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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (78.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (71.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free 3 Video Minutes Per Month
AKOOL
Star Rating
(461)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (78.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(2,442)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (71.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 3 Video Minutes Per Month
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Synthesia offers a solid AI Text-to-Video feature, scoring 8.0, but reviewers mention that AKOOL excels with a score of 8.7, highlighting its superior video generation capabilities and more natural integration of AI-generated content.
- Reviewers mention that while Synthesia's audio mixing capabilities score 7.7, AKOOL shines with a score of 9.2, with users praising its advanced audio optimization features that allow for better sound quality and flexibility in audio formats.
- G2 users indicate that Synthesia's application integration is rated at 7.8, which some find limiting, whereas AKOOL's score of 9.2 is frequently noted for its seamless integration with various platforms, enhancing workflow efficiency.
- Users on G2 report that Synthesia's ease of use is rated at 9.1, but many reviewers mention that AKOOL's higher score of 9.5 reflects a more intuitive interface and user-friendly design, making it easier for beginners to navigate.
- Reviewers say that Synthesia's transcription feature scores 8.5, but AKOOL's 9.3 rating is often highlighted for its accuracy and speed, making it a preferred choice for users needing reliable transcription services.
- Users report that while Synthesia's community engagement scores 7.3, AKOOL's 8.8 rating is frequently praised for its active user community and responsive customer support, which enhances the overall user experience.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AKOOL
Free
Free Trial
Get started for free
- 25 images or 1.5 mins of video
- 3 Customized Instant Avatars
- Upload file size limited to 150M and 5mins
Synthesia
Free
Free
3 Video Minutes Per Month
Explore our video communications platform for free
- 1 editor
- 9 AI avatars
- 140+ languages and voices
Free Trial
AKOOL
Free Trial is available
Synthesia
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.5
303
8.7
2,110
Ease of Use
9.5
459
9.1
2,154
Ease of Setup
9.5
427
9.2
1,518
Ease of Admin
9.5
34
9.1
792
Quality of Support
9.4
299
8.9
1,741
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.5
33
9.0
743
Product Direction (% positive)
9.9
311
9.6
2,100
Features by Category
Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.4
9
Not enough data
9.4
9
Not enough data
Platform Content
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.6
9
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
10.0
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Screen and Video Capture
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.4
922
Not enough data
8.5
895
Not enough data
9.1
934
Platform Content
Not enough data
7.5
742
Not enough data
8.2
905
Not enough data
8.3
864
Not enough data
8.3
785
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
7.6
717
Not enough data
7.3
727
Not enough data
8.4
768
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Training & eLearning
Not enough data
9.1
35
Not enough data
7.4
32
Agentic AI - Course Authoring
Not enough data
7.5
23
Not enough data
7.7
24
Customization
Not enough data
8.9
96
Not enough data
7.9
84
Not enough data
7.5
72
Not enough data
8.0
84
Organization
Not enough data
7.8
83
Not enough data
8.1
82
Not enough data
7.6
79
Not enough data
7.5
73
Not enough data
7.2
75
Not enough data
7.8
74
Agentic AI - Video CMS
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Translation Options
Not enough data
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
Offering Type
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Machine Translation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Client Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Translation Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Translation Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Voice
8.6
12
Not enough data
9.1
11
Not enough data
Transcription
8.8
12
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
Editing
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
Integration
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Transcription
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration
9.2
82
7.8
543
9.1
73
7.5
546
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Speech Output
9.4
71
8.4
665
9.2
67
8.0
652
9.1
64
7.9
665
9.2
53
7.8
683
9.3
60
8.0
678
9.3
54
7.2
678
9.1
45
7.9
684
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Audio Format
9.4
49
8.1
690
9.3
42
7.7
615
9.4
40
7.7
595
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation
Not enough data
8.0
66
Not enough data
8.0
68
Not enough data
7.8
65
Not enough data
6.7
62
Not enough data
6.9
64
Software Delivery
Not enough data
6.1
62
Feature Not Available
7.0
61
Not enough data
6.8
59
Analytics
Not enough data
6.6
61
Feature Not Available
6.4
58
Not enough data
6.6
58
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Video Email
Not enough data
6.9
6
Platform Features
Not enough data
7.8
302
Not enough data
7.3
297
Not enough data
7.6
291
Not enough data
7.3
285
Not enough data
7.6
290
Not enough data
7.1
275
Organization
Not enough data
7.6
281
Not enough data
7.7
280
Not enough data
8.1
276
Customization
Not enough data
7.3
279
Not enough data
7.1
279
Not enough data
7.8
280
Analytics
Not enough data
7.0
272
Not enough data
7.1
260
Not enough data
7.1
266
Editing
9.1
64
7.6
384
9.2
60
8.3
425
9.1
57
8.0
430
9.0
60
7.5
399
9.3
50
7.9
368
9.2
57
7.8
408
9.2
51
8.6
439
Platform
9.2
44
8.6
407
9.4
50
8.4
425
Feature Not Available
8.0
359
Generative AI
9.4
6
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Video Editing
Not enough data
7.1
95
Not enough data
6.9
95
Not enough data
6.9
96
Not enough data
6.8
96
Audio
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Text
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image Generation
9.2
59
Not enough data
9.1
65
Not enough data
8.9
69
Not enough data
9.1
60
Not enough data
9.0
62
Not enough data
Advanced Functionality
9.0
56
Not enough data
8.7
56
Not enough data
8.9
56
Not enough data
9.3
58
Not enough data
Model
8.8
57
Not enough data
9.1
55
Not enough data
9.0
53
Not enough data
Commercial Rights & Licensing - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
Not enough data
License Type Transparency - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
8.6
80
6.6
694
Publishing
9.0
79
7.8
705
Social Media
8.7
80
7.3
689
Planning
Feature Not Available
6.4
731
Generative AI
8.5
81
7.9
719
8.4
75
7.8
702
8.4
73
7.4
697
8.9
74
Feature Not Available
8.7
74
7.9
700
Agentic AI - Content Creation
7.7
5
6.7
65
7.3
5
6.4
66
8.0
5
6.1
68
8.3
5
6.5
70
8.0
5
6.6
70
8.7
5
6.4
69
8.3
5
6.7
68
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.5
777
Not enough data
8.4
763
Not enough data
7.6
747
Not enough data
8.4
751
Not enough data
7.8
732
Not enough data
8.3
784
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.9
729
Editing - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.1
767
Not enough data
8.5
772
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.3
756
Not enough data
8.0
737
Not enough data
7.3
712
Not enough data
7.9
719
Video creation - Video Content Creation
8.9
25
7.7
403
9.0
26
8.0
416
9.2
26
8.0
421
8.7
28
8.3
423
9.3
29
8.3
423
9.0
27
8.1
405
8.9
26
8.4
408
9.1
26
8.0
416
9.0
25
7.7
404
Distribution - Video Content Creation
9.0
26
7.3
380
8.5
25
7.7
385
8.7
29
8.5
402
Analytics - Video Content Creation
9.3
26
7.0
381
8.8
26
7.0
378
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
8.8
26
7.3
395
8.9
28
8.1
402
Integrations - Video Content Creation
9.0
26
7.9
387
8.7
25
7.6
383
9.3
29
7.0
365
Other - Video Content Creation
9.0
29
7.5
384
9.5
28
7.4
383
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
6.8
88
Not enough data
6.3
88
Voice cloning - Voice Dubbing
8.0
10
7.1
21
8.3
11
7.7
20
8.5
10
7.4
20
Agentic AI - Video Translation
Not enough data
7.4
20
Not enough data
7.4
21
Real-time preview - Voice Dubbing
8.5
11
7.1
21
Security and Privacy - Voice Dubbing
8.6
11
8.1
20
8.9
11
8.0
20
Output - Voice Dubbing
8.3
10
7.5
21
8.5
12
8.0
20
9.1
11
8.3
21
Content Generation - AI Content Creation Platforms
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.2
12
Not enough data
9.2
13
Not enough data
Management - AI Content Creation Platforms
8.3
14
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
9.1
13
Not enough data
Text to Video Generation
Not enough data
8.2
98
Emotion and Gesture control
Not enough data
7.4
98
Real-time rendering
Not enough data
8.0
96
Live streaming
Not enough data
6.7
93
Script-based automation
Not enough data
8.1
95
Video Creation
Not enough data
8.3
97
Not enough data
8.0
98
Not enough data
7.5
93
Not enough data
8.1
92
Not enough data
8.1
92
Not enough data
8.4
93
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.0
93
Editing
Not enough data
8.0
93
Not enough data
8.2
93
Storage & Management
Not enough data
7.4
88
Not enough data
7.8
87
Not enough data
7.8
89
Not enough data
8.2
86
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AKOOL and Synthesia are categorized as AI Video Generators, Video Translation, Video Content Creation, Video Email, Text to Speech, Content Creation, Video Editing, and Video Communications
Unique Categories
AKOOL is categorized as AI Content Creation Platforms, AI Image Generators, Transcription, Screen and Video Capture, Translation Management, and Machine Translation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AKOOL
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Synthesia
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
33.8%
Information Technology and Services
19.7%
Design
4.8%
Computer Software
4.1%
Graphic Design
2.2%
Other
35.4%
Computer Software
8.7%
E-Learning
7.2%
Information Technology and Services
6.8%
Marketing and Advertising
6.3%
Consulting
5.6%
Other
65.4%
Discussions
AKOOL has no discussions with answers
What is Synthesia used for?
5 Comments
LB
Internal training videosRead more
Is there a way to see the result of the video before generating it?
3 Comments
SV
Not for now.Read more
Is there a way to have the avatars laugh?
2 Comments
DC
Hey Dwight!
This sounds like a really interesting use case, and I can definitely understand the need for a way to bring more emotion into the...Read more
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