AI avatar API cost calculator

Estimate monthly avatar costs from subscription allowances, usage, and session charges. Keep USD and EUR separate.

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1,000 connected minutes in five-minute sessions. Full Avatar. Selected plans, with assumptions shown.

USD estimates

Selected plans. Taxes, preparation, and unlisted add-ons excluded.
Provider and planMonthly estimateCalculation
Anima FastPublished metered quote$99.83$0.00 plan + $99.83 usage + $0.00 starts1,000 billable min · 0 included · 200 sessionsUsage illustration. No recurring fee assumed; minimum billing, preparation, and Max pricing depend on the session quote. Source ↗
TavusBuilder monthly$347.75$59.00 plan + $288.75 usage + $0.00 starts1,000 billable min · 175 included · 200 sessions30-second minimum per session; duration rounded to the nearest six seconds. Recording add-ons excluded. Source ↗
AnamStarter monthly$164.00$12.00 plan + $152.00 usage + $0.00 starts1,000 billable min · 50 included · 200 sessionsBilled session time includes silence. Starter sessions last at most five minutes. Watermark retained. Source ↗
HeyGen LiveAvatarEssential monthly$184.50$99.00 plan + $85.50 usage + $0.00 starts1,000 billable min · 550 included · 200 sessions1,100 shared paid credits. Each estimate uses one mode only; allowances are alternatives. Proportional-minute estimate; partial-minute rounding is unspecified. Free credits excluded. Source ↗
LemonSliceStarter monthlyNot estimatedComplete hosted allowance and billing are not verified. Source ↗
SimliCurrent Trinity Hobby monthlyNot estimatedA matching complete-avatar tariff is not verified. Source ↗
Runway CharactersDeveloper metered quote$204.00$0.00 plan + $200.00 usage + $4.00 starts1,000 billable min · 0 included · 200 sessionsTwo credits per six seconds plus two credits per start. Calculator rounds partial chunks up as an explicit estimate. Native sessions have a five-minute cap; consumer subscription credits excluded. Source ↗

EUR estimates

Selected plans. Taxes, preparation, and unlisted add-ons excluded.
Provider and planMonthly estimateCalculation
Beyond PresenceStarter monthly€350.00€49.00 plan + €301.00 usage + €0.00 starts1,000 billable min · 140 included · 200 sessions14,000 shared credits. Managed and video allowances are alternatives. Proportional-minute estimate; partial-session rounding is unspecified. EUR retained. Source ↗

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Use connected session minutes, including silence where billed. The calculator splits your usage into sessions of the chosen length, with a shorter final session if needed. Session caps are checked against the selected plan. Allowances apply to one mode at a time.

Unspecified minimums, rounding, preparation, and custom-avatar costs are excluded or identified as assumptions. Video Only excludes your voice stack when its entered estimate is zero. D-ID and self-hosted compute totals need a separate quote or hardware budget.

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