Synthesia Pricing in 2026 With Video Minutes and Credits on Every Plan

Synthesia has four tiers in 2026: Basic at 0 dollars, Starter at 18 dollars a month billed yearly (29 month to month), Pro at 64 dollars a month billed yearly (89 month to month), and Enterprise on a custom quote. Every plan includes the first 10 minutes of video, and anything past that is paid from a credit pool at 100 credits per minute: 1,250 credits a month on Starter and 6,000 on Pro. Unused minutes do not carry into the next billing period, so the right plan is the one sized to your busiest month.

The Synthesia pricing page lists dollars, the plans are sized in credits, and the product spends them per minute. This breakdown puts all three side by side, works out what one finished minute costs on each plan, and shows which tier fits which workload. Figures come from the plan cards on the Synthesia pricing page and its help center, checked in October 2026. Synthesia renamed its middle tier from Creator to Pro and moved to the credit model this year, so older reviews that quote 10 and 30 minutes a month are out of date.

Synthesia pricing plans in 2026

Yearly billing saves 38 percent on Starter and 28 percent on Pro, and the yearly credit pool (15,000 or 72,000) arrives up front, which helps if your output comes in bursts, such as a training rollout in one quarter and very little the rest of the year. Every self-serve plan exports in Full HD, 1920 by 1080. There is no 4K option.

How much does Synthesia cost?

Synthesia costs 18 dollars a month for Starter and 64 dollars a month for Pro on yearly billing, which is 216 or 768 dollars a year. Paid monthly, the same plans cost 29 and 89 dollars. The Basic plan gives 10 minutes a month with the Synthesia logo on downloads, and Enterprise, with unlimited minutes and SSO, is quoted by sales.

Headcount matters less at Synthesia than at most editors, because each self-serve plan is one editor plus guests who can review and comment (3 on Starter, 5 on Pro). A second person who needs to build videos pushes you toward Enterprise. Studio Express-1 avatars, the premium custom avatars filmed in a studio, are a paid add-on of 1,000 dollars a year, sold to annual plan users only.

How does Synthesia pricing work?

Credits are the shared currency across every usage-based feature, and each feature burns them at its own rate. The rates on the Synthesia pricing page:

• Video minutes: 100 credits per minute, with the first 10 minutes included on every plan.
• AI dubbing and translation: 76 credits per minute, into 70+ languages on Starter and Pro and 140+ on Enterprise.
• B-roll with action: 230 credits for each generated asset.
• Avatars, B-roll, motion graphics, and dubbing each count differently, so a minute that mixes them costs more than a plain avatar minute. Synthesia says a typical 1-minute video made with its AI assistant uses 1,000 to 2,000 credits.

That last line is the one to budget around. A plain talking-head minute costs 100 credits, but a minute dressed up with generated B-roll can cost ten to twenty times that, which would empty the Starter pool in a single video. Synthesia's help center is clear that minutes reset at the start of each billing period and unused ones do not accumulate. When you run out, you move up a tier.

What one minute of video costs on each plan

Counting the 10 included minutes plus plain avatar minutes at 100 credits each, with no B-roll or dubbing:

This is the part most people miss. Pro is not meaningfully cheaper per minute than Starter. Month to month the two are within 2 cents, and on yearly billing Starter is the cheaper minute. The extra money on Pro buys personal avatars, interactive videos, more stock avatars, and more guests, plus enough credits to cover a heavier month. If minutes are the only thing you need more of, size your output before you upgrade.

Now apply it to a real workload. A company publishing four 2-minute onboarding videos a month and a 90-second product update each week needs about 14 plain minutes, which fits Starter with room to spare. Add generated B-roll to those updates and the same month can cost several thousand credits, which is Pro territory at 89 dollars a month (64 yearly).

Which Synthesia plan should you buy?

Before you pick a tier, check one thing: does your audience need a face on screen? Synthesia is priced around the avatar. If a presenter reading the script is the point of the video, the per-minute cost buys exactly what you want.

Is Synthesia free?

Synthesia has a 0 dollar Basic plan with 10 minutes of video and 500 credits a month. The catch is the Synthesia logo on downloads, since removing it is a Starter feature, so Basic is built for trying the avatars, not for publishing to customers.

Synthesia enterprise pricing

Synthesia does not publish Enterprise prices. The plan adds unlimited video minutes, unlimited personal avatars, brand kits, SCORM export for an LMS, SAML SSO, live team collaboration, translation into 140+ languages, and a dedicated customer success manager. Third-party pricing reviews report Enterprise contracts landing in the low five figures a year, but that is reported, not official. The practical trigger is simple: once more than one person needs to build videos, or your training team needs SCORM files, Starter and Pro stop fitting.

If the videos feed a compliance or onboarding program, the video is only half the job. You still need to prove people understood it, and a separate tool to build a graded quiz for each training module covers that without paying for Enterprise just to get quizzes into a course.

Synthesia pricing compared with other AI video tools

The full cross-category comparison is in how much AI video generators cost in 2026. The editor side of the market is broken down in Descript pricing plan by plan, and the other big avatar platform, which bills 16 to 48 credits per avatar minute, is covered in HeyGen pricing and credit costs.

When a flat plan fits better than Synthesia

Stay with Synthesia if the presenter matters. Onboarding from a friendly face, policy walkthroughs, and videos translated into many languages are what the avatar is for, and VidUp makes no avatars, has no presenter, and narrates in English.

The math changes when the avatar was never the point. A lot of teams buy Synthesia for marketing explainers, product updates, and social clips, then spend minutes on a talking head nobody asked for. That job is what VidUp does. Paste a script, a blog post, or a product URL and it returns a finished video with an AI voiceover, burned-in captions, matched licensed stock footage, and music, in 9:16, 1:1, and 16:9 from one render. Starter is 49 dollars a month (24 yearly) for 30 videos, Growth is 99 (49 yearly) for 75 with a brand kit, and Pro is 199 (99 yearly) with 4K and up to 5 brand kits. There is no minute meter and no credit pool to run dry. Take a social team posting 25 one-minute clips a month with B-roll behind every line: on Synthesia that is past the Starter pool and into Pro at 89 dollars (64 yearly), while it fits inside VidUp Starter at 49 dollars (24 yearly) with 5 videos to spare, footage included. The difference is that the videos have no presenter, so this only holds when the avatar was never the point. If you are replacing avatar videos with footage-based ones, the Synthesia alternative without avatars page shows the side-by-side, VidUp vs Synthesia goes feature by feature, and the AI training video generator covers internal training without a presenter. Current plans are on the pricing page.

Frequently asked questions about Synthesia pricing

How much is Synthesia per month?

Synthesia is 29 dollars a month for Starter and 89 dollars for Pro on monthly billing. On a yearly plan they work out to 18 and 64 dollars a month. Basic costs 0 dollars with 10 minutes a month and the Synthesia logo, and Enterprise is custom priced with unlimited minutes.

How many minutes of video do you get with Synthesia?

Every plan includes the first 10 minutes, and credits pay for the rest at 100 credits per minute. That works out to about 22 plain minutes a month on Starter (1,250 credits) and about 70 on Pro (6,000 credits). Generated B-roll and dubbing burn credits faster, and Enterprise has unlimited minutes.

Do Synthesia credits roll over?

No. Synthesia minutes reset at the start of each billing period and unused ones do not accumulate, according to its help center. On a yearly plan the whole pool (15,000 credits on Starter, 72,000 on Pro) is available up front, so a quiet month does not cost you anything as long as the year evens out.

Is Synthesia worth it for a small business?

It is worth it if your videos need a presenter on screen, such as onboarding or customer education, because Starter gives about 22 plain avatar minutes a month for 18 dollars on yearly billing. It is poor value for marketing and social video that never needed a face, since footage-based tools make those without a minute meter.

What is the cheapest Synthesia plan?

The cheapest paid plan is Starter at 18 dollars a month billed yearly, or 29 dollars month to month. It removes the Synthesia logo and covers about 22 plain minutes a month. On yearly billing it is also the cheapest minute Synthesia sells, at about 0.80 dollars.

Prices in this article were checked against the Synthesia pricing page and help center in October 2026. Synthesia changes its plans from time to time, so confirm on the pricing page before you buy.