Compare Riverside and Synthesia 
Featured Products
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (87.4% of reviews)
Small-Business (71.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 Users Per Month
Free 10 Video Minutes Per Month
Riverside
Star Rating
(1,679)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (87.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 Users Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansSynthesia
Star Rating
(2,581)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (71.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 10 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 content creation, particularly for marketing and training videos, thanks to its impressive text-to-speech capabilities that significantly reduce production time. Users appreciate the modern and sleek interface, which enhances their overall experience.
- Users say Riverside stands out for its ease of use and high-quality recording capabilities. Many find the platform intuitive, allowing them to focus on their conversations without worrying about technical issues, which is crucial for professional settings.
- Reviewers mention that while Synthesia has a strong presence in the small business segment, Riverside has an even larger market share, indicating a broader acceptance among users. This could suggest that Riverside may be better suited for businesses looking for a widely adopted solution.
- According to verified reviews, Riverside users appreciate the responsive support options, including a helpful chatbot and real-person assistance, which enhances their problem-solving experience. In contrast, Synthesia's support quality is noted as needing improvement, with some users expressing challenges in getting timely help.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Riverside's editing features, such as text-based editing and animation capabilities, make it easier for users to create polished content. Synthesia, while strong in AI tools, faces challenges in areas like video capture and editing flexibility, which some users find limiting.
- Users report that both platforms offer free entry-level pricing, but Synthesia's overall satisfaction ratings are slightly lower than Riverside's. This suggests that while Synthesia has strong features, Riverside may provide a more satisfying user experience overall, particularly in terms of support and usability.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Riverside
Free
Free
1 Users Per Month
- Unlimited recording & editing
- Separate tracks for the first 2 hours of recording*
- Up to 720p recording
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
Riverside
Free Trial is available
Synthesia
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.4
1,550
8.7
2,181
Ease of Use
9.4
1,597
9.1
2,225
Ease of Setup
9.5
1,079
9.2
1,589
Ease of Admin
9.5
300
9.1
814
Quality of Support
9.4
1,336
8.9
1,799
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.5
287
8.9
761
Product Direction (% positive)
9.8
1,580
9.6
2,170
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
Host Tools
9.0
84
Not enough data
8.8
77
Not enough data
9.6
91
Not enough data
Attendee Tools
8.3
70
Not enough data
8.4
72
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Post-Event Tools
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Integrations
8.4
74
Not enough data
8.6
68
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Webinar
8.6
44
Not enough data
8.1
43
Not enough data
8.1
42
Not enough data
8.3
45
Not enough data
8.4
43
Not enough data
Software Options
9.2
118
Not enough data
9.2
116
Not enough data
9.1
114
Not enough data
8.8
103
Not enough data
Audience Tools
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.0
111
Not enough data
8.8
101
Not enough data
Streamer Tools
9.5
115
Not enough data
9.3
107
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Live Stream
8.6
52
Not enough data
8.4
51
Not enough data
Platform Basics
9.1
579
Not enough data
9.5
704
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Platform Content
8.5
465
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
616
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
8.7
528
Not enough data
8.4
455
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Screen and Video Capture
8.5
152
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.4
923
Not enough data
8.5
897
Not enough data
9.1
936
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
9.2
40
Not enough data
7.5
33
Agentic AI - Course Authoring
Not enough data
7.5
23
Not enough data
7.8
25
Customization
Not enough data
9.0
101
Not enough data
8.0
89
Not enough data
7.7
77
Not enough data
8.1
89
Organization
Not enough data
7.9
88
Not enough data
8.2
87
Not enough data
7.7
84
Not enough data
7.5
78
Not enough data
7.4
80
Not enough data
7.9
79
Agentic AI - Video CMS
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
9.4
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Voice
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.0
314
Not enough data
Transcription
9.3
321
Not enough data
9.2
307
Not enough data
9.1
305
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Editing
8.6
301
Not enough data
8.3
288
Not enough data
8.7
308
Not enough data
7.7
261
Not enough data
Integration
8.5
258
Not enough data
7.9
240
Not enough data
9.0
283
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
256
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Transcription
8.3
88
Not enough data
8.3
85
Not enough data
8.3
87
Not enough data
Integration
Not enough data
7.8
545
Not enough data
7.5
546
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
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
8.1
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
9.4
115
7.8
307
8.5
107
7.3
303
8.9
97
7.7
297
8.6
94
7.3
290
9.1
102
7.6
295
Feature Not Available
7.1
280
Organization
8.7
100
7.7
286
8.7
97
7.8
285
9.0
100
8.2
281
Customization
Feature Not Available
7.3
284
Feature Not Available
7.2
284
8.5
104
7.9
285
Analytics
Feature Not Available
7.1
277
Feature Not Available
7.1
265
Feature Not Available
7.2
271
Editing
9.0
469
7.6
392
9.2
486
8.3
433
8.6
433
8.0
440
8.2
409
7.6
409
8.6
435
7.9
376
9.1
502
7.8
418
9.1
470
8.6
450
Platform
8.9
448
8.6
416
9.0
439
8.5
434
8.4
415
8.1
367
Generative AI
8.1
314
Feature Not Available
8.0
326
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Video Editing
8.6
199
7.2
102
8.2
192
7.1
102
8.5
193
7.1
103
8.6
193
6.9
104
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
Feature Not Available
6.6
699
Publishing
8.6
675
7.9
711
Social Media
Feature Not Available
7.3
695
Planning
Feature Not Available
6.4
737
Generative AI
8.3
526
7.9
724
8.2
496
7.8
706
8.4
500
7.5
701
7.3
464
Feature Not Available
7.4
464
7.9
707
Agentic AI - Content Creation
8.0
191
6.9
70
7.6
187
6.6
71
7.9
187
6.4
73
7.7
188
6.8
75
7.9
191
6.8
75
7.8
188
6.6
74
7.7
191
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
817
Not enough data
8.4
784
Not enough data
7.6
756
Not enough data
8.4
769
Not enough data
7.8
746
Not enough data
8.3
816
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.9
735
Editing - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.1
785
Not enough data
8.5
779
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.3
764
Not enough data
8.1
744
Not enough data
7.3
716
Not enough data
7.9
727
Video creation - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.7
408
Not enough data
8.0
420
Not enough data
8.0
425
Not enough data
8.3
431
Not enough data
8.3
427
Not enough data
8.1
409
Not enough data
8.4
413
Not enough data
8.0
420
Not enough data
7.7
408
Distribution - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.3
384
Not enough data
7.7
389
Not enough data
8.5
406
Analytics - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.0
385
Not enough data
7.1
382
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.3
399
Not enough data
8.2
407
Integrations - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
8.0
391
Not enough data
7.7
387
Not enough data
7.0
369
Other - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.5
388
Not enough data
7.4
387
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
23
Text to Video Generation
Not enough data
8.2
101
Emotion and Gesture control
Not enough data
7.5
100
Real-time rendering
Not enough data
8.1
99
Live streaming
Not enough data
6.8
95
Script-based automation
Not enough data
8.1
98
Video Creation
Not enough data
8.3
103
Not enough data
8.0
102
Not enough data
7.6
96
Not enough data
8.1
94
Not enough data
8.2
96
Not enough data
8.4
96
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.0
95
Editing
Not enough data
8.1
97
Not enough data
8.3
97
Storage & Management
Not enough data
7.5
89
Not enough data
7.8
89
Not enough data
7.8
90
Not enough data
8.2
88
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
Riverside and Synthesia are categorized as Video Editing, Content Creation, and Video Communications
Unique Categories
Riverside is categorized as Audio Editing, Webinar, Screen and Video Capture, Transcription, and Live Stream
Synthesia is categorized as Video Translation, Video Content Creation, AI Video Generators, Video Email, Text to Speech, Video CMS, Presentation, Course Authoring, and AI Avatar Generators
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Riverside
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
Entertainment
9.1%
Media Production
8.7%
Marketing and Advertising
8.6%
Broadcast Media
6.8%
Computer Software
5.5%
Other
61.3%
Computer Software
8.8%
E-Learning
7.3%
Information Technology and Services
7.0%
Marketing and Advertising
6.2%
Consulting
5.5%
Other
65.3%
Discussions
Can you screen share on Riverside FM?
2 Comments
RB
YesRead more
What is Riverside FM?
2 Comments
F
One of the best options if you need to do a Video Podcast.
You can invite guests, record the video and audio, edit and download the result as video(with...Read more
How does Riverside FM work?
1 Comment
JC
Think of ZOOM, but better, with better audio and video quality, its one of the best tools to not only create Podcast, Videocast, but also video SOPs.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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