Pricing
- Experiment with AI video and ready-made Avatars
- No credit card required
- Includes 1,200 credits/mo
- Usable for up to 10 minutes of video/month
- Create AI videos with your own Personal Avatar
- Billed yearly
- Get started
- Produce AI videos regularly with your team
- Billed yearly
- Get started
- Custom pricing
- Let’s talk
Pricing from the official site, verified Jun 2026. Always confirm current prices on the vendor site.
Pros & cons
Our analysisPros
- No camera, studio, or on-screen talent needed
- Over 200 stock avatars across 130+ languages
- Custom avatar creation from a short recording
- SCORM export for LMS integration
- Consistent output at scale for localized video
Cons
- Cinematic production quality is not the goal
- Free tier is limited; full features require paid plan
- Custom avatar requires enterprise plan
What users say
Synthesia is commonly used for employee training, product demos, and internal communications where consistent, localized video matters more than cinematic production values. A frequently noted strength is the language coverage, with over 130 languages supported, making it practical for companies that need the same content delivered across multiple regions without re-recording. A common limitation is that the avatar-based output has an identifiable synthetic quality that may not suit all external-facing use cases.
Editorial summary based on public information.
Best for
Teams producing localized training or product videos at scale
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Oxolo| Feature | Synthesia | HeyGen |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Price from | $14/mo | $29/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Desktop | API |
| Models | Synthesia | App |
| Context window | 32k | 1M |
| Launched | 2017 | 2020 |
| Languages | 160+ languages | English, German, Chinese +1 more |
| Integrations | — | Google, HubSpot, Workday +10 more |
| Output formats | SCORM | — |
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Specs
| Pricing | Freemium |
|---|---|
| Price from | $14/mo |
| Free tier | Yes |
| API | Yes |
| Open source | No |
| Platforms | Desktop |
| Models | Synthesia |
| Languages | 160+ languages |
| Output formats | SCORM |
| Context window | 32k |
| Launched | 2017 |