HeyGen vs Captions vs Descript vs Perso AI

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
HeyGen
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Competitor 1
Captions
Competitor 2
Descript
Competitor 3
Perso AI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool HeyGen
heygen.com
Your face speaking languages you don't know
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Competitor Captions
captions.ai
Edit video by editing text
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Competitor Descript
descript.com
Edit media by editing text instead of timelines
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Competitor Perso AI
perso.ai
Perso AI costs $6
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
10.7Mvisits/mo
999Kvisits/mo
3.1Mvisits/mo
159.8Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 10.8%
▼ 6.3%
▼ 10.2%
▼ 14.4%
6-month growth
+16.7%
+23.5%
+2.5%
-9.7%
Global rank web
#3,689
#44,958
#15,466
#216,497
Avg. last 3 months
10.3M
1M
3.3M
185.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
38%
40%
35%
38%
Pages / visit
8.0
4.2
5.4
3.1
Visit duration
7m 15s
3m 51s
4m 03s
47s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 9%
● Direct 66% · ● Referral 32%
HeyGenCaptionsDescriptPerso AI
02.8M5.6M8.4M11.2MHeyGen · 9.3MHeyGen · 8.7MHeyGen · 10.2MHeyGen · 9.1MHeyGen · 10.6MHeyGen · 11.2MHeyGen · 10.5MHeyGen · 9.6MHeyGen · 10.7MCaptions · 888.5KCaptions · 813.9KCaptions · 886.4KCaptions · 803.3KCaptions · 809KCaptions · 957.5KCaptions · 1MCaptions · 955.2KCaptions · 1.1MCaptions · 999KDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.5MDescript · 3MDescript · 3.2MDescript · 3.1MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.1MPerso AI · 219.4KPerso AI · 230.9KPerso AI · 188.6KPerso AI · 167.6KPerso AI · 177KPerso AI · 228.7KPerso AI · 248.4KPerso AI · 208.6KPerso AI · 186.8KPerso AI · 159.8K100K1M10M100MHeyGen · 9.3MHeyGen · 8.7MHeyGen · 10.2MHeyGen · 9.1MHeyGen · 10.6MHeyGen · 11.2MHeyGen · 10.5MHeyGen · 9.6MHeyGen · 10.7MCaptions · 888.5KCaptions · 813.9KCaptions · 886.4KCaptions · 803.3KCaptions · 809KCaptions · 957.5KCaptions · 1MCaptions · 955.2KCaptions · 1.1MCaptions · 999KDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.5MDescript · 3MDescript · 3.2MDescript · 3.1MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.1MPerso AI · 219.4KPerso AI · 230.9KPerso AI · 188.6KPerso AI · 167.6KPerso AI · 177KPerso AI · 228.7KPerso AI · 248.4KPerso AI · 208.6KPerso AI · 186.8KPerso AI · 159.8KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$29per month · free tier available
$24.99per month · free tier available
$16per month · free tier available
$6.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeCreator $29/moPro $49/moBusiness $149/mo+1 more
Free FreeMax $24.99/moScale 1x $69.99/moScale 2x $139.99/mo+2 more
Free FreeHobbyist $16/moCreator $24/moBusiness $50/mo+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioVideoTextImages
VideoText
VideoTextAudio
VideoImagesAudio
Output
Video
Video
VideoTextAudio
VideoTextAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Video CreationVideo EditingVoice & SpeechAI Avatar Video Generator+5 more
Video CreationVideo EditingWriting & ContentAI Avatar Video Generator+5 more
Audio & MusicVideo EditingVoice & SpeechWriting & Content+12 more
Video CreationVideo EditingVoice & SpeechAI Avatar Video Generator+4 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
11
8
14
5
Video translation
Video editing
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Dubbing
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Voice cloning
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Lip sync
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Video dubbing
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Video generation
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Video avatars
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Video subtitles
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Video shortening
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Transcription
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Audio editing
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Audio enhancement
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Avatar animation
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Image to video
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Multilingual video creation
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Podcast editing
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Text to speech
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Podcasts
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Screen recordings
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Voice enhancement
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Writing
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