Descript vs Synthesia

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Compared on	Descript Free plan · from $16/person/mo Visit Remove	Synthesia Free plan · from $18/mo Visit Remove
What it is	Video and audio editor that works by editing a text transcript	AI video platform that turns scripts into presenter-led avatar videos
Free plan	60 media minutes (1 hour) per month; 100 AI credits (one-time); 720p local export	1,200 credits per month (up to 10 minutes of video, or 10 minutes of AI dubbing, or 25 AI-generated video assets); 1 editor; 9 AI avatars
Cheapest paid plan	$16/person/mo billed annually (Hobbyist)Descript pricing	$18/mo billed annually (Starter)Synthesia pricing
What it covers	10 media hours and 400 AI credits per month; 1080p watermark-free export.	Yearly plan includes 14,500 credits per year (up to 120 minutes of video per year); 1 editor and 3 guests.
Free trial	None stated	None stated
Platforms	macOS, Windows	Web, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Not stated	Not stated
Open source	No	No
Good for	Editing podcasts and interviews by deleting words from the transcript Cleaning up audio and removing filler words Cutting short clips from a longer video	Turning a training script into a presenter-style video without filming Producing the same video in several languages Updating internal how-to videos by editing text rather than reshooting
Watch out for	Free plan: 1 media hour per month, 100 one-time AI credits and 720p export Hobbyist exports up to 1080p; 4K export starts on Creator Desktop app requires macOS 14 (Sonoma) or Windows 11 or newer	Basic (free) plan: up to 10 minutes of video per month and 9 AI avatars Video downloads and Synthesia logo removal start on the Starter plan Yearly Starter plan is capped at 120 minutes of video per year
Made by	Descript	Synthesia Ltd

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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