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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (71.7% of reviews)
Small-Business (86.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 3 Video Minutes Per Month
No pricing available
Synthesia
Star Rating
(2,446)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 plansTESS AI
Star Rating
(477)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (86.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about TESS AISummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Synthesia excels in the speed and accessibility of video creation, making it a favorite among instructional designers. Users appreciate how quickly they can produce engaging content without needing complex setups, simply by pasting a script and selecting an avatar.
- Users say TESS AI stands out for its comprehensive suite of AI tools, which many find beneficial for educational material development. Reviewers highlight the platform's ability to enhance agility and save time, particularly noting its support for multiple languages, including Brazilian Portuguese.
- Reviewers mention that Synthesia's custom avatars add a personal touch to videos, which is particularly appealing for creating engaging content. This feature allows users to tailor their videos to better connect with their audience, enhancing the overall user experience.
- According to verified reviews, TESS AI offers a well-organized platform that consolidates various AI tools, which users find helpful for multimodal analysis and content creation. However, some users feel that it may not fully meet their specific workflow needs, indicating potential areas for improvement.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while both products have similar star ratings, Synthesia's higher G2 Score reflects greater overall satisfaction and market presence. This suggests that users are more consistently pleased with Synthesia's performance and support.
- Users report that TESS AI's ease of use is commendable, with many finding the setup process straightforward. However, Synthesia slightly edges out in this area, with users noting its intuitive interface that simplifies video creation even further.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Synthesia
Free
Free
3 Video Minutes Per Month
Explore our video communications platform for free
- 1 editor
- 9 AI avatars
- 140+ languages and voices
TESS AI
No pricing availableFree Trial
Synthesia
Free Trial is available
TESS AI
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
2,112
8.8
339
Ease of Use
9.1
2,156
8.9
352
Ease of Setup
9.2
1,520
8.9
230
Ease of Admin
9.1
793
8.8
124
Quality of Support
8.9
1,743
8.8
292
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
744
8.7
125
Product Direction (% positive)
9.6
2,102
9.6
351
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
Core Conversational Capabilities - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
6.9
6
Not enough data
6.9
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Data
Not enough data
8.7
105
Not enough data
8.8
107
Interaction
Not enough data
8.7
107
Not enough data
8.8
107
Not enough data
8.8
107
Not enough data
8.8
108
Not enough data
8.7
107
Task & Flow Management - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.5
6
Learning
Not enough data
8.6
106
Not enough data
8.1
105
Deployment & Embedding - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Content Generation
Not enough data
8.8
105
Not enough data
8.7
104
Admin & Configuration - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
7.8
6
System
Not enough data
8.1
105
Not enough data
8.4
105
Not enough data
8.5
102
Not enough data
8.4
103
Agentic AI - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
8.5
18
Not enough data
8.8
18
Not enough data
8.2
17
Not enough data
8.6
17
Not enough data
9.1
17
Not enough data
8.1
17
Not enough data
8.8
17
Monitoring & Improvement - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reliability & Safety - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Grammar
Not enough data
9.1
98
Not enough data
8.8
98
Not enough data
9.0
97
Formatting
Not enough data
8.2
96
Not enough data
8.5
96
Not enough data
8.5
96
Content
Not enough data
8.8
95
Not enough data
9.0
97
Not enough data
8.7
93
Product Type
Not enough data
8.4
92
Not enough data
7.2
90
Generative AI
Not enough data
9.3
83
Not enough data
9.2
84
Platform Basics
8.4
923
Not enough data
8.5
896
Not enough data
9.1
935
Not enough data
Platform Content
7.5
743
Not enough data
8.2
906
Not enough data
8.3
865
Not enough data
8.3
786
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
7.6
718
Not enough data
7.3
728
Not enough data
8.5
769
Not enough data
Generative AI
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
Not enough data
Training & eLearning
9.1
35
Not enough data
7.4
32
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Course Authoring
7.5
23
Not enough data
7.7
24
Not enough data
Customization
8.9
96
Not enough data
7.9
84
Not enough data
7.5
72
Not enough data
8.0
84
Not enough data
Organization
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
Not enough data
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
Integration
7.8
543
8.4
107
7.5
546
8.3
108
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Speech Output
8.4
665
8.6
104
8.0
652
8.4
102
7.9
665
8.4
103
7.8
683
8.4
102
8.0
678
8.2
102
7.2
678
8.2
102
7.9
684
8.4
102
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
8.1
690
8.4
101
7.7
615
8.3
99
7.7
595
8.4
97
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
8.9
67
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation
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
Not enough data
Software Delivery
6.1
62
Not enough data
7.0
61
Not enough data
6.8
59
Not enough data
Analytics
6.6
61
Not enough data
6.4
58
Not enough data
6.6
58
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Email
6.9
6
Not enough data
Platform Features
7.8
303
Not enough data
7.3
298
Not enough data
7.6
292
Not enough data
7.3
286
Not enough data
7.6
291
Not enough data
7.1
276
Not enough data
Organization
7.6
282
Not enough data
7.8
281
Not enough data
8.1
277
Not enough data
Customization
7.3
280
Not enough data
7.1
280
Not enough data
7.9
281
Not enough data
Analytics
7.0
273
Not enough data
7.1
261
Not enough data
7.1
267
Not enough data
Editing
7.6
385
Not enough data
8.3
426
Not enough data
8.0
431
Not enough data
7.5
400
Not enough data
7.9
369
Not enough data
7.8
409
Not enough data
8.6
440
Not enough data
Platform
8.6
408
Not enough data
8.4
426
Not enough data
8.0
360
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Editing
7.1
95
Not enough data
6.9
95
Not enough data
6.9
96
Not enough data
6.8
96
Not enough data
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
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
92
Not enough data
8.8
91
Not enough data
8.7
91
Not enough data
8.6
92
Support
Not enough data
8.6
90
Not enough data
8.7
90
Not enough data
8.4
89
Agentic AI - AI Code Generation
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
8.3
15
Not enough data
8.6
15
Not enough data
7.8
15
Not enough data
8.0
15
Image Generation
Not enough data
8.7
226
Not enough data
8.5
225
Not enough data
8.5
222
Not enough data
8.5
219
Not enough data
8.7
219
Advanced Functionality
Not enough data
8.6
213
Not enough data
8.0
215
Not enough data
8.5
208
Not enough data
8.8
215
Model
Not enough data
8.7
209
Not enough data
8.6
209
Not enough data
8.5
202
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
6.6
695
Not enough data
Publishing
7.8
705
Not enough data
Social Media
7.3
689
Not enough data
Planning
6.4
732
Not enough data
Generative AI
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
700
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Content Creation
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
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
8.5
778
8.1
94
8.4
764
8.2
92
7.6
747
7.8
93
8.4
752
8.5
92
7.8
733
7.9
92
8.3
785
8.0
91
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
7.9
729
8.0
70
Editing - AI Video Generation
8.1
767
7.9
94
8.5
772
8.3
93
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
8.3
756
8.6
93
8.0
737
8.4
91
7.3
712
8.2
93
7.9
719
8.2
95
Video creation - Video Content Creation
7.7
403
Not enough data
8.0
416
Not enough data
8.0
421
Not enough data
8.3
423
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
Not enough data
Distribution - Video Content Creation
7.3
380
Not enough data
7.7
385
Not enough data
8.5
402
Not enough data
Analytics - Video Content Creation
7.0
381
Not enough data
7.0
378
Not enough data
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
7.3
395
Not enough data
8.1
402
Not enough data
Integrations - Video Content Creation
7.9
387
Not enough data
7.6
383
Not enough data
7.0
365
Not enough data
Other - Video Content Creation
7.5
384
Not enough data
7.4
383
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
6.8
88
Not enough data
6.3
88
Not enough data
Voice cloning - Voice Dubbing
7.1
21
Not enough data
7.7
20
Not enough data
7.4
20
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Translation
7.4
20
Not enough data
7.4
21
Not enough data
Real-time preview - Voice Dubbing
7.1
21
Not enough data
Security and Privacy - Voice Dubbing
8.1
20
Not enough data
8.0
20
Not enough data
Output - Voice Dubbing
7.5
21
Not enough data
8.0
20
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
Text to Video Generation
8.2
98
Not enough data
Emotion and Gesture control
7.4
98
Not enough data
Real-time rendering
8.0
96
Not enough data
Live streaming
6.7
93
Not enough data
Script-based automation
8.1
95
Not enough data
Video Creation
8.3
97
Not enough data
8.0
98
Not enough data
7.5
93
Not enough data
8.1
92
Not enough data
8.1
92
Not enough data
8.4
93
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.0
93
Not enough data
Editing
8.0
93
Not enough data
8.2
93
Not enough data
Storage & Management
7.4
88
Not enough data
7.8
87
Not enough data
7.8
89
Not enough data
8.2
86
Not enough data
Workflow Design & Integration - AI Orchestration
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance Optimization & Analytics - AI Orchestration
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
Governance & Compliance Controls - AI Orchestration
Not enough data
8.7
5
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Synthesia and TESS AI are categorized as AI Video Generators and Text to Speech
Unique Categories
Synthesia is categorized as Video Translation, Video Content Creation, Video Communications, Video Email, Content Creation, Video CMS, Video Editing, Presentation, Course Authoring, and AI Avatar Generators
TESS AI is categorized as AI Image Generators, AI Code Generation, AI Chatbots, AI Writing Assistant, and AI Orchestration
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Synthesia
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
TESS AI
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
8.7%
E-Learning
7.2%
Information Technology and Services
6.8%
Marketing and Advertising
6.3%
Consulting
5.6%
Other
65.4%
Marketing and Advertising
16.7%
Information Technology and Services
6.5%
Computer Software
5.1%
Graphic Design
4.3%
Animation
4.3%
Other
63.1%
Discussions
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
TESS AI has no discussions with answers
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