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Compare Simplified and Synthesia 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (94.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (71.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $29.00 1 Seat Per Month
Free 3 Video Minutes Per Month
Simplified
Star Rating
(4,996)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (94.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $29.00 1 Seat Per Month
Browse all 3 pricing plansSynthesia
Star Rating
(2,466)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, boasting a significantly higher overall score compared to Simplified. Users appreciate the platform's ability to create videos quickly and effortlessly, with one reviewer highlighting how they can simply paste a script and have a video ready in minutes.
- Users say that Synthesia's implementation process is notably smooth, with many praising its intuitive onboarding experience. In contrast, while Simplified also offers a user-friendly interface, some users feel that it lacks the same level of efficiency in video creation, despite its strengths in graphic design.
- Reviewers mention that Synthesia's custom avatars are a standout feature, enhancing the accessibility and engagement of video content. This is particularly beneficial for educators and marketers looking to create personalized content. Simplified, while offering a range of design tools, does not have a comparable feature that resonates as strongly with users.
- According to verified reviews, both platforms provide quality support, but Synthesia's users report a slightly higher satisfaction level. Users appreciate the responsive support team, which is crucial for those who rely on timely assistance during video production.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Simplified shines in its comprehensive suite of design tools, making it a favorite for marketing content creation. Users find it particularly useful for planning social media posts and creating visuals efficiently, which is a strong point compared to Synthesia's more focused video capabilities.
- Users express that while Simplified has a broader range of features for content creation, Synthesia's specialized focus on video generation allows for a more streamlined and effective video production process. This specialization is evident in user feedback, where many find Synthesia's video creation process to be faster and more accessible for their needs.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Simplified
Simplified One
Starting at $29.00
1 Seat Per Month
Best for freelancers, solo creators
- 7 Social Media Accounts, 1 User
- 1 Brand Style & Voice
- 100K AI words
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
Simplified
Free Trial is available
Synthesia
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
723
8.7
2,122
Ease of Use
8.9
1,145
9.1
2,166
Ease of Setup
8.7
587
9.2
1,530
Ease of Admin
9.1
210
9.1
797
Quality of Support
8.9
555
8.9
1,750
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.1
200
8.9
747
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
665
9.6
2,112
Features by Category
Social Analytics
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
9.3(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.3(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
Reports & Dashboards
9.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Social Media Analytics
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 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
Core Conversational Capabilities - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Interaction
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
Task & Flow Management - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Deployment & Embedding - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Admin & Configuration - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
System
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Chatbots
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
Monitoring & Improvement - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reliability & Safety - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Template Creation
9.0
116
Not enough data
8.7
110
Not enough data
8.9
117
Not enough data
8.8
108
Not enough data
Design & Editing
8.8
107
Not enough data
8.6
108
Not enough data
8.7
100
Not enough data
Ad Management
8.7
96
Not enough data
8.8
104
Not enough data
8.8
85
Not enough data
Analytics
8.7
59
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Grammar
8.9
366
Not enough data
8.8
356
Not enough data
9.0
391
Not enough data
Formatting
8.9
286
Not enough data
8.9
318
Not enough data
8.6
248
Not enough data
Content
9.0
337
Not enough data
9.1
393
Not enough data
8.9
277
Not enough data
Product Type
9.0
275
Not enough data
8.7
211
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.2
29
Not enough data
8.5
29
Not enough data
Platform Basics
9.7
6
8.4
923
9.2
6
8.5
896
9.2
6
9.1
935
Platform Content
9.2
6
7.5
743
9.4
6
8.2
906
8.9
6
8.3
865
9.4
6
8.3
786
Platform Additional Functionality
9.4
6
7.6
718
8.9
6
7.3
728
9.7
6
8.4
769
Generative AI
9.2
6
Feature Not Available
8.9
6
Feature Not Available
9.2
6
Feature Not Available
9.7
6
Feature Not Available
9.2
6
Feature Not Available
9.2
6
Feature Not Available
8.9
6
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
Content & Collaboration
8.8
137
Not enough data
8.7
157
Not enough data
8.2
57
Not enough data
8.7
113
Not enough data
8.7
119
Not enough data
9.0
185
Not enough data
Social Management
8.7
127
Not enough data
9.0
155
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
141
Not enough data
8.7
135
Not enough data
8.8
121
Not enough data
8.2
14
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Social Media Management
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
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
Voice
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Transcription
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Editing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration
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
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
Responses
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
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
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
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
8.6
49
7.6
385
9.1
49
8.3
426
9.1
55
8.0
432
9.1
50
7.5
401
9.0
50
7.9
370
8.8
52
7.8
410
9.1
55
8.6
441
Platform
9.0
51
8.6
409
8.9
50
8.4
427
9.0
50
8.0
360
Generative AI
7.5
8
Feature Not Available
7.7
8
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
Image Generation
7.8
12
Not enough data
7.6
12
Not enough data
7.4
12
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
Advanced Functionality
7.7
11
Not enough data
6.7
11
Not enough data
7.1
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
Model
7.4
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
Commercial Rights & Licensing - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
Not enough data
License Type Transparency - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
8.5
14
6.6
694
Publishing
8.3
14
7.8
706
Social Media
8.2
14
7.3
689
Planning
7.9
15
6.4
731
Generative AI
8.3
15
7.9
719
8.3
15
7.8
702
8.1
15
7.4
697
8.0
15
Feature Not Available
7.6
14
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
Agentic AI - Photo Editing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
7.9
12
8.5
781
7.9
12
8.4
765
7.4
12
7.6
747
8.2
11
8.4
754
6.1
12
7.8
735
6.7
11
8.3
790
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
7.5
6
7.9
729
Editing - AI Video Generation
7.9
12
8.1
770
7.9
11
8.5
773
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
7.6
12
8.3
757
7.1
12
8.0
738
7.5
12
7.3
712
7.5
12
7.9
720
Video creation - Video Content Creation
7.7
10
7.7
403
7.2
10
8.0
416
6.8
10
8.0
421
7.2
10
8.3
424
6.5
10
8.3
423
7.0
10
8.1
405
7.2
10
8.4
408
7.2
10
8.0
416
7.3
10
7.7
404
Distribution - Video Content Creation
7.0
10
7.3
380
7.2
10
7.7
385
7.8
10
8.5
402
Analytics - Video Content Creation
6.5
10
7.0
381
7.5
10
7.0
378
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
7.3
10
7.3
395
6.8
10
8.1
403
Integrations - Video Content Creation
7.3
10
7.9
387
7.3
10
7.6
383
7.0
10
7.0
365
Other - Video Content Creation
7.0
10
7.5
384
7.0
10
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
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
Simplified and Synthesia are categorized as AI Video Generators, Video Editing, Presentation, Content Creation, and Video Content Creation
Unique Categories
Simplified is categorized as AI Image Generators, AI Chatbots, Transcription, AI Writing Assistant, Display Ad Design, Social Media Analytics, Social Media Suites, Social Media Management, Chatbots, and Photo Editing
Synthesia is categorized as Video Translation, Video Communications, Video Email, Text to Speech, Video CMS, Course Authoring, and AI Avatar Generators
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Simplified
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
Writing and Editing
8.7%
Marketing and Advertising
7.5%
Animation
4.5%
Accounting
4.2%
Arts and Crafts
4.1%
Other
70.9%
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
How can i optimise the long writer ? and is their a video that explains the video editor better
2 Comments
KD
Here you go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShtGcsuz0PY&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=SimplifiedRead more
Can I embed your services in my website..
2 Comments
KD
You can ping online support, based on your use case we can explore the optionsRead more
Can Simplified AI writer really create readers-intent content?
2 Comments
MG
Hi Ganiyu! Yes! You can try it for yourself for free at simplified.co/aiRead 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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