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AI Avatars for Video Creation and Real-Time Interaction

Choose from multiple generations of AI avatars, designed for clarity, realism, and expressive communication across every use case , available via studio or API

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Introducing V4 avatars: digital humans with true emotional range

Built from multi-sentiment recordings of real actors, V4 Avatars capture the subtlety and depth of human expression like nothing else on the market. They deliver unmatched facial nuance, tonal accuracy, and humanlike presence, able to reflect different sentiments based on user input—whether calm, positive, empathetic, or more—resulting in performances that feel natural and emotionally aligned. V4 avatars are available for both high-impact scripted videos and fully interactive visual agent experiences, offering the most lifelike communication possible.

Why avatar-led communication works

Human connection  

People respond to faces. Humanlike delivery increases trust, captures attention more effectively than text or audio alone, and makes messages feel personal and engaging.

 

Better understanding  

Video with facial expression and clear narration boosts comprehension and retention—helping users absorb complex information faster and in any of 120+ supported languages.

 

Scalable consistency  

Avatars deliver the same high-quality performance every time. Whether embedded in videos or used as interactive agents, they ensure on-brand communication at global scale.

 

95% retention boost

2× higher attention

40% increase in trust

3× engagement lift

Avatar models

V2 Avatars

  • Created from a single image with lightweight rendering
  • Enables quick generation with broad language support
  • Most efficient option for high-volume, simple communication needs
  • Compatible with interactive visual agents
Create your standard personal avatar with D-ID

V3 Instant Avatars

  • Created from a short user-recorded or uploaded video
  • Preserves the original background and movement while delivering perfectly lip-synced narration using a cloned voice or synthetic voice, or a recording
  • Great for rapid, authentic video content at scale

V3 Pro Avatars

  • Created from a 3–5 minute uploaded video
  • Delivers highly realistic facial detail and natural motion
  • Includes a cloned voice for flexible narration
  • Geared for professional content, with optional green-screen recording enabling background control
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V4 Avatars

  • Created from a series of short recordings capturing multiple emotional vocal and facial expressions
  • Produces emotionally aligned delivery with precise facial and vocal synchronization
  • Ideal for high-impact use cases where authentic human nuance is essential

Select the avatar to match your needs

V2 Avatars V3 Avatars Instant V3 Avatars Pro V4 Avatars
Quality Essential Natural High-Fidelity Highest Quality, Expressive
Input Single Frontal Image 1 minute video 3.5 minute video Multiple videos
Avatar Creation Time Immediate <10 minutes 24 hours 24 hours
Stock avatar availability All plans All plans All plans All plans
Custom avatar plan availability All plans All plans Pro and above Enterprise
Streamable for real-time interactions Yes No Yes Yes

Bring clarity, consistency, and scale to every workflow

  • Humanlike Instruction at Global Scale

    AI avatars make training clearer, more engaging, and easier to scale. They turn complex content into digestible explanations with consistent delivery, expressive guidance, and multilingual narration. From onboarding to compliance, teams learn faster and retain more when information is presented by a relatable, humanlike instructor.

    Natural User Interfaces
  • High-Impact Storytelling That Stands Out

    Avatar-led videos and interactive agents help brands stand out with content that feels personal, dynamic, and memorable. Whether introducing a product, explaining a service, or creating personalized campaigns at scale, avatars deliver high-impact storytelling that’s always on-brand and instantly adaptable across channels.

    Natural User Interfaces
  • More Personal, Faster, and Always Consistent

    Visual Agents transform digital touchpoints by offering humanlike interaction at every step. They provide fast, consistent answers with natural delivery, reduce support load, and create a friendlier experience for users—day or night, in any language. The result: higher satisfaction, smoother journeys, and more effective self-service.

Natural User Interfaces
Natural User Interfaces

Create a digital twin

  • Generate a personal avatar from a photo or a short video
  • Clone your voice and speak any language
  • Customize your canvas with backgrounds, media and text layers

Generate a video with a stock avatars

  • Select from scores of pre-made video or image based avatars
  • Match it to the voice of your choice available in 120 languages
  • Customize the avatar’s size and position, change backgrounds and add media and text layers

Create an interactive visual agent

  • Turn your avatar into an interactive companion that users can talk to in real time, face to face
  • Choose the language, voice, personality, knowledge and actions that best fit your brand’s needs
  • Embed the visual agent on your website or integrate it in your app to help boost engagement through humanlike conversation in multiple languages
  • Track engagement volume, scores and impact with instant insights

Built for enterprise scale

Security & compliance

  • SOC 2–aligned infrastructure

  • Consent-based avatar creation

  • Secure storage and access controls

  • Data handling built for regulated industries

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Control & customization

  • Flexible branding, styling, and voice options

  • Configurable personalities and behaviors

  • Embeddable across sites, apps, and internal systems

Scalability & performance

  • High-volume video generation

  • Streamable, real-time agents

  • Stable API built for production workloads

  • Global delivery with low latency

AI avatars FAQs

  • An AI avatar is a digital human that delivers video or real-time communication using expressive facial animation, natural narration, and multilingual capabilities. In D-ID, avatars can be used for scripted videos, interactive visual agents, and personalized digital experiences.

  • D-ID offers four generations of avatars—V2, V3 Instant, V3 Pro, and V4 Expressive—ranging from simple image-based avatars to highly realistic, sentiment-adaptive models trained on multi-sentiment video recordings. Users can choose stock avatars or create personal digital twins.

  • You can create an avatar by uploading a single image or recording a short video (depending on the avatar generation). The platform automatically generates the avatar and its voice options, ready to be used in videos or interactive agents.

  • Yes. When creating a video-based avatar, the platform can generate a high-quality cloned voice as a byproduct. You can also choose a synthetic voice from D-ID’s library or upload your own audio recordings.

  • Yes. Avatars can narrate or converse in more than 120 languages and accents, with natural pronunciation and expressive delivery.

  • Stock avatars are ready-made and can be used instantly. Personal avatars—also called digital twins—are created by uploading your own image or video. They replicate your likeness, voice, and natural expressions for more personal communication.

  • Yes. V2, V3 Pro, and V4 avatars can be used as real-time interactive Visual Agents, delivering natural speech, sentiment-aligned responses, and face-to-face engagement. V3 Instant avatars are available for video output only.

  • Avatar videos and real-time visual agents can be embedded in websites, apps, learning platforms, customer portals, internal systems, and marketing channels. They are ideal for training, onboarding, customer support, marketing campaigns, and product explainers.

  • Yes. D-ID’s avatars and platform are built with enterprise-grade security, permission controls, and ethical guidelines. Personal avatars respect privacy, and deployment is fully compliant with major industry standards.

  • D-ID uses strict identity protections, watermarking, usage controls, and continuous monitoring to prevent harmful or unauthorized use. Personal avatars can only be created with explicit consent, and the platform blocks content that violates safety, privacy, or impersonation guidelines.

  • No. Deepfakes are typically created to deceive or impersonate without consent. D-ID avatars are built for transparent, authorized use in communication, training, and customer engagement. Every avatar is created with clear disclosure, consent, and guardrails that prevent deceptive or harmful use.

  • Pricing depends on the plan and avatar type. Image-based and Instant avatars are available across standard plans, while V3 Pro and V4 expressive avatars are offered on higher tiers or through enterprise services. Costs vary based on output volume, creation method, and deployment needs.