Akool vs Yepic (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Akool grades higher than Yepic: 2.2 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Akool grades higher on the free plan and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Akool
AI face swap, avatars, video translation and video models in one suite
Which one is for you
Pick Akool if
- Fits if you make face swap or avatar videos and translate them into other languages
- Works for small teams that can budget per seat
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want no watermark for free, as free output has a full-screen one
- Tight if you need the newer video models, because Seedance 2.5 and the API start at Pro Max
- Pricey if you add people, since each admin or editor is charged at the owner's plan rate
- Watch out: Starter has a personal license, and the business license is listed under Business at $174.30 a seat
Pick Yepic if
- Fits if you run a bank, airport or hospital and need avatars kept on your own servers
- Works for teams that want an on-premise AI video deployment and have a security review to pass
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a self-service plan, because the pricing page says those are gone
- Not for you if you need to know the price before talking to anyone, as none is published
- Too light for a solo creator wanting quick talking-head videos: it's built around scoped enterprise deals
- Watch out: the site menu still shows Studio, talking photos and VidVoice, but the pricing page describes something different
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAAkoolFair | 1.6GPAYepicWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter is $12 a seat a month for 200 credits, between the $10 middle and the $15 dearer quarter for image tools. Pro is $21 and Pro Max $41.30 on yearly billing. | CNo price is published: the pricing page says engagements are scoped per customer. With nothing on record to compare, it sits in the middle. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan with 20 credits, 720p and a full-screen watermark, plus 5 minutes of streaming avatar and live face swap. Enough to try, not to keep. | FNothing free. The pricing page says self-service plans are gone, and a managed cloud demo is arranged through the company. |
| Features | CFace swap, avatars, streaming avatars, video translation into 155+ languages and a model hub. Starter has only limited Seedance 2.0 and no API, and credit cost varies by model. | CReal-time avatars, answers drawn from your own data, cloud or on-premise deployment and an API. It's a narrow, enterprise-shaped slice of the category, and older Studio and talking-photo pages still sit in the menu. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Credits cost different amounts per tool and model, and avatars and workspaces take some setting up. | CNo store rating on record. Getting started means a call with the company, then a scoped deployment. |
| Platforms and integrations | BBrowser app only, but an API (from Pro Max) and Claude and Codex plugins are listed. No desktop or phone app is named. | CWeb only, with an API for building it into your own product. No desktop or phone apps and no list of integrations. |
| Best for | face swap and avatar videos | private AI avatars for regulated organisations |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Akool and Yepic. How we grade
Where they differ
- Akool also covers image generation.
- Yepic also covers text to speech.
At a glance
| Akool | Yepic | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | $12 per seat / month for 200 credits (Starter) | Not published |
| Free plan | A $0 plan with 20 credits for new users, tools that use no credits, 720p avatar videos up to 10 minutes with a full-screen watermark, and 1 instant avatar. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | AKOOL | Yepic AI Ltd. |
| Price read from | akool.com | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Akool
- Free output carries a full-screen watermark, and new users get only 20 credits.
- Each admin or editor added to a workspace is charged at the owner's plan rate.
- Seedance 2.5 and API access start at Pro Max; Starter has only limited Seedance 2.0 access.
- Credit cost varies by model, video length and quality, so the videos a plan buys depend on the model chosen.
Yepic
- No prices are published: the pricing page says engagements are scoped per customer.
- The pricing page says Yepic no longer offers self-service SaaS plans.
- Older product pages (Studio, talking photos, VidVoice) still appear in the site menu but the page describes enterprise deployments.
Key features
Akool
- Face, character and motion swap
- Swap faces in photos and videos, replace a person in a clip with another character, or transfer the motion from one video to another.
- Avatars and talking photos
- Make presenter videos from public avatars, animate a photo, or create instant avatars of yourself: 1 on Free and Starter, up to 10 on Business.
- Streaming avatars and live face swap
- Real-time avatars that answer from a knowledge base, and live face swap; the free plan includes 5 minutes of each.
- Video translation
- Translate and re-voice videos into more than 155 languages, with voice cloning and lip-sync.
- Model Hub
- Generate images and video with third-party models such as Seedream 5.5, Seedance 2.5, Kling 3.0 and Nano Banana Pro, depending on plan.
- API and AI assistant plugin
- An OpenAPI for streaming avatars, translation, talking photos and face swap, from Pro Max up, plus a plugin for Claude and Codex.
Yepic
- Real-time avatars
- Interactive AI avatars that respond in roughly a second, per the vendor.
- Grounded in your data
- Avatars answer from the customer's own first-party data rather than a generic model.
- Emotion-aware responses
- The vendor says avatars read voice, language and expression and adapt tone and pace.
- Cloud or on-premise
- Deployments can run in a managed cloud account or on the customer's own GPUs.
- API access
- Real-time avatars and AI video can be integrated into a customer's own product.
Plans
Akool
Free$0
20 credits for new users, full-screen watermark, slow processing, 720p avatar video and 5 minutes of streaming avatar and live face swap.
Starter$12
per seat / month, billed monthly or yearly ($144)
200 credits a month, selected models, all face swap models, 1080p, videos up to 15 minutes, no watermark and a personal license.
Pro$21
per seat / month, billed annually ($30 billed monthly)
600 credits a month (up to 2,400 at higher steps), all video and image models, up to 4K, 30-minute videos, 6 videos and 8 images at once.
Pro Max$41.30
per seat / month, billed annually ($59 billed monthly)
1,200 credits a month (up to 9,600), Seedance 2.5, 45-minute videos, API access and workspace collaboration.
Business$174.30
per seat / month, billed annually ($249 billed monthly)
6,000 credits a month (up to 80,000), 60-minute videos, 1 fine-tuned studio avatar, 20 videos at once and a business license.
EnterpriseCustom
Yearly plans with credits that do not expire, Ultra Avatar, SSO, dedicated servers and an account manager.
Yepic
Pricing could not be confirmed. See yepic.ai.
Ways to pay less
Akool
- Annual discount
30% off Pro, Pro Max and Business billed yearly
Yearly billing is 30% below monthly on Pro, Pro Max and Business; Starter costs $12 a month either way.
- Education
Three free months for university researchers
Faculty and researchers at top-1000 ranked universities, and supervised student teams, can apply for 3 months of the Studio Plan free and 40% off an annual plan after.
Yepic
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Akool or Yepic?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Akool starts at $12 per seat / month for 200 credits (Starter), and Yepic has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Akool or Yepic?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Akool has a free plan. Yepic does not.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.