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BHuman vs Synthesia

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. BHuman starts at $39, Synthesia at $18. Both have a free tier. Both ship a public API.

BHumanRecord one video and generate a personalised copy for every name on your listSynthesiaEnterprise avatar video platform for training content

Side by side

FactBHumanSynthesia
CategoryAI Avatars & Talking HeadsAI Avatars & Talking Heads
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$39 month$18 month
Public APIYesYes
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CompanyBHuman Technologies Inc.Synthesia Ltd
Launched—2017
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

BHuman

The record-once, personalise-many model keeps a real person on screen, which usually lands better than a fully synthetic presenter, and the Speakeasy mode covers cases where nobody wants to record at all. The catch is that credits are shared across both modes and API access is locked to the top tier, so the economics only work if you know your volume in advance.

Pros

  • Personalisation covers the spoken name plus images, links and landing pages
  • Speakeasy generates a presenter and script when there is nothing to record
  • Free tier of 15 credits is enough to judge lip-sync quality
  • Wide integration surface including Zapier, HubSpot and Pabbly

Cons

  • API access is restricted to the $150 Ultimate plan
  • Credits are shared between personalised video and Speakeasy, so heavy use of one starves the other
  • The published terms of service date back to 2022 and predate the current product

Synthesia

The safe institutional choice for training video at scale — SCORM export and review workflows are what you are paying for, not the avatars themselves.

Pros

  • SCORM export and review workflows fit corporate training pipelines properly
  • A free Basic tier now exists, so the output can be tested before committing
  • Annual billing cuts the Starter seat from $29 to $18
  • Multi-language voiceover and dubbing are built in rather than bolted on

Cons

  • Paid credits are allocated per year, so a busy month can exhaust the budget
  • Avatar expressiveness trails HeyGen at comparable prices
  • Starter's roughly 120 minutes a year is thin for real course production
  • Unlimited minutes and the useful admin controls sit behind quote-only Enterprise

Which one fits

Choose BHuman if you need

  • Outbound teams sending video at list scale rather than one at a time
  • Lifecycle marketing that needs named onboarding or renewal clips
  • Anyone with an existing CSV of prospects and no video production budget

Choose Synthesia if you need

  • Learning and development teams producing course video in many languages
  • Internal communications needing brand kits and an approval step
  • Organisations that have to export finished video into an LMS via SCORM

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