Synthesia pricing, in real terms
Synthesia sells credits, and a typical finished minute of avatar video uses about 100. The $19 Starter plan’s 1,250 credits, plus the 500 free credits every account gets, come to roughly 17 minutes a month.
See Synthesia plansChecked 14 November 2026 against Synthesia’s own pages.
Plans and what they really include
| Plan | Monthly | Yearly, per month | Included each month | In real terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $0 | $0 | 500 creditsWatermark, share link only | About 5 minutes (Studio avatar video) |
| Starter | $19 | $14 | 1,750 credits1,250 plan credits plus the 500 free credits every account gets | About 17 minutes (Studio avatar video) |
| Pro | $89 | $59 | 6,500 credits6,000 plan credits plus the 500 free credits. Lowest of five levels | About 65 minutes (Studio avatar video) |
| Enterprise Contact sales | — | — | — | — |
Bigger allowances: Pro comes in five levels on monthly billing: 6,000 credits for $89, 12,000 for $176, 24,000 for $347, 36,000 for $514 and 48,000 for $676. Each also gets the 500 free credits.
Free plan: Basic is free with 500 credits a month, a watermark and a share link instead of a download.
Talking-avatar video with Studio avatar video
Counted at 100 credits per minute. Synthesia says a typical finished minute uses about 100 credits, and more if the avatar is on screen throughout. Compare with other tools
| Each month | Plan you need | Monthly cost | Per minute |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 minutes | Starter | $19 | $1.90 |
| 15 minutes | Starter | $19 | $1.27 |
| 30 minutes | Pro | $89 | $2.97 |
| 60 minutes | Pro | $89 | $1.48 |
| 120 minutes | Pro (12,000 credits) | $176 | $1.47 |
What the pricing page doesn’t make obvious
- The 100 credits a minute is Synthesia’s own typical figure. A video where the avatar never leaves the screen uses more.
- Since 1 October 2026 paid plans keep the 500 free credits on top of their own. Synthesia’s plan cards still show the plan credits alone, 1,250 and 6,000.
- Yearly plans hand over the whole year’s credits at once. Monthly credits don’t roll over.
- First-month discounts ($9 on Starter, $49 on Pro) are left out. We use the price you keep paying.
- We could not confirm yearly prices for the higher Pro levels, so yearly billing uses their monthly prices.
- Extra credits can be bought from the billing page and last 12 months, but the price is not published.
- Dubbing with lip-sync uses 80 credits a minute.
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Price history
No changes recorded since we started tracking on 14 November 2026.