What are the best AI clone apps and tools?

Updated September 13, 2026 by AI Anyone Team

TL;DR

The best AI clone app depends on what you want it to do. For video of you presenting a script, compare HeyGen and Synthesia. For a synthetic voice built from your recordings, ElevenLabs (AI Anyone's voice partner) and Descript. For an agent that answers your audience from your expertise, Delphi and Coachvox AI. For a clearly labeled chat clone at one share link, AI Anyone, which is free to build and live at one share link in a few minutes.

"AI clone" is a label on at least four different kinds of product, so the best app is the one that builds the kind of clone you actually need. Video avatar tools such as HeyGen and Synthesia turn a photo or short recording of you into a presenter that delivers any script you type. Voice tools such as ElevenLabs, which powers AI Anyone's call voices, and Descript build a synthetic voice from audio samples, for narration, voiceovers and fixing recordings. Expert agent platforms such as Delphi and Coachvox AI build an assistant from your content that answers your audience, with business features such as lead capture and embedding. AI Anyone builds a text chat clone of you from links and pasted text. It is labeled as AI in every chat, lives at one share link, can be called in the browser in a voice picked for the character, and is free to build for any account. Every claim here about another company was checked on that company's own website in September 2026.

Start with what you want the clone to do

Search results for AI clone apps mix products that have little in common. A clone that presents a video, a clone that reads a voiceover and a clone that answers questions all share one name, and a list that ranks them against each other is comparing tools that do different jobs. The useful question is where people will meet your clone and what they should get from it.

The sections below name two well-known products in each category, plus AI Anyone in the one category it fits. It is not a complete list of the market.

A video of you presenting a script, for social posts, courses or sales outreach: a video avatar tool.
Narration, voiceovers or podcast fixes without recording again: a voice tool.
An assistant on your website or in your coaching program that answers from your material and turns visitors into leads: an expert agent platform.
A clone people can chat with from a link in your bio or newsletter, clearly marked as AI: a chat clone.

A video avatar that presents for you: HeyGen and Synthesia

HeyGen's AI clone tool builds an avatar from one photo or a short clip, then generates video of that avatar delivering whatever script you type. Its page says one clone can speak many languages with lip movement matched to the new audio, and that you can start free with a watermarked clone for personal projects. Its pricing page lists a Free plan with up to 3 videos a month, and paid plans above it.

Synthesia is aimed at company video such as training, onboarding and product explainers. You make a Personal Avatar by recording yourself on a laptop or phone and then recording a consent video, or you can order a professional-quality Studio Avatar, which takes business days to process. Its pricing page lists personal avatars as part of its paid plans.

Both are strong at the one thing no chat clone can do: putting a moving, speaking version of you on screen without a camera session every time. The clone pages we checked are built around scripts, so you write the words and the avatar performs them.

A synthetic voice from your recordings: ElevenLabs and Descript

ElevenLabs offers two ways to make a voice clone. Instant Voice Cloning works from a short recording. Professional Voice Cloning builds a dedicated voice model from at least half an hour of clean audio and is the option it recommends for audiobooks and broadcast work. Its pricing page lists a Free plan, puts Instant Voice Cloning in the paid Starter plan, and adds Professional Voice Cloning in the Creator plan. Disclosure: voice calls on AI Anyone are powered by ElevenLabs, and AI Anyone is an ElevenLabs partner, a relationship that covers the voices AI Anyone characters use on calls.

Descript is a video and podcast editor first. Its AI speech feature makes a voice clone you can use to fix a flubbed line, add a podcast intro or narrate a video by typing, and its page says the feature is only for cloning the voice of the person using it. Its pricing page lists custom voice clones on the Hobbyist plan, the first paid tier above Free.

If the goal is audio that carries your delivery, these are the tools built for it.

An expert agent that answers your audience: Delphi and Coachvox AI

Delphi calls its product a Digital Mind. You connect documents, websites, social media accounts and videos, answer a short round of questions to fill gaps, and can add a voice from a short audio sample. Delphi says answers come from your source material with citations, and that every Digital Mind is tied to a real person. Its pricing page lists a Free plan with voice calling and chat, and paid plans that add features such as embedding locations and integrations.

Coachvox AI is built for coaches, consultants and expert-led businesses. You add material such as articles, course content, session transcripts and frameworks, and the AI talks to your audience, captures leads and supports clients between sessions. It can be embedded anywhere that accepts HTML, shared from a custom page, connected to other tools through Zapier and sold as paid access. It sells one plan and offers a 14 day free trial that asks for card details.

These platforms are the right pick when the clone has a business job: warming up prospects, answering clients between sessions, collecting emails. On AI Anyone, building and sharing a clone is free, and there is no way to charge people for access to a clone.

A chat clone at one link: where AI Anyone fits

AI Anyone builds a text chat clone of you. You add links to your YouTube videos, blog or website, podcast episode pages or social profiles, or paste in text such as posts, a newsletter or a bio. It reads the captions a YouTube video already has and the visible text on each page. You confirm the content is yours before the build starts, chat with a private preview, adjust the tone with one-tap tuning, and launch it yourself.

The launched clone lives at a share link you place wherever you like, and it stays out of search results and any public directory. Every chat with it shows a label that cannot be dismissed, reading "AI clone of" with your name and "Not the real person.", next to a Report button, and you can unpublish it at any time. People who are signed in can also call it out loud in the browser, where it answers in a voice picked for the character. A call uses the caller's own allowance: 20 minutes every 30 days on a free account, or 240 on Pro at $20 a month. Chatting with any character on AI Anyone, clones included, is for people 18 and over.

Any AI Anyone account can build one from the clone page. Building is free and the clone is live at its own share link in a few minutes.

What an AI Anyone clone does not do

So you can rule it out quickly, here is what an AI Anyone clone does not offer today.

No video avatar and no video. A clone is text chat plus browser voice calls.
No copy of the creator's voice. Calls to a clone use a voice picked for the character, never a recording or voice model of the creator.
No file uploads. A clone is built only from links and pasted text.
No transcription. A YouTube link contributes the captions the video already has, and no audio is transcribed to build a clone.
No embedding on your own site, and no way to charge people for access to your clone.
No public directory or search listing. A clone is reachable only by its link.
No clone of anyone but you. Each account gets one clone, named after the account holder.
Open to any account. Building a clone is free.

How to choose in five questions

Prices and plans change often. Everything on this page about another company was checked on its own website in September 2026, so confirm the details there before you pay or record anything.

Where will people meet it? A video feed points to an avatar tool, a podcast or voiceover to a voice tool, a website or client program to an expert agent, and a bio or newsletter link to a chat clone.
What material do you have? The video and voice tools work from footage, photos or clean audio. The agent and chat tools work from writing, links and content you have already published.
Does it need to make money? Lead capture, paid access and integrations live on the expert agent platforms.
Will people know it is AI? Check how each product labels the clone to the people who talk to it, not only what the creator sees.
What does free include? Free plans usually cap output or keep cloning features on paid tiers, so read the pricing page for the exact feature you need.

How we know

HeyGen's AI clone tool builds a clone from one photo or a short clip, and HeyGen says you can start free with a watermarked clone. Source: www.heygen.com/tool/ai-clone-yourself
HeyGen's Free plan includes up to 3 videos per month. Source: www.heygen.com/pricing
A Synthesia Personal Avatar is recorded on a laptop or smartphone and needs a consent video. Source: www.synthesia.io/features/custom-avatar
ElevenLabs lists Instant Voice Cloning in its Starter plan and Professional Voice Cloning in its Creator plan. Source: elevenlabs.io/pricing
Descript lists AI Speech with custom voice clones on its Hobbyist plan. Source: www.descript.com/pricing
Delphi's pricing page lists a Free plan that includes voice calling and chat. Source: www.delphi.ai/pricing
Coachvox AI sells one plan with a 14 day free trial that requires card details. Source: coachvox.ai/
Building an AI Anyone clone is free for any account, and a clone is shared by link with no public directory. Source: aianyone.com/clone
A free AI Anyone account includes 20 minutes of voice calls every 30 days, and calling needs a free account. Source: aianyone.com/voice

Frequently asked questions

Which AI clone creator is the best?

There is no single best one, because the tools make different things. HeyGen and Synthesia are the names to compare for a video avatar, ElevenLabs (AI Anyone's voice partner) and Descript for a synthetic voice, and Delphi and Coachvox AI for an assistant that answers your audience and captures leads. AI Anyone suits someone who wants a clearly labeled chat clone at one share link, free to build, in a few minutes.

Can I create an AI clone of myself for free?

Partly. HeyGen says you can start free with a watermarked clone, ElevenLabs lists a Free plan but puts Instant Voice Cloning on its paid Starter plan, Delphi lists a Free plan with voice calling and chat, and Coachvox AI offers a 14 day trial that asks for card details. Building an AI Anyone clone is free for any account. All of this was checked on each company's own site in September 2026.

What are the other AI clone tools still better at?

Quite a lot. The video tools put a moving, speaking avatar of you on screen, the voice tools produce studio-style narration, and the expert agent platforms add lead capture, embedding, integrations and paid access. An AI Anyone clone has none of that. What it offers is narrower: a text chat clone built from your links and pasted text, labeled as AI in every chat, shared at one link and free to build while invites roll out.

Do I need to record video or audio to make an AI clone?

Only for some tools. HeyGen works from a photo or a short clip, Synthesia from a laptop or phone recording plus a consent video, and the voice tools from audio samples. Delphi and Coachvox AI start from documents, links and other content you already have. AI Anyone works only from links and pasted text, so there is nothing to record.

Is AI Anyone's clone builder open to everyone?

Yes. Any AI Anyone account can build a clone from the clone page. Building is free, and the clone is live at its own share link in a few minutes.