Ease of use
8.3
Onboarding, navigation, and day-to-day workflow friction.
AI Video Generators
D-ID
Digital humans for avatar videos, real-time visual agents, and API-driven video workflows
Pricing: From $4.70/mo billed annually. Best for Building real-time visual agents for support, training, sales, or guided customer experiences and Creating repeatable avatar videos, multilingual explainers, and translated presenter content.
Tool score: 8.6 / 10
D-ID Studio subscriptionFrom $4.70/moD-ID API plansFrom $14.40/moEnterprise salesCustom
14-day trial
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Tool score
8.6
/ 10Value for money
8.0
How much practical capability the product delivers for the price.
Features
8.9
Breadth, polish, and depth across the core product surface.
Support
8.2
Docs, help channels, and how easily issues get resolved.
Overview
Bottom line
D-ID is a generative AI video and digital-human platform for creating avatar-led videos, real-time visual agents, and developer-embedded video experiences. It combines a web Studio, AI avatars, voice and translation workflows, knowledge-connected agents, and API/SDK access so teams can turn scripts, images, audio, video, files, or URLs into human-facing video interactions. It works best for marketers, learning teams, customer-facing product teams, and developers that want a digital person as the interface rather than a rendered clip alone. The main caveat is that usage is minutes-based: videos, agents, translation, and API work draw from plan allowances, unused minutes do not roll over, and watermark control depends on the route selected. Start with Studio when a team needs repeatable avatar videos and lightweight agents, move to API plans for embedded or streaming workflows, and involve sales for custom avatars, enterprise controls, and larger deployment commitments.
Pricing
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Pricing routes
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App subscriptionPrimary
D-ID Studio subscription
From $4.70/mo
Self-serve Studio route for video generation, visual agents, translation, campaigns, and API use from a shared monthly minute balance.
Direct API
D-ID API plans
From $14.40/mo
Developer route for generating videos, agents, and streaming avatars with plan-based video and streaming minute allowances.
Enterprise sales
Enterprise sales
Custom
Custom route for larger rollouts that need enterprise security, team collaboration, custom avatars, custom minutes, and success support.
Trial
$0/mo
Annual billing: $0/mo ($0 billed yearly)
Usage: 14-day trial; 3 min for Videos, Agents, Video Translate & API
Lite
$5.90/mo
Annual billing: $4.70/mo ($56.40 billed yearly)
Usage: 10 min/mo for Videos, Agents, Video Translate & API
API Build
$18/mo
Annual billing: $14.40/mo ($172.80 billed yearly)
Usage: Up to 16 min video or 32 min streaming video
Pro
$29/mo
Annual billing: $15.95/mo ($191.40 billed yearly)
Usage: 15 min/mo for Videos, Agents, Video Translate & API
API Launch
$50/mo
Annual billing: $35/mo ($420 billed yearly)
Usage: Up to 45 min video or 90 min streaming video
Advanced
$196/mo
Annual billing: $108/mo ($1,296 billed yearly)
Usage: 100 min/mo for Videos, Agents, Video Translate & API
API Scale
$198/mo
Annual billing: $138.60/mo ($1,663.20 billed yearly)
Usage: Up to 200 min video or 400 min streaming video
Enterprise
Custom quote or bundled pricing
Usage: Custom video, Campaigns, Agents, and API minutes
API Enterprise
Custom quote or bundled pricing
Usage: Custom video and streaming video minutes
Capabilities
Input types
text, image, audio, video, file, url
Output types
video, audio, text
Supported platforms
Web
Delivery modes
Web app, Mobile app, API, SDK
Company context
Company
D-ID
Founded
2017
Headquarters
Tel Aviv, Israel
Category
AI Video Generators
Recent updates
Changelog snapshot
feature
April 21, 2026D-ID described Agentic Videos as a bridge between video and conversational AI for interactive video experiences.
feature
March 17, 2026V4D-ID announced V4 Expressive Visual Agents with real-time conversational cues, synchronized facial expressions, nuanced body language, and API-ready deployment.
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- Pricing
- From $4.70/mo billed annually
- Platforms
- Web
- Access
- Web app, Mobile app, API, SDK
- Best for
- Building real-time visual agents for support, training, sales, or guided customer experiences and Creating repeatable avatar videos, multilingual explainers, and translated presenter content and Embedding digital humans through API, SDK, or WebRTC workflows
- Category
- AI Video Generators
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Review: D-ID ReviewD-ID is strongest when avatar videos, visual AI agents, and API-driven digital humans matter more than general video editing or cinematic generation.Pricing: D-ID PricingD-ID pricing is built around Studio and API routes with monthly minute allowances, non-rollover minutes, watermark differences, and enterprise custom paths.Alternatives: Best D-ID AlternativesCompare D-ID with HeyGen, Synthesia, Descript, and Runway by deciding whether the job is visual agents, avatar-video production, editing, or generative video.
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