Compare Panopto and Synthesia 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (53.2% of reviews)
Small-Business (71.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial Per Year
Free 10 Video Minutes Per Month
Panopto
Star Rating
(127)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (53.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial Per Year
Browse all 2 pricing plansSynthesia
Star Rating
(2,557)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (71.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 10 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 Panopto excels in ease of use, with users appreciating its intuitive interface that simplifies video recording and organization. One user highlighted how easy it is to record and automatically upload content, making it a breeze to manage video assets.
- Users say that Synthesia stands out for its flexibility in content creation, allowing teams to choose between AI-generated content or a more hands-on approach. This versatility has been particularly beneficial for users who prefer different workflows, as noted by a reviewer who found it perfect for their team's needs.
- According to verified reviews, Panopto's customer support is highly regarded, with users noting quick responses and helpful assistance. One reviewer mentioned the support team's readiness to help with any questions, enhancing the overall user experience.
- Reviewers mention that Synthesia's initial setup is impressively straightforward, even for those who may not be technically savvy. Users have praised the ease of getting started, which is crucial for teams looking to implement new software quickly.
- G2 reviewers report that while Panopto has strong features for video management, such as deep search capabilities, some users feel it could improve in areas like customization options compared to Synthesia, which offers a broader range of creative tools.
- Users say that both platforms provide solid analytics features, but Panopto's tools for tracking viewer engagement and insights are particularly well-received, with one user highlighting the effectiveness of its analytics in understanding audience interaction.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Synthesia
Free
Free
10 Video Minutes Per Month
Explore our video communications platform for free
- 1 editor
- 9 AI avatars
- 160+ languages and voices
Free Trial
Panopto
Free Trial is available
Synthesia
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
110
8.7
2,172
Ease of Use
8.4
113
9.1
2,216
Ease of Setup
8.4
61
9.2
1,580
Ease of Admin
8.4
55
9.1
812
Quality of Support
8.9
92
8.9
1,790
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.1
50
8.9
759
Product Direction (% positive)
7.9
107
9.6
2,163
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
Content Sharing
9.4
11
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.9
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.6
12
|
Verified
Not enough data
Collaboration
8.0
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
7
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
8
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.4
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
11
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
8
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Virtual Classroom
Not enough data
Not enough data
Software Options
8.9
11
Not enough data
7.4
9
Not enough data
7.5
10
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
Audience Tools
8.2
11
Not enough data
6.3
9
Not enough data
7.5
12
Not enough data
Streamer Tools
7.6
9
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
4.8
8
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Live Stream
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.4
924
Not enough data
8.5
897
Not enough data
9.1
936
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
9.2
40
Not enough data
7.5
33
Agentic AI - Course Authoring
Not enough data
7.5
23
Not enough data
7.8
25
Customization
8.5
25
9.0
101
8.8
23
8.0
89
8.4
21
7.7
77
8.9
24
8.1
89
Organization
8.4
21
7.9
88
8.6
20
8.2
87
8.6
23
7.7
84
9.3
24
7.5
78
9.3
25
7.4
80
8.7
26
7.9
79
Agentic AI - Video CMS
8.7
5
8.5
9
9.4
6
9.4
9
8.0
5
7.8
9
8.7
5
8.1
9
Integration
Not enough data
7.8
546
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
667
Not enough data
7.8
686
Not enough data
8.0
679
Not enough data
7.2
681
Not enough data
7.9
687
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
695
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
8.1
70
Not enough data
8.1
71
Not enough data
7.9
68
Not enough data
6.8
64
Not enough data
7.0
66
Software Delivery
Not enough data
6.2
64
Not enough data
7.1
63
Not enough data
6.9
62
Analytics
Not enough data
6.7
63
Not enough data
6.5
60
Not enough data
6.6
60
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
7.7
8
Platform Features
9.0
8
7.8
307
7.5
8
7.3
303
8.8
8
7.7
297
8.6
6
7.3
290
9.4
8
7.6
295
6.7
6
7.1
280
Organization
9.1
9
7.7
286
9.2
8
7.8
285
8.9
9
8.2
281
Customization
8.8
8
7.3
284
9.2
8
7.2
284
8.1
7
7.9
285
Analytics
7.9
7
7.1
277
8.7
9
7.1
265
9.4
9
7.2
271
Editing
Not enough data
7.6
391
Not enough data
8.3
432
Not enough data
8.0
439
Not enough data
7.6
407
Not enough data
7.9
376
Not enough data
7.8
417
Not enough data
8.6
449
Platform
Not enough data
8.6
415
Not enough data
8.5
433
Not enough data
8.1
366
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Video Editing
Not enough data
7.2
102
Not enough data
7.1
102
Not enough data
7.1
103
Not enough data
6.9
103
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
699
Publishing
Not enough data
7.9
711
Social Media
Not enough data
7.3
695
Planning
Not enough data
6.4
737
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.9
724
Not enough data
7.8
707
Not enough data
7.5
702
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
708
Agentic AI - Content Creation
Not enough data
6.9
70
Not enough data
6.6
71
Not enough data
6.4
73
Not enough data
6.8
75
Not enough data
6.8
75
Not enough data
6.6
74
Not enough data
6.9
74
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.6
814
Not enough data
8.4
781
Not enough data
7.6
755
Not enough data
8.4
770
Not enough data
7.8
746
Not enough data
8.3
813
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.9
735
Editing - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.1
784
Not enough data
8.5
779
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.3
764
Not enough data
8.1
743
Not enough data
7.3
717
Not enough data
7.9
727
Video creation - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.7
409
Not enough data
8.0
421
Not enough data
8.0
426
Not enough data
8.3
432
Not enough data
8.3
428
Not enough data
8.2
410
Not enough data
8.4
414
Not enough data
8.0
421
Not enough data
7.7
409
Distribution - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.3
385
Not enough data
7.7
390
Not enough data
8.5
407
Analytics - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.0
386
Not enough data
7.1
383
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.3
400
Not enough data
8.2
408
Integrations - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
8.0
392
Not enough data
7.7
388
Not enough data
7.0
370
Other - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.5
389
Not enough data
7.4
388
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.0
93
Not enough data
6.5
93
Voice cloning - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
7.1
22
Not enough data
7.8
21
Not enough data
7.5
21
Agentic AI - Video Translation
Not enough data
7.5
21
Not enough data
7.5
22
Real-time preview - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
7.3
22
Security and Privacy - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
8.2
21
Not enough data
8.1
21
Output - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
7.6
22
Not enough data
8.1
21
Not enough data
8.3
22
Text to Video Generation
Not enough data
8.2
100
Emotion and Gesture control
Not enough data
7.4
99
Real-time rendering
Not enough data
8.0
98
Live streaming
Not enough data
6.8
94
Script-based automation
Not enough data
8.1
97
Video Creation
Not enough data
8.3
102
Not enough data
8.0
101
Not enough data
7.6
95
Not enough data
8.1
94
Not enough data
8.2
96
Not enough data
8.4
95
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.0
95
Editing
Not enough data
8.0
96
Not enough data
8.3
96
Storage & Management
Not enough data
7.5
89
Not enough data
7.9
88
Not enough data
7.8
90
Not enough data
8.2
87
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
Panopto and Synthesia are categorized as Video Communications, Video CMS, and Video Editing
Unique Categories
Panopto is categorized as Live Stream and Virtual Classroom
Synthesia is categorized as Video Translation, Video Content Creation, AI Video Generators, Video Email, Text to Speech, Content Creation, Presentation, Course Authoring, and AI Avatar Generators
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Panopto
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
Higher Education
55.6%
Education Management
12.1%
Hospital & Health Care
8.1%
E-Learning
4.8%
Marketing and Advertising
2.4%
Other
16.9%
Computer Software
8.8%
E-Learning
7.3%
Information Technology and Services
7.0%
Marketing and Advertising
6.1%
Consulting
5.5%
Other
65.3%
Discussions
What is the best way to split the class recording onto multiple screens?
1 Comment
CK
Best way is to use second video source when creating the recording . this is found in the Panopto for Windows Settings Tab of the creator tool. Read more
Panopto 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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