HeyGen and Synthesia both make videos with an AI presenter on screen. On October 17, 2026, HeyGen's pricing page lists Creator at $29 a month, or $24 a month billed yearly, and Synthesia's pricing page lists Starter at $29 a month, or $18 a month on the yearly compare table.
HeyGen's Creator plan is written for a solo creator who wants a talking presenter, with videos up to 30 minutes. Synthesia's site is aimed at business teams making training, explainers, and internal updates with stock or personal avatars.
Prices checked October 17, 2026.
How do HeyGen and Synthesia compare?
Figures in the table come from each vendor's pricing page on October 17, 2026. Later sections note where another page on the same site lists a different number.
What does each plan cost?
HeyGen's pricing FAQ says the free plan needs no credit card and allows up to 3 videos a month. Pro starts at $49 a month for 1,000 credits, with tiers up to 100,000 credits a month at $4,300.
Free, Creator, and Pro with monthly billing selected, which is how those cards open. Checked October 17, 2026.
The yearly Pro price appears twice on that page: $41 a month ($488 billed yearly) in the credit-tier data, and $24 a month in the plan heading. HeyGen's avatars page says a paid plan starts at $29 a month for 600 credits, spent per minute of finished video: 16 to 31 credits for Avatar IV and 48 for Avatar V.
The plan cards show a yearly promo ($14 and $59). Synthesia's compare table lists $18 and $64 billed yearly.
A recommendation widget on that same page labels Starter as "$29/month, billed yearly" beside "1,250 credits / year." The yearly compare table is the $18 source used above.
Synthesia's pricing page includes 3 survey responses on Basic, and its estimator says video is 100 credits a minute, with the first 10 minutes included on every plan.
The free plan on that page needs no credit card, and the Enterprise card lists SAML/SSO and live team collaboration.
How many avatars does each include?
HeyGen's pricing table lists 500+ stock video avatars on Free and 700+ on paid plans, plus 1 custom video avatar on Free and 1+ on Creator and Pro. Business lists 5+ custom video avatars, and Enterprise lists 10+.
Photo avatars are capped at 3 on Free and unlimited on paid plans. The avatars page says the library is 1,100+ stock avatars, and that a free plan includes 1 to 3 videos depending on region, 720p sharing with a watermark, and one digital-twin slot.
The same pricing table caps Avatar IV at 1 minute on Free and 30 minutes on every paid plan, including Business, where the general video cap is 60 minutes.
Synthesia's pricing table lists 9 AI avatars on Basic, 125+ on Starter, 180+ on Pro, and 240+ on Enterprise. Personal avatars are listed as 3 on Starter, 5 on Pro, and unlimited on Enterprise, subject to reasonable consumption.
Studio Express-1 avatars are a $1,000-a-year add-on for annual plans only. The avatars page says you can start from 240+ ready-made avatars on the free plan, while the pricing table lists 9 on Basic.
The languages page says stock avatars number 240+ and that a personal avatar speaks 29 languages. Downloads on the pricing page are described as Full HD, 1920 x 1080.
How many languages does each support?
HeyGen's pricing table lists 30+ languages on Free and 175 languages and dialects on Creator, Pro, Business, and Enterprise. The avatars page says 177+ languages and dialects, with lip movement matched to the language.
The pricing table also lists 1,000+ AI voices on every plan. The avatars page lists 300+ text-to-speech voices.
Synthesia's pricing table lists 140+ languages and voices on Basic, Starter, Pro, and Enterprise. Dubbing languages on that table are 70+ for Basic, Starter, and Pro, and 140+ for Enterprise.
The languages page says 140+ languages and 2,000+ AI voices. The avatars page says 140+ languages, 1,000+ voices, and dubbing into 130+ languages.
Who is HeyGen best for?
HeyGen's pricing page describes Creator as generative video for solo creators, and Pro as the plan for people exporting in 4K. The avatars page is built around a talking presenter for sales videos, marketing, course lessons, social posts, and longer training.
Business is the plan whose card adds team seats, SSO, and SCORM export.
What if the video should have no presenter?
Jellypod's Magic Video turns a prompt, a file, or a script into a narrated video whose scenes are drawn in one of 16 illustrated styles, and you pick one to four characters as hosts so each paragraph of narration is spoken by one of them. The comparisons are Jellypod vs HeyGen and Jellypod vs Synthesia.
