Hedra vs Viggle (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Viggle grades higher than Hedra: 2.6 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Viggle grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Viggle
Character-swap and motion video generator with a free daily allowance
Which one is for you
Pick Hedra if
- Fits if you make short character or talking-head videos in a browser
- Works for developers who want hosted models over an API
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan, because there isn't one
- Pricey if you only need a few clips, as Basic is $20 a month with 2,000 credits and slower generations
- Watch out: monthly credits don't roll over, though credit-pack balances don't expire
- Watch out: the main site now talks about research and infrastructure, and Play sits on its own pricing page
Pick Viggle if
- Fits if you want to put yourself or a character into a clip
- Works for developers who want character swap behind their own app
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 5 credits a day, one at a time, and a watermark on Mix videos
- Watch out: monthly plan credits expire on the billing date
- Watch out: purchased credits only work while you're subscribed
- Not for you if you want Seedance on Pro, as it's on Live and Max only
- Pricey if you want PINOC: it's separate, from $10.39 a month
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAHedraWeak | 2.6GPAViggleGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CBasic is $20 a month billed monthly for 2,000 credits, in the dearer half of the category's $10 to $15 range. | B$7.99 a month for Pro, billed yearly, which is inside the cheaper quarter of the category. Monthly billing is $9.99, and the plans go up to $63.99. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan on the page. After cancelling you keep only limited, watermarked generations. | B5 free credits a day, one generation at a time, with 7 days of storage and watermarked Mix videos. |
| Features | CPlay subscriptions with credits, plus model APIs and compute on the main site. The pricing page doesn't say which models or lengths each plan covers. | CDoes one job fully: character swap, motion for a still character and live swap. It's a smaller job, and the 3D tool PINOC is billed separately. |
| Ease of use | CA web studio metered in credits, so you have to work out what each clip costs. | CNo store rating on record. You supply a character photo and a motion video, which takes a few tries to get right. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb studio, with model APIs for developers. No phone or desktop program. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with a pay-as-you-go API, and no desktop app. |
| Best for | talking-character video, on a monthly credit plan | putting a character from a photo into a video |
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: Hedra and Viggle. How we grade
Price against what you get
Hedra starts at $20 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Viggle starts at $7.99 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Viggle starts $12.01 a month lower. Of the other AI image and video generators on the chart, 30 score higher than Hedra for less, and 6 score higher than Viggle for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
At a glance
| Hedra | Viggle | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free plan |
| Starts at | $20 per month, billed monthly | $7.99 per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Free credits refresh daily (5 a day), 1 generation at a time, limited multi-track and real-time swap sessions, and 7-day storage. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Hedra | Viggle |
| Price read from | hedra.com | viggle.ai |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Hedra
- The main site has shifted to infrastructure and research; the Play studio sits on its own pricing page.
- Monthly credits do not roll over; credit-pack balances do not expire.
- After cancelling, only limited watermarked generations remain; a free plan was not listed.
Viggle
- Free outputs from Mix carry a watermark and use the daily credits; the watermark is removed on paid plans.
- Monthly plan credits expire on the billing date; purchased credits do not expire but only work while subscribed.
- PINOC is billed separately from the Viggle plans.
- Seedance is available only on Live and Max.
Key features
Hedra
- Play subscriptions
- Plans sell monthly credits for the Play studio, with faster generation on higher tiers.
- Model APIs
- A separate prepaid USD wallet pays for REST API and CLI usage; it is separate from Play credits.
- GPU compute
- Compute is priced per GPU-second, for example $0.001736 per second on an NVIDIA B200.
- Model Factory
- Custom model research engagements with forward-deployed researchers, priced per engagement.
Viggle
- Character swap
- Put a character from a photo into an existing video, one character at a time or several together in multi-track sessions.
- Motion for a still character
- Add motion to a character image by supplying a motion video for it to follow.
- Real-Time Swap
- Swap characters live. Session length depends on the plan: 5 minutes on Free, 30 minutes on Pro, 6 hours on Live, unlimited on Max.
- PINOC 3D tool
- Builds rigged 3D characters from photos, with motion exportable as FBX or GLB. It has its own plans, from $10.39 a month.
- API
- Character swap and motion capture can be called from your own product. Pay as you go at $0.01 per credit, with 100 free credits for new accounts.
Plans
Hedra
Basic$20
per month, billed monthly
2,000 credits a month, slower generations and commercial use.
Pro$50
per month, billed monthly
7,200 credits a month, faster generation and commercial use.
Teams$75
per month, billed monthly
14,400 credits a month, fastest generation and teams plan access.
Ultra$100
per month and up, billed monthly
18,000 credits a month; allowances up to 57,600 credits a month.
EnterpriseCustom
Dedicated support, private deployments and SSO; sold through sales.
Viggle
Free$0
5 credits a day, 1 video generation at a time, 5-minute real-time swap sessions, 7-day asset storage and watermarked Mix videos.
Pro$7.99
per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly)
80 credits a month, 4 generations at once, no watermark, permanent storage and all models except Seedance.
Live$15.99
per month, billed yearly ($19.99 billed monthly)
200 credits a month, 6 generations at once, 6-hour real-time swap streams and access to all models.
Max$63.99
per month, billed yearly ($79.99 billed monthly)
800 credits a month, 10 generations at once, unlimited real-time swap sessions and access to all models.
Ways to pay less
Hedra
No public discounts listed.
Viggle
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
The pricing page's Yearly option is marked -20%, for example Pro at $7.99 a month against $9.99 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Hedra or Viggle?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Viggle is cheaper to start with: $7.99 a month, against $20 a month for Hedra. Hedra starts at $20 per month, billed monthly, and Viggle starts at $7.99 per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Hedra or Viggle?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Viggle has a free plan. Hedra does not.
Which platforms do Hedra and Viggle run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Viggle lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.