AI Avatar Video Cost Calculator (USD + LKR)

Every avatar-video platform prices differently — some sell a fixed number of minutes per month, others sell credits you spend per generation. To compare them fairly, this calculator normalises each one to a single effective cost per minute, then applies your monthly volume to all of them.

1. Normalise to USD per minute

For a plan with monthly price P (at the selected billing cycle) and M minutes of video included, the effective rate is rate = P ÷ M. A platform's headline rate is the lowest such rate across its priced tiers — the cheapest per-minute you can actually achieve there. Annual billing uses the annual price divided by twelve, which is why switching the cycle to annual lowers every rate.

2. Scale by your minutes

From the per-minute rate the tool computes, in order:

• monthly_usd = rate × minutes_needed
• monthly_lkr = monthly_usd × usd_to_lkr_rate
• vat_lkr = monthly_lkr × 0.18 (only when the VAT toggle is on)
• total_lkr = monthly_lkr + vat_lkr
• per_video = monthly_usd ÷ videos (when videos > 0)

3. Check the best-fit plan

The per-minute figure is a pay-as-you-go view. Because platforms sell minutes in fixed tiers, the tool also finds the cheapest single plan whose included minutes actually cover your volume — the best-fit plan. If no published tier covers your minutes (for example 40 minutes on a platform whose largest standard plan includes 30), the row is labelled “Enterprise — contact sales” instead of inventing a price.

4. Convert to rupees

The LKR figure is the raw conversion at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka daily indicative rate (default Rs 305/USD, editable). That is the mid-market reference, not the rate your card charges — banks add an FX markup of roughly 1–4% plus gateway fees, so the real rupee debit runs a little higher. The optional 18% VAT line is Sri Lanka's standard rate on electronic services supplied by non-residents. Every plan price and minute allowance is a representative early-2026 estimate; the data module ships a verifyWorkedExamples() function that recomputes the examples below and asserts the totals.

• Synthesia — Pricing (plan prices and minutes included)
• HeyGen — Pricing (Free / Creator / Team / Enterprise)
• D-ID — Pricing (Studio plans and per-increment API rate)
• Colossyan — Pricing (Starter / Pro / Enterprise minutes)
• Hedra — Pricing (credit pricing, normalised per minute)
• Central Bank of Sri Lanka — Daily Indicative Exchange Rates (USD→LKR)
• Inland Revenue Department — 18% VAT on non-resident electronic services

Plan prices and minute allowances are representative early-2026 estimates, last reviewed against the provider pricing pages above on 2026-06-09. Avatar-video pricing changes frequently — confirm the live page before committing a budget, and email me if a figure looks stale.