The Potion alternative that keeps your real face on screen
Potion clones your face, voice and gestures from four minutes of footage and generates an AI version of you per lead. Personade keeps the recording real and clones only the voice for the opening line.
The short version
Potion is the most ambitious self-serve tool in the category: from $99 a month per workspace it will generate up to 750 videos of an AI version of you, in several languages, from a typed script, with branded video pages and fifty-plus CRM integrations. If you want a synthetic you that can say anything, it is very good. Personade takes the other bet: the video is real footage of you, the clone only re-speaks the opening line, and the campaign is sourced and built with you rather than generated from a script.
Why people look for a Potion alternative
A generated face is a different promise
Potion's pitch is your face, voice and gestures, cloned. When it works it is remarkable. When a prospect notices, and enterprise buyers increasingly do, the message becomes about the technology instead of about them. Real footage does not have that failure mode.
Typing a script is not the same as pitching
Potion generates the whole video from text, so the delivery is the model's, not yours. The pauses, the emphasis, the bit where you lean in: all synthesized. For a demo or a walkthrough that is fine. For a first impression from a named rep it is a lot to hand over.
Per workspace, per month, list not included
$99 a month buys the tool and 750 dynamic videos. It does not buy the accounts, the script review, or anyone checking that the campaign is aimed at the right people. That is a self-serve seat, and someone still has to drive it.
Potion vs Personade, side by side
| Feature | Potion | Personade |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Generating AI videos of a cloned you from a typed script, at volume | A personalized video campaign run with you, from real footage |
| Personalization | AI face, voice and gesture clone; name and script variables per lead; dynamic backgrounds | Real recording of you; your cloned voice re-speaks a personal opening line per lead |
| Finding leads | Not included, bring your own list or CRM | LinkedIn, Google Businesses, a 250M-contact database, or your CSV |
| What the lead opens | A branded video landing page, custom domain on Professional | A page with their name and company on it, and the CTAs you chose |
| Who sends it | You, via 50+ CRM integrations and Zapier webhooks | You send everything, from your own inbox or LinkedIn |
| Analytics | Video analytics on viewer engagement | Opened, watched to 25 / 50 / 75 / 100, clicked, booked |
| Pricing model | $99 / month per workspace for 750 dynamic AI videos; $299 for unlimited | Per campaign, not per workspace: scoped on the first call, fixed before production |
Potion prices are list price as of 31 August 2026, read from sendpotion.com/pricing. Check there for current rates.
Stay on Potion if
- You want to generate video from text without recording at all.
- You need the same message in several languages, in your own likeness.
- You are comfortable with a fully AI-generated you fronting the outreach.
For volume in many languages, Potion's generation model is a real edge.
Switch to Personade if
- You want the prospect to see the actual you, with only the opening line cloned.
- You are selling to enterprise buyers who will notice a synthetic face.
- You want the list sourced and the script reviewed before anything is rendered.
Real footage, one take, every account, scoped on a 15-minute call.
See it in context: cold outreach and demo follow-up.
The difference, on screen
A real recording, with one line that changes.
This is the page each lead opens. The video is footage of you, recorded once. Your cloned voice carries the first sentence, which names their company and the thing you noticed. Everything after that is exactly what you said on the day.
Rotating through example senders. Sample data.
Maya at Fernwood
Maya, I went through Fernwood's site this week and made you a short walkthrough of the one thing I would change first.
For
Maya
Common questions
Is Personade a Potion alternative?
Yes. Both produce a personalized video per lead from one session with you. Potion generates the entire video with an AI clone of your face, voice and gestures from a typed script. Personade uses your real recording and clones only the voice, to re-speak a personal opening line per lead. Both give each lead a page.
Does Personade clone my face like Potion?
No, on purpose. The video is real footage of you. The only synthetic part is the opening line, spoken in a clone of your voice so it can name the lead and their situation. The rest is you, as recorded.
Potion is $99 a month. What does Personade cost?
Personade is priced per campaign rather than per workspace. The quote is scoped against your account list on the first call and fixed before production. For a team that wants one tool and will generate hundreds of videos a month themselves, Potion's flat price will be lower. For a team that wants the campaign done with them, ours is priced for that.
Can Personade do multiple languages like Potion?
The opening line can be re-spoken in the language you recorded in. Potion's multi-language generation, where a whole video is produced in languages you never spoke, is not something we do. If that is the requirement, Potion is the better tool.
Wondering whether a cloned voice is too much? We wrote about it: is AI voice cloning for sales creepy?
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