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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (65.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (87.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free 1 Seat
Audacity
Star Rating
(453)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (65.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about AudacityHeyGen
Star Rating
(1,314)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (87.9% 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.
- Users report that Audacity excels in audio editing capabilities, particularly with features like Audio Mixing and Transcription, which received scores of 8.3 and 9.2 respectively. In contrast, HeyGen shines in video creation with its AI Video Generation and Text-to-Speech features, scoring 8.1 and 9.0, making it a better choice for users focused on video content.
- Reviewers mention that Audacity's ease of use is rated at 8.5, which is decent, but HeyGen outperforms it with a score of 9.4. Users on G2 appreciate HeyGen's intuitive interface, making it easier for beginners to navigate and utilize its features effectively.
- G2 users highlight that Audacity offers a free entry-level price, which is appealing for small businesses and individual users. However, HeyGen, while also catering to small businesses, has a higher overall star rating of 4.8 compared to Audacity's 4.5, indicating a more favorable reception among users.
- Users say that Audacity's support quality is rated at 7.9, which some find lacking, especially when compared to HeyGen's impressive score of 9.1. Reviewers mention that HeyGen's customer support is responsive and helpful, enhancing the overall user experience.
- Reviewers mention that while Audacity has strong content creation tools with a score of 9.0, HeyGen's translation options, particularly Batch Translation and Auto-Detect Language, scored 9.7 and 9.4 respectively, making it a superior choice for users needing robust translation features.
- Users report that Audacity's platform basics, such as Screen Capture and Video Capture, scored lower at 7.3 and 7.0, indicating limitations in video functionality. In contrast, HeyGen's video editing capabilities, including features like Video Player Customization and Live Video Streaming, received higher ratings, making it a more versatile tool for video content creators.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Audacity
No pricing availableHeyGen
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
Audacity
No trial information availableHeyGen
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
400
9.1
1,115
Ease of Use
8.5
405
9.3
1,144
Ease of Setup
8.7
49
9.2
864
Ease of Admin
8.3
37
9.1
248
Quality of Support
7.9
261
9.0
864
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.0
28
9.2
224
Product Direction (% positive)
7.5
395
9.7
1,121
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
Not enough data
8.3
50
Not enough data
8.4
51
Not enough data
8.5
51
Platform Content
Not enough data
8.3
48
Not enough data
8.5
47
Not enough data
8.6
48
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
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
229
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
225
Platform Content
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
220
Not enough data
8.9
219
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
217
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.8
195
Not enough data
8.3
114
Not enough data
8.8
117
Not enough data
8.5
190
Not enough data
7.5
114
Not enough data
9.0
196
Not enough data
8.4
113
Translation Options
Not enough data
9.3
48
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
8.3
50
Not enough data
8.8
52
Transcription
Not enough data
8.7
51
Not enough data
8.5
50
Not enough data
8.9
49
Not enough data
8.3
48
Editing
Not enough data
8.7
49
Not enough data
8.1
50
Not enough data
8.8
50
Not enough data
9.0
52
Integration
Not enough data
9.1
48
Not enough data
8.9
47
Not enough data
9.2
51
Not enough data
9.0
49
Not enough data
8.6
49
Agentic AI - Transcription
Not enough data
9.2
18
Not enough data
9.4
18
Not enough data
9.6
18
Integration
Not enough data
8.8
388
Not enough data
8.6
362
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Speech Output
Not enough data
9.1
458
Not enough data
8.9
450
Not enough data
9.0
456
Not enough data
8.8
463
Not enough data
8.7
461
Not enough data
8.2
457
Not enough data
8.6
454
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
Not enough data
8.8
456
Not enough data
8.7
441
Not enough data
8.8
428
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
9.2
241
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation
Not enough data
8.8
31
Not enough data
9.1
32
Not enough data
8.6
30
Not enough data
8.6
29
Not enough data
8.7
30
Software Delivery
Not enough data
8.4
29
Not enough data
8.2
29
Not enough data
9.4
28
Analytics
Not enough data
8.0
27
Not enough data
8.5
26
Not enough data
8.4
26
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.3
25
Not enough data
8.3
24
Not enough data
8.5
24
Not enough data
8.4
24
Agentic AI - Video Email
Not enough data
9.0
10
Platform Features
Not enough data
8.3
88
Not enough data
8.3
89
Not enough data
8.3
85
Not enough data
8.0
84
Not enough data
8.1
83
Not enough data
8.3
84
Organization
Not enough data
8.7
83
Not enough data
8.9
83
Not enough data
8.8
83
Customization
Not enough data
8.2
82
Not enough data
7.6
81
Not enough data
8.4
81
Analytics
Not enough data
7.7
78
Not enough data
7.8
79
Not enough data
7.6
79
Editing
Not enough data
8.5
128
Not enough data
9.0
125
Not enough data
8.5
126
Not enough data
8.4
119
Not enough data
8.3
123
Not enough data
8.4
122
Not enough data
8.7
120
Platform
Not enough data
9.0
122
Not enough data
9.1
121
Not enough data
8.3
119
Generative AI
Not enough data
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
Planning
Not enough data
7.7
368
Publishing
Not enough data
8.3
370
Social Media
Not enough data
8.5
378
Planning
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.5
368
Not enough data
8.4
365
Not enough data
8.1
363
Not enough data
8.1
205
Not enough data
8.7
379
Agentic AI - Content Creation
Not enough data
7.8
96
Not enough data
7.6
94
Not enough data
7.9
92
Not enough data
7.9
95
Not enough data
8.0
97
Not enough data
7.7
94
Not enough data
7.7
95
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
9.1
550
Not enough data
8.8
528
Not enough data
8.4
517
Not enough data
8.7
521
Not enough data
9.1
531
Not enough data
9.1
529
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.6
514
Editing - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.4
501
Not enough data
9.0
507
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.9
504
Not enough data
8.7
498
Not enough data
8.3
479
Not enough data
8.3
481
Video creation - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
249
Not enough data
8.6
249
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
243
Not enough data
8.9
246
Not enough data
8.1
240
Not enough data
8.4
238
Distribution - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
233
Not enough data
8.5
244
Analytics - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
242
Integrations - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
8.6
237
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
235
Other - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
8.3
234
Not enough data
8.2
229
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
8.4
134
Not enough data
8.3
130
Voice cloning - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
8.8
103
Not enough data
8.7
99
Not enough data
8.3
99
Agentic AI - Video Translation
Not enough data
8.8
41
Not enough data
9.0
42
Real-time preview - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
8.4
100
Security and Privacy - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
96
Output - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
8.4
98
Not enough data
8.5
100
Not enough data
9.0
104
Text to Video Generation
Not enough data
8.8
147
Emotion and Gesture control
Not enough data
8.3
150
Real-time rendering
Not enough data
8.6
148
Live streaming
Not enough data
7.3
139
Script-based automation
Not enough data
8.5
148
Video Creation
Not enough data
9.1
154
Not enough data
9.0
155
Not enough data
8.6
146
Not enough data
8.7
151
Not enough data
8.9
152
Not enough data
8.9
147
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.7
147
Editing
Not enough data
8.2
142
Not enough data
8.8
146
Storage & Management
Not enough data
8.5
143
Not enough data
8.7
144
Not enough data
8.3
141
Not enough data
8.8
146
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Audacity and HeyGen are categorized as Audio Editing
Unique Categories
Audacity has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Audacity
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
Entertainment
7.6%
Media Production
5.8%
Marketing and Advertising
5.8%
Music
5.6%
Information Technology and Services
4.9%
Other
70.3%
Marketing and Advertising
10.5%
Education Management
5.8%
E-Learning
5.3%
Consulting
5.2%
Entertainment
4.6%
Other
68.5%
Discussions
Audacity noise reduction
4 Comments
SR
after recording your audio, record a blank and select that part then go to effects and from there to noise reduction and click on get noise profile and after...Read more
What is audacity software used for?
4 Comments
CW
Short answer: It’s a non-linear multitrack audio editor
Longer answer: A multitrack audio editor lets you work with more than one audio track at the same...Read more
HeyGen has no discussions with answers
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