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MyPersonas® 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.

The short answer

Cheaper paid plan
Tavus — $20/mo vs $199/mo for MyPersonas®
Free plan
Only Tavus (MyPersonas® has paid plans only)
Public API
Tavus has one; not confirmed by us for MyPersonas®
Higher Trust score
Tavus — 95 vs 83 for MyPersonas®
Best fit
MyPersonas®: Companies where a handful of specialists get repetitive internal questions · Tavus: Product teams embedding live video agents into onboarding or support flows

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

MyPersonas®Creates an AI clone of a specific employee that answers routine questions for them in 160+ languages.TavusAPI and no-code platform for real-time video AI agents that see, hear and talk with a human face

Side by side

FactMyPersonas®Tavus
CategoryAI Agents & Autonomous WorkersAI Avatars & Talking Heads
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starts at$199/mo$20/mo
Public APINot confirmedYes
Trust score83 / 10095 / 100
PlatformsWebWeb, API
CompanyIgnite Enterprise Software Solutions, LLCTavus Inc.
Launched—2021
Last verifiedOct 15, 2026Oct 15, 2026

What our research says

MyPersonas®

MyPersonas is built for a narrow but real problem: the same few people at a company fielding the same questions over and over. It only makes financial sense once those interruptions are frequent enough to justify a monthly fee that starts at $199 for just one persona and 30 questions a day.

Pros

  • Escalates unresolved questions back to the real employee instead of guessing
  • Responds in 160+ languages
  • Clear tier structure from one persona up to enterprise-wide deployment

Cons

  • Professional tier caps out at 30 questions a day for one persona
  • Entry price of $199/month is steep for testing with a single employee
  • Business tier jumps sharply to $2,490/month for just three personas

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 MyPersonas® if you need

  • Companies where a handful of specialists get repetitive internal questions
  • Organizations wanting to pilot with one executive before wider rollout
  • Teams needing multilingual internal Q&A

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

MyPersonas® vs Tavus: the questions people ask

Is MyPersonas® cheaper than Tavus?

On published entry prices, Tavus starts lower — $20/mo against $199/mo for MyPersonas®. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does MyPersonas® or Tavus have a free tier?

Tavus has a free tier; MyPersonas® has paid plans only.

Which has a public API, MyPersonas® or Tavus?

Tavus ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for MyPersonas® is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.

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