Comparison
Alpy vs HeyGen
HeyGen puts a realistic AI presenter on screen; Alpy keeps you off screen and illustrates what you say. Choose HeyGen for talking-avatar videos, translations or a digital twin of yourself, from $29/month. Choose Alpy for a faceless YouTube channel in your own voice with drawn scenes and a recurring cartoon character, from $29/month.
Last updated 27 September 2026
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| Alpy | HeyGen | |
|---|---|---|
| On screen | Illustrated scenes and a cartoon narrator character | A realistic AI avatar (stock, photo or your digital twin) |
| Voice | Your own recording only. No AI voices, no cloning | AI voices, voice cloning, or an uploaded audio file lip-synced to the avatar |
| Video length | 30 seconds to 20 minutes | 1 minute free, 30 minutes on Creator and Pro, 60 on Business |
| Pricing | From $29/month (20 minutes) | Creator $29/month ($24 billed annually), Pro $49/month, Business $149/month |
| Free option | A free, watermarked 10-second preview of your own video, no card | 3 videos a month up to 1 minute, with a watermark |
HeyGen figures from its pricing page and help centre, checked 2026-09-27.
Pros and cons
Alpy
Good
- + Built around your own voice: the narration is your recording, not a generated one
- + Videos up to 20 minutes on every plan
- + About $4.83 per three-minute video on the cheapest plan, $3.00 on the largest
- + One recurring character kept consistent across scenes and the thumbnail
- + Title ideas, a description and a thumbnail come with every video
Not so good
- − No AI voices: you have to record the narration yourself
- − Horizontal 16:9 only, no vertical Shorts
- − Scenes are generated automatically; you cannot redraw a single scene yet
- − One deliberately simple drawing style, not polished animation
- − No free plan beyond the 10-second preview
HeyGen
Good
- + Realistic talking avatars, including a digital twin of you
- + Translation and lip-sync into 175+ languages on paid plans
- + A free plan to try it
- + Business features: team workspaces, LMS export
Not so good
- − A presenter on screen, which is not what a faceless illustrated channel looks like
- − Credit-based usage
Which should you choose?
- Choose HeyGen for presenter-style videos: training, sales, product explainers, translated versions.
- Choose Alpy for storytelling and explainer channels where the drawings and your voice carry the video.
Questions
- Is HeyGen faceless?
- Not in the usual sense: a HeyGen video shows an AI avatar's face. You stay off camera, but the video has a presenter. Alpy videos are illustrated scenes with a cartoon character.
- Can HeyGen use my own voice?
- Yes. You can upload an audio file for the avatar to lip-sync, or clone your voice on paid plans.
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