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Compare Google Workspace and Synthesia 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (46.2% of reviews)
Small-Business (71.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$6.00 Per Month
Free 3 Video Minutes Per Month
Google Workspace
Star Rating
(47,282)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (46.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$6.00 Per Month
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Star Rating
(2,463)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.
- G2 reviewers report that Google Workspace excels in overall user satisfaction, reflected in its high G2 Score. Users appreciate its seamless integration of tools like Gmail and Calendar, which help manage client communication and scheduling efficiently.
- Users say that Synthesia stands out for its speed and accessibility in video creation. Many find it effortless to produce engaging content without needing complex setups, simply by pasting a script and selecting an avatar.
- Reviewers mention that Google Workspace's collaborative features, such as real-time editing in Google Sheets, are invaluable for data analysis and KPI tracking, making it a vital part of their daily workflow.
- According to verified reviews, Synthesia's custom avatars and inclusive design make it particularly appealing for educators, especially those working with neurodivergent students, as it allows for quick and engaging video content creation.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while Google Workspace has a robust support system, Synthesia's support quality is rated slightly higher, indicating that users may find more satisfaction in resolving issues with Synthesia.
- Users report that Google Workspace's extensive feature set, including cloud storage and file sharing capabilities, significantly enhances productivity, whereas Synthesia, while innovative, may not offer the same breadth of tools for everyday business tasks.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Google Workspace
Business Starter
$6.00
Per Month
- Custom and secure business email
- 100 participant video meetings
- 30 GB storage per user
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
Google Workspace
Free Trial is available
Synthesia
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
37,494
8.7
2,122
Ease of Use
9.3
37,712
9.1
2,166
Ease of Setup
9.2
9,646
9.2
1,530
Ease of Admin
9.1
8,195
9.1
797
Quality of Support
8.6
29,880
8.9
1,750
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
7,519
8.9
747
Product Direction (% positive)
8.7
36,221
9.6
2,112
Features by Category
File Management
9.2
7988
Not enough data
9.1
8045
Not enough data
9.0
8131
Not enough data
8.9
8174
Not enough data
9.0
7771
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Content Collaboration
7.5
121
Not enough data
7.8
121
Not enough data
7.9
119
Not enough data
Collaboration
9.0
7559
Not enough data
9.4
8353
Not enough data
9.2
7872
Not enough data
8.8
6843
Not enough data
Administration
9.1
6020
Not enough data
8.9
5849
Not enough data
9.1
5805
Not enough data
8.4
6289
Not enough data
8.7
5289
Not enough data
9.1
6407
Not enough data
Platform
9.3
2137
Not enough data
8.8
1738
Not enough data
8.8
1664
Not enough data
8.8
1503
Not enough data
Communication
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
Content Management
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
Productivity 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
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Business Instant Messaging
8.8
2104
Not enough data
8.8
2234
Not enough data
8.7
2052
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
9.0
2193
Not enough data
9.0
2230
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
9.0
2275
Not enough data
9.1
2344
Not enough data
8.7
1892
Not enough data
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
8.3
260
Not enough data
AI - Business Instant Messaging
8.2
254
Not enough data
8.2
253
Not enough data
8.2
252
Not enough data
8.3
251
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
8.2
141
Not enough data
8.3
140
Not enough data
Presenter Tools
8.9
2812
Not enough data
8.4
2418
Not enough data
8.3
2302
Not enough data
8.7
2712
Not enough data
Conferencing Options
9.0
3074
Not enough data
9.0
3137
Not enough data
9.1
3236
Not enough data
Application Tools
8.7
2481
Not enough data
8.5
2558
Not enough data
9.1
2854
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Screen Sharing
8.3
206
Not enough data
Platform Basics
8.7
1818
8.4
923
8.8
1812
8.5
896
9.5
1844
9.1
935
Platform Content
8.6
1704
7.5
743
8.1
1706
8.2
906
8.3
1638
8.3
865
9.4
1811
8.3
786
Platform Additional Functionality
8.7
1604
7.6
718
9.2
1706
7.3
728
9.4
1746
8.4
769
Generative AI
8.4
547
Feature Not Available
8.1
536
Feature Not Available
7.6
532
Feature Not Available
8.4
540
Feature Not Available
7.3
523
Feature Not Available
8.1
531
Feature Not Available
7.8
529
Feature Not Available
Calculating
8.9
1853
Not enough data
8.9
1748
Not enough data
Insights
8.7
1728
Not enough data
8.9
1790
Not enough data
Editing
8.5
1731
Not enough data
9.4
1879
Not enough data
8.9
1785
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
1586
Not enough data
9.2
1799
Not enough data
9.1
1813
Not enough data
9.5
1904
Not enough data
Training & eLearning
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
7.4
32
Agentic AI - Course Authoring
Not enough data
7.5
23
Not enough data
7.8
25
Applications
9.3
1377
Not enough data
9.1
1286
Not enough data
8.4
1227
Not enough data
Collaboration
9.3
1361
Not enough data
8.9
1207
Not enough data
9.3
1331
Not enough data
Management
9.2
1306
Not enough data
9.1
1256
Not enough data
9.5
1312
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Office Suites
7.9
385
Not enough data
8.1
386
Not enough data
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
Collaboration Tools
9.0
5942
Not enough data
9.1
4194
Not enough data
8.3
3655
Not enough data
9.0
4241
Not enough data
8.9
3977
Not enough data
Meeting Coordination
9.1
5803
Not enough data
8.5
5181
Not enough data
8.8
5471
Not enough data
9.2
4182
Not enough data
Software Type
9.1
5760
Not enough data
9.2
4251
Not enough data
8.9
3824
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Conferencing
8.0
376
Not enough data
7.9
379
Not enough data
8.1
376
Not enough data
Integration
Not enough data
7.8
545
Not enough data
7.5
547
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Speech Output
Not enough data
8.4
666
Not enough data
8.0
653
Not enough data
7.9
666
Not enough data
7.8
684
Not enough data
8.0
679
Not enough data
7.2
680
Not enough data
7.9
686
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
Not enough data
8.1
694
Not enough data
7.7
616
Not enough data
7.7
596
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
Not enough data
7.0
61
Not enough data
6.8
59
Analytics
Not enough data
6.6
61
Not enough data
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
Survey Management
9.0
1016
Not enough data
9.0
1039
Not enough data
8.4
995
Not enough data
8.9
1013
Not enough data
Survey Customization
8.5
866
Not enough data
8.4
917
Not enough data
8.6
913
Not enough data
8.4
757
Not enough data
Survey Insights
8.8
996
Not enough data
8.4
763
Not enough data
9.0
972
Not enough data
9.0
968
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Survey
8.3
81
Not enough data
8.0
80
Not enough data
8.2
80
Not enough data
Calendar View
9.2
1455
Not enough data
9.2
1422
Not enough data
Shared Calendar
9.3
1470
Not enough data
9.1
1426
Not enough data
Accessibility
8.8
1242
Not enough data
8.6
1297
Not enough data
Integration
9.0
1362
Not enough data
8.9
1339
Not enough data
8.9
1349
Not enough data
Notifications
9.0
1388
Not enough data
8.7
1244
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.8
759
Not enough data
8.1
761
Not enough data
8.0
757
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Calendar
8.0
305
Not enough data
Design
8.7
1403
Not enough data
8.5
1414
Not enough data
8.5
1407
Not enough data
Collaboration
9.4
1514
Not enough data
9.3
1488
Not enough data
File Types
9.2
1498
Not enough data
9.0
1469
Not enough data
8.7
1227
Not enough data
Edit & Revise
9.1
1480
Not enough data
8.9
1431
Not enough data
9.2
1502
Not enough data
Integrate & Embed
9.3
1446
Not enough data
8.9
1299
Not enough data
9.0
1375
Not enough data
Operating System
9.2
1346
Not enough data
9.0
1325
Not enough data
8.2
1080
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.4
750
Not enough data
8.5
736
Not enough data
7.8
729
Not enough data
8.2
730
Not enough data
8.1
724
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Document Creation
7.7
298
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
7.6
385
Not enough data
8.3
426
Not enough data
8.0
432
Not enough data
7.5
401
Not enough data
7.9
370
Not enough data
7.8
410
Not enough data
8.6
441
Platform
Not enough data
8.6
409
Not enough data
8.4
427
Not enough data
8.0
360
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Video Editing
Not enough data
7.1
96
Not enough data
6.9
96
Not enough data
6.9
97
Not enough data
6.8
97
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
Planning
Not enough data
6.6
694
Publishing
Not enough data
7.8
706
Social Media
Not enough data
7.3
689
Planning
Not enough data
6.4
731
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.9
719
Not enough data
7.8
702
Not enough data
7.4
697
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
701
Agentic AI - Content Creation
Not enough data
6.7
65
Not enough data
6.4
66
Not enough data
6.1
68
Not enough data
6.5
70
Not enough data
6.6
70
Not enough data
6.4
69
Not enough data
6.7
68
Generative AI
8.4
831
Not enough data
8.4
826
Not enough data
8.1
821
Not enough data
8.0
323
Not enough data
8.3
322
Not enough data
7.8
317
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.5
781
Not enough data
8.4
765
Not enough data
7.6
747
Not enough data
8.4
754
Not enough data
7.8
735
Not enough data
8.3
790
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.9
729
Editing - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.1
770
Not enough data
8.5
773
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.3
757
Not enough data
8.0
738
Not enough data
7.3
712
Not enough data
7.9
720
Video creation - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.7
403
Not enough data
8.0
416
Not enough data
8.0
421
Not enough data
8.3
424
Not enough data
8.3
423
Not enough data
8.1
405
Not enough data
8.4
408
Not enough data
8.0
416
Not enough data
7.7
404
Distribution - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.3
380
Not enough data
7.7
385
Not enough data
8.5
402
Analytics - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.0
381
Not enough data
7.0
378
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.3
395
Not enough data
8.1
403
Integrations - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.9
387
Not enough data
7.6
383
Not enough data
7.0
365
Other - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.5
384
Not enough data
7.4
383
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
6.8
88
Not enough data
6.3
88
Voice cloning - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
7.1
21
Not enough data
7.7
20
Not enough data
7.4
20
Agentic AI - Video Translation
Not enough data
7.4
20
Not enough data
7.4
21
Real-time preview - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
7.1
21
Security and Privacy - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
8.1
20
Not enough data
8.0
20
Output - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
7.5
21
Not enough data
8.0
20
Not enough data
8.3
21
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
96
Video Creation
Not enough data
8.3
99
Not enough data
8.0
99
Not enough data
7.5
93
Not enough data
8.1
93
Not enough data
8.2
93
Not enough data
8.4
93
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.0
93
Editing
Not enough data
8.0
94
Not enough data
8.2
94
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
Agentic AI - Note-Taking Software
7.8
77
Not enough data
Customizations
8.4
426
Not enough data
8.8
428
Not enough data
8.4
394
Not enough data
8.5
404
Not enough data
Growth
8.4
336
Not enough data
8.5
362
Not enough data
8.5
338
Not enough data
8.1
320
Not enough data
8.6
344
Not enough data
Content
8.9
389
Not enough data
8.8
402
Not enough data
8.7
398
Not enough data
8.4
143
Not enough data
Support
8.4
150
Not enough data
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
Google Workspace and Synthesia are categorized as Presentation
Unique Categories
Google Workspace is categorized as Business Instant Messaging, Screen Sharing, Note-Taking Software, Spreadsheets, Website Builder, Document Creation, Cloud Content Collaboration, Office Suites, Calendar, Email, Survey, and Video Conferencing
Synthesia is categorized as Video Translation, Video Content Creation, AI Video Generators, Video Communications, Video Email, Text to Speech, Content Creation, Video CMS, Video Editing, Course Authoring, and AI Avatar Generators
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Google Workspace
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
Information Technology and Services
9.2%
Education Management
8.4%
Computer Software
7.8%
Marketing and Advertising
6.7%
Higher Education
5.1%
Other
62.9%
Computer Software
8.8%
E-Learning
7.2%
Information Technology and Services
6.8%
Marketing and Advertising
6.2%
Consulting
5.6%
Other
65.4%
Discussions
Internet Connection
25 Comments
LG
Yes it working on it asap it will be clear..Read more
Is there a way to see everyone all at once on the screen?
21 Comments
JB
Yes. On the bottom right, you'll see "Present your screen" and next to it "..." Those 3 dots give you access to screen settings. You can change to tile mode,...Read more
Is that possible to see the files from multiple Google accounts simultaneously?
17 Comments
JD
Yes. When a Google Drive document is shared to your Gmail, you can save it to your Drive. When you open the document, it will open in a separate tab. You...Read 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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