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OtherYou 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. OtherYou starts at $10, Synthesia at $18. Both have a free tier. Only Synthesia ships a public API.

OtherYouSwaps the face and the voice in your own video footage for a stock or custom avatar.SynthesiaEnterprise avatar video platform for training content

Side by side

FactOtherYouSynthesia
CategoryAI Avatars & Talking HeadsAI Avatars & Talking Heads
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$10 month$18 month
Public APINoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, API
CompanyOtherYouSynthesia Ltd
Launched—2017
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

OtherYou

A narrow tool that does face plus voice replacement on footage you already have, priced by output minutes. Cheap to start and it includes a commercial licence at every paid tier. The build looks frozen - the plan configuration on the site dates from 2023 - so buy it for what it does today.

Pros

  • Replaces face and voice together rather than one or the other
  • Custom avatars supported, not just a fixed library
  • Commercial licence included on every paid tier
  • 20 free credits to test before paying

Cons

  • Minute allowances are small - 8 minutes a month on the entry plan
  • No company name, address or country published anywhere
  • Site is a 2023-era single-page build with no visible changelog or API

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 OtherYou if you need

  • Presenters who want to appear on camera without showing their own face
  • Localising a recorded delivery with a different voice
  • Small-volume creators who need a few minutes of output a month

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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