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Synthesia
AI video platform for talking-head videos from text, with avatars.
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$29/mo
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Free tier
Synthesia is the market-leading AI video platform for turning a script into a talking-head video with a synthetic avatar. Paid plans start at $29 per month and there is a free tier. It is aimed at training, onboarding and corporate videos.
Enterprises and L&D teams producing multilingual talking-head videos at scale.
Strengths
- +230+ avatars across 140+ languages
- +Enterprise-grade security and compliance
- +Easy PowerPoint-to-video workflow
- +Brand kits and team collaboration
Trade-offs
- –No generative or cinematic footage
- –Avatars still slightly stiff
- –Watermarked, minute-capped free plan
Synthesia at a glance
- Avatars
- 230+
- Custom avatar
- Yes
- Languages
- 140+
- API
- Yes
- Free watermark
- Yes
- Voiceover
- Yes