# Synthesia: what's new, verdict & setup

Canonical: https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/synthesia · First covered by us (no vendor release date published): 2026-10-25 · Last verified: 2026-10-25 · Evidence: Reported (not run by us) · Vendor: Synthesia · Official site: https://www.synthesia.io/

> Business video platform with AI avatars in 140+ languages and a free credit allowance.

## Verdict

**Business video platform with AI avatars in 140+ languages and a free credit allowance.**

Good for:
- Corporate training and communications teams

Skip if:
- You need cinematic generative video

Status: Reported. Written from official release notes and docs; we have not run this release ourselves.

Pricing: Partly verified. Read from synthesia.io/pricing on 2026-10-25. (checked 2026-10-25)

## Best for

- [Best AI tool for video](https://theagenticweekly.com/best/ai-video) (#-): Business AI avatar video in 140+ languages.

## Key facts

Synthesia's site cites avatars and voiceovers in 140+ languages and live Sessions for roleplay. Its pricing lists a free allowance of 500 credits a month, a paid tier of 6,000 credits a month and Enterprise (custom); dollar prices were not captured.

- License: Proprietary
- Platforms: Web
- Pricing model: Freemium
- Free tier: 500 free credits per month
- Paid plans: A paid tier listing 6,000 credits per month; Enterprise custom; dollar prices not captured
- How to start: Sign up and use the free credits.
- Catalog entry: facts read from the vendor's pages on 2026-10-25. We do not track release notes for this entry.

## How to set it up: Get started with Synthesia

These steps come from the vendor's own pages as read on 2026-10-25. We have not run Synthesia.

1. **Get access.** Sign up and use the free credits.
2. **Check the limits and costs first.** 500 free credits per month. Paid: A paid tier listing 6,000 credits per month; Enterprise custom; dollar prices not captured. Read from synthesia.io/pricing on 2026-10-25.

## Pros and cons

Pros:
- Free credit allowance
- Language breadth

Cons:
- Dollar prices not captured

## Alternatives

- [HeyGen](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/heygen): AI avatar video with a Free plan and paid tiers at $29, $49 and $149 a month.
- [Runway](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/runway): AI video and creative suite with an MCP server, Agent, and many partner models.
- [Descript](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/descript): AI video and audio editor where you edit by editing text; Free plan, paid plans measured in media hours and AI credits.
- [invideo](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/invideo): AI video editor with agents; plans at $10, $30 and $75 per seat a month billed annually.
- [OpusClip](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/opus-clip): Turns long videos into shorts and posts to social platforms; Free forever plan.
- [Pika](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/pika): AI creative platform with a free plan and monthly tiers at $10, $35 and $95.
- [Luma](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/luma): AI video and image studio with its own Ray models and now Kling 4.0, all in one project board.
- [ComfyUI](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/comfyui): Node-graph engine for local and cloud image, video, audio and 3D generation.
- [Kling AI](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/kling): AI video and image generator whose latest model is Kling 4.0.

## FAQ

### What is Synthesia?

Synthesia's site cites avatars and voiceovers in 140+ languages and live Sessions for roleplay. Its pricing lists a free allowance of 500 credits a month, a paid tier of 6,000 credits a month and Enterprise (custom); dollar prices were not captured.

### Is Synthesia free?

500 free credits per month. Paid: A paid tier listing 6,000 credits per month; Enterprise custom; dollar prices not captured. Read from synthesia.io/pricing on 2026-10-25. Checked 2026-10-25; prices change, so confirm on the vendor's page.

### What license is Synthesia under?

Its license: Proprietary. Read from the project's own pages on 2026-10-25.

## What we have not verified

- Release date (none published on the pages we read; the date shown is the day we first covered this entry)
- Dollar prices

## Sources

- [Synthesia](https://www.synthesia.io/) (fetched 2026-10-25)
- [Synthesia pricing](https://www.synthesia.io/pricing) (fetched 2026-10-25)

## How to cite

Agentic Weekly, "Synthesia: what's new, verdict & setup", last updated 2026-10-25, https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/synthesia

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