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HAKOOL vs Synthesia
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose AKOOL if…
- you want the lower entry price ($12/mo vs $19/mo)
- you're in its core audience: marketing teams, content creators
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Choose Synthesia if…
- you're in its core audience: learning & development teams, hr and internal communications
Side by side
Feature AKOOL Synthesia
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$12/mo$19/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Cost per minute of generated video—$1.58
Data retention—Customer Data retained per customer's instructions and applicable law
Security and compliance—GDPR
Updates, last 90 days—10
Custom video avatar—
Doc/PPT to video—
Interactive elements—
SCORM export—
Real-time avatar agents—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CompanyAKOOLSynthesia Limited · United Kingdom · since 2017
Full feature lists
A AKOOL
- Talking avatar and streaming avatar videos
- Face, head, hair and clothing swap
- Video translation
- PPT/PDF to video conversion
- Text to speech, voice clone and voice changer
- Model Hub with Seedance, Kling, Veo, Sora and more
- Live face swap and live camera
- OpenAPI for developers
S Synthesia
- AI avatar videos from a script in 140+ languages
- Personal avatar created from a single photo
- Convert docs, PPTs or links into narrated video
- Video dubbing with voice cloning and lip-sync
- Interactive videos with quizzes, branching and CTAs
- Avatar roleplay and conversational survey sessions
- Publish via link, embed or SCORM with analytics
- API and MCP server for programmatic video creation
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
AKOOL · akool.com
Synthesia · synthesia.ioWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
What the free plans include
AKOOL
Free plan limits aren't published.
Synthesia
- 500 credits / month
- 10 minutes of video creation or dubbing
- 3 survey responses
- 9 AI avatars
All plans and prices
AKOOL
Free$0
Starter$12/seat/mo billed yearly ($144)
Pro$21/seat/mo billed yearly; $30 shown otherwise
Pro Max$41.30/seat/mo billed yearly; $59 shown otherwise
Business$174.30/seat/mo billed yearly; $249 shown otherwise
EnterpriseCustom
Synthesia
BasicFree
Starter$19/mo ($9 first month)
Pro$89/mo ($49 first month)
EnterpriseCustom
Roleplay Training add-on$29/learner/month
Strengths and limitations
AKOOL
- Free tier available
- Access to many third-party video and image models in one place
- Paid plans have no watermark
- API and real-time avatar options
- API access starts at the Pro Max plan
- Starter plan limited to 1080P and 200 credits a month
- Free tier has slow processing and only 5 TTS uses in total
Synthesia
- Free plan with 10 minutes of video per month, no credit card required
- 140+ languages and voices on every plan
- API, MCP server and LiveKit plugin for developers
- Lists SOC2, GDPR, ISO42001 and SAML/SSO compliance
- Free plan videos carry a Synthesia watermark and cannot be downloaded
- SCORM export, SAML/SSO and Brand Kits are listed only on Enterprise
- Roleplay learner seats cost an extra $29/month each
- Studio avatars are a $1,000/year add-on for annual plans only
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Oct 26, 2026. Editorial policy