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BHuman vs Tavus

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. BHuman starts at $39, Tavus at $20. Both have a free tier. Both ship a public API.

BHumanRecord one video and generate a personalised copy for every name on your listTavusAPI and no-code platform for real-time video AI agents that see, hear and talk with a human face

Side by side

FactBHumanTavus
CategoryAI Avatars & Talking HeadsAI Avatars & Talking Heads
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$39 month$20 month
Public APIYesYes
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CompanyBHuman Technologies Inc.Tavus, Inc.
Launched—2021
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

BHuman

The record-once, personalise-many model keeps a real person on screen, which usually lands better than a fully synthetic presenter, and the Speakeasy mode covers cases where nobody wants to record at all. The catch is that credits are shared across both modes and API access is locked to the top tier, so the economics only work if you know your volume in advance.

Pros

  • Personalisation covers the spoken name plus images, links and landing pages
  • Speakeasy generates a presenter and script when there is nothing to record
  • Free tier of 15 credits is enough to judge lip-sync quality
  • Wide integration surface including Zapier, HubSpot and Pabbly

Cons

  • API access is restricted to the $150 Ultimate plan
  • Credits are shared between personalised video and Speakeasy, so heavy use of one starves the other
  • The published terms of service date back to 2022 and predate the current product

Tavus

One of the few vendors selling real-time face-to-face AI conversation as an API rather than prerecorded avatar clips, and the free tier lets you test the latency yourself. Budget carefully: per-minute conversation pricing plus per-replica fees add up quickly, and humanlike agents raise consent and disclosure questions your legal team should own.

Pros

  • Real-time conversational video via a documented API, not just batch rendering
  • No-code PAL Maker covers non-developer teams
  • Free tiers on both the developer API and the consumer product
  • White-label options and an enterprise compliance path

Cons

  • Per-minute and per-replica costs escalate with usage
  • Consumer PAL plans cap call minutes fairly low
  • Realistic cloned humans require explicit consent management

Which one fits

Choose BHuman if you need

  • Outbound teams sending video at list scale rather than one at a time
  • Lifecycle marketing that needs named onboarding or renewal clips
  • Anyone with an existing CSV of prospects and no video production budget

Choose Tavus if you need

  • Product teams embedding live video agents into onboarding or support flows
  • Sales sites greeting visitors with an interactive persona
  • Learning-and-development roleplay and interview practice at scale

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