Synthesia
Text-to-video AI platform for creating professional videos with digital avatars
Synthesia is a cloud-based AI video generation platform that converts text scripts into polished, presenter-led videos featuring realistic digital avatars speaking in over 160 languages. The platform supports training, marketing, and internal communications workflows with features including custom avatars, one-click video translation, PowerPoint-to-video conversion, and built-in collaboration tools. It serves enterprises and individual creators, with 85% of Fortune 500 companies reportedly using the platform for scalable video production without cameras or actors.
How we scored it
A weighted average of the 4 dimensions below, each judged 0–10 from published pricing, vendor documentation and independent user feedback. We do not run hands-on tests, and no vendor has any say in a score.
2 further dimensions are not scored for this product yet, so they are left out of the average rather than counted as zero. How the score works.
What it actually costs
Intro pricing shown — see the renewal note for what you'll pay after the introductory term. We don't hide the second-act price.
Free
Includes 10 minutes of video or dubbing, 3 survey responses and 500 credits every month; renews monthly; learner seats not included.
Starter
Starter includes credits (listed as 1,250 credits/month on the pricing page), download videos, remove logo; billed monthly or yearly (yearly effective price shown $18/mo). Learner seats not
Creator
Pro/Creator plan shows 6,000 credits/month included; billed monthly or yearly (yearly effective price shown $64/mo). Learner seats not included.
What to check before you commit to Synthesia
A tool is judged on what it costs once it is adopted, not what it costs to try. These are the four things that change that number.
The price once it is adopted
At $29 a seat, five people is $145 a month ($1740 a year) and ten is $290 ($3480 a year). Tools are bought one seat at a time and paid for by the dozen.
Where the usage ceiling sits
Credits, generations, exports and API calls are the lines that run out mid-month. Find what happens when you hit the cap — hard stop, throttle, or an overage rate you have not budgeted for.
What the free tier is really for
A free tier is an evaluation, not a plan. Check which limit you would hit first in real use, because that is the one that decides when you start paying.
Getting your work back out
Export formats decide how reversible this decision is. A tool that only exports to its own format costs more to leave than its price suggests.
These are the checks we apply across ai tools, in the same order, so two pages can be compared line for line.
How much does Synthesia really cost?
Our calculation from the vendor's published prices — not a figure the vendor advertises.
You buy credits that features consume at different rates. Heavy features drain an allowance faster than the plan name suggests. Plans provide a monthly credit allowance (credits are the shared currency across features). Additional learner seats (roleplay) are charged per learner. Plan cost scales by choosing higher credit volumes or Enterprise custom plans.
| Team size | Per month | Per year | Over 3 years | How it is charged |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $29 | $348 | $1,044 | Flat rate — seats are not charged separately on this plan |
| 5 people | $29 | $348 | $1,044 | Flat rate — seats are not charged separately on this plan |
| 10 people | $29 | $348 | $1,044 | Flat rate — seats are not charged separately on this plan |
| 50 people | $29 | $348 | $1,044 | Flat rate — seats are not charged separately on this plan |
Based on the Starter plan at $29 a month. Three years at the published annual price. No renewal increase is published.
- The vendor does not publish a renewal price, so three-year totals assume today's price holds.
Work out your own cost
- Flat rate — the price does not change with team size.
- Billed annually at $18 per month equivalent.
Synthesia against the field
The highest-scoring alternatives in the same category, compared on the figures we hold for all of them.
| SynthesiaThis page | ChatGPT | Grammarly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReviewCost score | 7.7/10 | 8.3/10 | 8.3/10 |
| Cheapest plan | Free | — | — |
| From | — | — | — |
| Renews at | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Biggest strength | Industry-leading avatar realism with Express-2 technology capturing micro-expressions and 94% realism scores for talking-head presentations | Breadth of capabilities: text, code, images, voice, web browsing, file analysis, and agentic task execution in one interface | Real-time detection across 400+ grammar and spelling rule types with multi-language support |
| Biggest drawback | Strict content moderation policies with video rejections for regulated industries (financial services, healthcare) without upfront disclosure | Free and Go tiers now include ads in US and EU markets; conversation data used for training by default (manual opt-out required) | 150% price markup for month-to-month billing ($30) vs annual ($12/month); surprise auto-renewal charges when free trial lapses without cancellation |
Prices are the published figures at the time of writing and change often. Renewal pricing is shown where the vendor publishes it. See how we review.
What people ask about Synthesia
Straight answers to what buyers actually ask, drawn from the documentation and published user reports.
Does Synthesia's free plan actually work for production use?
Is the annual discount worth it?
What industries face content moderation rejections?
Is Synthesia worth it versus HeyGen?
Do I need Enterprise for SCORM export?
Page history
- Published
- 13 September 2026
- Last updated
- 1 October 2026
- Pricing checked against vendor
- 1 October 2026
Sources & verification
Pricing on this page was taken from the vendor's published pricing page on 1 October 2026.
- Synthesia Pricing - Compare Free and Paid PlansOfficial pricing page · Synthesia · read 1 October 2026