Runway is 100% cheaper
than Synthesia
$0/mo (Free) vs Synthesia Starter at $29/mo — covering 31% 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
Runway covers 31% of the 16 capabilities compared against Synthesia. ✓ native · ◐ via integration · ✗ not found.
| Capability | Runway | 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 Runway lacks.
- AI avatars — Generate video of a talking AI avatar.Missing from Runway.
- Templates — Start a video from a pre-built template.Missing from Runway.
- Auto captions — Automatically generate captions for video.Missing from Runway.
- Translation & dubbing — Translate and dub video into another language.Missing from Runway.
- Voice cloning — Clone a voice to narrate generated video.Missing from Runway.
- Team collaboration — Share projects and collaborate with teammates.Missing from Runway.
- SSO / SAML — Sign in through your company's SSO/SAML identity provider.Missing from Runway.
- Transcription & captions — Automatically transcribe recordings into captions or text.Missing from Runway.
- Browser extension — Record directly from a browser extension.Missing from Runway.
- Custom branding — Apply your own branding to shared recordings.Missing from Runway.
- Viewer analytics — See who watched a recording and how far they got.Missing from Runway.
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 |
| Standard | $15/mo |
| Pro | $35/mo |
| Max | $95/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 Runway 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 Runway lack compared with Synthesia?
AI avatars, Templates, Auto captions, Translation & dubbing, Voice cloning, Team collaboration, SSO / SAML, Transcription & captions, Browser extension, Custom branding, Viewer analytics — 11 of the 16 compared capabilities.
When were these prices checked?
Synthesia: 2026-08-31; Runway: 2026-08-26 — 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)
- Runway data last verified 2026-08-26