HeyGen vs Midjourney
A side-by-side look at HeyGen and Midjourney: what each costs to start, whether there is a free plan, how easy they are to pick up, and which features and integrations they cover.
Which should you choose?
Choose HeyGen if
- Marketers producing multilingual product and ad videos
- Sales teams sending personalized outreach videos at volume
- Developers embedding avatar generation into their own apps
Choose Midjourney if
- Illustrators, concept artists and designers producing stylized imagery
- Marketers who need distinctive visuals and can work without exact text rendering
- Hobbyists who value quality over integration
Cheapest to start
Not confirmed
Free plan
HeyGen
Highest editor rating
HeyGen · 4.5
| Compare | HeyGen |
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| Free plan | Yes |
| Free trial | No |
| Starting price | From $29/mo |
| Editor rating | 4.5 |
| Ease of use | Very easy (5/5) |
| Category | Video |
| Pricing model | Free plan with a few short watermarked videos per month; Creator is $29/month billed monthly (about $24/month annually); Pro is $49/month; Business is $149/month plus $20 per additional seat; Enterprise is custom. |
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| Platforms | Web, iOS, API |
| Integrations | Canva, Make, Zapier |
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| AI avatars | Yes |
| AI content generation | Yes |
| AI voiceover | Yes |
| API access | Yes |
| Auto subtitles & captions | Yes |
| Brand kit | Yes |
| Import & export | No |
| Multi-language support | Yes |
| Photo editing | No |
| Real-time collaboration | Yes |
| SSO / SAML | Yes |
| Templates | Yes |
| Text to video | Yes |
Common questions
- Does HeyGen or Midjourney have a free plan?
- HeyGen has a free plan. Midjourney does not.
- Which is easier to use, HeyGen or Midjourney?
- In VERILO's editorial assessment HeyGen is the easier of the two, scoring 5 out of 5 against 3 for Midjourney. That is a judgement about how quickly a new team gets productive, not a measured benchmark.