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Tavus

Tavus builds the Conversational Video Interface (CVI), an end-to-end pipeline that combines AI behavior with lifelike digital humans for real-time video conversations. The platform lets developers create personal AI replicas from a short video or a single image (Phoenix-4 and image-to-replica), generate async personalized videos, and run real-time conversational sessions backed by configurable personas, custom LLMs, tools, and document knowledge bases. Tavus targets product teams embedding human-like AI into sales, support, healthcare, education, and recruiting experiences, and monetizes through usage-based developer pricing and enterprise contracts.

Tavus publishes 13 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Conversations API, Documents API, Guardrails API, and 10 more. Tagged areas include Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Video, Conversational AI, and Avatars.

The Tavus catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Tavus’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, pricing, changelog, and 14 more developer resources.

47.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 53/100 agent ready Front door AI 6/6 dominant Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
1 published contract 1 MCP Servers
Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIVideoConversational AIAvatarsReplicasPersonalizationReal-TimeCVIWebhook

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

AI Model Services
AE-110
ReplicasVideos
POST /v2/videos POST /v2/replicas

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  • Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks
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  • Agent Skills +5 pts — skills artifact present, graded by who authored it
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APIs 13

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Tavus API

The Tavus REST API powers personalized video generation and real-time Conversational Video Interface sessions. It exposes endpoints for replicas (Phoenix-4 video and image-to-re...

Tavus Conversations API

The Conversations API from Tavus — 3 operation(s) for conversations.

Tavus Documents API

The Documents API from Tavus — 3 operation(s) for documents.

Tavus Guardrails API

The Guardrails API from Tavus — 2 operation(s) for guardrails.

Tavus Objectives API

The Objectives API from Tavus — 2 operation(s) for objectives.

Tavus Personas API

The Personas API from Tavus — 2 operation(s) for personas.

Tavus Pronunciation Dictionaries API

The Pronunciation Dictionaries API from Tavus — 2 operation(s) for pronunciation dictionaries.

Tavus Replacements API

The Replacements API from Tavus — 2 operation(s) for replacements.

Tavus Replicas API

The Replicas API from Tavus — 3 operation(s) for replicas.

Tavus Transcriptions API

The Transcriptions API from Tavus — 2 operation(s) for transcriptions.

Tavus Videos API

The Videos API from Tavus — 3 operation(s) for videos.

Tavus Voices API

The Voices API from Tavus — 1 operation(s) for voices.

Tavus Lip Sync API

The Lip Sync API from Tavus — 2 operation(s) for lip sync.

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Open Collections 13

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Tavus MCP Server

Remote MCP server at mcp.tavus.io over HTTP.

MCP SERVER

Tavus API pricing

Prices published by Tavus, read 2026-10-28 from www.tavus.io/pricing. A free plan or tier is listed.

PlanPrice
PALs Free $0/mo
Includes: Unlimited messaging; 15 minutes of voice & video calls; Support for 30+ languages
PALs Plus $20/mo
Includes: Unlimited messaging; 150 minutes of voice & video calls; MCP Early Access
PALs Max $50/mo
Includes: Unlimited messaging; 500 minutes of voice & video calls; MCP Early Access
Free (Developer) Free
Includes: 20 free minutes of Conversational Video; 10 Faces; 1 concurrent session
Starter $22/mo
Includes: 60 minutes of Conversational Video; 1 custom Face slot; 1 concurrent session
Builder $59/mo
Includes: 175 minutes of Conversational Video; 3 Custom Face slots; up to 3 concurrent sessions
Growth $397/mo
Includes: 1,300 minutes of Conversational Video; 7 Custom Face slots; up to 10 concurrent sessions
Business $975/mo
Includes: 4,000 minutes of Conversational Video; 15 Custom Face slots; up to 15 concurrent sessions

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Rate limits

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Tavus's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Billed by: minute · FinOps profile →

Pricing Plans 2

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Tavus Plans Pricing

13 plans

PLANS

Tavus Price Estimates

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Tavus Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Tavus

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Tavus Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Tavus API Rules

59 rules · 48 errors 7 warnings 4 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Tavus Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Tavus Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Tavus Trust Center

SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Tavus Agentic Access

54 operations · 31 acting

54 operations · 31 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: tavus
name: Tavus
description: Tavus builds the Conversational Video Interface (CVI), an end-to-end pipeline that combines AI behavior with
  lifelike digital humans for real-time video conversations. The platform lets developers create personal AI replicas from
  a short video or a single image (Phoenix-4 and image-to-replica), generate async personalized videos, and run real-time
  conversational sessions backed by configurable personas, custom LLMs, tools, and document knowledge bases. Tavus targets
  product teams embedding human-like AI into sales, support, healthcare, education, and recruiting experiences, and monetizes
  through usage-based developer pricing and enterprise contracts.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  license_evidence:
    not_product:
    - tavus-engineering/tavus-examples
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  - repository-not-product
  generated: '2026-09-25'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
position: Producing
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/tavus.png
x-docs-platform: mintlify
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-17
x-docs-hosting: vercel
tags:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Generative AI
- Video
- Conversational AI
- Avatars
- Replicas
- Personalization
- Real-Time
- CVI
- Webhook
tags_raw:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Generative AI
- Video
- Conversational AI
- Avatars
- Replicas
- Personalization
- Real Time
- CVI
- Webhooks
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tavus/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: tavus:tavus-api
  name: Tavus API
  description: The Tavus REST API powers personalized video generation and real-time Conversational Video Interface sessions.
    It exposes endpoints for replicas (Phoenix-4 video and image-to-replica), async video generation, real-time conversations,
    personas, and document knowledge bases, plus webhooks for lifecycle events.
  humanURL: https://docs.tavus.io/
  baseURL: https://tavusapi.com
  tags:
  - Video
  - Conversational AI
  - Replicas
  - Personas
  - Real-Time
  - Knowledge Base
  tags_raw:
  - Video
  - Conversational AI
  - Replicas
  - Personas
  - Real Time
  - Knowledge Base
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.tavus.io/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.tavus.io/sections/introduction
  - type: Signup
    url: https://platform.tavus.io/auth/sign-up
  - type: API
    url: https://docs.tavus.io/api-reference/overview
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tavus/cvi-ui
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/Tavus-Engineering/tavus-examples
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.tavus.io/pricing
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.tavus.io/api-reference/authentication
  features:
  - name: Phoenix-4 Replicas
    description: Train high-fidelity replicas from a short training video.
  - name: Image-to-Replica
    description: Generate replicas from a single image for faster onboarding.
  - name: Stock Replicas
    description: Use pre-built stock replicas for instant integration.
  - name: Async Video Generation
    description: Create personalized videos from scripts or audio with replica and background customization.
  - name: Real-Time Conversations
    description: Spin up live AI video conversations with audio-only mode, closed captions, participant limits, and private
      rooms.
  - name: Personas
    description: Configure replica behavior, guardrails, objectives, and tool calling, including support for custom LLMs.
  - name: Knowledge Base
    description: Upload, recrawl, and manage documents and websites to ground replica responses.
  - name: React CVI Components
    description: Embed conversational video into web apps using the @tavus/cvi-ui React component library and hooks.
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Receive callbacks for video, conversation, and replica lifecycle events.
  useCases:
  - name: AI Sales Reps
    description: Conduct lifelike video discovery and demo calls with a digital rep.
  - name: Healthcare Intake
    description: Walk patients through intake and screening with empathetic video AI.
  - name: Personalized Outreach Video
    description: Generate per-recipient videos for marketing and recruiting at scale.
  - name: AI Tutors and Coaching
    description: Deliver interactive video tutoring grounded in course content.
  - name: Customer Support Avatars
    description: Provide always-on conversational video support inside web and mobile apps.
  integrations:
  - name: React
  - name: Daily
  - name: Custom LLMs
  - name: Webhooks
  - name: Slack
  - name: Zapier
  authentication:
  - type: API Key
    description: API keys are generated in the Tavus Developer Portal and sent in the x-api-key header on every request.
- aid: tavus:tavus-conversations-api
  name: Tavus Conversations API
  description: The Conversations API from Tavus — 3 operation(s) for conversations.
  humanURL: https://docs.tavus.io/
  baseURL: https://tavusapi.com
  tags:
  - Conversations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tavus-conversations-api-openapi.yml
- aid: tavus:tavus-documents-api
  name: Tavus Documents API
  description: The Documents API from Tavus — 3 operation(s) for documents.
  humanURL: https://docs.tavus.io/
  baseURL: https://tavusapi.com
  tags:
  - Documents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tavus-documents-api-openapi.yml
- aid: tavus:tavus-guardrails-api
  name: Tavus Guardrails API
  description: The Guardrails API from Tavus — 2 operation(s) for guardrails.
  humanURL: https://docs.tavus.io/
  baseURL: https://tavusapi.com
  tags:
  - Guardrails
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tavus-guardrails-api-openapi.yml
- aid: tavus:tavus-objectives-api
  name: Tavus Objectives API
  description: The Objectives API from Tavus — 2 operation(s) for objectives.
  humanURL: https://docs.tavus.io/
  baseURL: https://tavusapi.com
  tags:
  - Objectives
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tavus-objectives-api-openapi.yml
- aid: tavus:tavus-personas-api
  name: Tavus Personas API
  description: The Personas API from Tavus — 2 operation(s) for personas.
  humanURL: https://docs.tavus.io/
  baseURL: https://tavusapi.com
  tags:
  - Personas
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tavus-personas-api-openapi.yml
- aid: tavus:tavus-pronunciation-dictionaries-api
  name: Tavus Pronunciation Dictionaries API
  description: The Pronunciation Dictionaries API from Tavus — 2 operation(s) for pronunciation dictionaries.
  humanURL: https://docs.tavus.io/
  baseURL: https://tavusapi.com
  tags:
  - Pronunciation Dictionaries
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tavus-pronunciation-dictionaries-api-openapi.yml
- aid: tavus:tavus-replacements-api
  name: Tavus Replacements API
  description: The Replacements API from Tavus — 2 operation(s) for replacements.
  humanURL: https://docs.tavus.io/
  baseURL: https://tavusapi.com
  tags:
  - Replacements
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tavus-replacements-api-openapi.yml
- aid: tavus:tavus-replicas-api
  name: Tavus Replicas API
  description: The Replicas API from Tavus — 3 operation(s) for replicas.
  humanURL: https://docs.tavus.io/
  baseURL: https://tavusapi.com
  tags:
  - Replicas
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tavus-replicas-api-openapi.yml
- aid: tavus:tavus-transcriptions-api
  name: Tavus Transcriptions API
  description: The Transcriptions API from Tavus — 2 operation(s) for transcriptions.
  humanURL: https://docs.tavus.io/
  baseURL: https://tavusapi.com
  tags:
  - Transcriptions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tavus-transcriptions-api-openapi.yml
- aid: tavus:tavus-videos-api
  name: Tavus Videos API
  description: The Videos API from Tavus — 3 operation(s) for videos.
  humanURL: https://docs.tavus.io/
  baseURL: https://tavusapi.com
  tags:
  - Video
  tags_raw:
  - Videos
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tavus-videos-api-openapi.yml
- aid: tavus:tavus-voices-api
  name: Tavus Voices API
  description: The Voices API from Tavus — 1 operation(s) for voices.
  humanURL: https://docs.tavus.io/
  baseURL: https://tavusapi.com
  tags:
  - Voice
  tags_raw:
  - Voices
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tavus-voices-api-openapi.yml
- aid: tavus:tavus-lip-sync-api
  name: Tavus Lip Sync API
  description: The Lip Sync API from Tavus — 2 operation(s) for lip sync.
  humanURL: https://docs.tavus.io/
  baseURL: https://tavusapi.com
  tags:
  - Lip Sync
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/tavus-lip-sync-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/tavus-capability-edges.yml
  name: Tavus Business Capability Map
- type: Plans
  url: plans/tavus-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/tavus-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/tavus-finops.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/tavus-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/tavus-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/tavus-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/tavus-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.tavus.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.tavus.io
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.tavus.io/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Tavus-Engineering
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.tavus.io/pricing
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.tavus.io/legal/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.tavus.io/legal/privacy-policy
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/heyTavus
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tavus
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://docs.tavus.io/changelog
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.tavus.io/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Tavus API — frequently asked questions

Does Tavus have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 13 APIs from Tavus, including Tavus API, Tavus Conversations API and Tavus Documents API, and 10 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Tavus API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 12 OpenAPI specifications for Tavus, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Tavus API?

Tavus documents its authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Tavus Authentication.

How much does the Tavus API cost?

Tavus publishes its prices; its PALs Free plan is $0/mo as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 13 pricing plans for Tavus, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Does Tavus have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Tavus: Remote MCP server at mcp.tavus.io over HTTP.

Is the Tavus API ready for AI agents?

Tavus has a Kin Score of 47.9 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 53.3 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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