HeyGen is 100% cheaper
than Synthesia
$0/mo (Free) vs Synthesia Starter at $29/mo — covering 50% of the 16 compared capabilities.
Same job. Way less money.
Comparison scenario
Every cheaper-than claim is tied to a defined scenario — never a bare list price.
single user, monthly billing · USD · prices as observed on official pricing pages.
Starter plan at $29/mo, the cheapest paid plan.
Free: 0 USD/monthly.
Synthesia costs $29/mo on the Starter plan at single user, monthly billing. We found 1 assessed alternative that is cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 16 compared capabilities.
Capability comparison
HeyGen covers 50% of the 16 capabilities compared against Synthesia. ✓ native · ◐ via integration · ✗ not found.
| Capability | HeyGen | Synthesia |
|---|---|---|
| AI avatars | ✓ | ✓ |
| Text-to-video | ✓ | ✓ |
| Templates | ✗ | ✓ |
| Auto captions | ✗ | ✓ |
| Translation & dubbing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Voice cloning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lip sync | ✗ | ✓ |
| API access | ✓ | ✓ |
| Watermark removal | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team collaboration | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO / SAML | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio generation | ✗ | ✓ |
| Transcription & captions | ✗ | ✓ |
| Browser extension | ✗ | ✓ |
| Custom branding | ✗ | ✓ |
| Viewer analytics | ✗ | ✓ |
What you give up
Capabilities Synthesia has that HeyGen lacks.
- Templates — Start a video from a pre-built template.Missing from HeyGen.
- Auto captions — Automatically generate captions for video.Missing from HeyGen.
- Lip sync — Sync generated speech audio to a speaker's lip movements.Missing from HeyGen.
- Audio generation — Generate music or sound effects to accompany video.Missing from HeyGen.
- Transcription & captions — Automatically transcribe recordings into captions or text.Missing from HeyGen.
- Browser extension — Record directly from a browser extension.Missing from HeyGen.
- Custom branding — Apply your own branding to shared recordings.Missing from HeyGen.
- Viewer analytics — See who watched a recording and how far they got.Missing from HeyGen.
Plans & pricing, side by side
Advertised prices in USD as observed on the official pricing pages — per-seat and transaction-fee plans are marked.
| Free | Free |
| Creator | $29/mo |
| Pro | $49/mo |
| Business | $149/mo |
| Enterprise | Contact sales |
| Basic | Free |
| Starter | $29/mo |
| Creator | $89/mo |
| Enterprise | Contact sales |
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Frequently asked
How much cheaper is HeyGen than Synthesia?
100% cheaper in our scenario (single user, monthly billing): $0/mo on Free vs $29/mo on Starter. That is $348 a year.
What does HeyGen lack compared with Synthesia?
Templates, Auto captions, Lip sync, Audio generation, Transcription & captions, Browser extension, Custom branding, Viewer analytics — 8 of the 16 compared capabilities.
When were these prices checked?
Synthesia: 2026-08-31; HeyGen: 2026-09-07 — on the official pricing pages.
Sources & freshness
- https://www.synthesia.io (official_pricing, checked 2026-08-31)
- https://www.synthesia.io/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-08-31)
- HeyGen data last verified 2026-09-07