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Synthesia alternatives: avatar and voice tools compared on price

By Jordan Corbett · Updated October 16, 2026

D-ID Studio pricing page, one of the Synthesia alternatives on this page
Screenshot of d-id.com/pricing/studio, captured October 16, 2026

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The Synthesia alternatives we checked

For reference, Synthesia itself (read October 16, 2026) has a free Basic plan with 10 minutes of watermarked video a month, Starter at $19/mo ($14/mo yearly) and Pro at $89/mo ($59/mo yearly). See Synthesia pricing for the full breakdown. The tools below cover the same jobs, or part of them, at a different price.

How the alternatives compare

ColossyanColossyan
D-IDD-ID
ElevenLabsElevenLabs
Free option
Starter: Free (20 min/month)
14-day trial, 3 minutes
Free: 10,000 credits/month
Entry paid price
$59/mo Professional (yearly view)
$4.7/mo Lite ($56/year)
$6/mo Starter
Video or audio included
30 min/month NEO + 10 min NEO2
10 min/month on Lite
~30 min TTS/month on Starter
Best for
Training and courses
Talking photos, short clips
Narration and dubbing

Sources: Colossyan · D-ID · ElevenLabs · Synthesia (for comparison). Checked October 16, 2026. “(est.)” marks our own math on the vendor’s numbers. Prices exclude tax.

Colossyan: best for training courses

The most direct Synthesia swap for learning teams: a course builder, SCORM exports and a free tier with more minutes.

On Oct 16, Colossyan’s pricing page showed Starter as Free (next to a struck-through $27/mo) with 20 minutes a month on its NEO avatars, versus 10 minutes on Synthesia Basic. Professional showed $59/mo on the yearly toggle with 30 minutes on NEO, 10 on NEO2, watermark removal, MP4 downloads and 5 SCORM exports a month. Course creation is unlimited on every plan.

Pros

  • 20 free minutes a month on Starter
  • Unlimited course creation
  • SCORM exports from Professional

Cons

  • Watermark removal starts on Professional
  • Monthly price not shown on the yearly view we read

Price: Starter free; Professional $59/mo on the yearly toggle, $30/mo per extra member (checked 2026-10-16).

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D-ID: cheapest paid entry

The lowest list price here, but the commercial license starts on Pro.

D-ID Studio pricing page
Screenshot of d-id.com/pricing/studio, captured October 16, 2026

D-ID’s Studio pricing (annual view) lists Lite at $4.7/mo ($56 a year) with 10 minutes a month and a D-ID watermark, Pro at $16/mo ($191 a year) with 15 minutes, premium voices, a voice clone and a commercial use license, and Advanced at $108/mo ($1,293 a year) with 100 minutes.

Pros

  • Lowest entry price on this list
  • Photo and video avatars
  • API access listed

Cons

  • Lite has a D-ID watermark
  • Commercial use license starts on Pro

Price: Lite $4.7/mo, Pro $16/mo, Advanced $108/mo, billed annually (checked 2026-10-16).

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ElevenLabs: best if you only need voice or dubbing

Not an avatar tool. A cheaper pick when you used Synthesia mostly for narration or translation.

ElevenLabs pricing page
Screenshot of elevenlabs.io/pricing, captured October 16, 2026

ElevenLabs Starter is $6/mo for 30,000 credits (about 30 minutes of text to speech) with a commercial license, instant voice cloning and Dubbing Studio. Creator is $22/mo with 121,000 credits and professional voice cloning. Credits on paid plans roll over for up to two months.

Pros

  • $6/mo entry with a commercial license
  • Voice cloning and dubbing
  • Rollover on paid plans

Cons

  • No on-screen presenter
  • Dubbing Studio without watermark is 10,000 credits a minute

Price: Starter $6/mo, Creator $22/mo, Pro $99/mo (checked 2026-10-16).

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Other tools people compare

HeyGen is the other big avatar tool. Its pricing page (read October 16, 2026) lists Free with 3 videos a month up to 1 minute, Creator at $29/mo and Pro at $49/mo. We don’t link to it. For more avatar options, see HeyGen alternatives.

How to choose

  • More free minutes: Colossyan Starter (20 min/month on NEO) vs Synthesia Basic (10 min).
  • Lowest paid price: D-ID Lite, but use Pro for commercial work.
  • Only narration or dubbing: ElevenLabs.
  • Staying with Synthesia: yearly billing drops Starter to $14/mo and Pro to $59/mo. Synthesia pricing.

FAQs

What is the best Synthesia alternative?
For training courses, Colossyan is the closest match and showed a free Starter plan with 20 minutes a month on Oct 16, 2026. D-ID has the lowest paid entry price. ElevenLabs is the pick if you only need a voice or dubbing.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Synthesia?
On list price, D-ID Lite is $4.7/mo billed annually and ElevenLabs Starter is $6/mo, versus Synthesia Starter at $19/mo ($14 yearly). Check what each plan includes, such as watermarks and commercial use.
Is there a free Synthesia alternative?
Colossyan’s Starter plan showed as Free with 20 minutes a month, and D-ID offers a 14-day trial with 3 minutes. Synthesia’s own Basic plan is also free, with 10 watermarked minutes a month.
Can ElevenLabs replace Synthesia?
Only for the audio. ElevenLabs does voiceover, voice cloning and dubbing, but it doesn’t make a talking-avatar presenter.

Why trust us

Every price and limit on this page comes from the vendor’s own pricing page, linked above with the date we read it (October 16, 2026). The screenshots are of those official pages. We did not run hands-on tests of these tools for this page, and we don’t rank output quality here. Where we did math on the vendor’s numbers, it’s marked (est.). Affiliate links never change what we list or the order. See our price tracker for every sourced video-model rate.

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