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bitHuman
What it is
bitHuman creates real-time AI avatars that can run in its cloud, on customer servers, on devices, in apps, or in buildings. Essence 2 creates a photoreal person from one portrait, while Expression 2 animates a character from one image; the documentation also describes live speech lip-sync for portrait-based avatars. Deployment can be fully offline. Developers can connect voice agents through LiveKit or Pipecat and use a REST API for backends. Listed development options include iOS and iPadOS, macOS, Android, Flutter, web, Python, Windows, CLI, LiveKit, Pipecat, and REST API. The company 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, the site says patient audio and transcripts need not reach bitHuman. Kiosks can run locally and, with an offline license, do not need venue internet. The Free plan lists one cloud session at once and Discord community support. Paid monthly options include Creator at $20 a month, Pro at $99 a month, Business at $299 a month, and Enterprise at $999 a month. Maximum video resolution is 720p.
For and against
For
- Portrait-based avatar creation and animation.
- Deployment supports customer servers and offline use.
- REST API, LiveKit, and Pipecat options.
- Free plan includes one concurrent cloud session.
Against
- Maximum video resolution is 720p.
- Free plan lists one cloud session at once.
- Free plan includes community support on Discord.
The verdict
bitHuman offers multiple avatar creation and deployment paths, including customer-controlled and offline setups. Review the plan allowances and resolution limit against the intended use.
Who it suits
bitHuman suits developers and organizations building interactive avatars for settings such as clinics, banks, kiosks, or museums. Its deployment choices may suit teams that need customer-controlled or offline operation.
Plans and prices
Free
1 cloud session · 99 credits/month · Discord community support
Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Creator
3 cloud sessions · 2,000 credits/month · 7 avatars · API, SDKs and embeds
Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Pro
10 cloud sessions · 10,000 credits/month · 40 avatars · 3× Creator API limits
Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Business
50 cloud sessions · 50,000 credits/month · 200 avatars · 25 seats
Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
Enterprise
200 cloud sessions · 250,000 credits/month · 1,000 avatars · 50 seats
Read 15 Oct 2026 · bithuman.ai
On the record
- Access controls
- Official controls include organization roles, an audit-log API and API-secret rotation that immediately revokes the old secret.bithuman.ai · read 15 Oct 2026
- Avatar creation cost
- Creating an avatar costs 500 credits for Essence 2 or 2,000 credits for Expression 2 as a one-time charge.bithuman.ai · read 15 Oct 2026
- Avatar models
- Essence 2 creates a photoreal person from one portrait, while Expression 2 animates any character from one image.docs.bithuman.ai · read 5 Oct 2026
- 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.bithuman.ai · read 5 Oct 2026
- Billing rates
- Published top-up rates are 2 credits per minute on customer hardware, 4 in bitHuman cloud and 10 for managed voice chat.bithuman.ai · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company contact
- The company page says bitHuman makes real-time AI avatars and provides [email protected] and Discord as contact options.bithuman.ai · read 5 Oct 2026
- Company profile
- LinkedIn describes bitHuman as a privately held San Francisco technology company founded in 2023 with 11–50 employees.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Conversation stack
- The mobile SDKs render frames from 16 kHz mono speech while customers provide speech recognition, language-model and voice services.docs.bithuman.ai · read 15 Oct 2026
- Data locality
- On-device and customer-server modes keep audio and video local and send bitHuman usage metering without conversation content.bithuman.ai · read 15 Oct 2026
- Deletion
- Deleting an agent removes its transcripts and model files, although transcripts from agents deleted before September 2, 2026 may remain.bithuman.ai · read 15 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The product can run in bitHuman cloud, on customer servers, on-device, or fully offline.docs.bithuman.ai · read 5 Oct 2026
- Developer platforms
- The docs list iOS and iPadOS, macOS, Android, Flutter, web, Python, Windows, CLI, LiveKit, Pipecat, and REST API options.docs.bithuman.ai · read 5 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The documentation site includes platform guides, model explanations, REST reference, pricing, troubleshooting, FAQ, downloads and changelog pages.docs.bithuman.ai · read 15 Oct 2026
- Essence 2
- Essence 2 creates a photorealistic talking person from one portrait and supports live lip synchronization.docs.bithuman.ai · read 15 Oct 2026
- Expression 2
- Expression 2 creates animated people, animals, cartoons, robots or other characters from one image.docs.bithuman.ai · read 15 Oct 2026
- Funding news
- SeaX Ventures announced a pre-seed investment in bitHuman on February 11, 2024.medium.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The integrations material lists LiveKit, Pipecat, OpenAI Realtime, ChatGPT, Claude MCP, Flutter, React/Next iframe and Python.bithuman.ai · read 15 Oct 2026
- Legal identity
- Crunchbase identifies the company as Bithuman, Inc., a private generative-AI business based in San Francisco.crunchbase.com · read 15 Oct 2026
