What is D-ID, in short?
Updated October 17, 2026 · By Elias Brandt · Documentation review, not tested hands-on
Pros
- Commercial licence from Pro
- API on every plan
- Many output languages
- Cancel in the account
- Synthetic-media commitments are published
Cons
- No free plan
- Minutes run out each month
- Lower plans are watermarked
- Highest-quality avatars are not on self-serve plans
- Legal terms could not be read
Best forTeams making training or explainer clipsDevelopers who need a talking-head APIPeople who need a commercial licenceNot for long daily output on a small planNot for animating someone's face without their consent
Strengths, limits and who it suits, in full
Strengths
- Commercial licence from Pro The pricing page lists a commercial-use licence for Pro, Advanced and Enterprise, and personal use only for Trial and Lite.
- API on every plan The pricing page lists API access from Trial upward, with minutes taken from the same balance as the web app.
- Many output languages The pricing page lists 30+ output languages on every plan.
- Cancel in the account The FAQ says cancelling is under Billing, and the plan stays active to the end of the billing period.
- Synthetic-media commitments are published The ethics pledge describes consent, watermarking and misuse commitments.
Limits
- No free plan The only no-cost option is a 14-day trial with 3 minutes and a full-screen watermark.
- Minutes run out each month Lite includes 10 minutes and Pro 15 minutes a month, and unused minutes expire; Advanced includes 100.
- Lower plans are watermarked Lite shows a D-ID watermark and Pro an AI watermark; the custom logo option starts at Advanced.
- Highest-quality avatars are not on self-serve plans The Studio Avatar row is an add-on on Enterprise only and not included on Trial to Advanced.
- Legal terms could not be read The terms-of-use address we tried returned a not-found page, so rights beyond the pricing-page licence rows are unverified.
Who it suits
- Teams making training or explainer clips The homepage targets training, marketing, sales and support videos.
- Developers who need a talking-head API The API page describes generating video from an image plus text or audio.
- People who need a commercial licence It starts on Pro, per the pricing page.
- Not for long daily output on a small plan Lite and Pro include 10 and 15 minutes a month.
- Not for animating someone's face without their consent The ethics pledge expects customers to obtain third-party consent where required.
How much does D-ID cost?
Prices confirmed · checked
Regional prices: Prices are from the pricing page on 2026-10-17 and are shown in US dollars.
Each paid card shows a per-month figure next to an annual total (for example $191 billed annually for Pro), so the per-month figure appears to be the annual-billing equivalent; the price for paying month to month was not in the text we read and is not stated here. The first-month unlimited-videos offer carries a footnote whose text we could not read, so its conditions are unknown. Sources disagree on video length: the pricing table says up to 30 minutes on every plan, while older help text on the homepage says Creative Reality Studio and the API are limited to 5 minutes; we did not resolve this. The same help text says Lite does not support premium presenters. Taxes and non-USD prices were not shown.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Trial | $0 for 14 days sourceFrom d-id.com/pricing, checked Oct 17, 2026 (opens in a new tab) | 3 minutes for videos, agents, translation and API, 100+ stock avatars, 1 personal avatar, standard voices, a full-screen watermark and a personal-use licence. |
| Lite | $4.7 per month shown$56 billed annually sourceFrom d-id.com/pricing, checked Oct 17, 2026 (opens in a new tab) | 10 minutes a month, photo avatars and 2 video avatars, a D-ID watermark and a personal-use licence; the page says unlimited videos in the first month, with a footnote we could not read. |
| Pro | $16 per month shown$191 billed annually sourceFrom d-id.com/pricing, checked Oct 17, 2026 (opens in a new tab) | 15 minutes a month, 3 personal avatars, premium voices, 1 voice clone, subtitles, an AI watermark and a commercial-use licence. |
| Advanced | $108 per month shown$1,293 billed annually sourceFrom d-id.com/pricing, checked Oct 17, 2026 (opens in a new tab) | 100 minutes a month, 5 personal avatars, 3 voice clones, 10 agentic videos, a custom logo in place of the watermark and manual content moderation. |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing | Unlimited video minutes, team collaboration, SAML/SSO, enterprise-grade security, a customer success manager and the Studio Avatar add-on. |
How far does it go?
- What the included minutes cover on ProPro includes 15 minutes a month, $191 billed annually. Because each video is rounded up to the next 15 seconds, a 1-minute-10-second video uses 1 minute 15 seconds, so 15 minutes covers 12 such videos. Lite's 10 minutes covers 8 at $56 billed annually. Minutes also cover agents, translation and API calls, and unused ones expire each month. If you need more than 15 minutes of video in a month, Advanced is the next listed plan at $1,293 billed annually for 100 minutes.
Arithmetic from the published allowances above, not a usage test.
Taxes, currency and promotions can change the price you see at checkout.
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Key features
| Feature | What it does | Watch out |
|---|---|---|
| Stock avatars, photo avatars and personal avatars made from an uploaded video, with the number allowed set by plan (pricing page) | — | |
| Text-to-speech in 30+ output languages, uploaded audio, and voice cloning from Pro (pricing page) | — | |
| Agentic videos: an AI agent embedded in a video that answers viewer questions (pricing page) | — | |
| Video translation, up to 5 minutes on paid plans below Enterprise (pricing page) | — | |
| API access on every plan, including trial, with minutes drawn from the same balance as the web app (pricing page FAQ, API page) | — | |
| Minutes are the unit you pay for | Each plan includes a monthly pool of minutes shared by videos, agents, video translation and API use, and a video is rounded up to the next 15 seconds, so a 1-minute-10-second video uses 1 minute 15 seconds. | Unused minutes do not carry over to the next month, per the pricing FAQ, and the pool is small on lower plans: 10 on Lite and 15 on Pro. |
What does a D-ID plan include?
The pricing page sets a monthly pool of minutes per plan, shared by videos, agents, translation and API use, and ties the licence to the plan: personal use on Trial and Lite, commercial use from Pro. Check the watermark row before publishing anything.
Which rights are unclear?
The homepage help text and the pricing table give different maximum video lengths, and the terms-of-use address we tried returned a not-found page. The ethics pledge says customers should obtain third-party consent where required; it is a pledge, not the terms of service.
How could you check D-ID before paying?
Proposed evaluation · not performed yet
Use the trial with a script you would really publish.
- Render the same 30-second script with one stock avatar and one photo avatar, and note which lip-sync you would put in front of customers.
- Check how many of the 3 trial minutes that clip used, remembering that length is rounded up to 15 seconds.
- Decide whether a watermark is acceptable; if not, compare the Advanced custom-logo option against your monthly minutes.
D-ID alternatives
Other video & editing tools checked with the same method. Pick by the job, not by a score.
Developers and small teams who want a conversational video avatar for support, sales or tutoring and need to budget by minutes
Creators combining permitted images and audio
Avatar-presented videos and lip-synced video translation
TikTok-ready ad videos for accounts that already advertise on TikTok
Localizing short talking-head videos into several languages
Creators planning short licensed clips
Animators, game developers and 3D creators who want rough-to-usable character motion from phone footage and will clean it up in their own 3D tool
Generated video and footage editing
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Frequently asked questions
Is D-ID free?
Not as a plan. The pricing page offers a 14-day trial with 3 minutes, a full-screen watermark and a personal-use licence. Paid plans start with Lite at $56 billed annually.
How much does D-ID cost for commercial use?
The commercial-use licence starts on Pro, shown as $16 a month, $191 billed annually, with 15 minutes a month. Advanced is $1,293 billed annually for 100 minutes. We did not find a month-to-month price.
Is D-ID Creative Reality Studio the same as D-ID?
The homepage help text describes Creative Reality Studio as D-ID's self-service tool for talking-avatar videos. The pricing page now speaks of D-ID plans for videos, agents, translation and API, without that name.
Do unused D-ID minutes roll over?
No. The pricing FAQ says minutes renew every month and unused minutes become void. Video length is rounded up to the nearest 15 seconds.
How do I cancel D-ID?
Go to Billing and choose Cancel plan. The pricing FAQ says the plan stays active until the end of the current billing period, then the account is downgraded.
Sources and method4 official sources · 10 details checked · Oct 17, 2026
How we checked this profile
10 details on this page were checked against D-ID's own pages and help documentation (Oct 17, 2026).
See the checks by section10 documented
| Section | Checks | Last checked | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article text | 1 documented | d-id.com | |
| Plans and prices | 6 documented | d-id.com/pricingd-id.com | |
| Strengths and limits | 2 documented | d-id.com/pricing | |
| Who it suits | 1 documented | d-id.com/ethics |
Sources for this profile
- Pricing page: Trial, Lite, Pro, Advanced and Enterprise plans, feature rows and billing FAQd-id.com
- Homepage: product description, Creative Reality Studio help text, limitsd-id.com
- API page: talking-head video API and real-time streaming descriptiond-id.com
- Ethics pledge: consent, watermark and misuse commitments (dated January 2024; checked 2026-10-17)d-id.com
Official D-ID pages read on 2026-10-17: homepage, pricing page with its FAQ, API page and ethics pledge. The pricing page was read through a proxy because direct access is bot-protected. We did not create an account, make a video, test avatar quality, voices, lip-sync or the API. Gaps: the terms-of-use address returned a not-found page, the monthly-billing prices, the footnote to the first-month unlimited-videos offer, the maximum video length conflict, and regional prices and taxes. Customer testimonials on the homepage were not used as evidence. Directory listings and third-party reviews were not used.
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