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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (87.6% of reviews)
Small-Business (71.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 Seat
Free 3 Video Minutes Per Month
HeyGen
Star Rating
(1,357)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (87.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 Seat
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansSynthesia
Star Rating
(2,470)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 overall user satisfaction, boasting a higher G2 Score compared to HeyGen. Users appreciate the platform's speed and accessibility, noting how quickly they can create videos without needing extensive equipment, as one user highlighted, "I don’t need a camera, mic, or setup; just paste the script, choose an avatar, and the video’s ready in minutes."
- Users say that HeyGen offers a more guided experience for those new to video creation. Reviewers mention the platform's intuitive approach, with one user stating, "HeyGen are very generous and guided me with which technique to use," making it a great choice for beginners looking for professional results.
- According to verified reviews, Synthesia's custom avatar feature is a standout, with users expressing satisfaction in creating personalized content. One user remarked, "I like the custom avatars that Synthesia offers," indicating that this feature enhances the overall video creation experience.
- Reviewers mention that while HeyGen provides realistic avatars and strong lip-sync capabilities, it also shines in its ease of use. Users have noted, "HeyGen makes it incredibly easy to create professional-looking videos without the friction of traditional production," which is particularly appealing for those who prioritize efficiency.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Synthesia has a larger volume of reviews, suggesting a more established user base and reliability in feedback. This is complemented by positive comments about its quick implementation process, with users praising how accessible and inclusive it makes video creation.
- Users report that HeyGen's focus on affordability and comprehensive features has led some to cancel other subscriptions, as one user stated, "I can do it all with HeyGen." This indicates that for budget-conscious users, HeyGen may provide a compelling all-in-one solution for video creation.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
HeyGen
Free
Free
1 Seat
Start creating with our free plan on HeyGen at no cost. This is the ideal entry point for folks looking to test the waters with our AI tools, including our AI video maker.
- Create 3 videos per month
- Videos up to 3-mins
- 720p video export
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
HeyGen
Free Trial is available
Synthesia
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
1,158
8.7
2,124
Ease of Use
9.3
1,187
9.1
2,168
Ease of Setup
9.2
907
9.2
1,532
Ease of Admin
9.1
261
9.1
798
Quality of Support
9.0
902
8.9
1,751
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
236
9.0
748
Product Direction (% positive)
9.7
1,164
9.6
2,114
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
8.3
50
Not enough data
8.4
51
Not enough data
8.5
51
Not enough data
Platform Content
8.3
48
Not enough data
8.5
47
Not enough data
8.6
48
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
9.0
48
Not enough data
8.7
46
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Screen and Video Capture
9.3
10
Not enough data
Platform Basics
8.5
230
8.4
923
Feature Not Available
8.5
896
9.2
227
9.1
935
Platform Content
Feature Not Available
7.5
743
8.9
221
8.2
906
8.9
221
8.3
865
8.8
215
8.3
786
Platform Additional Functionality
Feature Not Available
7.6
718
Feature Not Available
7.3
728
8.7
218
8.4
769
Generative AI
8.8
196
Feature Not Available
8.3
114
Feature Not Available
8.8
119
Feature Not Available
8.5
191
Feature Not Available
7.5
114
Feature Not Available
9.0
196
Feature Not Available
8.4
114
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
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
9.3
48
Not enough data
8.9
48
Not enough data
8.9
48
Not enough data
8.6
45
Not enough data
9.3
47
Not enough data
9.1
46
Not enough data
9.2
47
Not enough data
Offering Type
9.3
48
Not enough data
7.9
46
Not enough data
8.6
44
Not enough data
9.0
48
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.5
41
Not enough data
8.9
42
Not enough data
8.6
41
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Machine Translation
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
Client Tools
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
44
Not enough data
Translation Tools
9.3
46
Not enough data
8.1
45
Not enough data
8.6
43
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
43
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.4
38
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Translation Management
8.5
11
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
Voice
8.3
52
Not enough data
8.8
55
Not enough data
Transcription
8.7
53
Not enough data
8.6
52
Not enough data
9.0
51
Not enough data
8.4
50
Not enough data
Editing
8.6
51
Not enough data
8.1
52
Not enough data
8.7
52
Not enough data
9.0
54
Not enough data
Integration
9.1
50
Not enough data
8.9
49
Not enough data
9.2
53
Not enough data
9.0
51
Not enough data
8.7
51
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Transcription
9.3
20
Not enough data
9.5
20
Not enough data
9.7
20
Not enough data
Integration
8.8
389
7.8
545
8.6
363
7.5
547
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Speech Output
9.1
459
8.4
666
8.9
451
8.0
653
9.0
457
7.9
666
8.8
464
7.8
684
8.7
462
8.0
679
8.2
458
7.2
680
8.6
455
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
8.8
458
8.1
694
8.8
442
7.7
616
8.7
429
7.7
596
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.3
243
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation
8.9
32
8.0
66
9.0
33
8.0
68
8.6
31
7.8
65
8.7
30
6.7
62
8.7
31
6.9
64
Software Delivery
8.4
30
6.1
62
8.2
30
7.0
61
9.4
29
6.8
59
Analytics
8.0
28
6.6
61
8.5
27
6.4
58
8.4
27
6.6
58
Generative AI
8.3
26
Feature Not Available
8.4
25
Feature Not Available
8.5
25
Feature Not Available
8.4
25
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Video Email
9.1
11
6.9
6
Platform Features
8.3
89
7.8
302
8.3
90
7.3
297
8.4
86
7.6
291
8.0
85
7.3
285
8.1
84
7.6
290
8.3
85
7.1
275
Organization
8.7
84
7.6
281
8.9
84
7.7
280
8.8
84
8.1
276
Customization
8.2
83
7.3
279
7.6
82
7.1
279
8.4
82
7.8
280
Analytics
7.8
79
7.0
272
7.9
80
7.1
260
7.6
80
7.1
266
Editing
8.4
130
7.6
386
9.0
126
8.3
427
8.5
128
8.0
433
8.3
120
7.5
402
8.3
124
7.9
371
8.4
125
7.8
411
8.6
123
8.6
442
Platform
8.9
123
8.6
410
9.1
122
8.4
428
8.3
120
8.0
361
Generative AI
8.8
116
Feature Not Available
8.9
118
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Video Editing
8.7
38
7.1
97
8.8
37
6.9
97
8.9
38
6.9
98
8.7
38
6.8
98
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
7.7
369
6.6
694
Publishing
8.3
371
7.8
706
Social Media
8.5
382
7.3
689
Planning
Feature Not Available
6.4
731
Generative AI
8.5
371
7.9
719
8.4
366
7.8
702
8.1
364
7.4
697
8.2
208
Feature Not Available
8.7
381
7.9
701
Agentic AI - Content Creation
7.8
97
6.7
65
7.6
95
6.4
66
7.9
93
6.1
68
7.9
96
6.5
70
8.0
98
6.6
70
7.7
95
6.4
69
7.8
96
6.7
68
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
9.1
576
8.5
782
8.9
540
8.4
765
8.4
522
7.6
747
8.8
538
8.4
755
9.1
542
7.8
735
9.2
548
8.3
791
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
8.6
524
7.9
729
Editing - AI Video Generation
8.4
508
8.1
770
9.0
513
8.5
773
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
8.9
511
8.3
757
8.7
503
8.0
738
8.3
484
7.3
712
8.3
486
7.9
720
Video creation - Video Content Creation
Feature Not Available
7.7
403
Feature Not Available
8.0
416
8.6
253
8.0
421
8.6
253
8.3
425
Feature Not Available
8.3
423
8.4
245
8.1
405
9.0
251
8.4
408
8.2
243
8.0
416
8.4
240
7.7
404
Distribution - Video Content Creation
Feature Not Available
7.3
380
8.1
235
7.7
385
8.5
247
8.5
402
Analytics - Video Content Creation
Feature Not Available
7.0
381
Feature Not Available
7.0
378
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
Feature Not Available
7.3
395
8.8
247
8.1
403
Integrations - Video Content Creation
8.6
241
7.9
387
Feature Not Available
7.6
383
7.9
237
7.0
365
Other - Video Content Creation
8.3
236
7.5
384
8.2
231
7.4
383
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
8.4
136
6.8
88
8.3
132
6.3
88
Voice cloning - Voice Dubbing
8.8
104
7.1
21
8.7
100
7.7
20
8.4
100
7.4
20
Agentic AI - Video Translation
8.8
42
7.4
20
9.1
43
7.4
21
Real-time preview - Voice Dubbing
8.4
101
7.1
21
Security and Privacy - Voice Dubbing
Feature Not Available
8.1
20
8.8
97
8.0
20
Output - Voice Dubbing
8.4
100
7.5
21
8.5
101
8.0
20
9.0
106
8.3
21
Text to Video Generation
8.9
151
8.2
98
Emotion and Gesture control
8.3
153
7.4
98
Real-time rendering
8.7
150
8.0
96
Live streaming
7.4
141
6.7
93
Script-based automation
8.5
150
8.1
96
Video Creation
9.2
164
8.3
99
9.0
160
8.0
99
8.6
149
7.5
93
8.7
157
8.1
93
8.9
160
8.2
93
8.9
152
8.4
93
Generative AI
8.7
151
8.0
93
Editing
8.2
144
8.0
94
8.8
148
8.2
94
Storage & Management
8.5
145
7.4
88
8.7
146
7.8
87
8.3
143
7.8
89
8.8
148
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
HeyGen and Synthesia are categorized as AI Video Generators, AI Avatar Generators, Video Content Creation, Video Communications, Video Translation, Video Email, Text to Speech, Content Creation, Video Editing, and Presentation
Unique Categories
HeyGen is categorized as Transcription, Audio Editing, Translation Management, Machine Translation, and Screen and Video Capture
Synthesia is categorized as Video CMS and Course Authoring
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
HeyGen
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
10.5%
Education Management
5.8%
E-Learning
5.5%
Consulting
5.0%
Entertainment
4.7%
Other
68.5%
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
HeyGen 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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