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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (78.9% of reviews)
Small-Business (87.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free 1 Seat
AKOOL
Star Rating
(472)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (78.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(1,345)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (87.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 Seat
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that HeyGen excels in user experience, particularly for small businesses, with many users appreciating its intuitive interface that allows for quick video creation. One user noted, "HeyGen makes it incredibly easy to create professional-looking videos without the friction of traditional production."
- Users say that AKOOL shines in its advanced features, such as video translation with lip sync, which helps in delivering messages across different languages effectively. A reviewer highlighted, "The video translation feature with lip sync helps make global messaging feel natural in various languages."
- According to verified reviews, both platforms have received high ratings for ease of use, but AKOOL edges out slightly with a more robust setup process. Users have mentioned that AKOOL's features, like the background changer, are outstanding for specific applications, such as placing vehicles in premium environments.
- Reviewers mention that HeyGen's support is responsive and helpful, with users feeling guided throughout their video creation process. One user expressed satisfaction with the assistance provided, stating, "HeyGen are very generous and guided me with which technique to use."
- Users highlight that while HeyGen has a broader range of features for video content creation, AKOOL's specific functionalities, like face-swapping in videos, provide impressive realism, as noted by a user who said, "The result looked impressively realistic."
- G2 reviewers indicate that HeyGen has a larger user base and more recent reviews, suggesting a strong community and ongoing development. This is reflected in the feedback from users who have switched from other platforms, stating, "I cancelled the plethora of other subscriptions because I can do it all with HeyGen."
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AKOOL
Free
Free Trial
Get started for free
- 25 images or 1.5 mins of video
- 3 Customized Instant Avatars
- Upload file size limited to 150M and 5mins
HeyGen
Free
Free
1 Seat
Start creating with our free plan on HeyGen at no cost. This is the ideal entry point for folks looking to test the waters with our AI tools, including our AI video maker.
- Create 3 videos per month
- Videos up to 3-mins
- 720p video export
Free Trial
AKOOL
Free Trial is available
HeyGen
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.5
305
9.1
1,141
Ease of Use
9.5
468
9.3
1,170
Ease of Setup
9.5
436
9.2
890
Ease of Admin
9.5
34
9.1
258
Quality of Support
9.4
301
9.0
886
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.5
33
9.2
233
Product Direction (% positive)
9.9
313
9.7
1,147
Features by Category
Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
9.2
10
8.3
50
9.4
9
8.4
51
9.4
9
8.5
51
Platform Content
8.9
6
8.3
48
9.6
8
8.5
47
9.6
9
8.6
48
Platform Additional Functionality
10.0
7
9.0
48
Not enough data
8.7
46
Agentic AI - Screen and Video Capture
Not enough data
9.3
10
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.5
230
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
227
Platform Content
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
221
Not enough data
8.9
221
Not enough data
8.8
215
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
218
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.8
196
Not enough data
8.3
114
Not enough data
8.8
119
Not enough data
8.5
191
Not enough data
7.5
114
Not enough data
9.0
196
Not enough data
8.4
114
Translation Options
Not enough data
9.3
48
10.0
5
8.9
48
Not enough data
8.9
48
Not enough data
8.6
45
Not enough data
9.3
47
Not enough data
9.1
46
9.7
5
9.2
47
Offering Type
Not enough data
9.3
48
Not enough data
7.9
46
Not enough data
8.6
44
Not enough data
9.0
48
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.5
41
Not enough data
8.9
42
Not enough data
8.6
41
Agentic AI - Machine Translation
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.2
10
Client Tools
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
44
Translation Tools
Not enough data
9.3
46
Not enough data
8.1
45
Not enough data
8.6
43
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
43
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.4
38
Agentic AI - Translation Management
Not enough data
8.5
11
Not enough data
8.6
11
Voice
8.6
12
8.3
51
9.1
11
8.8
54
Transcription
8.8
12
8.7
52
8.8
10
8.5
51
8.7
9
8.9
50
8.7
10
8.3
49
Editing
Feature Not Available
8.7
50
9.4
8
8.1
51
8.6
6
8.8
51
8.3
6
9.0
53
Integration
8.9
6
9.0
49
8.9
6
8.9
48
Not enough data
9.2
52
7.7
5
9.0
50
Not enough data
8.6
50
Agentic AI - Transcription
Not enough data
9.2
19
Not enough data
9.5
19
Not enough data
9.6
19
Integration
9.2
82
8.8
389
9.1
73
8.6
363
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Speech Output
9.4
71
9.1
459
9.2
67
8.9
451
9.1
64
9.0
457
9.2
53
8.8
464
9.3
60
8.7
462
9.3
54
8.2
458
9.1
45
8.6
455
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Audio Format
9.4
49
8.8
457
9.3
42
8.8
442
9.4
40
8.7
429
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
9.2
242
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation
Not enough data
8.9
32
Not enough data
9.0
33
Not enough data
8.6
31
Not enough data
8.7
30
Not enough data
8.7
31
Software Delivery
Not enough data
8.4
30
Feature Not Available
8.2
30
Not enough data
9.4
29
Analytics
Not enough data
8.0
28
Feature Not Available
8.5
27
Not enough data
8.4
27
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.3
26
Not enough data
8.4
25
Not enough data
8.5
25
Not enough data
8.4
25
Agentic AI - Video Email
Not enough data
9.1
11
Platform Features
Not enough data
8.3
89
Not enough data
8.3
90
Not enough data
8.4
86
Not enough data
8.0
85
Not enough data
8.1
84
Not enough data
8.3
85
Organization
Not enough data
8.7
84
Not enough data
8.9
84
Not enough data
8.8
84
Customization
Not enough data
8.2
83
Not enough data
7.6
82
Not enough data
8.4
82
Analytics
Not enough data
7.8
79
Not enough data
7.9
80
Not enough data
7.6
80
Editing
9.1
64
8.5
129
9.2
60
9.0
125
9.1
57
8.5
127
9.0
60
8.4
119
9.3
50
8.3
123
9.2
57
8.4
124
9.2
51
8.7
122
Platform
9.2
44
9.0
122
9.4
50
9.1
121
Feature Not Available
8.3
119
Generative AI
9.4
6
8.8
115
Not enough data
8.9
117
Agentic AI - Video Editing
Not enough data
8.8
37
Not enough data
8.9
36
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
8.8
37
Audio
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Text
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image Generation
9.2
59
Not enough data
9.1
65
Not enough data
8.9
69
Not enough data
9.1
60
Not enough data
9.0
62
Not enough data
Advanced Functionality
9.0
56
Not enough data
8.7
56
Not enough data
8.9
56
Not enough data
9.3
58
Not enough data
Model
8.8
57
Not enough data
9.1
55
Not enough data
9.0
53
Not enough data
Commercial Rights & Licensing - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
Not enough data
License Type Transparency - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
8.6
82
7.7
368
Publishing
9.0
81
8.3
370
Social Media
8.7
82
8.5
381
Planning
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
8.5
83
8.5
369
8.4
77
8.4
365
8.4
75
8.1
363
8.9
76
8.1
206
8.7
76
8.7
380
Agentic AI - Content Creation
7.9
7
7.8
96
7.6
7
7.6
94
8.1
7
7.9
92
8.6
7
7.9
95
8.1
7
8.0
97
8.8
7
7.7
94
8.8
7
7.7
95
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
9.2
6
9.1
565
Not enough data
8.8
534
Not enough data
8.4
519
Not enough data
8.8
530
Not enough data
9.1
536
Not enough data
9.1
537
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.6
518
Editing - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.4
503
Not enough data
9.0
509
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.9
505
Not enough data
8.7
499
Not enough data
8.3
480
Not enough data
8.3
482
Video creation - Video Content Creation
8.9
25
Feature Not Available
9.0
26
Feature Not Available
9.2
26
8.5
251
8.7
28
8.6
251
9.3
29
Feature Not Available
9.0
27
8.4
245
8.9
26
9.0
249
9.1
26
8.2
242
9.0
25
8.4
239
Distribution - Video Content Creation
9.0
26
Feature Not Available
8.5
25
8.1
234
8.7
29
8.5
246
Analytics - Video Content Creation
9.3
26
Feature Not Available
8.8
26
Feature Not Available
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
8.8
26
Feature Not Available
8.9
28
8.7
245
Integrations - Video Content Creation
9.0
26
8.6
239
8.7
25
Feature Not Available
9.3
29
7.9
236
Other - Video Content Creation
9.0
29
8.3
235
9.5
28
8.2
230
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
8.4
135
Not enough data
8.3
131
Voice cloning - Voice Dubbing
8.0
10
8.8
104
8.3
11
8.7
100
8.5
10
8.4
100
Agentic AI - Video Translation
Not enough data
8.8
42
Not enough data
9.1
43
Real-time preview - Voice Dubbing
8.5
11
8.4
101
Security and Privacy - Voice Dubbing
8.6
11
Feature Not Available
8.9
11
8.8
97
Output - Voice Dubbing
8.3
10
8.4
99
8.5
12
8.5
101
9.2
12
9.0
106
Content Generation - AI Content Creation Platforms
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.2
12
Not enough data
9.2
13
Not enough data
Management - AI Content Creation Platforms
8.3
14
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
9.1
13
Not enough data
Text to Video Generation
Not enough data
8.9
150
Emotion and Gesture control
Not enough data
8.3
152
Real-time rendering
Not enough data
8.6
149
Live streaming
Not enough data
7.4
140
Script-based automation
Not enough data
8.5
149
Video Creation
Not enough data
9.2
160
Not enough data
9.0
158
Not enough data
8.6
148
Not enough data
8.7
155
Not enough data
8.9
158
Not enough data
8.9
150
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.7
150
Editing
Not enough data
8.2
143
Not enough data
8.8
147
Storage & Management
Not enough data
8.5
144
Not enough data
8.7
145
Not enough data
8.3
142
Not enough data
8.8
147
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AKOOL and HeyGen are categorized as AI Video Generators, Video Translation, Video Content Creation, Video Email, Text to Speech, Transcription, Content Creation, Video Editing, Screen and Video Capture, Video Communications, Translation Management, and Machine Translation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AKOOL
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
HeyGen
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
33.6%
Information Technology and Services
20.0%
Design
4.7%
Computer Software
4.0%
Graphic Design
2.1%
Other
35.5%
Marketing and Advertising
10.5%
Education Management
5.8%
E-Learning
5.4%
Consulting
5.1%
Entertainment
4.6%
Other
68.6%
Discussions
AKOOL has no discussions with answers
HeyGen has no discussions with answers
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