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What it is

bitHuman makes real-time AI avatars that can run in its cloud, on customer servers, on devices, or fully offline. Essence 2 creates a photoreal person from one portrait; Expression 2 animates a character from one image. The documentation describes live speech lip-sync for portrait-based avatars. Developers can connect through LiveKit or Pipecat voice-agent options, or use a REST API; listed developer platforms and tools include iOS and iPadOS, macOS, Android, Flutter, web, Python, Windows, and CLI. The site names banks, clinics, trade shows, museums, kiosks, and embedded-device builders among its use cases. For patient-facing avatars on hardware controlled by a healthcare customer, patient audio and transcripts need not reach bitHuman. Kiosks can run locally and, with an offline license, operate without venue internet. The Free plan lists one concurrent cloud session, API access until 12 October, and Discord community support; paid plans range from Creator at $20 a month to Enterprise at $999 a month. Maximum video resolution is 720p.

Spec sheet

What it does
bitHuman provides real-time AI avatars that give voice agents or language models a live face in apps, buildings or cloud sessions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Product
bitHuman makes real-time AI avatars that run on the device, in apps, in buildings, or in its cloud.Read 5 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Deployment
The product can run in bitHuman cloud, on customer servers, on-device, or fully offline.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.bithuman.ai
Integrations
The integrations material lists LiveKit, Pipecat, OpenAI Realtime, ChatGPT, Claude MCP, Flutter, React/Next iframe and Python.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Support
Free includes community support on Discord; Business includes tech support from the team; Enterprise includes priority support.Read 5 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Access controls
Official controls include organization roles, an audit-log API and API-secret rotation that immediately revokes the old secret.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Avatar creation cost
Creating an avatar costs 500 credits for Essence 2 or 2,000 credits for Expression 2 as a one-time charge.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Avatar models
Essence 2 creates a photoreal person from one portrait, while Expression 2 animates any character from one image.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.bithuman.ai
Billing
The pricing page says prices are in US dollars, plans can be canceled any time, and a plan runs to the end of its period.Read 5 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Billing rates
Published top-up rates are 2 credits per minute on customer hardware, 4 in bitHuman cloud and 10 for managed voice chat.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Company contact
The company page says bitHuman makes real-time AI avatars and provides [email protected] and Discord as contact options.Read 5 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Company profile
LinkedIn describes bitHuman as a privately held San Francisco technology company founded in 2023 with 11–50 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
Conversation stack
The mobile SDKs render frames from 16 kHz mono speech while customers provide speech recognition, language-model and voice services.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bithuman.ai
Data locality
On-device and customer-server modes keep audio and video local and send bitHuman usage metering without conversation content.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Deletion
Deleting an agent removes its transcripts and model files, although transcripts from agents deleted before September 2, 2026 may remain.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Developer platforms
The docs list iOS and iPadOS, macOS, Android, Flutter, web, Python, Windows, CLI, LiveKit, Pipecat, and REST API options.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.bithuman.ai
Documentation depth
The documentation site includes platform guides, model explanations, REST reference, pricing, troubleshooting, FAQ, downloads and changelog pages.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bithuman.ai
Essence 2
Essence 2 creates a photorealistic talking person from one portrait and supports live lip synchronization.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bithuman.ai
Expression 2
Expression 2 creates animated people, animals, cartoons, robots or other characters from one image.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bithuman.ai
Funding news
SeaX Ventures announced a pre-seed investment in bitHuman on February 11, 2024.Read 15 Oct 2026 · medium.com
Legal identity
Crunchbase identifies the company as Bithuman, Inc., a private generative-AI business based in San Francisco.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
Limit: integrations
A G2 reviewer requested a public API or webhook and more native integrations instead of relying on a costly Zapier plan.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Limit: outages and support
Trustpilot complaints describe prolonged broken video generation, weak support responses and disabled Discord comments; the company acknowledged reliability and support backlogs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
Limit: reliability and support
A Capterra reviewer alleged a glitch disabled automated videos, deleted data and was followed by slow support and no downtime refund.Read 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
Limit: video artifacts
A G2 reviewer reported temporary mouth blurring when personalized voice cloning was used.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Notable changelog event
The changelog records that on October 5, 2026 release files moved from GitHub to downloads.bithuman.ai.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bithuman.ai
Offline licensing
Fully offline operation is sold separately to Business and Enterprise customers, starts at 100,000 credits and runs on Linux or macOS hardware.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bithuman.ai
Offline use
The use cases page says kiosks can run on the local machine and, with an offline license, need no venue internet.Read 5 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
OpenAI-compatible models
Customers can connect any OpenAI-compatible model endpoint, including one inside their own network.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bithuman.ai
Praise: automation
G2 reviewers praise producing large batches of personalized videos from one recording and saving substantial outreach time.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Public repositories
bitHuman publishes public GitLab repositories for documentation, the Apple SDK and examples, but the official pages do not declare the core SDK open-source.Read 15 Oct 2026 · gitlab.com
Rating on Capterra (BHuman listing)
3.8 out of 5 from 5 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
Rating on G2 (BHuman.ai listing)
4.8 out of 5 from 5 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Rating on GetApp (BHuman listing)
3.8 out of 5 from 5 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
Rating on Trustpilot (bhuman.ai listing)
3.2 out of 5 from 39 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
Rendering locations
The product can render in bitHuman cloud, on customer servers, on devices, in WebGPU browsers or through a fully offline license.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bithuman.ai
REST API
The REST API supports agent creation, live speaking, validation and talking-video generation over HTTPS.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bithuman.ai
SDK surfaces
Official developer surfaces include Swift, Android, Flutter, Python, CLI, web embed, LiveKit, Pipecat, REST API and MCP.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Security and privacy
The healthcare use case says patient audio and transcripts need never reach bitHuman when using patient-facing avatars on hardware the customer controls.Read 5 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Security transport
The security page says HTTPS/TLS protects connections and WebRTC media uses DTLS-SRTP encryption.Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Self-hosting
CLI, Python and LiveKit deployments run on customer Mac or Linux machines, and standard Linux operation needs no GPU.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bithuman.ai
Speech animation
The docs describe an avatar made from one portrait that lip-syncs to speech live.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.bithuman.ai
System requirements
The downloads page lists Python 3.10–3.14 support on macOS Apple silicon, Linux x86_64/arm64 and Windows 11 x86_64.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bithuman.ai
Target users
The site names banks, clinics, show floors, trade shows, museums, kiosks, and embedded-device builders as use cases.Read 5 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Windows support
Windows 11 x86_64 is supported through the Python package with CPU-only Essence 2 and Expression 2 rendering.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.bithuman.ai

Plans and prices

Free Free $0/month 1 cloud session · 99 credits/month · Discord community support Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Creator $20 a month $20/month; $204/year 3 cloud sessions · 2,000 credits/month · 7 avatars · API, SDKs and embeds · unlimited self-hosted sessions Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Pro $99 a month $99/month; $1,010/year 10 cloud sessions · 10,000 credits/month · 40 avatars · 3× Creator API limits Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Business $299 a month $299/month; $2,990/year 50 cloud sessions · 50,000 credits/month · 200 avatars · 25 seats · offline license available · team support Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Enterprise $999 a month $999/month; $9,990/year 200 cloud sessions · 250,000 credits/month · 1,000 avatars · 50 seats · priority support · custom builds Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Avatar models can start from one portrait or image
  • Deployment includes customer servers and fully offline use
  • LiveKit, Pipecat, and REST API options
  • Free plan lists one cloud session
  • Healthcare use can keep audio and transcripts on customer hardware

Limits

  • Maximum video resolution is 720p
  • Free plan API access is listed until 12 October
  • Paid tiers range from 20.00 USD to $999 a month

Who it suits

It suits teams building interactive avatars for settings such as clinics, banks, kiosks, museums, or embedded devices. Developers can use its listed SDK, API, platform, and voice-agent options, with deployment choices from cloud to offline.

bitHuman in depth

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Overview

bitHuman is a real-time AI avatar platform for developers and organizations building interactive experiences in software or physical spaces. It is best suited to teams that need to control where avatars run, including on their own hardware or offline. That flexibility is compelling, though the 720p ceiling and plan-based usage allowances may rule it out for some deployments.

Key features

Essence 2 creates a photorealistic person from a portrait; Expression 2 animates a character from a single image. Live lip-sync to speech supports responsive avatar experiences, and custom and interactive avatars are supported. The 720p maximum resolution is a meaningful constraint for teams that need higher-definition video.

Deployment can be in bitHuman’s cloud, on customer servers, on-device, or fully offline. Kiosks can run on a local machine without venue internet when covered by an offline license, a useful option for venues with unreliable connectivity. In a healthcare use case, patient audio and transcripts need never reach bitHuman when patient-facing avatars run on customer-controlled hardware. This gives privacy-conscious organizations an on-premises path, though it does not by itself describe their broader compliance obligations.

Voice-agent integrations include LiveKit and Pipecat, with a REST API for backends. Developer options span iOS and iPadOS, macOS, Android, Flutter, web, Python, Windows, CLI, LiveKit, Pipecat, and REST API. That range gives implementation teams several routes into existing stacks, rather than making the avatar experience depend on one client platform.

Pricing

bitHuman is freemium, but the Free plan has no stated price. It allows one concurrent cloud session, API access until 12 October, and community support on Discord. The dated API access is a caveat for anyone considering it as a durable production tier.

Creator costs $20 a month and includes three concurrent cloud sessions, 2,000 monthly credits, up to seven avatars, and either 1,000 minutes on your hardware or 500 cloud avatar minutes, plus API and SDK access. It is the entry paid tier for an individual developer or small project, but the smaller avatar and usage allowances limit its fit for sustained service.

Pro costs $99 a month, raising capacity to 10 cloud sessions, 10,000 credits, 40 avatars, and 5,000 hardware minutes or 2,500 cloud avatar minutes. It suits a larger project that needs more simultaneous sessions and usage; it does not state support beyond the lower-tier provisions.

Business costs $299 a month and includes 50 cloud sessions, 50,000 credits, up to 200 avatars, 25,000 hardware minutes or 12,500 cloud avatar minutes, and team tech support. That support and headroom make it the clearest fit for a deployment that needs operational assistance, though usage remains capped.

Enterprise costs $999 a month, with 200 cloud sessions, 250,000 credits, no avatar limit, 125,000 hardware minutes or 62,500 cloud avatar minutes, priority support, and custom terms and contracts. It is aimed at large deployments needing high capacity or negotiated terms; those still need to assess whether the stated session and minute limits match demand. Plans can be canceled any time and run through the end of the current period. Prices are in US dollars.

Platforms

Supported platforms include Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, self-hosted environments, web, and Windows, alongside API access. The developer options also name iPadOS, Flutter, Python, CLI, LiveKit, and Pipecat, giving teams flexibility across apps, backends, and devices.

Who it's for

bitHuman is a strong candidate for developers and organizations building interactive avatars for banks, clinics, show floors, trade shows, museums, kiosks, or embedded devices. Its local, customer-server, and offline deployment choices matter most when connectivity or control over processing location is central. It is a weaker fit for teams whose priority is video above 720p or whose project does not need a real-time, interactive avatar.

Pros and cons

Pros: Multiple deployment modes, including fully offline operation, support kiosk and device scenarios that depend on local execution.

Pros: LiveKit, Pipecat, REST API, and broad developer options give teams several integration paths.

Pros: Customer-controlled hardware can keep patient audio and transcripts from reaching bitHuman in the stated healthcare use case.

Cons: A 720p maximum may not meet projects that require higher-resolution output.

Cons: Cloud sessions, credits, avatars, and minutes are capped on paid tiers, so growing deployments may need a higher plan.

Cons: The Free plan’s API access ends on 12 October, making its stated access time-bound.

Alternatives

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Soul Machines is another freemium option with a free plan and trial across Android, API, iOS, and web; its Free plan is free, billed forever, and allows 0 minutes.

HeyGen may suit a team focused on short-form avatar video: its Free plan is free, billed monthly, for up to three videos per month, each up to one minute.

Consider Atlabs AI UGC Avatar Video if you want a web-based option with a free plan capped at one video up to 25 seconds, or a Lite tier at $19 a month with 1,800 credits per year and 24 minutes of video.

Captions is a freemium alternative across Android, API, iOS, and web; its Max plan costs $24.99 a month and includes 500 monthly credits, AI Edit styles, AI video creation, and digital twins or custom AI actors.

Duix is another freemium option with a free plan and Android, API, iOS, and web support.

Krikey AI offers a free plan with 20 one-time credits and a Pro plan at $15 a month with 165 monthly credits, for readers comparing credit-based plans.

Trulience is worth comparing if you need a stated monthly minute allowance: its STARTER plan costs $199 a month for 1,000 minutes, three ready-made avatars, and email support.

Verdict

Choose bitHuman if you are building a real-time avatar experience and need a choice of cloud, customer-controlled, device, or offline deployment. Its integration breadth and privacy-conscious hardware option are strong reasons to shortlist it. Look elsewhere if your project requires output above 720p or centers on finished avatar videos rather than interactive deployment.

Verdict

bitHuman combines avatar creation with a range of deployment and integration choices. Confirm the needed session, usage, and support allowances by plan, and note the stated 720p maximum resolution.

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