Synthesia vs HeyGen
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Synthesia
Enterprise AI video creation with avatars
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HeyGen
AI avatars and video translation
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8.3 / 10 | 8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Subscription | Freemium |
| Free tier | Basic (free): 1,200 credits/month, up to 10 min video, 9 AI avatars, 160+ languages | 1 video per month up to 1 minute |
| Paid from | $18/month (Starter, billed yearly) or $29/month (monthly) | $29/month (Creator) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | 60,000+ companies | 31M+ registered users (100k+ paying business customers) |
| Founded | 2017 | 2020 |
| Maker | Victor Riparbelli, Steffen Tjerrild, Matthias Niessner, Lourdes Agapito | Joshua Xu, Wayne Liang |
| Verdict | Synthesia turns scripts into presenter-led video without a camera or actor: pick from 240+ stock avatars (or clone your own), choose from 160+ languages and 1,000+ voices, and export in minutes. It's become the default f... |
HeyGen turns a script into a polished talking-head video with photorealistic avatars, voice cloning, and lip-synced translation across 175+ languages, and it remains the reference product in its category for marketing, t... |
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