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Sora vs HeyGen

Sora (OpenAI) and HeyGen (HeyGen) both sit in Video. Sora is the cheaper entry point at from $20/mo. Sora shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (5 vs 3). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.

AttributeSora

OpenAI

HeyGen

HeyGen

SegmentVideoVideo
VersionSora 2Avatar V
Entry costfrom $20/moFree tier · from $29/mo
Pricing tiersFree free · ChatGPT Plus $20 · ChatGPT Pro $200 · API freeFree free · Creator $29 · Pro $49 · Business $149
Model stackSora 2 · Sora 2 Pro · sora-2-12-08 · sora-2-2025-10-06 · sora-2-2025-12-08 · sora-2-pro-2025-10-06Avatar III · Avatar IV · Avatar V · ElevenLabs voices · Seedance 2.0 · Starfish Voices · Video Agent
Context windown/an/a
Public API
Routes models
Changes / 30d53
OriginGlobalGlobal
CapabilitiesSynchronised audio, Cameos, Remix, Storyboard, Vertical video, text-to-video, image-to-video, character consistencyPhoto avatars, Voice cloning, 175+ language dubbing, Interactive avatars, Video translate, AI Video Generator, Stock Digital Twins, Custom Digital Twins

HeyGen

Spokesperson avatars, voice cloning and multi-language dubbing for business video.

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