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Compare Grain and Synthesia 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (76.2% of reviews)
Small-Business (71.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 seat Per Month
Free 3 Video Minutes Per Month
Grain
Star Rating
(299)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (76.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 seat Per Month
Browse all 4 pricing plansSynthesia
Star Rating
(2,468)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
Browse all 4 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Synthesia excels in user satisfaction, with many praising its ability to create videos quickly and effortlessly. Users appreciate how they can simply paste a script and choose an avatar, making video production accessible and inclusive, especially for educational purposes.
- Users say that Grain shines in its ease of use, particularly for transcribing meetings and capturing key notes. Reviewers highlight the accuracy of its transcription feature, which saves them significant time during internal discussions, making it a valuable tool for collaboration.
- According to verified reviews, Synthesia has a strong market presence and a higher overall G2 Score, indicating a broader user base and higher satisfaction levels. This is reflected in the volume of recent reviews, where Synthesia received 120 compared to Grain's 0, suggesting a more active user community.
- Reviewers mention that while Grain offers strong features for meeting collaboration and note-taking, it lacks the same level of engagement and creative video capabilities that Synthesia provides. Users specifically enjoy the custom avatars and the engaging format that Synthesia offers for video content.
- G2 reviewers highlight that both products are free to start, but Synthesia's advanced video creation tools and user-friendly interface make it a preferred choice for those looking to produce high-quality video content without the need for extensive equipment.
- Users report that while Grain has a solid performance in capturing and summarizing meeting content, it does not match the creative flexibility and speed of Synthesia, which is particularly beneficial for users needing to create engaging educational or promotional videos quickly.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Grain
Free
Free
1 seat Per Month
The quickest and easiest way to try Grain
- 20 meetings
- View team's meetings
- Basic AI Notes
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
Grain
Free Trial is available
Synthesia
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
200
8.7
2,123
Ease of Use
9.4
201
9.1
2,167
Ease of Setup
9.5
68
9.2
1,531
Ease of Admin
9.1
62
9.1
798
Quality of Support
9.1
147
8.9
1,750
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.7
63
9.0
748
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
180
9.6
2,113
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
Lead Facilitation
6.3
17
Not enough data
7.8
15
Not enough data
7.8
18
Not enough data
7.4
17
Not enough data
Organization
8.0
14
Not enough data
7.9
15
Not enough data
8.2
17
Not enough data
Performance Analysis
8.1
17
Not enough data
7.4
17
Not enough data
Sales Analysis
6.4
12
Not enough data
7.6
14
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Sales Assistant
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
Call Analytics
9.6
36
Not enough data
8.1
21
Not enough data
8.8
28
Not enough data
7.9
13
Not enough data
Agent Performance Management
7.8
19
Not enough data
8.8
37
Not enough data
8.4
35
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.3
12
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Conversation Intelligence
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
Not enough data
8.4
923
Not enough data
8.5
896
Not enough data
9.1
935
Platform Content
Not enough data
7.5
743
Not enough data
8.2
906
Not enough data
8.3
865
Not enough data
8.3
786
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
7.6
718
Not enough data
7.3
728
Not enough data
8.4
769
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
37
Not enough data
7.4
32
Agentic AI - Course Authoring
Not enough data
7.5
23
Not enough data
7.8
25
Customization
8.8
11
8.9
96
8.7
9
7.9
84
8.5
10
7.5
72
9.0
18
8.0
84
Organization
7.8
9
7.8
83
8.0
11
8.1
82
8.5
14
7.6
79
8.3
13
7.5
73
9.0
8
7.2
75
9.1
15
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
Voice
8.7
77
Not enough data
8.0
102
Not enough data
Transcription
8.3
99
Not enough data
8.9
76
Not enough data
7.9
57
Not enough data
7.3
24
Not enough data
Editing
8.6
71
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
67
Not enough data
7.2
34
Not enough data
Integration
8.3
33
Not enough data
7.4
26
Not enough data
8.4
39
Not enough data
7.8
41
Not enough data
8.9
66
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
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
Platform Features
9.4
22
7.8
302
6.3
8
7.3
297
8.7
9
7.6
291
7.1
7
7.3
285
9.5
14
7.6
290
7.7
15
7.1
275
Organization
8.3
16
7.6
281
8.3
12
7.7
280
8.2
15
8.1
276
Customization
6.9
6
7.3
279
8.3
13
7.1
279
6.7
5
7.8
280
Analytics
6.3
8
7.0
272
8.3
10
7.1
260
8.8
10
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.5
782
Not enough data
8.4
765
Not enough data
7.6
747
Not enough data
8.4
755
Not enough data
7.8
735
Not enough data
8.3
791
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
425
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
Meeting Prep - AI Meeting Assistants
8.3
9
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
5.7
9
Not enough data
Meeting Automation - AI Meeting Assistants
9.8
10
Not enough data
9.3
9
Not enough data
9.4
9
Not enough data
Meeting Insights - AI Meeting Assistants
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
9.8
9
Not enough data
Accessibility - AI Meeting Assistants
5.4
8
Not enough data
8.3
10
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Meeting Assistants
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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 - Sales Coaching
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Training
7.8
12
Not enough data
9.7
10
Not enough data
6.9
7
Not enough data
9.9
15
Not enough data
Feedback
9.7
11
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Note-Taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Pre-Meeting Tools
7.4
11
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
7.4
18
Not enough data
Meeting Tools
8.9
25
Not enough data
9.0
33
Not enough data
8.8
26
Not enough data
8.4
27
Not enough data
Post-Meeting Tools
8.2
14
Not enough data
8.4
15
Not enough data
8.7
15
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Meeting Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
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
Grain and Synthesia are categorized as Video Communications and Video CMS
Unique Categories
Grain is categorized as AI Meeting Assistants, Transcription, Conversation Intelligence, AI Sales Assistant, Sales Coaching, Meeting Management, and Note-Taking Software
Synthesia is categorized as Video Translation, Video Content Creation, AI Video Generators, Video Email, Text to Speech, Content Creation, Video Editing, Presentation, Course Authoring, and AI Avatar Generators
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Grain
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
Computer Software
28.9%
Marketing and Advertising
9.9%
Information Technology and Services
8.8%
Management Consulting
4.1%
Higher Education
3.7%
Other
44.6%
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
How do you use grain recording?
1 Comment
BV
Video TranscriptionRead more
Grain has no more discussions with answers
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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