Tavus review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Developer platform for real-time AI video conversations
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Tavus report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for building real-time AI video conversations
Tavus is a developer platform for real-time AI video conversations and generated video. It needs developers to build with it, charges per minute on top of a $59 monthly fee, and its pricing page holds a second set of tiers.
Who Tavus is for
- Fits if you are a developer adding a video agent to a product
- Works for teams building a conversational avatar
Who Tavus is not for
- Not for you if you do not write code, as it is a developer platform
- Pricey if you use it heavily, as overage is $0.37 a minute on Starter and $0.32 on Growth
- Watch out: extra custom replica trainings cost $65 each on Starter and $40 on Growth
- Watch out: the pricing page also holds a hidden tier set, Starter $22 to Business $975
- Watch out: PALs, the consumer app, has separate plans at $0, $20 and $50 a month
Why Tavus gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for moneyStarter is $59 a month plus usage, above the category's dearest tenth, with overage at $0.37 a minute.
- CFree plan and trialThe free Basic plan gives 25 minutes of conversation and 5 minutes of generation a month.
- BFeaturesConversational video, custom replicas, generation, a knowledge base and your own LLM cover the job.
- DEase of useNo store rating on record, and it is built through an API by developers.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb and an API, with Google Meet the one integration listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Tavus's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/tavus#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/tavus.svg" alt="Tavus: 2.0 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Tavus stands among screen recording and video tools
Tavus's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 14 of the 133 other screen recording and video tools we grade, and level with 27.
It stands best on features (B, above 78 of 133) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $59 a month, against a middle price of $12.25 for the category: 85 of the 88 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 36 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 134 screen recording and video tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Tavus’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 133, level with 19
- CFree plan and trialAbove 24 of 133, level with 80
- BFeaturesAbove 78 of 133, level with 53
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 133, level with 1
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 67 of 133, level with 60
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 102 screen recording and video tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Tavus, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Tavus 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.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 92 of the 133 other screen recording and video tools grade higher. It costs $708 a year.
What you could not
- A video model, which you can rent by the second but not make.
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- It plugs into other products, Google Meet among them, and has an API.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Tavus’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Tavus?
Tavus sells an API and no-code tools for building AI humans that hold live video conversations and generate video from trained replicas of real people. It also offers a consumer PALs app of AI companions. Developer plans bundle monthly minutes of conversational video and video generation, with overage billed per minute.
Worth knowing
- Usage beyond included minutes is billed: conversational overage is $0.37 per minute on Starter and $0.32 on Growth.
- Extra custom replica trainings cost $65 each on Starter and $40 on Growth.
- The pricing page also holds a hidden four-tier set (Starter $22, Builder $59, Growth $397, Business $975) that was not the default view.
- PALs, the consumer app, is a separate set of plans at $0, $20 and $50 a month.
Key features
- Conversational video interface
- Real-time AI conversations with video, turn-taking, vision and 30+ languages through an API or no-code builder.
- Custom replicas
- Trains a replica of a real person from about one minute of video, including a custom voice model.
- Video generation
- Generates video from a replica, with monthly minutes on each plan and overage per minute.
- Knowledge base and memory
- Upload documents or websites for answers, with memories that persist across conversations.
- Bring your own LLM
- Swap in your own language model and use function calling to reach external tools.
- Transcripts and recordings
- Saves text transcripts of every conversation; video recordings cost $0.03 per minute.
Tavus pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Tavus has a free plan, and paid plans start at $59 per month plus pay-as-you-go usage.
- Starts at
- $59 per month plus pay-as-you-go usage
- Free plan
- Developer Basic: 25 minutes of conversational video, 5 minutes of video generation and 25 stock replicas a month.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $0 | 25 conversational minutes, 5 generated-video minutes, 25 stock replicas, 1 concurrent stream. |
| Starter | $59per month, plus pay-as-you-go usage | 100 conversational minutes, 10 generation minutes, 3 custom replica trainings, 3 concurrent streams. |
| Growth | $397per month | 1,250 conversational minutes, 100 generation minutes, 7 custom replicas, 10 streams, recordings. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Volume discounts, white-labeled experience, SLAs, SOC 2 and HIPAA reports. |
Read from tavus.io on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Tavus before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Tavus have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Tavus is listed for Web.
Does Tavus have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Tavus is listed for Web.
Is Tavus open source?
Tavus is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Tavus have an API?
Yes. Tavus offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.