Head-to-head · facts checked 28 Oct 2026
Scenario vs Synthesia
Scenario uniquely has 17 features · Synthesia uniquely has 16 features.
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$15/mo - Starter
Free plan
Yes
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$19/mo (Starter)
Free plan
Yes
The verdict
Scenario or Synthesia?
Section 01
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
Scenario
Free
Free
Personal and evaluation use only, no commercial rights
Starter
$15/mo · $10/mo billed yearly
1,500 credits/month
Pro
$45/mo · $30/mo billed yearly
5,000 credits/month
Max
$75/mo · $50/mo billed yearly
10,000 credits/month
Synthesia
Basic
Free
10 min video/month, 9 AI avatars, 25 AI-generated video assets, 160+ languages
Starter
$19/mo · $14/mo billed yearly
120 min video/year, 125+ AI avatars, AI Video Assistant, AI Dubbing, remove Synthesia logo, 1 editor & 3 guests
Pro
$89/mo · $59/mo billed yearly
360 min video/year, 180+ AI avatars, 5 Personal Avatars, API access, interactive videos, branded video pages, 1 editor & 5 guests
Enterprise
Custom
Unlimited video minutes, 240+ avatars, unlimited personal avatars, SAML/SSO, live team collaboration, Brand Kits, SCORM export, dedicated CSM
For everything else about each tool, read the full Scenario review and Synthesia review.
Side by side
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2022 | 2017 |
| HQ | San Francisco, USA | London, United Kingdom |
| AI model | 36 other companies' image and video models incl. Kling V3 Omni Video, Seedance 2.5, GPT Image 2 | Proprietary |
| User base | 15,000+ customers | 50,000+ teams |
| Platforms | Web | Web |
| Languages | English (primary) | 80+ |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Credit-based | Freemium |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes — 50 daily credits, no credit card required | Yes — free plan with 10 minutes of video/month, 9 stock avatars, no credit card required |
| Starting price | $15/mo - Starter | $19/mo (Starter) |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing | Custom pricing |
| All plans | Free — Free Starter — $15/mo Pro — $45/mo Max — $75/mo | Basic — Free Starter — $19/mo Pro — $89/mo Enterprise — Custom |
| Positioning | ||
| Best for | Game and brand teams training models on their own art, with SOC 2, GDPR and single sign-on | Enterprise teams and L&D professionals creating multilingual training, onboarding, and sales enablement videos at scale |
| Differentiator | Trains custom LoRA models on your art bible so every generated asset stays unmistakably on-brand, with a full visual workflow builder, 550+ models from 50+ providers, and API/MCP integration for production-scale pipelines. | Used by over 90% of Fortune 100 companies, Synthesia combines AI avatars in 160+ languages with enterprise-grade compliance (SOC2, GDPR, ISO42001) and a full video workflow including creation, translation, collaboration, and LMS-ready SCORM export on one platform. |
| Competitors | Krea, RunDiffusion, Magnific, OpenArt, Midjourney | HeyGen, D-ID, Colossyan, Veed.io, Lumen5 |
| Features | ||
| AI Avatars | — | ✓ |
| AI Dubbing | — | ✓ |
| AI Video Assistant | — | ✓ |
| API Access | — | ✓ |
| Custom on Brand Avatars | — | ✓ |
| Scorm Export | — | ✓ |
| AI Video Editing | — | ✓ |
| Aspect Ratio | ✓ | — |
| Auto Subtitles | — | ✓ |
| Avatar | — | ✓ |
| Background Removal | ✓ | — |
| Batch Generation | ✓ | — |
| Batch Processing | — | ✓ |
| Commercial Rights | ✓ | ✓ |
| ControlNet | ✓ | — |
| Export Formats | PNG, JPG, video formats (MP4 implied via video models), 3D model formats | — |
| Export Resolutions | — | MP4 download (resolution not explicitly stated in scraped text) |
| Image Animation | ✓ | — |
| Image Reference | ✓ | — |
| Image to Image | ✓ | — |
| Inpainting | ✓ | — |
| LoRA Support | ✓ | — |
| Negative Prompts | ✓ | — |
| Outpainting | ✓ | — |
| Private Generations | ✓ | — |
| Prompt Customization | ✓ | — |
| Screen Recording | — | ✓ |
| Style Controls | ✓ | — |
| Talking Head | — | ✓ |
| Team Collaboration | — | ✓ |
| Text to Image | ✓ | — |
| Text to Video | ✓ | ✓ |
| TTS Voices | — | ✓ |
| Upscaling | ✓ | — |
| Video Style Transfer | ✓ | — |
| Video Templates | — | ✓ |
| Voice Cloning | — | ✓ |
| Watermark | ✕ | — |
| Watermark Free Plan | — | ✕ |
| Integrations | ||
| API Access | ✓ | ✓ |
| Capcut | — | ✕ |
| Key Integrations | REST API, MCP Server (Model Context Protocol), game engine pipeline integration, Google Sheets (Sheets→Minifigure Stories app), HeyGen Avatar, ElevenLabs, Runway, Gemini, GPT Image, Kling, Tripo, Meshy, Hunyuan 3D | LMS integration (SCORM export), Synthesia API, PowerPoint import, Getty Images, Pexels, Soundstripe, Icons8, AI Dubbing API |
Section 02
Scenario vs Synthesia: common questions
Is Scenario or Synthesia cheaper?
Scenario's cheapest paid plan is $15/mo - Starter and Synthesia's is $19/mo (Starter). Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
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