Pick ElevenLabs if
podcast, product, and localization teams who need controllable multilingual speech.
Read the ElevenLabs pageElevenLabs vs Synthesia
Our take
Pick ElevenLabs if podcast, product, and localization teams who need controllable multilingual speech. Pick Synthesia if l&D and internal comms teams who want avatar videos without a camera crew. Skip ElevenLabs if users who only want chat, or teams that cannot send scripts to a US-hosted voice API. Skip Synthesia if creators who want a consumer avatar clip (HeyGen) or a general generative video tool (Runway).
Best for
ElevenLabs TTS, voice cloning, or dubbing
Synthesia A training or explainer video with an avatar
Free plan
ElevenLabs $0 · , 10,000 credits
Synthesia No free plan
Lowest paid
ElevenLabs Starter $6/mo
Synthesia Studio Express-1 avatar $1/yr
Next step up
ElevenLabs Creator $22/mo
Synthesia Credit packs (annual display) $64/mo
Coding agent
ElevenLabs Agents / dubbing / image-video
Synthesia
Runs where
ElevenLabs Hosted
Synthesia Hosted
Watch out
ElevenLabs Credits are not minutes
Synthesia No Starter $29 on the live page we fetched
Last checked
ElevenLabs 2026-10-19 · elevenlabs.io/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