Hedra
by Hedra
At a glance
AI video platform for generating expressive talking characters and avatar videos from images and audio.
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- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- Video Generation
- Business model
- Freemium
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2024
Overview
Hedra is an AI video platform for generating expressive talking characters and avatar videos from images and audio. Its talking-character models animate a still image into speech-synchronized video, used for UGC-style ads, virtual presenters, and character content. Hedra offers a free tier and credit-based paid subscriptions.
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Key features
- Models for talking-character and avatar video generation
- Image plus audio to lip-synced video generation
- Voice options via built-in TTS or uploaded audio
- Web studio and API access
Use cases
- Creating UGC-style avatar ads for marketing
- Producing virtual presenters and spokespeople
- Animating characters for social content
Pricing
Hedra has a free tier with limited credits and paid plans that add monthly credits, faster generation, and commercial rights.
Record details
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Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-10-09
- Pricing
- www.hedra.com ↗
- Documentation
- www.hedra.com ↗
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- US
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/hedra/
Selection profile
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- Tasks it fits
- Video generation
Derived from the record: category "video-generation".
Suggest a correction - How you use it
- Web app
Hosted product with no desktop/CLI tag in the record; assumed web-delivered.
Suggest a correction - Runs on
- Web
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Suggest a correction - Where it runs
- Vendor cloud
Vendor-hosted product; no self-hosted option is recorded.
Suggest a correction - Works offline
- Not recorded
The record contains no offline-operation claim.
Suggest a correction - Official service region
- Global
Mirrors the availability field already on the record ("global").
Suggest a correction - Public API
- Yes
Matched on the vendor page: “o build your dreams. We handle the hosting and infrastructure. Get an API Key Read the docs Hedra Training Task-adapted model Research Preview Pre and Post-Training Make”
Suggest a correction - Licence
- proprietary
Commercial product; no source licence is published in the record.
Suggest a correction - Commercial use
- Not recorded
Commercial product; the terms reviewed here do not state a non-commercial restriction, but that was not verified.
Suggest a correction - Interface languages
- Not recorded
No vendor page read in this pass states the product's own interface languages; the key exists so the field can be answered later rather than left absent.
Suggest a correction - Billing
- Subscription Free allowance: Limited Subscription required: No
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Where each value comes from
- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
- How you use it
- Our inference
- Runs on
- Our inference
- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
- Our inference
- Official service region
- Our inference
- Public API
- Verified 2026-10-09 www.hedra.com ↗
- Licence
- Our inference
- Commercial use
- Our inference
- Interface languages
- Unknown
Key facts and their evidence
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API: Public API documented Verified 2026-10-09 www.hedra.com ↗
Applies to: As stated on hedra.com on 2026-10-09
Matched on the vendor page: “o build your dreams. We handle the hosting and infrastructure. Get an API Key Read the docs Hedra Training Task-adapted model Research Preview Pre and Post-Training Make”
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Frequently asked questions
What does Hedra do?
Hedra turns a still image plus audio or text into expressive, lip-synced talking-character videos.
How does Hedra create talking characters?
Hedra animates a still image or character into video with synchronized speech, using built-in voices or uploaded audio.
Is Hedra free?
Hedra offers free starter credits; sustained use requires a credit-based paid subscription.
What does Hedra not establish?
Hedra's record establishes no licence, regional availability or supported languages, because the vendor pages fetched stated none of these fields.
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- Synthesia — AI video platform for creating presenter-led videos from text using synthetic avatars and voices.
- AI Studios — AI Studios: Presenter videos using synthetic avatars.
- AKOOL — AKOOL: Face, character and motion swapping in video.
- Animaker — Animaker: Animated scenes, characters and lip sync from text prompts.
Related guides
Sources
- Official website ↗
- Business Insider: AI video startup Hedra raises $32M round led by a16z ↗
- Hedra — Visual Inference Models and Infrastructure ↗
- Documentation ↗
- Official pricing ↗
This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-09.
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