Synthesia Starter is $19/month for about 12 minutes of video, and unused credits reset every month.
Synthesia sells a Free plan with 500 credits (10 minutes, watermarked), Starter at $19/month ($14/month billed yearly) with 1,250 credits, Pro at $89/month ($59/month billed yearly) with 6,000 credits, and custom Enterprise (checked 11 November 2026). Starter makes up to about 12 minutes of video and Pro about 60, so a monthly minute costs roughly $1.58 on Starter and $1.48 on Pro, or about $1.12 and $0.98 on yearly billing. Plan credits reset each billing period, dubbing uses 80 credits a minute with lip-sync and 40 without, and credits you buy separately last 12 months. Zemith Plus is $15.99/month with 1.5M monthly credits for presenter ads, talking photos, dubbing, captions, video models and AI chat.
Zemith Plus gives creators presenter ads, talking photos, dubbing, captions and AI chat for $15.99/mo.
- Ad Maker turns a product photo into 9:16 presenter ads in three script angles (Hook, Problem to solution, Testimonial), with an AI-made presenter, your own photo or a saved AI Influencer character, and word-by-word captions.
- Talking photos and Lipsync make a photo or a clip speak your script or your own recording, and Language Swap dubs clips of up to 60 seconds into 21 languages with lip-sync (optional voice cloning in nine).
- Captions, Voice Change, Veo 3.1, Kling V3.0, Seedance 2.5 and Wan video, Director multi-shot films, Product Studio and GPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok chat all run on the same $15.99/mo Plus plan.
- Plainly: Zemith has no library of 125+ stock studio avatars reading a script for 30-minute training videos, and no SCORM export or enterprise compliance pack. It is built for creators and marketers who need short presenter ads, captions and dubbing plus the rest of the AI stack.
1,250 credits, up to about 12 minutes of video; credits reset every month; no stock-avatar library or SCORM on Zemith
1.5M credits · Ad Maker + talking photos + Lipsync + Language Swap + Captions + Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.5 + GPT, Claude & Gemini
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Add a product photo, pick a presenter, and get three 9:16 talking ads with captions, with the exact credit cost shown before you render.
Three pricing traps Synthesia subscribers run into.
Monthly credits reset, so unused minutes are gone.
“No. Your plan's monthly allowance and credits reset each billing period.”Synthesia Pricing FAQ, Answer to "Do unused video minutes roll over?", Checked 11 Nov 2026
Lip-sync dubbing costs twice the credits.
“per minute of video dubbed: 80 credits with lip-sync, 40 without.”Synthesia Pricing FAQ, Official credit rates, Checked 11 Nov 2026
The cheap price needs an annual commitment, and the first-month promo ends.
“I paid for the monthly plan and ran out of credits quickly when trying to generate videos.”Trustpilot, 1-star review, Jun 2026
What Synthesia's plans do well, and where Zemith matches it for less.
Annual plans give the whole year's credits upfront, and extra credits last 12 months.
“On annual plans the year's credits are available upfront.”Synthesia Pricing FAQ, Official FAQ, Checked 11 Nov 2026
At every tier, here is what Synthesia costs versus Zemith.
Published US prices from synthesia.io/pricing, Zemith from zemith.com/pricing. Checked 11 November 2026. Minutes are Synthesia's own 'up to about' figures; cost per minute is plan price divided by those minutes.
| Tier | Synthesia Plan | Zemith Plan | What Changes on Zemith |
|---|---|---|---|
Free tier Testing | Basic · $0 · 500 credits (10 min of video or dubbing) · watermark · 9 avatars · 1 editor | Free · $0 · 2,000 daily chat credits · no card required | Try Zemith chat and free web tools at $0; upgrade for Creative Studio |
Entry paid Solo creators | Starter · $19/mo ($14/mo yearly = $168/yr) · 1,250 credits (about 12 min; 15,000 credits and about 150 min yearly) · 125+ stock avatars | Plus · $15.99/mo ($179.88/yr · $14.99/mo) · 1.5M credits/mo | About $3 a month less on monthly billing, with presenter ads, dubbing, captions, video models and AI chat, but no stock-avatar library |
Full creator More minutes and avatars | Pro · $89/mo ($59/mo yearly = $708/yr) · 6,000 credits (about 60 min) · 180+ stock avatars · up to 360 API min/yr · higher credit tiers to 48,000 credits at $676/mo | Plus ($15.99/mo) or Professional · $29.99/mo ($299.88/yr · $24.99/mo) · 3M credits/mo | Save $59 to $73 a month and add top chat models, Cloud background agents and Office file exports |
Teams & enterprise Seats and compliance | Enterprise · custom · unlimited minutes · SSO, SCORM, Brand Kits · SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 | Team workspaces · pay per seat at the plan price, Plus and Professional mixed | No SCORM or compliance claims; per-seat plans with $10 top-ups that never expire |
Our verdict: Synthesia is priced for training teams, while Zemith Plus ($15.99/mo) covers creator video, dubbing and AI chat in one plan.
- Synthesia Starter is $19/month for about 12 minutes of video (about $1.58 a minute), and Pro is $89/month for about 60 minutes (about $1.48 a minute); yearly billing brings that to about $1.12 and $0.98.
- Plan credits reset every billing period, and dubbing costs 80 credits a minute with lip-sync and 40 without.
- Zemith Plus ($15.99/month, 1.5M credits) includes Ad Maker, talking photos, Lipsync, Language Swap, Captions, Veo 3.1 and Seedance 2.5 video and GPT, Claude and Gemini, but not a stock-avatar library for long training videos.
- Want to see what 1,800+ Trustpilot reviewers say first? Read our Synthesia reviews and top complaints breakdown.
Questions people ask about Synthesia pricing.
How much does Synthesia cost per month in 2026?
Starter is $19/month ($14/month billed yearly) with 1,250 credits, Pro is $89/month ($59/month billed yearly) with 6,000 credits and higher tiers up to 48,000 credits, and Enterprise is custom. The Free plan has 500 credits and watermarks videos. Synthesia also advertises $9 and $49 first-month prices on Starter and Pro.
How many minutes of video does Synthesia give you?
Synthesia's pricing page says Starter makes up to about 12 minutes of video a month (about 150 on yearly billing) and Pro up to about 60 (about 720 on yearly), with a typical finished minute using about 100 credits and more if the avatar is on screen throughout.
Do Synthesia credits roll over?
No. The plan's monthly allowance and credits reset each billing period, on annual plans the year's credits are available upfront, and credits you buy separately are valid for 12 months.
Does Synthesia have a free plan?
Yes. Basic is $0 with 500 credits a month (10 minutes of video or dubbing), 9 AI avatars, one editor and a Synthesia watermark on videos.
Is there a cheaper Synthesia alternative for short presenter videos?
Zemith Plus is $15.99/month with 1.5M credits for Ad Maker presenter ads, talking photos, Language Swap dubbing, Lipsync, Captions and video models. It has no stock-avatar library for long training videos.
Make presenter ads, dub, lip-sync and caption in one $15.99/mo workspace.
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