# Akool review (2026): is the free plan enough? > AI face swap, avatars, video translation and video models in one suite Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Akool is a browser-based AI video suite known for face swap, talking photos and avatar videos, with real-time streaming avatars, video translation and a model hub for image and video generators such as Seedance, Kling and Seedream. Plans are priced per seat with a monthly credit allowance, and the higher tiers add API access, more concurrent jobs and higher resolutions. - **Category:** AI Image & Video Generators - **Made by:** AKOOL - **Website:** https://akool.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want no watermark for free, as free output has a full-screen one. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Akool has a free plan, and paid plans start at $12 per seat / month for 200 credits (Starter). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **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. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 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. | | Enterprise | Custom | Yearly plans with credits that do not expire, Ultra Avatar, SSO, dedicated servers and an account manager. | Read from https://akool.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Akool before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **30% off Pro, Pro Max and Business billed yearly** (Annual discount): Yearly billing is 30% below monthly on Pro, Pro Max and Business; Starter costs $12 a month either way. Source: https://akool.com/pricing - **Three free months for university researchers** (Education): 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. Source: https://akool.com/education-program ## Key features - **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. ## Good for - Marketers localizing videos into many languages - Face swap and talking-photo content for social media - Teams embedding real-time avatars through an API ## Worth knowing - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Akool is a browser AI video suite for face swap, talking photos, avatars and video translation, with a hub of third-party image and video models. Free output has a full-screen watermark and 20 credits, and Seedance 2.5 and API access start at Pro Max. - **Value for money: C.** Starter 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. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 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. - **Features: C.** Face 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. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Credits cost different amounts per tool and model, and avatars and workspaces take some setting up. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Browser app only, but an API (from Pro Max) and Claude and Codex plugins are listed. No desktop or phone app is named. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Akool's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI image and video generators - Akool's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 30 of the 89 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 18. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 39 of 89) and worst on features (C, above 2). - Its paid plans start at $12 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 37 of the 65 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 17 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-images ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Akool you would be making a video model, which you can rent by the second but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $144 a year. - You could not: A video model, which you can rent by the second but not make. - You could not: An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Claude and Codex among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Claude, Codex **Tags:** Video generation, Image generation, AI features, Public API ## Alternatives - [Magic Hour](https://toolgpa.com/tools/magic-hour): Browser studio of AI video, image and audio tools paid with credits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/akool-vs-magic-hour) - [Vidnoz](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vidnoz): AI avatar video maker with templates, voices and video generators. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/akool-vs-vidnoz) - [D-ID](https://toolgpa.com/tools/d-id): Avatar video generator and AI agent platform with an API. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/akool-vs-d-id) - [Hedra](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hedra): Character video studio and model inference platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/akool-vs-hedra) - [Viggle](https://toolgpa.com/tools/viggle): Character-swap and motion video generator with a free daily allowance. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/akool-vs-viggle) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://akool.com/pricing - https://akool.com/ - https://akool.com/apps/image-to-video - https://akool.com/education-program Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/akool Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).