Synthesia vs Tavus
A spec-by-spec comparison of Synthesia and Tavus: pricing, free tier, clip length, resolution, watermark, commercial use and API access.
Key differences
- Synthesia is cheaper to start: $29/month vs $59/month for Tavus.
- Free tier: Synthesia — 10 min of video or dubbing per month plus 500 credits; watermarked, share-link only; Tavus — Developer Basic: 25 min of conversational video and 5 min of video generation.
| Synthesia | Tavus | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan · from $29/mo | Free plan · from $59/mo |
| Free tier | 10 min of video or dubbing per month plus 500 credits; watermarked, share-link only | Developer Basic: 25 min of conversational video and 5 min of video generation |
| Max clip length | ||
| Max resolution | 1080p | 1080p |
| Watermark on free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Commercial use | All plans (free videos are watermarked and cannot be downloaded) | |
| Developer API | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | No | No |
Synthesia generates presenter videos from text using 125-240+ stock avatars or personal avatars, with dubbing into 70-140+ languages. It is built around corporate training: SCORM export, interactive videos, roleplay sessions and an AI agent called Syren. It is a good fit for L&D, HR and enablement teams in larger companies.
- Recurring free allowance of 10 minutes of video/dubbing per month
- Dubbing with voice preservation and optional lip-sync
- Strong L&D tooling: SCORM export, quizzes, branching
- MP4 download and logo removal require a paid plan
- Starter adds only ~12 extra video minutes on top of the free allowance
- Lip-sync dubbing uses 2x credits
Tavus provides APIs for building real-time, face-to-face conversational video agents and for generating videos with digital replicas trained from about two minutes of footage. It bundles the full pipeline (speech recognition, LLM, TTS, rendering over WebRTC). It also runs a consumer 'PALs' companion app, but its main audience is developers and product teams.
- Full real-time pipeline included (STT, LLM, TTS, WebRTC)
- Custom replicas from a short two-minute video
- Transparent per-minute overage pricing ($0.32-0.37/min conversational)
- Free developer tier keeps a Tavus watermark
- Growth plan jumps to $397/month
- Custom replica trainings are capped per month on paid plans
Specs last verified 2026-10-23 (Synthesia) and 2026-10-23 (Tavus). See each tool page for sources.