Synthesia is an AI video communications platform that lets users create studio-quality videos with AI avatars and voiceovers in 140+ languages, without cameras, studios, actors, or agencies. It includes Roleplay Sessions for practicing conversations with AI avatars, Survey Sessions for avatar-led interviews, and AI Dubbing/Video Translation for localizing existing videos. The platform also offers APIs for embedding real-time Interactive Avatars, automating video creation, and dubbing at scale. It is used by Learning & Development, HR, Sales Enablement, Marketing, and IT & Security teams at large enterprises, with over 2 million users including 90% of the Fortune 100.
What it's for
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- 1-Click Translation into 140+ languages
- AI avatars (stock, custom, and personal avatars)
- AI Dubbing with lip-sync and voice cloning
- AI Screen Recorder
- AI Voice Cloning
- AI Voice Generator with natural-sounding voiceovers
- Avatar Builder for custom 3D/comic/anime avatars
- Brand Kits for consistent branding
- Bulk Personalization for generating many videos from a template
- Dubbing API for automated video translation at scale
- Interactive Avatars API for real-time conversational avatars
- Interactive elements: quizzes, CTAs, branching scenarios
- Live Collaboration on video projects
- PowerPoint to Video conversion
- Roleplay Sessions for AI-coached conversation practice
- SCORM export for LMS integration
- Survey Sessions with avatar-led interviews
- Text to Video generation from scripts, prompts, or documents
- Video analytics (views, watch time, engagement, drop-off)
- Video Creation API for programmatic video generation
At a glance
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Pricing
Credits are a shared currency across all AI usage-based features (video creation, dubbing, surveys). Paid plans can be billed monthly or annually, with annual billing offering a lower per-month rate. Enterprise pricing is custom/quote-based. API usage (Interactive Avatars, Dubbing) is billed per minute and draws from the same credit balance as subscription plans.
No credit card required
500 credits/month; 10 minutes of video creation or dubbing; 3 survey responses; 1 editor; videos carry a Synthesia watermark
Learner seat add-on: $29/learner/month (monthly billing) or $25/learner/month (annual billing)
1,250 credits/month (monthly billing) or 15,000 credits/year (annual billing); video up to ~12 min/month or ~150 min/year; dubbing up to 16 min/month or 197 min/year; 1 editor, 3 guests; 125+ AI avatars; 3 personal avatars
Most popular plan; Learner seat add-on: $29/learner/month (monthly billing) or $25/learner/month (annual billing)
6,000 credits/month (monthly billing) or 72,000 credits/year (annual billing); video up to ~60 min/month or ~720 min/year; dubbing up to 78 min/month or 947 min/year; 1 editor, 5 guests; 180+ AI avatars; 5 personal avatars
Custom/quote-based pricing; also offers custom API enterprise plans with volume discounts, SLAs, dedicated support, custom concurrency limits, SSO, SCIM, and audit logging
Unlimited video minutes; custom credit volumes; custom number of editors & guests
API usage draws from the same credit balance as subscription plans
API usage draws from the same credit balance as subscription plans
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