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What it is

AKOOL is an AI-powered video and image creation platform combining avatars, translation and face swap. Its tools include video and image generation, talking photos, avatar video, background changes and video translation. The Model Hub provides access to Seedance, Kling, Wan and other AI video and image models. AKOOL supports custom and interactive avatars, voice cloning and video resolution up to 4K. Its API offerings cover face swap, video translation, talking photos and avatars, streaming avatars, image generation and content moderation; developer resources include API documentation, GitHub and Postman. The company describes business use around producing personalized visuals for engagement and marketing. It says it uses encryption in transit and at rest, access controls, authentication, continuous monitoring and vetted third-party vendors. Listed compliance includes SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 42001 and GDPR. AKOOL offers a free plan with 5 GB storage and limits including avatar video up to 720P. Plan listings show $0 /seat /mo under the yearly selector, while monthly pricing is unavailable in the page view. The platform is available on web, macOS and Windows, with an API.

Spec sheet

What it does
AKOOL is a generative-AI suite for producing videos, images, avatars, voices and multilingual localized content.Read 14 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
Product
AKOOL describes its platform as AI-powered video creation combining avatars, translation, and face swap.Read 4 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Free plan
YesRead 23 Sep 2026 · akool.com
API
The API page lists face swap, video translation, talking photo, talking avatar, streaming avatar, image generation, and content moderation APIs.Read 4 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Integrations
The help center documents API-key authentication using a Client ID and Client Secret, with tokens sent in the Authorization header.Read 14 Oct 2026 · help.akool.com
Security
AKOOL says it uses end-to-end encryption in transit and at rest, strict access controls and authentication, continuous monitoring, and vetted third-party vendors.Read 4 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Compliance
AKOOL lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 42001, and GDPR compliance on its Trust and Safety page.Read 4 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Support
AKOOL's About page says product support is available 24/7 and gives [email protected] as the support contact.Read 4 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · akool.com
AI models
The Model Hub provides access to Seedance, Kling, Wan, and other AI video and image models.Read 4 Oct 2026 · akool.com
API access
AKOOL says all users and technology partners can access its API, with subscription or tiered credit pricing.Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
API coverage
The public API documents face swap, video translation, talking photo, talking avatar, background change, lip-sync, streaming avatar, image generation and moderation endpoints.Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
API data policy
AKOOL says customers own generated outputs, data is retained during the agreement unless deletion is requested, and inputs are not reused for other users or third-party model training.Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Business use
AKOOL says its mission includes helping businesses produce high-quality personalized visuals for engagement and marketing.Read 4 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Company founded
Inc. lists AKOOL as founded in 2021.Read 14 Oct 2026 · inc.com
Company headquarters
Akool lists 471 Emerson Street, Palo Alto, California 94301, United States.Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Company legal name
The terms and privacy policy identify the maker as Akool, Inc.Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Company size
LinkedIn lists AKOOL as a privately held software-development company with 51–200 employees and 132 employee profiles.Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
Content moderation
Its stated moderation approach includes multilingual moderation, human review of flagged or complex cases, and user reporting tools.Read 4 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Creative tools
Its listed tools include video and image generation, talking photos, avatar video, face swap, background change, and video translation.Read 4 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Credit limits
Plan credits are monthly on the listed paid tiers, while the Enterprise plan says credits do not expire.Read 4 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Developer tools
The API page links to API documentation, GitHub, and Postman.Read 4 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Documentation depth
The public documentation is a Mintlify-hosted suite covering tools, authentication, implementation, SDK guidance and endpoint references.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.akool.com
Enterprise options
The Enterprise plan lists SSO login, dedicated server resources, customized solutions, and enterprise-grade security and privacy.Read 4 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Face swap
The platform swaps faces in photos and videos, including multi-face and high-resolution workflows.Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Funding
Crunchbase lists four funding rounds and describes the company as privately held in Palo Alto with a 51–100 employee range.Read 14 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
Image generation
The image-generation API creates visuals from text prompts.Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Licence
AKOOL is proprietary hosted software and API; its terms prohibit reverse engineering, redistribution and sublicensing.Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Limit: account-charge complaints
Trustpilot includes multiple 2026 complaints alleging unauthorized or repeated card charges and delayed refunds.Read 14 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
Limit: editing depth
An Apple App Store reviewer asks for more controls to modify or remove individual generated elements.Read 14 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Limit: outages
OutageDown currently reports the site online but lists recent reports of pages failing, upload timeouts, HTTP 431 errors and HTTP 503 errors.Read 14 Oct 2026 · outagedown.com
Limit: rendering and service speed
Capterra reviewers mention occasional rendering lag, site slowness during busy periods and the need to regenerate imperfect outputs.Read 14 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
Limit: unpredictable cost
A GetApp reviewer says monthly costs are difficult to predict.Read 14 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
Live Camera
Live Camera replaces a webcam feed with a real-time lip-synced AI avatar and works with Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams.Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Live Camera downloads
Official installers are provided for Windows and both Intel and Apple-silicon macOS.Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Live Camera language support
Live Camera advertises real-time translation in more than 140 languages.Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Live face swap
Its live face-swap API is described as supporting multi-face detection, high resolution and natural blending.Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Maximum resolution
4kRead 23 Sep 2026 · akool.com
Notable news
Inc. lists AKOOL as No. 1 on its 2025 Inc. 5000 and as a 2025 Best in Business company in Artificial Intelligence & Data.Read 14 Oct 2026 · inc.com
Praise: ease of use
Capterra and GetApp reviewers repeatedly describe the interface as user-friendly and accessible to non-technical users.Read 14 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
Praise: speed and productivity
Reviewers praise quickly producing polished marketing visuals without a designer or editor.Read 14 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
Rating on Apple App Store
4.2 out of 5 from 154 ratingsRead 14 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Rating on Capterra
5.0 out of 5 from 21 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
Rating on G2
4.8 out of 5 from 611 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Rating on GetApp
5.0 out of 5 from 21 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
Rating on Trustpilot
Rating unavailable because Trustpilot says the company breached its guidelines; 421 reviews are listedRead 14 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
SDKs and tooling
Developer documentation includes authentication, implementation guides, API reference, a JavaScript SDK, GitHub examples and a Postman collection.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.akool.com
Security controls
The trust page states encryption in transit and at rest, strict access controls, authentication, continuous monitoring and anomaly detection.Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Streaming avatar
Streaming Avatar provides real-time responsive digital characters.Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Talking avatar
The talking-avatar API creates expressive avatars for scaled digital interactions.Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Talking photo
The talking-photo API turns still images into interactive speaking images.Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Video translation
AKOOL translates videos into multiple languages with synchronized lip movements.Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Voice generation
Voice Generator creates multilingual AI voiceovers and translations.Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com

Plans and prices

Starter Free Pricing page shows $0 /seat /mo under its Yearly selector; monthly price is not available in the opened page view. 2 concurrent video generations · 4 concurrent image generations · Up to 15-minute video length Read 23 Sep 2026 · akool.com
Pro Free Pricing page shows $0 /seat /mo under its Yearly selector; monthly price is not available in the opened page view. 6 concurrent video generations · 8 concurrent image generations · Up to 30-minute video length Read 23 Sep 2026 · akool.com
Pro Max Free Pricing page shows $0 /seat /mo under its Yearly selector; monthly price is not available in the opened page view. 8 concurrent video generations · 8 concurrent image generations · Up to 45-minute video length Read 23 Sep 2026 · akool.com
Business Free Pricing page shows $0 /seat /mo under its Yearly selector; monthly price is not available in the opened page view. 20 concurrent video generations · 24 concurrent image generations · Up to 60-minute video length Read 23 Sep 2026 · akool.com
Free Free 5 GB storage · up to 720P avatar video · 10-minute max avatar video · 5 minutes free streaming session · 5 minutes free live face swap · 5 total TTS uses, up to 1,000 characters each Read 4 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Free Free 5 GB storage · up to 720P · 10-minute videos · 5-minute free streaming session · watermark Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Starter $12 a month $144 billed yearly 200 credits/month · up to 1080P · 15-minute videos · 2 concurrent videos · personal license · no watermark Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Pro $21 a month $252 billed yearly; $30 regular monthly price 600 credits/month · up to 4K · 30-minute videos · 6 concurrent videos · personal license · no watermark Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Pro Max $41.30 a month $495.60 billed yearly; $59 regular monthly price 1,200 credits/month · up to 8K · 45-minute videos · API access · workspace collaboration · personal license Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Starter $144 a year $12 /seat /mo; $144 billed yearly 200 credits/mo · up to 1080P · video length up to 15 mins · personal license · 2 concurrent videos and 4 images Read 4 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Business $174.30 a month $2,091.60 billed yearly; $249 regular monthly price 6,000 credits/month · up to 16K · 60-minute videos · 20 concurrent videos · business license · one fine-tuned studio avatar Read 14 Oct 2026 · akool.com
Pro $252 a year $21 /seat /mo; $252 billed yearly 600 credits/mo · up to 4K · video length up to 30 mins · personal license · 6 concurrent videos and 8 images Read 4 Oct 2026 · akool.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Video and image tools include avatars, translation and face swap.
  • Maximum video resolution is 4K.
  • The free plan includes 5 GB storage.
  • Listed compliance includes SOC 2 Type II and GDPR.

Limits

  • Free avatar video is limited to up to 720P.
  • Monthly pricing is unavailable in the page view.
  • Zapier integration is marked coming soon.
  • Free avatar videos have a 10-minute maximum.

Who it suits

AKOOL may suit businesses creating personalized visual content, as well as developers who need its listed video, image or moderation APIs. Its tools also address users working with avatars, translation or face swap.

AKOOL in depth

Read the full write-up

AKOOL brings video and image creation, avatar features, translation and APIs together in one platform. It suits creators and businesses making personalized visual content, especially teams that need developer access. Its breadth is useful, but the free plan has tight production caps and enterprise pricing is custom.

Overview

AKOOL’s toolkit ranges from generated images and videos to face swaps, background changes, talking photos and translated video. Custom, interactive and voice-cloned avatars extend that range to personalized content, while a maximum resolution of 4K gives projects room for higher-resolution output.

The Model Hub offers access to Seedance, Kling, Wan and other video and image models. That breadth may help teams keep varied creative work in one place; for developers, APIs cover image generation, face swap, video translation, talking photos and avatars, streaming avatars, and content moderation. Documentation, GitHub and Postman resources support integration work. Zapier is marked as coming soon, so it is not a current workflow option.

Key features

Creation and avatars

Video and image generation sit alongside talking photos, avatar video, face swaps and background changes. The combination is well suited to teams producing marketing visuals or personalized clips, rather than buyers seeking a narrowly focused single-purpose editor. The stated 4K ceiling is useful for output needs above basic avatar-video resolution, but the free plan itself caps avatar video at 720P.

Developer, security and moderation

The API menu covers much of the creative platform, including content moderation, making AKOOL relevant to teams embedding visual generation or avatar functions in their own products. AKOOL says it encrypts data in transit and at rest and uses access controls, authentication, continuous monitoring and vetted third-party vendors. It lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 42001 and GDPR compliance. Its moderation approach includes multilingual moderation, human review of flagged or complex cases, and user reporting tools.

These safeguards and enterprise options will matter to organizations handling business content; they do not remove the need to assess whether a particular workflow meets its requirements. Enterprise adds SSO, dedicated server resources, customized solutions and enterprise-grade security and privacy. AKOOL also lists 24/7 product support.

Pricing

AKOOL uses a freemium model and offers a free plan. Starter, Pro, Pro Max and Business each display $0 /seat /mo under the Yearly selector. That figure should not be treated as a comparable paid annual rate: monthly pricing is not available in that selector view. The tiers nonetheless indicate increasing concurrency and video-length limits, with monthly credits on paid tiers.

Free: 5 GB storage, avatar video up to 720P and 10 minutes, five minutes each for streaming sessions and live face swap, and five total TTS uses of up to 1,000 characters apiece. It is suitable for trying core avatar functions or a small project, but the limited storage and usage caps make it a poor fit for regular production.

Starter: 2 concurrent video generations, 4 image generations and videos up to 15 minutes. It is the smallest listed generation tier, but the concurrency and length ceilings constrain simultaneous or longer jobs.

Pro: 6 concurrent video and 8 image generations, with videos up to 30 minutes. It raises capacity substantially over Starter for more active work.

Pro Max: 8 concurrent video and 8 image generations, with a 45-minute video limit. It increases video concurrency and length over Pro, but not image concurrency.

Business: 20 concurrent video and 24 image generations, with videos up to 60 minutes. It is the broadest listed non-enterprise generation tier for teams with heavier parallel workloads.

Enterprise: Custom pricing and customized yearly plans, with SSO and a dedicated customer success manager. Credits do not expire on Enterprise, unlike the monthly credits on paid tiers; this suits organizations seeking tailored deployment and support rather than a fixed listed price.

Platforms

AKOOL supports web, macOS, Windows and API access. The platform mix accommodates browser-based creation, desktop use and developer integration; no mobile platform is listed.

Who it's for

AKOOL is a strong candidate for creators and marketing teams combining avatar-led video, translation and image or video generation, and for developers who want API access to those functions. Buyers who need predictable production costs should be cautious: the displayed zero-dollar seat rates do not establish paid monthly pricing, and Enterprise requires a custom quote.

Pros and cons

Pro: A broad creative toolkit, from image generation and face swap to translated video and interactive avatars, can support varied personalized-visual projects in one service.

Pro: APIs span generation, avatars and moderation, with documentation and developer resources for teams building integrations.

Pro: Enterprise offers SSO, dedicated resources and non-expiring credits for organizations with tailored needs.

Con: The free plan limits storage, resolution, avatar-video length and several usage types, so it is better for evaluation or modest output than ongoing production.

Con: Starter through Business show zero-dollar rates under the Yearly selector, leaving paid-plan cost comparison unclear; Enterprise uses custom pricing.

Con: Zapier is coming soon, not a current integration.

Alternatives

For a different mix of avatar tools and platform support, compare bitHuman, which has a freemium plan and supports mobile, desktop, web, API and self-hosted use; its Creator plan is $20 a month and includes three simultaneous cloud sessions and 2,000 monthly credits. Choose HeyGen if a clearly bounded free video allowance is more useful: its free plan permits three videos per month, each up to one minute. Atlabs AI UGC Avatar Video is another freemium option, with a free video up to 25 seconds and a Lite plan at $19 a month (billed $15/mo billed as $180 annually).

Consider Captions if its Max plan’s 500 monthly credits and AI video tools fit your needs; the plan is $24.99 a month. Soul Machines, Duix, Krikey AI and Trulience are other options to compare. Browse AI Avatar Generators, Face Swap Software or AI video generators to explore category alternatives.

Verdict

Choose AKOOL if you need a broad set of video, image and avatar tools, especially with APIs for custom workflows. Look elsewhere if clear paid pricing or generous free production limits are essential: the free tier is capped, and the displayed zero-dollar paid-tier rates do not provide a useful cost comparison.

Verdict

AKOOL combines video and image generation tools with APIs, developer resources and a free plan. The yearly-selector prices and unavailable monthly pricing make plan costs difficult to compare from the listed details.

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