Launched 2017 · Verified Oct 15, 2026

Synthesia

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Enterprise avatar video platform for training content

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Listed on EffectHub · Aug 16, 2026

InputsTOutputsWeb · API

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Pricing

Pricing model: Freemium
Paid options from: $18/mo
Billing: Monthly

Starter is $18/mo billed yearly or $29 month-to-month with 1,250 credits a month; Pro (formerly Creator) is $64/mo billed yearly or $89 month-to-month with 6,000 credits a month and larger credit tiers up to $676; Enterprise is quote-only. Every plan, including free Basic, gets 10 minutes of video and 500 credits a month; paid credits add roughly 12 (Starter) or 60 (Pro) more minutes, and SCORM export and brand kits are listed under Enterprise.

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Overview

About Synthesia

Synthesia produces videos of digital presenters from a script, with templates, brand kits and multi-language voiceover. It targets corporate training and internal communication, and includes review workflows and SCORM export.

Platforms: Web · API
API: Yes
Last verified: Oct 15, 2026

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Basic is free with 10 minutes of video and 500 credits a month; Starter $29/month or $18/month billed yearly (1,250 credits a month, 15,000 a year); Pro $89/month or $64/month billed yearly with 6,000 credits a month; Enterprise custom with SCORM export and unlimited minutes (15 October 2026)synthesia.io ↗
Synthesia Ltd, 20 Triton Street, Regent's Place, London NW1 3BF, United Kingdom, in the site footer (15 October 2026)synthesia.io ↗

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TLS certificate: Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Dec 12, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
Last checked: Oct 15, 2026The site answered
On the market since: 2017The vendor's own material, read by us
Operated by: Synthesia Ltd, United KingdomOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026

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Editorial verdict

Pros & cons of Synthesia

high confidence

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

Review workflows and SCORM export fit corporate training pipelines properly
A free Basic tier with 10 minutes a month lets you test the output 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

Starter's credits add only about 12 minutes of video a month on top of the free 10
Avatar expressiveness trails HeyGen at comparable prices
Paying yearly fixes the credit budget for 12 months, so a busy month can drain it
SCORM export, brand kits and unlimited minutes sit behind quote-only Enterprise

Best for

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

Not for

Creators wanting the most expressive avatars for social video
One-off videos, where the annual credit accounting is pure overhead

Watch out: SCORM export and brand kits are listed only under quote-only Enterprise, and Starter's credits add only about 12 minutes of video a month, so an L&D team usually ends up in a sales call. The old Creator plan is now called Pro.

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