HeyGen vs quso.ai
First, a fact worth having: vidyo.ai is now quso.ai, and requesting vidyo.ai/pricing returns a 302 redirect to quso.ai/pricing. With that settled — buy HeyGen if you need video to exist and a presenter to deliver it. Buy quso.ai if you already record long-form and want clipping plus publishing on one invoice.
Disclosure: this page is published by Kineo, which is not one of the two tools compared here and does not compete with either on the job they do. There is a short, clearly labelled note about Kineo at the bottom. Everything above it is written as if we had nothing at stake, because on this comparison we do not.
The verdict
They sit at opposite ends of the pipeline
HeyGen is production: script in, avatar video out, nothing uploaded. quso.ai is post-production and distribution: long video in, vertical clips out, published to up to 6 platforms with a Content Planner from the Essential tier. If you have no long video, quso’s entire clipping half is inert.
quso bundles a scheduler; HeyGen does not schedule anything
quso Lite at $29/month, or $19 billed annually, includes unlimited 1080p clips, an advanced editor, publishing to 6 platforms and 10GB storage. Essential at $39, or $26 annually, adds AI filler and silence removal, external content support and a Content Planner with 25GB. Growth at $49, or $33, adds a Brand Kit, the Viddy assistant and 75GB. HeyGen sells rendering and stops there.
Both free tiers are real, and both are capped somewhere awkward
HeyGen Free: 3 videos a month, 1 minute each, 1 custom digital twin, 500+ stock avatars. quso Free: 75 credits a month, renders capped at 720p, chapters and short videos, TikTok publishing, CutMagic, and 7-day data retention. HeyGen caps your volume; quso caps your resolution and how long your work survives.
One of them publishes a watermark policy
HeyGen lists watermark removal from Creator up. quso.ai’s pricing page does not state a watermark policy in what we could read. For a monetised channel that is worth a support ticket before a subscription, and it is the kind of gap we will not fill with a guess.
Side by side
Every figure below was read off each vendor’s own pricing page on July 26, 2026. Where a tier table did not resolve to readable prices, the cell says so rather than guessing — a wrong competitor price is worse than no price at all.
| HeyGen | quso.ai | |
|---|---|---|
| What it actually is | Puts a synthetic presenter on screen reading your script, with heavy investment in avatars, voice cloning and languages. | Clips long videos into shorts and bundles a scheduling and publishing suite around them. |
| Needs an existing video? | No. You write a script, pick an avatar and it renders a talking-head clip. | Yes for the clipping half — the product is built around turning long videos into short-form clips. |
| Free tier | Free plan: $0, 3 videos per month up to 1 minute each, 1 custom digital twin, 30+ languages and 500+ stock avatars. | Free plan: $0, 75 credits per month, 720p render quality, chapters and short videos, TikTok publishing, CutMagic, and 7-day data retention. |
| Cheapest paid plan | Creator $29/month, or $24/month billed annually | Lite $29/month, or $19/month billed annually |
| Full pricing | Free $0 (3 videos/mo, 1 min each) · Creator $29/mo, or $24/mo billed annually (600 credits/mo, videos up to 30 min, 1080p export, voice cloning, 175+ languages) · Pro $49/mo (1,000 credits/mo, 4K export) · Business $149/mo plus $20/seat/mo (1,500 credits/mo, videos up to 60 min, 4K, 5 custom digital twins) · Enterprise custom (no video duration maximum, 10+ custom digital twins). | Free $0 (75 credits/mo, 720p) · Lite $29/mo, or $19/mo annually (unlimited 1080p clips, advanced editor, publishing to 6 platforms, 10GB storage) · Essential $39/mo, or $26/mo annually (adds AI filler and silence removal, external content support, Content Planner, 25GB) · Growth $49/mo, or $33/mo annually (adds Brand Kit, the Viddy AI assistant, priority support, templates, 75GB). |
| Watermark | Watermark removal is included from the Creator tier up. | Not stated on the pricing page. |
| Aspect ratio | Multiple, including 9:16 vertical. | Vertical short-form clips reframed from your source. |
| Voice / narration | A large built-in voice library plus voice cloning on paid plans; 175+ languages from Creator up. | Your source audio. |
| Where the visuals come from | Not the point of the product — the avatar is the shot. | None — the clips come from your own footage. |
| Export & usage limits | Credit-metered. The pricing page lists Avatar IV/V at 20 credits per minute and Avatar III at 3 credits per minute. Unused credits roll over for paid subscribers. | Free renders are capped at 720p with 7-day data retention; 1080p clips are unlimited from Lite up. |
| Verified | Verified July 26, 2026 — read from https://www.heygen.com/pricing | Verified July 26, 2026 — read from https://quso.ai/pricing |
Sources: HeyGen pricing · quso.ai pricing — both checked on July 26, 2026. Vendors change tiers without notice, so confirm on their site before you pay. If you find something here that is out of date, we would rather fix it than keep the click.
quso.ai: quso.ai is what vidyo.ai became. Requesting vidyo.ai/pricing returns a 302 redirect to quso.ai/pricing, confirmed on July 26, 2026.
Which one you should pick
Pick HeyGen if…
- You need the video to exist at all and you only have a script.
- A presenter on screen is the format, not an accident.
- You are localising: 175+ languages from Creator up, voice cloning at the same tier.
- You want 4K without a sales call — Pro at $49/month.
- Your usage is irregular: HeyGen states unused credits roll over for paid subscribers.
Pick quso.ai if…
- You already record long-form and the problem is turning it into clips and posting them.
- You want one bill for clipping, planning and publishing to six platforms.
- Unlimited 1080p clips from the entry paid tier suits you better than a credit balance.
- You want a free tier you can keep indefinitely and 720p is acceptable while you evaluate.
- Storage matters — 10GB on Lite, 25GB on Essential, 75GB on Growth.
The differences that actually matter
Storage and retention are priced on one side and absent on the other
quso.ai quotes 10GB, 25GB and 75GB by tier and retains free-plan data for 7 days. HeyGen quotes credits and avatar counts and does not headline storage. If you keep a working archive, that is a real difference over a year — and the 7-day free-tier retention is the specific line to notice before you evaluate on quso’s free plan across a holiday.
Whose voice you end up with
quso.ai clips reuse whatever audio is in your source. HeyGen synthesises a voice, with cloning available on paid plans and 175+ languages from Creator up. That means quso preserves authenticity you already captured and HeyGen manufactures consistency you did not.
The rename affects your research, not just the brand
Because vidyo.ai became quso.ai, older reviews describe pricing and features under a URL that now redirects. We confirmed that 302 on July 26, 2026 and every quso figure here came from quso.ai’s own live pricing page on that date. Treat anything predating the rename as unverified.
Neither is a faceless-Shorts originator
HeyGen puts a face on screen. quso.ai reuses faces and audio from your recordings. Narration over stock footage with nobody on camera is not something either produces from nothing, which is worth knowing before either subscription starts.
Frequently asked questions
Is vidyo.ai the same as quso.ai?
Yes. Requesting vidyo.ai/pricing returns a 302 redirect to quso.ai/pricing, confirmed on July 26, 2026. Reviews that only mention vidyo.ai predate the rename, so check their date before trusting the numbers in them.
Is HeyGen or quso.ai cheaper?
They are level at entry: HeyGen Creator is $29/month, or $24 billed annually; quso Lite is $29/month, or $19 billed annually. quso is cheaper on a year. Both read from their own pricing pages on July 26, 2026, and they buy completely different things.
Does quso.ai publish my videos for me?
Its Lite tier and above list publishing to 6 platforms, and even the free tier lists TikTok publishing. Essential adds a Content Planner. HeyGen does not publish anything on your behalf — it renders and hands you the file.
What is capped on the quso.ai free plan?
75 credits a month, renders capped at 720p, and 7-day data retention. It includes chapters, short videos, TikTok publishing and CutMagic. The 720p ceiling and the retention window are the two lines to notice.
Can HeyGen clip a long video I already have?
No. HeyGen generates video from a script with an avatar; it is not a re-clipper. If you have a long recording to harvest, quso.ai — or another clipper — is the category you want.
One disclosed third option
Disclosure: Kineo publishes this page and is neither tool above. It is not a clipper, has no scheduler and puts no presenter on screen — it turns one typed topic into a finished faceless 9:16 Short. Mentioned because a share of people comparing a clipper with an avatar platform turn out to have neither footage nor a wish to be on camera.
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Prices, free-tier terms and limits on this page were verified on July 26, 2026 by reading each vendor’s own published pricing page, linked above. They change. Nothing here is an endorsement by, or affiliation with, HeyGen or quso.ai, and no comparison on this site is paid for or sponsored. Kineo is a product of the same company that publishes this page, which is stated on every comparison whether or not Kineo is one of the tools being judged.