Synthesia
AI avatar video and live avatar roleplays for corporate training
Overview
Synthesia is a London AI video platform that turns scripts, prompts, slides and documents into presenter-led video using 240+ stock avatars or a personal avatar, in 140+ languages. Since October 2026 it also runs Sessions, live two-way avatar conversations for roleplay practice and surveys, and Syren, a prompt-to-video agent in beta. A free Basic plan includes 10 minutes of video a month.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 19 Oct 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
- 10 minutes of video or dubbing a month
- 500 credits and 3 survey responses
- 9 AI avatars
- 1,250 credits a month on top of the free allowance (about 12 min of video)
- 125+ AI avatars
- Downloads, logo removal and AI Video Assistant
- 6,000 credits a month (about 60 min of video)
- 180+ AI avatars and 5 personal avatars
- Interactive videos and branded video pages
- Unlimited video minutes
- 240+ stock avatars and unlimited personal avatars
- SCORM export, SAML/SSO and a dedicated CSM
- Assign roleplay scenarios
- Track completion and score progress
Use cases
What you can produce with Synthesia
- A presenter-led training video generated from a script, slide deck or document
- The same video translated and dubbed into other languages from one master version
- A personal avatar of a company spokesperson for recurring internal updates
- A SCORM package for an LMS, with all translated versions (Enterprise)
- A live avatar roleplay for practising sales or manager conversations, with completion scores
- A conversational survey in which an avatar asks follow-up questions and returns structured insight
- A short explainer or launch video built from a single prompt with the Syren agent (beta)
Synthesia is the established choice for training and internal-communications video at scale: script in, avatar video out, translated and exported to an LMS as SCORM on Enterprise. The newer Sessions product, live avatar roleplays and conversational surveys, gives it a reason to exist beyond talking heads, and the company reports enterprise growth to match.
The limits are the credit system, which expires unused monthly allowances, strict moderation that some users say rejects legitimate scripts, and avatars that still struggle with emphasis and unusual terms. The free tier is enough to test it; heavy users will want Pro or Enterprise.
What we found
Synthesia turns a script, a prompt, a slide deck or a document into a presenter-led video, with no camera or actor. Its market is corporate training: the company says more than 90% of the Fortune 100 use it, along with 95% of Germany's DAX 40, including SAP and Merck KGaA. In January 2026 it raised a $200 million Series E at a $4 billion valuation, led by GV with Nvidia's NVentures among the returning investors, and an engineering post the following month put annual recurring revenue at about $140 million. All of those are the company's own figures. It remains headquartered in London but says around half its revenue now comes from the US.
The product has moved past talking heads. Sessions, launched on 1 October 2026, puts people in live two-way conversations with an avatar, either to rehearse a sales call or to answer a survey that asks follow-up questions. Syren, a prompt-to-video agent for launch videos and explainers, entered beta on 9 October. Roleplay seats cost $29 per learner a month on any plan. Dubbing, an AI screen recorder and an API for interactive avatars and dubbing round it out.
Pricing changed shape as well. Every account gets 10 minutes of video, three survey responses and 500 credits a month free, with a watermark. Starter costs $29 a month, or $18 billed yearly, and adds 1,250 credits, roughly 12 more minutes. Pro, which replaced Creator, is $89 a month or $64 yearly for 6,000 credits, with larger credit levels available. Enterprise adds unlimited minutes, SCORM export and single sign-on.
Ratings read on 19 October 2026: G2 4.6 out of 5 from 2,851 reviews, Trustpilot 3.8 from 1,829. The recent Trustpilot complaints are specific. Of 20 reviews posted since late June, three objected to moderation rejecting scripts, including clinically approved health material, two to monthly credits that expire unused, and two to pronunciation or emphasis that could not be corrected. Six praised the company's live training webinars rather than the product.
Compiled by RECATOOLS from public sources: vendor documentation and pricing, code repositories and published reporting.
Notable facts
- Synthesia was used by the UK government to produce public health videos during COVID-19 in over 30 languages simultaneously — a task that would have taken months to film traditionally.
- The company was founded by academics who published the first deepfake detection research, then pivoted to building authorised avatar technology for enterprise.
- Synthesia avatars speak with natural pauses, breaths, and micro-expressions — trained on professional actors who consented to having their likenesses digitised.
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About this listing
This entry was compiled from publicly available data including Synthesia's official website, press releases, documentation, and reputable third-party publications. RECATOOLS is not affiliated with Synthesia unless explicitly stated.
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