Pick AI Studios if
solo creators who will render talking-head explainers at $24/mo after the 3-video Free taste.
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Our take
Pick AI Studios if solo creators who will render talking-head explainers at $24/mo after the 3-video Free taste. Pick Synthesia if l&D and internal comms teams who want avatar videos without a camera crew. Skip AI Studios if social teams that need a clip-from-long-video loop (OpusClip). Skip Synthesia if creators who want a consumer avatar clip (HeyGen) or a general generative video tool (Runway).
Best for
AI Studios A presenter who does not need a camera
Synthesia A training or explainer video with an avatar
Free plan
AI Studios $0 · /mo. Up to 3 AI videos, 1 minute each. 1 custom avatar. 720p export. 1 priority video / month. 3 AI dubbing uses. 16 one-time generative credits. Limited models
Synthesia No free plan
Lowest paid
AI Studios Personal $24/mo
Synthesia Studio Express-1 avatar $1/yr
Next step up
AI Studios
Synthesia Credit packs (annual display) $64/mo
Coding agent
AI Studios Interactive conversational avatars
Synthesia
Runs where
AI Studios Hosted
Synthesia Hosted
Watch out
AI Studios Free is three 1-minute clips
Synthesia No Starter $29 on the live page we fetched
Last checked
AI Studios 2026-10-22 · aistudios.com/pricing
Synthesia 2026-10-19 · synthesia.io/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Synthesia if
l&D and internal comms teams who want avatar videos without a camera crew.
Read the Synthesia page