Prices checked 30 September 2026Updated

Quetzal vs HeyGen: the HeyGen alternative that makes the posts

HeyGen turns a script into an avatar video. Quetzal plans your social week, writes the posts, designs the images, makes reels and publishes everything.

Quick answer

Pick Quetzal if you want your social media done for you: posts planned from your brand, written in your voice and published to Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, X and YouTube. Pick HeyGen if you make presenter videos for training, sales or explainers and need avatars and translation at scale, from $29 a month per subscription (Creator).

Quetzal starts at $116 a month per brand, or $89 a month billed yearly (Starter). Unlimited posts on every plan. Plans differ in connected accounts, designed images a month and AI reels, which start on Pro.

HeyGen costs less to start, has a free plan and goes much further on avatars and translation. Quetzal's reels start on Pro.

14 days free. Card required, nothing charged today.

At a glance

Best for

HeyGen
Teams making training, sales and explainer videos with AI avatars and translation
Quetzal
Businesses and agencies that want the posts done for them

Who makes the posts

HeyGen
You do; its AI helps when you ask
Quetzal
Quetzal, from your brand. You approve each one or let it run. Unlimited posts on every plan.

AI video

HeyGen
Avatar videos made with AI, voice cloning and video translation
Quetzal
Presenter reels with word-timed captions from Pro, 10 a month

Networks it publishes to

HeyGen
Not listed on their site
Quetzal
Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, X and YouTube

Approval before publishing

HeyGen
Not listed on their site
Quetzal
Yes: review mode holds every post, and clients approve by link

Comments and messages

HeyGen
Not listed on their site
Quetzal
Comment-to-DM replies on Instagram and Facebook from Growth; not a shared inbox

App languages

HeyGen
Not listed on their site
Quetzal
English and Spanish; posts in your brand's language, with its regional variant

Price from

HeyGen
$29 a month per subscription (Creator)
Quetzal
$116 a month per brand (Starter)

Billed yearly

HeyGen
$24 a month per subscription, billed yearly (Creator)
Quetzal
$89 a month, billed yearly (Starter)

Free plan

HeyGen
Yes
Quetzal
No

Free trial

HeyGen
No time-limited trial listed
Quetzal
14 days; card required, nothing charged today

Refunds

HeyGen
Payments are generally non-refundable; a purchase made with HeyGen may be refunded within fifteen days, case by case, and may be refused if many credits were used.
Quetzal
Cancel in the 14-day trial and pay nothing. A yearly or quarterly plan cancelled within 30 days of a charge is refunded, minus the months started. Otherwise, no refunds.

HeyGen's price basis: Per subscription, per month, in tiers of monthly credits (600, 1,000 or 1,500); Business adds team features and charges $20 a month for each extra seat. Prices in US dollars, as shown on its pricing page. Quetzal charges per brand, in US dollars, with sales tax added at checkout where it applies. Source: their pricing page.

Where HeyGen wins

  • Custom video avatars and a large library of stock avatars
  • Video translation across a long list of languages and dialects
  • A free plan, plus team features such as SSO and LMS exports

Stay with HeyGen if you make training, sales or explainer videos with a presenter and want avatars and translation at scale.

Where Quetzal is different

Scripts written for you, from your brand

Quetzal writes the script as part of the week's plan, so you do not arrive with one. From Pro a presenter says it in a reel with captions timed to each word.

The week arrives planned and written

Quetzal reads your website and brand kit, plans the week and writes every post in your voice. You open a finished week instead of an empty calendar.

Six networks from one plan

Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, X and YouTube, each with its own version of the post and its own publishing schedule.

Spanish written as Spanish

Posts are written in your brand's language and composed natively rather than translated, with the regional variant you choose (Spain, Mexico, Argentina and more). The app itself works in English and Spanish.

What it costs at your size

One brand, three accounts

HeyGen
$29 (Creator)
Quetzal
$116 (Starter)

One brand, six accounts

HeyGen
Depends on their plan limits
Quetzal
$298 (Growth)

Three brands, three accounts each

HeyGen
Depends on their plan limits
Quetzal
$313 (3 × Starter)

Monthly billing on both sides, each tool in its own unit (HeyGen: per subscription). An account is one connected social profile. Three brands on Quetzal share one agency invoice, with the agency discount already applied.

Switching from HeyGen

HeyGen and Quetzal rarely replace each other. Keep HeyGen for training, sales and translated videos, and connect your social accounts to Quetzal for the weekly calendar.

Paste your website into Quetzal and review the brand kit it builds. The first week of posts arrives as drafts, with nothing published until you approve it or switch on full autopilot.

Which one to choose

Choose Quetzal if what you are missing is a steady social presence, not another video.

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Choose HeyGen if you make training, sales or explainer videos with a presenter and want avatars and translation at scale.

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Questions people ask

Is Quetzal better than HeyGen?

For avatar video, no. HeyGen offers custom avatars, a large avatar library and video translation across many languages. Quetzal is for businesses that want their social accounts planned, made and published every week.

What is the main difference between Quetzal and HeyGen?

HeyGen makes the video you script. Quetzal decides what to post, writes it, designs posts and carousels, makes presenter reels from Pro and publishes to six networks.

Which is cheaper for one brand with three accounts?

Billed monthly, one brand with three accounts costs $116 (Starter) on Quetzal and $29 (Creator) on HeyGen. HeyGen costs less to start, has a free plan and goes much further on avatars and translation. Quetzal's reels start on Pro.

Does HeyGen create posts, images or video for you?

According to HeyGen's own pages, checked on 30 September 2026: its AI helps you write when you ask; on video: avatar videos made with AI, voice cloning and video translation. Quetzal plans, writes and designs your posts on every plan, and makes AI reels from Pro.

Can I use Quetzal and HeyGen together?

Yes. One clean split is HeyGen for training and sales videos and Quetzal for the social calendar. They do different work and barely overlap.

How do I move from HeyGen to Quetzal?

Connect your accounts to Quetzal, paste your website and confirm the brand kit. Your first week is drafted from it. You keep HeyGen for everything else you make there.

Decide with your own week in front of you

Type your website and see a week of posts made for your brand. Free, and no account needed.

14 days free. Card required, nothing charged today.

How we compare

HeyGen's prices were read from its pricing page on 30 September 2026 (monthly billing, USD). Features were checked on HeyGen's own pages on 30 September 2026; where HeyGen does not say, we write "not listed". We make Quetzal, so this is a vendor's comparison. If anything is wrong or out of date, write to hello@quetzaltech.es and we will correct it within 48 hours. HeyGen is a trademark of its owner; Quetzal is not affiliated with HeyGen.

HeyGen alternative: Quetzal vs HeyGen (2026)