Tavus

Real-time conversational AI video agents with lifelike faces, voice and memory, built via API

Freemiumtavus.ioUpdated 19 Oct 2026

About Tavus

Tavus is a San Francisco AI research lab that builds real-time, face-to-face AI agents it calls PALs. A PAL can see, hear and respond in a live video conversation, with a configurable persona, rules and persistent memory across sessions. Developers can build these experiences through the Conversational Video Interface (CVI) API, while non-developers can create a PAL with the no-code PAL Maker. Tavus says its platform is used by more than 150,000 developers.

Best for

Embedding live, human-like video agents in products for sales, coaching, interviews and training
AI Sales Development Rep: A PAL qualifies leads and books meetings over live video; Tavus cites a Salesforce case with 6x more meetings scheduled.
Sales Coaching: Reps practise conversations with an AI coach; Tavus reports Orum cut rep ramp time by 50%.
Interview Agents: Conduct structured screening interviews through a video persona.
Learning and Development: Deliver interactive training and continuing medical education sessions.
Healthcare Agents: Guide patients or clinicians through conversations with a face-to-face agent.

Not ideal for

Users who only need pre-recorded avatar videos, or teams needing an on-premise, fully offline deployment

Popular with

Developers
Product Teams
Sales Teams
L&D Teams
Enterprises

Screenshots

Key features

Conversational Video Interface (CVI)
PAL Maker
Phoenix Rendering
Sparrow Turn-Taking
Raven Perception
Knowledge Base and Memory
Presentation and Magic Canvas
Meeting Joins and Browser Use
Bring Your Own LLM

Pros and cons

Pros

Full real-time video agent stack (rendering, turn-taking, perception) from one vendor.
Both a developer API and a no-code PAL Maker are available.
Free tier with 20 CVI minutes per month for prototyping.
Joins Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams calls.
Published enterprise case studies, including Salesforce and Orum.

Cons

Free and Starter plans cap conversations at 5 and 10 minutes, and Starter has no pay-as-you-go overage.
Conversation recordings cost $0.03/min and are unavailable on lower tiers.
Pricing page showed conflicting plan tables, which makes costs hard to verify.
No publicly released iOS or Android app was found.

Pricing

Plans as listed by the vendor on 19 Oct 2026. Check their site for current prices.

See tavus.io

Free

Developer tier for testing CVI

20 CVI minutes/month
1 concurrent session
5 min max conversation
10 stock faces

Starter

$22/month

Entry paid developer plan

60 CVI minutes/month
1 concurrent session
10 min max conversation
1 custom face
no pay-as-you-go overage

Builder

$59/month

Small teams scaling usage

175 CVI minutes/month
3 concurrent sessions
15 min max conversation
3 custom faces
$0.35/min overage

Growth

$397/month

Production workloads

1,300 CVI minutes/month
10 concurrent sessions
60 min max conversation
7 custom faces
$0.31/min overage
recordings at $0.03/min

Business

$975/month

High-volume deployments

4,000 CVI minutes/month
15 concurrent sessions
60 min max conversation
15 custom faces
$0.26/min overage
recordings at $0.03/min

Enterprise

Custom/custom

Managed, white-labeled deployments

Custom minutes and concurrency
unlimited custom faces
white-labeling
SLAs
dedicated support

Our ratings

Scored out of 10 by the Finder Atlas editorial team.

8.0overall

Ease of Use: 7.8
Feature Depth: 8.6
Value for Money: 7.2
Performance & Speed: 8.5
Documentation & Support: 8.0

Platforms and integrations

Available on

Works with

Zoom
Google Meet
Microsoft Teams

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Frequently asked questions

What is a PAL?

A PAL is Tavus's term for a real-time AI agent that appears as a video persona, can see and hear the user, and keeps memory across conversations.

How does Tavus charge for usage?

Plans include a monthly allotment of CVI minutes. Most paid plans allow pay-as-you-go overage, billed per minute rounded to 6 seconds with a 30-second minimum per conversation.

Can I use my own LLM?

Yes. Tavus supports its built-in LLM or a bring-your-own LLM setup.

Can a Tavus agent join video meetings?

Yes. Tavus lists Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams as supported call platforms.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. The developer Free plan includes 20 CVI minutes per month with one concurrent session and a 5-minute conversation limit.