Synthesia Pricing in 2026: Synthesia Cost, Plans, Video Minutes, and Credits by Plan
Synthesia costs 18 or 64 dollars a month on yearly billing (29 or 89 monthly) for 10 or 30 minutes of avatar video, paid from a credit pool at 2 credits a second. Credits do not roll over, and Creator costs more per minute than Starter.
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Synthesia has four tiers in 2026: Basic at 0 dollars, Starter at 18 dollars a month billed yearly (29 month to month), Creator at 64 dollars a month billed yearly (89 month to month), and Enterprise on a custom quote. What you are really buying is minutes of avatar video: 10 a month on Starter and 30 a month on Creator, paid for out of a credit pool at 2 credits per second of video. Unused credits reset every 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 minutes, and the product spends credits. 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 Synthesia pricing page and its help center articles on credits, checked in September 2026. Anything Synthesia does not publish is marked as reported.
Synthesia pricing plans in 2026
| Plan | Billed yearly (per month) | Billed monthly | Video minutes | Credits | Avatars and seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | 0 dollars | 0 dollars | 10 a month | 1,200 a month | 9 stock avatars, 1 editor, Synthesia watermark |
| Starter | 18 dollars (216 a year) | 29 dollars | 10 a month, or 120 a year on yearly billing | 1,200 a month, or 14,500 a year | 125+ stock avatars, 1 editor and 3 guests |
| Creator | 64 dollars (768 a year) | 89 dollars | 30 a month, or 360 a year on yearly billing | 3,600 a month, or 44,000 a year | 180+ stock avatars plus 5 personal avatars, 1 editor and 5 guests, brand kit, API |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Unlimited | Sized to the contract | 240+ stock avatars, unlimited personal avatars, SSO, SCORM export |
Yearly billing saves 38 percent on Starter and 28 percent on Creator. On a yearly plan you get the whole year of minutes up front (120 or 360), 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 Creator on yearly billing, which is 216 or 768 dollars a year. Paid monthly, the same plans cost 29 and 89 dollars. The free Basic plan gives 10 watermarked minutes a month, 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 free guests who can review and comment (3 on Starter, 5 on Creator). A second person who needs to build videos pushes you toward Enterprise. Studio avatars, the premium custom avatars filmed in a studio, are an extra 1,000 dollars a year on top of an annual plan.
How does Synthesia pricing work?
Every plan comes with a credit balance, and credits are the shared currency across all the usage-based features. The rates Synthesia publishes in its help center:
- Avatar video: 2 credits per second, so 120 credits for one minute. That is why 1,200 credits equals 10 minutes.
- AI dubbing: 25 to 50 credits per minute, depending on whether lip sync is on.
- Bulk personalization: 90 credits per minute.
- API video: 75 credits per minute.
- AI video assets: 18 to 192 credits each, and AI images 3 to 9 credits each.
Two rules decide how far the balance goes. Credits reset at the start of each billing period and unused credits do not accumulate. And if you upgrade mid-cycle, the credits left on your old plan are dropped and you start from the new plan's full balance. When you run out, you buy a top-up or move up a tier.
One thing Synthesia does well: edits are charged incrementally. If you add one second of script to a finished video and regenerate it, you spend 2 credits for the new second, not the full video again. Swapping an avatar charges only for the time the new avatar is on screen.
What one minute of video costs on each plan
| Plan | Monthly billing | Yearly billing |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | 2.90 dollars a minute (29 dollars for 10 minutes) | 1.80 dollars a minute (216 dollars for 120 minutes) |
| Creator | 2.97 dollars a minute (89 dollars for 30 minutes) | 2.13 dollars a minute (768 dollars for 360 minutes) |
This is the part most people miss. Creator is not cheaper per minute than Starter. It costs slightly more per minute on both billing cycles, because the extra money buys personal avatars, the brand kit, API access, interactive features, and more guests, not cheaper video. If minutes are the only thing you need more of, a second look at your output is cheaper than an upgrade.
Now apply it to a real workload. A company publishing four 2-minute onboarding videos a month needs 8 minutes, which fits Starter with 2 to spare. Add a 90-second product update each week and you need about 14 minutes, which is past Starter and well short of Creator's 30. You either pay for a top-up every month or pay 60 dollars a month more for 16 minutes you will not use.
Which Synthesia plan should you buy?
| Your workload | Plan that fits | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Testing whether an avatar suits your audience | Basic | 10 minutes a month is enough to build a real video, but it carries the Synthesia watermark |
| A few short explainers or onboarding videos a month, one builder | Starter | 10 minutes a month without a watermark at the lowest cost per minute on any plan |
| A branded training library, a custom avatar of your own presenter, or API use | Creator | Personal avatars, brand kits, interactive quizzes and branching, and API access with 360 minutes a year |
| Company-wide training with several builders, LMS export, and SSO | Enterprise | Unlimited minutes, SCORM export, SAML SSO, and a dedicated success team, on a quote |
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 free Basic plan with 10 minutes of video a month, 9 stock avatars, and one editor, and it needs no credit card. The catch is the Synthesia logo on every video and the small stock avatar set, so it 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, SCORM export for an LMS, SAML SSO, 1-click translation into 80+ 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 Creator 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
| Tool | Entry paid plan | What it meters | Built for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Synthesia | 18 dollars yearly, 29 monthly | Minutes of avatar video, paid from a credit pool | A synthetic presenter reading your script on camera |
| Descript | 16 dollars yearly, 24 monthly, per person | Media hours plus AI credits | Editing recordings you already made |
| Opus Clip | 15 dollars a month | Processing minutes of uploaded source video | Cutting long recordings into short clips |
| VidUp | 15 dollars yearly, 19 monthly | Finished videos (about 15 to 20 a month), no credits | Narrated, captioned video over matched stock footage, from text or a URL |
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.
When a flat plan costs less 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 19 dollars a month (15 yearly) for about 15 to 20 videos, Growth is 39 (31 yearly) for about 50 with a brand kit, and Pro is 89 (71 yearly) with 4K and multiple brand kits. There is no minute meter and no credit pool to run dry. 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 Creator on monthly billing. On a yearly plan they work out to 18 and 64 dollars a month. Basic is free with 10 watermarked minutes a month, and Enterprise is custom priced with unlimited minutes.
How many minutes of video do you get with Synthesia?
Basic and Starter include 10 minutes of video a month, and Creator includes 30. On yearly billing, Starter gives 120 minutes and Creator 360 minutes for the year, available up front. Enterprise has unlimited minutes. Minutes come out of a credit balance at 2 credits per second of video.
Do Synthesia credits roll over?
No. Synthesia credits reset at the start of each billing period and unused credits do not accumulate. If you upgrade mid-cycle, the unused balance from your old plan is dropped and replaced with the full allowance of the new plan. Top-ups are available when you run 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 10 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 watermark and includes 10 minutes of video a month. It is also the cheapest per minute of any Synthesia plan, at 1.80 dollars on yearly billing.
Prices in this article were checked against the Synthesia pricing page and help center in September 2026. Synthesia changes its plans from time to time, so confirm on the pricing page before you buy.
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