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HeyGen carries highly permissive license terms; Speechify carries highly permissive license terms.FOR ENTERPRISE: HEYGEN NOT RECOMMENDED · SPEECHIFY NOT RECOMMENDED
| RISK SURFACE | HEYGEN | SPEECHIFY |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
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| $Tier Differences |
“HeyGen does not claim to own any of Your Content and by using the Services and uploading or generating Your Content, you grant us a license to access, use, host, cache, store, reproduce, transmit, display, publish, distribute, and modify Your Content to operate, improve, promote…”
Despite not claiming ownership, HeyGen takes a broad, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide, and irrevocable license over all user inputs. The license survives termination, meaning revoking access does not end HeyGen's rights to previously submitted content.
“ If greater rights are needed, a mutually acceptable written addendum specifically conveying such rights must be included in these Terms. These Terms are effective and were last updated on Jul 1, 2025. Speechify, Inc. is located at 382 NE 191st St PMB 69469, Miami, FL, 33179-38…”
“All Feedback becomes the sole and exclusive property of HeyGen, and HeyGen may use and disclose Feedback in any manner and for any purpose whatsoever without further notice or compensation to you and without retention by you of any proprietary or other right or claim. You hereby…”
Any feedback submitted—including suggestions, comments, or improvements—is irrevocably assigned to HeyGen with no compensation. Includes patent rights, trade secrets, and moral rights waiver.
“by submitting User Material you hereby grant Speechify an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty free, worldwide license to use, telecast, copy, perform, display, edit, distribute and otherwise exploit the User Material you post on the Services, or any portion thereof, an…”
Irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free license covering commercial, promotional, and advertising use with sublicensing rights through multiple tiers and no attribution requirement. This is an extremely broad license-back on user-submitted content.
“you grant us a license to access, use, host, cache, store, reproduce, transmit, display, publish, distribute, and modify Your Content to operate, improve, promote and provide the Services and to develop new services and products, including to train or otherwise improve or modify…”
User content (inputs and outputs) from paid plan users is explicitly licensed for AI model training. This is opt-in by default with no clear opt-out mechanism mentioned.
“by submitting User Material you hereby grant Speechify an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty free, worldwide license to use, telecast, copy, perform, display, edit, distribute and otherwise exploit the User Material you post on the Services, or any portion thereof, an…”
The license is broad enough to potentially encompass model training (use 'in any manner'), but training is not explicitly mentioned. Users cannot be certain their submissions will not be used for AI/ML training purposes.
“User Output generated under a Free Plan may not be sold, sublicensed, redistributed, monetized, or used in connection with commercial activities, advertising, client work, revenue-generating product or any other services.”
Complete prohibition on commercial use of outputs for free plan users, including advertising, client work, and revenue-generating activities.
“in any manner (including, without limitation, for commercial, publicity, trade, promotional, or advertising purposes) and in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such User Material, and to grant and…”
Speechify can commercially exploit user-submitted content for advertising and promotional purposes without compensation. This restricts the user's exclusive commercial value in their own submitted material.
“Some of the features of the Services require us to process parts of faces or bodies within a video or photo, and this may include face imagery. The information we use for this process is used to create and personalize avatars. See our Biometric Information Privacy Notice for furt…”
Biometric data (face imagery, body data) is collected and processed. This triggers heightened legal obligations under BIPA (Illinois), CCPA sensitive data rules, and GDPR Article 9.
“Please note that your continued use of Speechify after any change means that you agree with and consent to be bound by the new Policy. If you disagree with any changes in this Policy and do not wish your information to be subject to it, you will need to delete your Speechify acco…”
Continued use constitutes consent to updated privacy terms. Users who disagree must delete their account—there is no mechanism to object to specific changes while retaining service access.
“ (d) Refunds and Exchanges. Payments are non-refundable, except where required by law.”
“Application of Consumer Law to Business Users Speechify’s Business, Enterprise, Studio, Voice-Over, and API offerings are intended for commercial use. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Business Users acknowledge and agree that consumer-protection statutes and implied war…”
Business, Enterprise, API, and Studio users explicitly waive consumer-protection statutes and implied warranties, materially reducing their legal recourse.