a winning ad from a link. If you want an avatar library for paid ads, Creatify is a good pick. If you want organic Reels plus ads from one agent, Addy.
Prefer ads made and posted for you? See Addy vs Creatify and Addy vs HeyGen. More head-to-heads: Arcads vs Creatify, Arcads vs HeyGen, Creatify vs Icon, Creatify vs MakeUGC, Creatify vs Superscale, Creatify vs ReelFarm, Creatify vs Tagshop AI, Creatify vs Captions, Creatify vs Topview, Creatify vs Zeely, Creatify vs Billo, Icon vs HeyGen, MakeUGC vs HeyGen, Superscale vs HeyGen, ReelFarm vs HeyGen, Tagshop AI vs HeyGen, HeyGen vs Captions, HeyGen vs Topview, HeyGen vs Zeely, HeyGen vs Billo, or the 2026 pricing guide.
How we compared
- Prices are each vendor's public monthly list price in US dollars, last checked October 26, 2026. Yearly-billing discounts are noted next to the plan where the vendor publishes them.
- Cost per video ad is the monthly price divided by how many short portrait video ads the plan buys. When a vendor sells credits or minutes, we convert at its published rate; when it publishes no rate, we use third-party reports and label the figure as reported.
- Features come from each vendor's own site and docs. A dash means we could not confirm a feature, not that it is missing.
- Addy is our product. To keep that from tilting the page, tools are listed alphabetically, Addy is scored on the same criteria, and its limits are published on the facts page.
- Something out of date? Tell us on the contact page and we will correct the page and its date.
Sources
- Creatify: official pricing page, checked October 2026.
- HeyGen: official pricing page, checked October 2026 (prices from vendor pricing page; credit rates from HeyGen help center).
- Addy pricing: our own plans, updated whenever prices change.
Questions
+Is Creatify or HeyGen cheaper?
Creatify, on list prices checked October 2026: about $0.65 per video ad on its best-value plan versus about $0.97 on HeyGen. Check what each counts as one video before comparing; some tools count statics or slideshows.
+What is the main difference between Creatify and HeyGen?
Creatify: AI ad generator with 300+ AI actors and a performance agent. HeyGen: AI avatar video platform with digital twins, translation and a prompt-to-video agent.
+Is there an alternative to both Creatify and HeyGen?
Addy learns your brand from your website, writes hooks you approve, renders 15-second portrait video ads from 99¢ and posts them to Reels, TikTok and Shorts. The first ad is free, no card.
+Where do these numbers come from?
Each vendor's own pricing page or, where a vendor does not publish one, third-party reports, checked October 2026. Email hello@use-addy.site if something is out of date.