Synthesia Now Says 'New Lower Prices': Starter at US$14/mo Yearly — What Actually Changed (Sept 2026)

Article last updated：2026-09-06

Synthesia’s pricing page currently carries a banner: “NEW LOWER PRICES — Plans now starting from US$14/month - Save 34%.” We read the page with a rendering browser on 2026-09-06 and compared every line against our July verification record.

The plan table on the day

Plan	Monthly	Yearly (per month)	Allowance
Basic	US$0	—	1,200 credits/month = up to 10 minutes of video, 25 AI-generated video assets, 9 AI avatars, 1 editor
Starter	US$19	US$14	14,500 credits/year = 580 min AI dubbing or 120 min video, 300 assets, 1 editor + 3 guests, 125+ avatars, download videos, remove the Synthesia logo
Creator	US$89	US$59	44,000 credits/year = 1,760 min dubbing or 360 min video, 900 assets, 5 personal avatars, API access, 1 editor + 5 guests, 180+ avatars
Enterprise	Custom	Custom	Unlimited video minutes, 240+ avatars, unlimited personal avatars, SAML/SSO, SCORM export, dedicated CSM

The page also lists Roleplay Sessions: 10 per month on Basic, Starter and Creator; 25 per month on Enterprise, shared across the organisation.

What changed versus our July record

Item	Our July record	2026-09-06 page	Verdict
Starter monthly	US$29	US$19	reduced
Starter yearly (per month)	US$18	US$14	reduced
Creator monthly	US$89	US$89	unchanged
Creator yearly (per month)	US$64	US$59	reduced
Free allowance	10 min/month, 1,200 credits, 9 avatars, 25 assets, watermark	same	unchanged

Watch the units: paid tiers are now quoted as annual credit totals (14,500 / 44,000) while the free tier is still quoted monthly. Starter’s 120 minutes of video is per year, not per month.

Is the free tier usable?

Yes, for judging whether AI-avatar video works for your audience — 10 minutes and 9 avatars is enough for that. No, for delivering anything: downloads appear first under Starter’s “what you get in Basic +” list, along with removing the Synthesia logo. Personal avatars also start at Starter (3 of them).

Who each tier suits

Starter (US$14/mo yearly) — one person making internal training or product explainers; 120 minutes a year is plenty, and you get downloads and de-branding.
Creator (US$59/mo yearly) — teams needing API access, multiple personal avatars, interactive video or branded video pages. The 4x jump buys features, not minutes.
Hold off if your real need is dubbing existing footage: dubbing minutes and video minutes are two separate quotas, so do the arithmetic first.

Official link: https://www.synthesia.io/pricing

On this site: Synthesia tool page · HeyGen tool page

Figures read from the live pricing page on 2026-09-06 with a rendering browser. Prices and limits change; the vendor’s checkout page is authoritative.

What Amo and Pimi think

Amo Finding faults

Let me say the unflattering part first. The free plan only gives you 10 minutes a month, 9 stock avatars, just 1 personalized avatar, and the output still carries a watermark — let's be honest, that's just a trial. Starter US$29, Creator US$89 — serious video production isn't cheap. What really gets me is the personalized avatar count: we checked three separate times and it said 1, then 3, then suddenly 5. The official comparison table is so complex it even has A/B content, and it's still flagged as pending manual review to this day. How am I supposed to trust something that can't even keep its own fields consistent?

Pimi Advantages

Don't be mad yet, hear me out on its strengths — it's the most widely used digital-human platform for corporate training, and typing text to generate a video of a real person speaking is something nobody can deny. Starter drops to US$18/year billed annually, saving 38%; Creator is US$64/year billed annually, saving 28% — the discount is genuinely noticeable. Enterprise goes even further: unlimited minutes, unlimited personalized avatars, 80+ language translation, plus SAML/SSO, the kind of thing big companies need, all included. And from 2026/7/15 to 8/15 there's also a limited-time Dubbing 2.0 promotion — 15 free dubbing minutes per person per day. I think this deal is a good one.

So, do you need to pay or not?

For corporate training or multilingual teaching videos, it's a mature choice — I'd recommend going straight to annual billing to save over 30%. If you're an individual just messing around occasionally, the free 10 minutes is enough — the watermark and quota aren't suited to serious production. Before ordering, you should confirm the avatar count on the official site yourself — that field is something we still haven't fully pinned down.

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