Hedra vs Yepic (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Hedra grades higher than Yepic: 1.8 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
Hedra grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
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 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
| 1.8GPAHedraWeak | 1.6GPAYepicWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | 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 | FNo free plan on the page. After cancelling you keep only limited, watermarked generations. | FNothing free. The pricing page says self-service plans are gone, and a managed cloud demo is arranged through the company. |
| 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. | 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 | CA web studio metered in credits, so you have to work out what each clip costs. | CNo store rating on record. Getting started means a call with the company, then a scoped deployment. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb studio, with model APIs for developers. No phone or desktop program. | CWeb only, with an API for building it into your own product. No desktop or phone apps and no list of integrations. |
| Best for | talking-character video, on a monthly credit plan | 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: Hedra and Yepic. How we grade
Where they differ
- Yepic also covers text to speech.
In commonWebPublic APIAI featuresVideo generation
At a glance
| Hedra | Yepic | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | $20 per month, billed monthly | Not published |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Hedra | Yepic AI Ltd. |
| Price read from | hedra.com | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 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.
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
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.
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
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.
Yepic
Pricing could not be confirmed. See yepic.ai.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Hedra or Yepic?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Hedra starts at $20 per month, billed monthly, and Yepic has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Hedra or Yepic?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Hedra nor Yepic has a free plan.
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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.