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Liveface vs HeyGen

HeyGen and Liveface both put a talking face in front of your audience, but they solve different problems. HeyGen is best known as an AI video platform: you write a script and it produces a video. Liveface is a live avatar that lives on your website and says whatever your site tells it, in real time.

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A portrait with the face mesh traced over it: one photo becomes a face that talks

At a glance

	Liveface	HeyGen
What you get	A live avatar on your web page	Generated videos; also interactive avatars
Made from	One photo	Stock avatars, or your own recorded footage or photo
Changing what it says	Change the text: it speaks at once	Generate a new video
Where it runs	Animated in the visitor's browser	Rendered by HeyGen
Website embed	One script tag, JavaScript API	Video embeds; interactive avatar SDK
Best for	Website greeters, assistants, tutors, chatbot faces	Marketing, training and social videos, video translation

Based on each product's public description in October 2026. Check HeyGen's site for its current plans and features.

When to choose HeyGen

Choose HeyGen when the output is a video: an ad, a training module, a social post, or a video translated into other languages, with a large library of stock avatars and editing tools.

When to choose Liveface

Choose Liveface when the avatar should live on your website and respond in the moment: greeting visitors, reading answers from your chatbot, explaining a product in the visitor's language. It is made from a single photo and added with one script tag.

Real-time vs video avatars → Liveface vs D-ID →

Questions

Is Liveface a HeyGen alternative?

For a talking avatar on your website, yes. For producing videos, HeyGen is the better fit: Liveface does not render videos for export as its main product.

Can I try Liveface for free?

Liveface is in beta and free to try: an organization can make two avatars with the built-in voices. Access is approved by hand, usually within 48 hours.

Make your own talking avatar

Upload a photo, choose a voice and hear it speak. Free during the beta.

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Updated 2026-10-27