Synthesia alternatives
5 tools in Video comparable to Synthesia, ranked by VERILO editor rating and editorial score. Rankings are independent of affiliate relationships.
Synthesia is built for training and explainer videos with AI presenters, and people look elsewhere over minutes and scope. Its Free and Starter plans cap the minutes you can produce each month, custom personal avatars need the Creator tier, and it is not an editor for real camera footage. Starter is $29 a month billed monthly.
HeyGen is the closest alternative, with avatars, voice cloning and video translation with lip sync; its Creator plan is also $29 a month billed monthly. For stock-footage explainers generated from a prompt or a blog post, InVideo AI and Pictory work from text rather than avatars.
If you need to edit footage as well as generate it, VEED is a browser-based editor with subtitles, AI voiceovers and avatars, and Runway generates video and images from text, image and video inputs.
HeyGen
Video
AI video generator with digital avatars, voice cloning and automatic video translation with lip sync.
Runway
Video
Generative AI platform for creating video and images from text, image and video inputs.
VEED
Video
Browser-based video editor with automatic subtitles, AI voiceovers, avatars and script-to-video generation.
Cheaper alternatives to Synthesia
Synthesia’s entry paid plan is Starter at $29 a month. This alternative starts lower on the same kind of price, checked against each vendor's pricing page: 3 alternatives without a price check in the last 90 days are not included.
- Runway
Generative AI platform for creating video and images from text, image and video inputs.
Standard · $15 a month
Synthesia vs Runway
Entry plans buy different limits, some vendors quote the annual-billing rate, and a lower price can mean a narrower tool — read what each one is for before counting it as a saving.
Free alternatives to Synthesia
HeyGen and Runway have a free plan, with limits on usage, users or features. 3 alternatives without a price check in the last 90 days are not included.