Synthesia alternatives: switching cost & savings matrix
Every tracked tool that does the same job as Synthesia, ranked by how much you'd save per year by switching — at low, medium and high usage.
- HeyGen prices checked against HeyGen's official pricing page.
- Synthesia prices checked against Synthesia's official pricing page.
The top pick at 300 video minutes/mo depends on HeyGen's avatar engine.
- Avatar V (48 credits/min)Synthesia is already the cheapest: $514/mo
- Avatar IV, Video Look (31 credits/min)Switch to HeyGen and save $648/yr
- Avatar IV, Photo Look (16 credits/min)Switch to HeyGen and save $3,288/yr
- Avatar III, Photo Look (7 credits/min)Switch to HeyGen and save $4,380/yr
- Avatar III, Video Look (4 credits/min)Switch to HeyGen and save $5,280/yr
Annual savings vs Synthesia
Positive numbers are what you save per year by switching; negative numbers are what switching would cost you. 1 seat, monthly billing, cheapest plan per tool. HeyGen figures use Avatar V (48 credits/min), HeyGen's default for real-human avatars and Digital Twins.
| Rank | Alternative | Low50 video minutes | Medium300 video minutes | High3,000 video minutes | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Synthesia (current) | $89/mo | $514/mo | Contact sales | |
| #1 | HeyGenNo commission | −$720/yr$149/mo | −$3,360/yr$794/mo | No public plan$7,274/mo | Visit HeyGenCompare |
Billing gotchas to check before switching
Hidden billing gotchas
- Minutes use Synthesia's own rate of about 100 credits per minute of finished video, plus the 10 minutes every plan gets each month. More on-screen avatar time uses more credits; API video uses 160 credits/min and lip-synced dubbing 80.
- Every plan also gets 500 base credits a month (about 5 more minutes), not counted here.
- Annual plans get the year's credits upfront as one pool, so a busy month can use more than the monthly figure; the 10-minute allowance still resets monthly.
- Starter and Pro include one editor seat, and Synthesia publishes no self-serve price for more editors.
- When credits run out, video creation pauses until renewal; extra credits are sold in-app at an unpublished price, and volumes above about 490 min/mo are Enterprise-only.