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Tavus Review

API-first Conversational Video Interface (CVI) for real-time, low-latency AI video agents - bridges avatar-video and voice-AI categories

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What we know about Tavus

This is our verified profile of Tavus, a ai avatar video platform - aPI-first Conversational Video Interface (CVI) for real-time, low-latency AI video agents - bridges avatar-video and voice-AI categories. Every fact about Tavus below carries the source it came from and the day we checked it.

Tavus does not publish a public per-minute rate we have been able to verify, so the price figure here stays blank until we can confirm one. We would rather show nothing than a guessed number; if you have a current Tavus quote, it is the fastest way for us to close that gap.

On capabilities, Tavus covers custom avatar from footage, instant avatar from a photo, interactive / conversational avatars, soc 2, and public api, and does not offer voice cloning included. Each of those is verified against Tavus's own docs or dashboard, not marketing copy.

For compliance, with Tavus: SOC 2 Type II is in place. If you are in a regulated space, confirm the current posture with Tavus before you commit, since these change plan by plan.

In total we track 22 verified facts for Tavus today, each linking the primary source it came from so you can check our work - and vendor claims we have not measured ourselves are labeled as such on the Tavus fact sheet below.

Reviewed by vsref Editorialfacts verified Aug 24, 2026Methodology →

Fact sheet

Pricing
Pricing facts
Pricing unitminutes (two separate meters: CVI conversational minutesAug 24
Cheapest paid plan (monthly)$22Aug 24
Credits/minutes included at entry planNew cheapest 'Starter' $22/mo tier: 60 min/mo CVI + 1 cus...Aug 24
Credits per finished video minuteNot applicable - Tavus prices directly in USD/minute rath...Aug 24
What the free plan caps25 min/mo CVI conversational video + 5 min/mo AI Video Ge...Aug 24
Custom avatar creation fee$65/replica one-time overage fee and $40/replica (Growth)...Aug 24
Billing modelper workspace (flat plan fee, not per-seat)Aug 24
API pricingCVI overage: $0.37/min (Starter)Aug 24
Capabilities
Capabilities facts
Stock avatar library size25 (Free plan)Aug 24
Custom avatar from footage✓ YesAug 24
Instant avatar from a photo✓ YesAug 24
Avatar model (vendor-named)Phoenix-4 (real-time facial behavior engineAug 24
Lip-sync languages supported42+ (via supported TTS engines)Aug 24
Voice cloning included✗ NoAug 24
BYO-TTS integrationCartesia (sonic-2/sonic-3)Aug 24
Interactive / conversational avatars✓ YesAug 24
Compliance & trust
Compliance & trust facts
Commercial usage rights"you (or your End UsersAug 24
Avatar consent / verification"Creating a Customer Replica requires the explicitAug 24
SOC 2✓ YesAug 24
Content moderation policyAutomated moderation tools combined with human review for...Aug 24
Output ownership terms"As between you and TavusAug 24
Build experience
Build experience facts
Public API✓ YesAug 24

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Tavus head-to-head

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