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MakeAIVideo vs Synthesia

Synthesia is built for enterprise training and localisation. MakeAIVideo is built for shipping marketing and social video quickly, on credit plans from $9 a month.

Synthesia pricing below was read from their own pricing page on 2026-09-13. Prices move; check before you buy.

What Synthesia is

An enterprise AI video platform built around stock and personal avatars, aimed at training, internal comms and localisation.

What MakeAIVideo is

A prompt-to-finished-video pipeline. One render produces the script, voiceover, generated scenes, captions, music and a platform-native export, rather than one component you then have to assemble.

Where Synthesia beats us

Worth reading first. If one of these is your requirement, buy Synthesia and stop reading.

  • Localisation at enterprise scale. One-click translation into 80+ languages on their top tier is genuinely hard to match.
  • 160+ languages and voices against our 24.
  • Compliance and procurement posture. If your buyer needs SSO, SOC 2 and a signed MSA, they are built for that conversation and we are not.
  • Avatar library depth: 240+ stock avatars at the top tier.

Where MakeAIVideo beats Synthesia

  • Price at the entry point. Their Creator tier is $89 a month, or $64 billed yearly; our top plan is $49 a month, and our entry plan is $9.
  • You can download from the first render. Synthesia's free tier will not let you export the video at all; every video you make with us, in the 7-day free trial too, downloads as a 1080p MP4 with no watermark.
  • Generated scenes rather than an avatar on a background, so the output suits social and marketing rather than corporate training.
  • No annual commitment to reach the usable tier. Every plan is monthly or yearly, starts with a 7-day free trial, and you can cancel anytime.

Pricing compared

Synthesia: monthly subscription, metered in credits and video minutes

  • Basic (free)1,200 credits a month, about 10 minutes of video, no downloads
  • Starter $29/mo$18 a month billed yearly. Adds downloads, AI dubbing, logo removal, 125+ avatars
  • Creator $89/mo$64 a month billed yearly. 5 personal avatars, 180+ stock avatars, API access
  • EnterpriseContact sales. Unlimited minutes, 1-click translation into 80+ languages

Yes, but you cannot download: the Basic plan gives about 10 minutes of video a month and keeps it on the platform.

MakeAIVideo: monthly plans, priced in credits

7-day free trial, 350 creditsCredits are used per second of finished video: about 22 a second for AI video with voiceover, about 4 for stock footage.

  • Lite $9/mo600 credits a month
  • Solo $19/mo1,100 credits a month
  • Plus $29/mo1,750 credits a month
  • Pro $49/mo3,000 credits a month

Plan credits reset monthly and don't roll over. Credits you buy never expire and stack on top.

Pick Synthesia if

you are localising a training library across dozens of languages, or your company needs enterprise procurement terms.

Pick MakeAIVideo if

you want a finished video out of one render rather than a component to assemble, on one plan from $9 a month rather than a separate tool for each step.

MakeAIVideo vs Synthesia FAQs

Is MakeAIVideo cheaper than Synthesia?

They are priced differently, so it depends on how often you publish. Synthesia is a monthly subscription, starting at $29 a month for the cheapest paid tier, and MakeAIVideo is a monthly plan too, from $9 a month (Lite, 600 credits) with a 7-day free trial. Each video uses credits per second of finished video: about 324 credits for a 15-second AI video with voiceover, about 112 for a 30-second stock-footage video. Pricing for Synthesia was verified against their own pricing page on 2026-09-13.

What does Synthesia do better than MakeAIVideo?

Localisation at enterprise scale. One-click translation into 80+ languages on their top tier is genuinely hard to match. 160+ languages and voices against our 24.

Can I use both?

Yes, and plenty of people should. Synthesia handles the part it is strongest at, and MakeAIVideo builds the finished video around it: script, voiceover, generated scenes, captions, music and platform-native export.

Do I have to subscribe to MakeAIVideo?

Yes, MakeAIVideo is a monthly subscription, starting at $9 a month with 600 credits that reset each billing month. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial with 350 credits; a card is required, and you can cancel anytime before the trial ends. Run out? Add credits any time, from $5; credits you buy never expire.

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