Turn this comparison into procurement-ready diligence
Free shows today's risk. A Stack Audit gives you a citable, verbatim-sourced PDF across your whole AI stack — and flags the moment a vendor's terms change.
SIDE-BY-SIDE · 2 OF 3
Two platforms.
Same questions.
Google Gemini
WORKFLOW & AUTOMATION
PROMPT
Users retain their content. Google's Terms state: "Your content remains yours, which means that you retain any intellectual property rights that you have in your content."
OUTPUT
Google's Terms of Service do not explicitly address ownership of AI-generated outputs. Users should determine their own IP rights in outputs.
TRAINING
Google analyzes content as it is sent, received, and stored. Users are explicitly prohibited from using Google AI outputs to train other AI models.
COMMERCIAL
Commercial use of outputs is not explicitly addressed in the general ToS. Product-specific terms (e.g., Gemini Advanced, Workspace) may differ.
18 verified findings across the displayed surfaces.
HeyGen
IMAGE / VIDEO / AUDIO GENERATION
PROMPT
Users and enterprises retain ownership of all input content including scripts, images, and video uploads. HeyGen is granted a processing license only.
OUTPUT
Users own all generated avatar videos. HeyGen does not assert IP claims over customer outputs.
TRAINING
HeyGen explicitly trains on user-uploaded content for all users, including free plan users. The ToS grants HeyGen a license to use 'Your Content' to 'train or otherwise improve or modify our artificial intelligence and machine learning models.' The license is royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide, and irrevocable, and survives termination. A separate 'License to your Content (For Users in the Free Plan)' section confirms free users grant this same training license even though their output use rights are more limited. No general opt-out from AI training is described.
COMMERCIAL
Commercial use is explicitly permitted across all paid plans. HeyGen is widely used for commercial marketing and training videos.
33 verified findings across the displayed surfaces.
Empty Comparison Slot
AIRIN SUMMARY
Google Gemini has moderate defaults; HeyGen carries the most permissive license terms of the set.FOR ENTERPRISE: GOOGLE GEMINI ENTERPRISE TIER ACCEPTABLE · HEYGEN NOT RECOMMENDED
↳ Compliance surfaces · side by side
⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | GOOGLE GEMINI | HEYGEN |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
* Click any cell in the heatmap matrix to scroll directly to its verbatim policy citations below.
📂 Intellectual Property & Model Training
P
SURFACE 01
Prompt Ownership
Google Gemini
MEDMED
Users retain their content. Google's Terms state: "Your content remains yours, which means that you retain any intellectual property rights that you have in your content."
“ Rights over the creations of a person’s mind, such as inventions (patent rights); literary and artistic works (copyright); designs (design rights); and symbols, names, and images used in commerce (trademarks). IP rights may belong to you, another individual, or an organization.”
HeyGen
HIGH
Users and enterprises retain ownership of all input content including scripts, images, and video uploads. HeyGen is granted a processing license only.
No citation available
O
SURFACE 02
Output Ownership
Google Gemini
MEDMED
Google's Terms of Service do not explicitly address ownership of AI-generated outputs. Users should determine their own IP rights in outputs.
“ blog posts you upload through Blogger reviews you submit through Maps videos you store in Drive emails you send and receive through Gmail pictures you share with friends through Photos travel itineraries that you share with Google”
HeyGen
HIGH
Users own all generated avatar videos. HeyGen does not assert IP claims over customer outputs.
No citation available
T
SURFACE 03
Model Training
Google Gemini
MED
Google analyzes content as it is sent, received, and stored. Users are explicitly prohibited from using Google AI outputs to train other AI models.
No citation available
HeyGen
MEDHIGH
HeyGen explicitly trains on user-uploaded content for all users, including free plan users. The ToS grants HeyGen a license to use 'Your Content' to 'train or otherwise improve or modify our artificial intelligence and machine learning models.' The license is royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide, and irrevocable, and survives termination. A separate 'License to your Content (For Users in the Free Plan)' section confirms free users grant this same training license even though their output use rights are more limited. No general opt-out from AI training is described.
“ We may process your Personal Data to research, develop and improve our AI models. We have a legitimate interest in using your Personal Data for the purpose of research and development of AI models, to the extent that the balance between rights and interests is safeguarded. You…”
C
SURFACE 04
Commercial Use
Google Gemini
MED⚠ CAUTIONMED
Commercial use of outputs is not explicitly addressed in the general ToS. Product-specific terms (e.g., Gemini Advanced, Workspace) may differ.
“ Some of our services include content that belongs to Google — for example, many of the visual illustrations you see in Google Maps. You may use Google’s content as allowed by these terms and any service-specific additional terms , but we retain any intellectual property rights t…”
HeyGen
HIGH
Commercial use is explicitly permitted across all paid plans. HeyGen is widely used for commercial marketing and training videos.
No citation available
📂 Data Privacy & Governance
D
SURFACE 05
Data Privacy
Google Gemini
MED
—
No citation available
HeyGen
MEDHIGH
Free plan: output licensed for personal/non-commercial use only; cannot be monetized or used in commercial work. Paid plans: users own outputs commercially. All tiers: same irrevocable training license on uploaded content. Enterprise plans exist (21 references to 'Enterprise' in ToS) but specific Enterprise data protections not captured in cached file.
“We have a legitimate interest in using your Personal Data for the purpose of understanding usage. Enhancing the safety and security of our Services, such as conducting troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, evaluation and system reporting. We have a legitimate interest in usin…”
$
SURFACE 06
Tier Differences
Google Gemini
MEDMED
—
“ Many organizations , such as businesses, non-profits, and schools, take advantage of our services . To use our services on behalf of an organization: an authorized representative of that organization must agree to these terms your organization’s administrator may assign a Googl…”
HeyGen
HIGH
Free plan: output licensed for personal/non-commercial use only; cannot be monetized or used in commercial work. Paid plans: users own outputs commercially. All tiers: same irrevocable training license on uploaded content. Enterprise plans exist (21 references to 'Enterprise' in ToS) but specific Enterprise data protections not captured in cached file.
No citation available