How many credits does a HeyGen video cost?
It depends on the model: HeyGen charges 20 credits per minute of Avatar IV or V video, 3 credits per minute on the older Avatar III, 5 for video translation, and 20 for Video Agent runs — all from one shared pool. So a 5-minute Avatar-V video costs 100 credits (a sixth of Creator's monthly 600), while the same video on Avatar III costs 15. Verified on heygen.com/pricing, Jul 3, 2026.
The per-model spread is the entire budgeting game. Creator's 600 monthly credits at $29 buy about 30 minutes of flagship Avatar V — roughly $0.97 per finished minute — or 200 minutes of Avatar III. The working pattern that saves real money: draft and iterate on Avatar III at 3 credits a minute, then render the final take on V.
Remember the retake tax: every re-render bills its minutes again. Re-rendering a 5-minute Avatar-V video three times burns 300 credits — half a Creator month — which is why the most repeated pricing complaint in our G2/Trustpilot check is credit burn, not the sticker price.
Convert any credit amount or plan pool into minutes by model in our HeyGen credits calculator, or see the full plan ladder in the HeyGen pricing breakdown.
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- HeyGen pricing - free-tier limits, credit allowances and watermark-removal tier
Keep going
- HeyGen credits calculator — Credits → minutes on Avatar V, Avatar III and translation.
- HeyGen pricing (2026) — The full plan ladder, rollover rules and the retake tax.
- HeyGen review — Verified profile: where it wins, where it wobbles.