- Best for
- Companies producing training, onboarding and internal communications videos
- Price
- Freemium · from $18/month
Free: 10 minutes of video or dubbing a month, 9 avatars - Platforms
- Web, API
- Made by
- Synthesia Ltd, London, UK · since 2017
What it is
Synthesia makes presenter-led videos from a script using stock or custom AI avatars, with its Express-2 model adding full-body gestures. It is built for training and internal communications, with team review, brand controls, LMS and SCORM export, and dubbing into 140+ languages.
Latest: Synthesia raised $200M at a $4B valuation in January 2026.
What the AI does
- Express-2 full-body AI avatars
- Personal avatars
- Text-to-video from scripts and documents
- Dubbing and translation into 140+ languages
- Templates, team review and guest collaboration
- API (higher plans)
Pros and cons
- Polished, consistent presenters for corporate content
- Strong team, review and governance features
- LMS and SCORM integrations
- Free plan includes 10 minutes a month
- No mobile apps
- Avatar videos only, not a general scene generator
- Credit system is hard to compare with rivals
How it scores
Video quality8
Ease of use9
Features8
Value for money7.5
Platforms5
Very easy for business users; scores lower on platforms because it is web and API only.
Feature checklist · 6 of 9
- ✓Text-to-video (from a prompt or script) (yes)
- –Image-to-video (no)
- ✓Native audio, speech or sound generation (yes)
- ✓Consistent characters or avatars across videos (yes)
- –Edit existing footage with AI (restyle, extend, swap or remove objects) (no)
- ✓4K output or upscaling (yes)
- ✓Commercial use allowed on a paid plan (yes)
- –iOS and Android apps (no)
- ✓Developer API (yes)
How we score apps →
Alternatives
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- Google Veo (Flow) 8.9/10Anyone who wants top-quality clips with synced sound, especially people already paying for Google AI
- Kling AI 8.7/10Creators who want near-top quality and realistic human motion on a budget
- HeyGen 8.6/10Marketers and creators making talking-head, explainer and translated videos at scale
- Runway 8.5/10Filmmakers and marketers who want fine creative control and editing, not just one-shot clips
Google Veo (Flow) vs Synthesia
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