Prices, photo requirements and turnaround for the main AI headshot tools, side by side.
We make one of these. This comparison is published by ExecShot, so it is not a neutral review. We have stuck to specifications that anyone can verify from each company public pricing page rather than ranking on quality, and we have said plainly where other tools beat us. Every figure is linked to its source so you can check it yourself.
| Feature | ExecShotThis is us | Aragon AI | HeadshotPro | BetterPic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $29.99 | $35Heavily discounted much of the time, recently as low as $12, so check the current offer | $29 | $35Also offers a free tier of up to 10 headshots |
| Headshots included | 30 ready made, plus 20 custom generations | 40, but limited to one outfit and one background | 30 | 20 |
| Photos you upload | 1 selfie | 6 selfies | Multiple selfies | Multiple photos |
| Turnaround | Under 2 minutes | 15 to 45 minutes depending on tier | About 2 hours, faster on higher tiers | About 2 hours, faster on higher tiers |
Competitor figures checked on 5 September 2026 against publicly listed pricing. Prices and plans change often, and several of these companies run frequent promotions, so check the current offer before you buy: Aragon AI, HeadshotPro, BetterPic.
Ours. Built around a single selfie and a fast turnaround: one clear front facing photo in, a set of professional headshots back in under two minutes. The entry pack includes custom generations, so you can describe a change in plain language and get a fresh take rather than picking from a fixed batch. Being straight about it: we are not the cheapest here, we do not return the most images, and unlike BetterPic we have no free tier.
Best for: Anyone who has been putting this off because gathering a dozen photos of themselves sounds like a chore, or who needs a usable headshot in the next five minutes.
The most established name in the category, with a long public track record and a large volume of reviews. It asks for six selfies and returns results in roughly 15 to 45 minutes. It gives you more images than anyone else here, 40 at entry rising to 100, and while it lists at $35 it is discounted much of the time, recently as low as $12. The catch at entry tier is variety: one outfit and one background, so those 40 images are variations of a single look.
Best for: People who already have a varied set of selfies and want the most images for the lowest price from a well known name.
The closest competitor to us on price, and cheaper at every tier: $29 for thirty headshots against our $29.99 for thirty, and $39 for fifty against our $49.99. Turnaround is about two hours at entry, dropping to roughly fifteen minutes on the top tier. It also offers team pricing with a volume discount, which is genuinely useful for company headshot days and which we do not currently match.
Best for: Anyone optimising purely on price, and teams, given the per person discount at group sizes.
Aimed at the higher end. It trains on a larger photo set, pushes higher output resolution, and includes automatic retouching, with human retouching on a selected image at its top tier. That is more finishing than any fully automated pipeline provides, ours included. It also has a free tier of up to ten headshots, so you can see the output before paying. The trade off is the upload effort and a turnaround of about two hours at the paid entry tier.
Best for: Anyone printing at size or wanting the most polished possible result, and anyone who wants to try an AI headshot without paying anything first.
Quality claims are hard to compare honestly, because every company shows you its best output. The three things you can verify before paying are the price, how many photos you have to supply, and how long you wait. Those are what the table above compares.
In practice the photo requirement decides it for most people. If you have a folder of varied recent selfies, the tools that want six of them are open to you and you can shop on price. If you do not, and finding them is the reason this has been on your list for months, the number of uploads matters more than a few dollars.
It is also worth noticing the size of each gap. Everything on this page sits within about twenty dollars of everything else. What they ask of you varies far more: one photo and two minutes at one end, six photos and forty five minutes at the other. If an hour of your time is worth more than twenty dollars, the price column is the least important one in the table, and the two you should actually be reading are the two on the right.
What people ask when choosing an AI headshot tool.
Not blindly, and we would not ask you to. That is why this page compares only specifications you can check yourself on each company pricing page, links to every source, and states where the other tools beat us. For anything subjective, such as which produces the nicest images, look at the example galleries on each site and judge for yourself.
BetterPic has a free tier of up to ten headshots, so strictly speaking that is the cheapest way to try one at all. Among paid options Aragon is usually cheapest in practice, listing at $35 but discounted much of the time, recently as low as $12. At list price HeadshotPro starts lowest at $29, then ExecShot at $29.99, with Aragon and BetterPic at $35. Worth noting that the spread between all of these is about twenty dollars, while the spread in what they ask of you is one photo and two minutes at one end and six photos and forty five minutes at the other. Price is the smaller variable here.
ExecShot, at one selfie. Aragon asks for six, and HeadshotPro and BetterPic both want a multi photo upload, because they build a fuller model of your face from a larger set. That is a legitimate approach with its own advantages, but it does mean assembling the photos first.
ExecShot returns headshots in under two minutes. Aragon quotes 15 to 45 minutes depending on tier, and both HeadshotPro and BetterPic take about two hours at their entry tiers, dropping to roughly 15 minutes on their top tiers.
For a LinkedIn profile, a company directory, a firm bio or an email signature, which is where the overwhelming majority of headshots end up, yes. For a casting headshot, an executive portrait with real creative direction, or anything printed at large size, a photographer is still the right choice and it is worth saying so.
That is the part we are built around. $29.99 one time, 30 headshots plus 20 custom generations, and every image is yours.