Ijharul Islam
D-ID's Studio plans cost $5.90 a month for Lite (10 minutes of video a month), $29 for Pro (15 minutes) and $196 for Advanced (100 minutes), or $4.70, about $16 and $108 a month billed yearly ($56, $191 and $1,293 a year). Each plan has higher minute tiers, and there's a free 14-day trial with 3 minutes. Developers can also pick separate API plans from $18 a month.
D-ID's prices load inside its pricing page, so we read them in a browser on 1 November 2026, with both the monthly and yearly toggles and every minute tier. More breakdowns are in our video tool pricing and alternatives guides.
The short answer
D-ID Lite is $5.90/month or $4.70/month yearly ($56) for 10 minutes, with a D-ID watermark and a personal-use licence. Pro is $29/month or $16/month yearly ($191) for 15 minutes, a commercial licence, 1 voice clone and a small 'AI' watermark. Advanced is $196/month or $108/month yearly ($1,293) for 100 minutes and your own logo. Minutes cover videos, agents, translation and API, and don't roll over.
Key takeaways
- D-ID prices by minutes, shared across Studio videos, agents, video translation and API calls.
- Pro is the cheapest plan with a commercial licence; Lite and the trial are personal use only.
- Yearly billing saves 20% on Lite and 45% on Pro and Advanced.
- Every video is rounded up to the next 15 seconds, and unused minutes expire each month.
- Every plan carries a mark of some kind except Advanced and Enterprise, which use your own logo.
Disclosure: we make QuickVeed and show how to do this in it, along with other ways. Details about other products come from their public pages, checked in November 2026 and linked at the end.
How much does D-ID cost?
From D-ID's Studio pricing page, checked 1 November 2026 (base tier of each plan):
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Minutes a month | Watermark | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trial | $0 for 14 days | - | 3 (total) | Full-screen watermark | Personal use |
| Lite | $5.90 | $4.70/month ($56 a year) | 10 | D-ID watermark | Personal use |
| Pro | $29 | About $16/month ($191 a year) | 15 | Small 'AI' watermark | Commercial use |
| Advanced | $196 | $108/month ($1,293 a year) | 100 | Your custom logo | Commercial use |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Unlimited, fair use | Custom logo | Commercial use |
The minutes cover 'Videos, Agents, Video Translate & API' from one balance. The page also offers 'unlimited videos for your first month' on Lite, Pro and Advanced, subject to a fair-use policy.
D-ID minute tiers: monthly and yearly
Each paid plan has a minute picker on the pricing page. D-ID labels the tiers in credits (4 credits a minute: 40 credits is 10 minutes). All tiers, read from the page:
| Plan and tier | Minutes a month | Monthly | Yearly (per month / per year) | Per minute, monthly / yearly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lite 40 credits | 10 | $5.90 | $4.70 / $56 | $0.59 / $0.47 |
| Lite 52 credits | 13 | $7.70 | $6.10 / $74 | $0.59 / $0.47 |
| Lite 64 credits | 16 | $9.40 | $7.50 / $90 | $0.59 / $0.47 |
| Pro 60 credits | 15 | $29 | About $16 / $191 | $1.93 / $1.06 |
| Pro 100 credits | 25 | $49 | $27 / $323 | $1.96 / $1.08 |
| Pro 240 credits | 60 | $118 | About $64.70 / $776 | $1.97 / $1.08 |
| Advanced 400 credits | 100 | $196 | $108 / $1,293 | $1.96 / $1.08 |
| Advanced 600 credits | 150 | $294 | $162 / $1,940 | $1.96 / $1.08 |
| Advanced 700 credits | 175 | $343 | $189 / $2,263 | $1.96 / $1.08 |
So a minute of commercial-use D-ID video costs about $1.96 on monthly billing and about $1.08 on yearly, whichever Pro or Advanced tier you choose. Lite is cheaper per minute but carries the D-ID watermark and a personal-use licence, so it isn't for client or business videos.
How do D-ID minutes work?
D-ID's FAQ says each video's length is deducted from your plan's minutes, rounded up to the nearest 15 seconds: a 1 minute 10 second video uses 1 minute 15 seconds. Minutes don't accumulate; they renew every month and unused minutes are void. API use draws on the same balance as the web app.
Short videos lose the most to rounding. A 20-second clip uses 30 seconds, so ten of them use 5 minutes of your allowance, not 3 minutes 20.
What does each D-ID plan include?
| Trial | Lite | Pro | Advanced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal avatars (from your own video) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Stock avatars | Video and photo | Photo and 2 video avatars | Video and photo | Video and photo |
| Voices | Standard | Standard | Premium, import third-party voices | Premium, import third-party voices |
| Voice clones | None | None | 1 | 3 |
| Agentic videos | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Longest video | 30 minutes | 30 minutes | 30 minutes | 30 minutes |
| Video translation | Up to 30 seconds | Up to 5 minutes | Up to 5 minutes | Up to 5 minutes |
| SRT subtitles download (Studio) | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Processing speed | Standard | Fast | Faster | Faster |
Studio Avatars, D-ID's highest-quality avatars, are an Enterprise add-on and aren't on the self-serve plans. Video translation covers 30+ output languages. Team collaboration and translation proofreading are Enterprise only.
How much does the D-ID API cost?
API access is included in every Studio plan, using the same minutes. D-ID also sells API plans with more minutes and streaming time for developers. From its API pricing page, checked 1 November 2026:
| API plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Video a month | Streaming video a month | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trial | $0 for 14 days | - | Up to 3 minutes | Up to 10 minutes | Personal |
| Build | $18 | $14.40/month ($172.80 a year) | Up to 16 minutes | Up to 32 minutes | Personal, D-ID watermark |
| Launch | $50 | $35/month ($420 a year) | Up to 45 minutes | Up to 90 minutes | Commercial, AI watermark |
| Scale | $198 | $138.60/month ($1,663.20 a year) | Up to 200 minutes | Up to 400 minutes | Commercial, custom logo |
Launch and Scale have higher credit tiers on the page; API plans let you use your own S3 storage. On base tiers that's about $1.11 a minute on Launch monthly and $0.99 on Scale.
Is D-ID worth it?
D-ID's strengths are a low entry price, a clear per-minute model, and its agentic videos, which embed an AI agent that answers viewers' questions (3 on Lite, 5 on Pro, 10 on Advanced). For finished presenter videos, compare it with HeyGen (Creator at $29 a month, about 19 minutes of Avatar IV) and Synthesia. For other options, see D-ID alternatives, and for a cheap photo-based route, how to make a talking photo.
Where QuickVeed fits
QuickVeed's AI avatars make short presenter clips, not long avatar videos or live agents: every model is capped at 30 seconds, and there's no developer API. P-Video Avatar speaks a typed script for 63 credits per 10 seconds (about $6.80 a minute on Starter), more per minute than D-ID Pro. LivePortrait animates a portrait to a voice track for 10 credits per 10 seconds (about $1.10 a minute), using a voice from the AI voice generator or your own recording. Output carries no watermark.
The same credits pay for auto subtitles in 32 languages, AI dubbing for videos up to 10 minutes (no lip re-sync) and UGC video ads of up to 30 seconds. If you need 15 or more minutes of avatar video a month, D-ID is the cheaper tool. QuickVeed plans are $18 a month for 1,000 credits (Starter), $42 for 2,500 (Boost) and $114 for 6,000 (Scale), yearly billing costs 10 times the monthly price, and a new account gets a 14-day trial with 250 credits, no card needed. A credit works out to about 1.7 to 1.9 cents.
Frequently asked questions
How much is D-ID per month?
Lite is $5.90, Pro $29 and Advanced $196 a month for 10, 15 and 100 minutes, or $4.70, about $16 and $108 a month billed yearly. Checked 1 November 2026.
Is D-ID free?
There's a 14-day trial with 3 minutes of video, a full-screen watermark and a personal-use licence. There's no ongoing free plan.
Does D-ID have a watermark?
Yes on Trial (full screen) and Lite (D-ID watermark). Pro has a small 'AI' watermark; Advanced and Enterprise use your own logo.
Can I use D-ID videos commercially?
From Pro up. Trial and Lite carry a personal-use licence.
Do D-ID minutes roll over?
No. Minutes renew each month and unused ones expire. Each video is rounded up to the next 15 seconds.
How much is the D-ID API?
API use draws on any Studio plan's minutes. Dedicated API plans are Build $18 (16 minutes), Launch $50 (45 minutes) and Scale $198 (200 minutes) a month, less on yearly billing.
Try it with your own video
Need a short presenter clip, then captions and a translated version? Make a 20-second avatar clip and caption it with the trial credits. QuickVeed plans start at $18/month, and new accounts get a 14-day trial with 250 credits, no card needed. Sign up or see pricing.
Sources
Competitor details in this post were checked against these public pages in November 2026. Products and prices change, so confirm with each vendor before you decide.
