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PROS

Synthesia enables the quick creation of high-quality learning content, significantly reducing production time compared to traditional methods.
Its AI capabilities, including voice features, offer realistic audio quality with accurate regional accents, making it comparable to human recordings.
No post-production is necessary as Synthesia provides ready-to-share content immediately upon creation.
Users find that Synthesia assists with creating HD quality videos, complete with text and animations superior to other platforms.
Synthesia facilitates video animations and voiceovers, making it highly suitable for internal training and communication purposes.

CONS

Synthesia is expensive and its pricing could be more affordable.
Video quality and the editing component require improvement, including integration elements with other platforms.
Enhancement in the number of avatars and their customization is needed, such as lip-syncing and animation features.
The audio component and translation capabilities have significant room for improvement to avoid sounding robotic.
Technical support response time should be faster and glitches need to be resolved.
 

Synthesia Pros review quotes

Mark Kim - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Content Developer at Snowflake Computing
Oct 17, 2023
One improvement in our organization was that we could produce videos quickly. It increased our footprint as a small team, making us look like a bigger team because of that automated pipeline.
Caroline Roberts - PeerSpot reviewer
Learning Experience Designer at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
Oct 24, 2023
In terms of the product's initial setup, I can say that it is extremely user-friendly.
Vivian Adegoju - PeerSpot reviewer
AI video Editor at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Oct 4, 2023
The feature I find most valuable is animation.
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Benjamin Reubendran - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. E- learning developer at CARESYNTAX, INC.
Oct 3, 2023
The AI is the most valuable feature.
JP
Cultural and Quality Manager at Openreach
Oct 9, 2023
There is no need for post-production as the content is ready to be shared as soon as it's created.
Daniel Baker - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Evangelism at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Nov 6, 2023
The product is very good for internal training and internal messaging.
Zaynah Danquah - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Instructional Designer at 24/7 TEACH
Oct 19, 2023
It is very easy to make changes in the script and works well with other programs as well.
Forrest McFeeters - PeerSpot reviewer
Instructional Designer IV at SOLERSrg
Oct 4, 2023
The product's initial setup was easy, and it wasn't hard at all.
Shamik Majumder - PeerSpot reviewer
Graphic Designer/Developer at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Nov 9, 2023
The application helps our organization with creating video animations and voiceovers.
SD
Instructional Designer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 24, 2023
Synthesia provides the ability to have the characters say nearly anything that you need them to, and its pronunciation library gives the absolute correct pronunciation that you need for any number of words.
 

Synthesia Cons review quotes

Mark Kim - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Content Developer at Snowflake Computing
Oct 17, 2023
In the beginning, it was kind of a learning curve trying to get that pipeline set up correctly.
Caroline Roberts - PeerSpot reviewer
Learning Experience Designer at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
Oct 24, 2023
With Synthesia, I hope that some of its features related to the translation portion will come into place soon...everything in the solution still sounds and looks slightly robotic.
Vivian Adegoju - PeerSpot reviewer
AI video Editor at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Oct 4, 2023
One aspect I'd like to see improvements in is the customization of avatars.
Learn what your peers think about Synthesia. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: October 2026.
920,769 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Benjamin Reubendran - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. E- learning developer at CARESYNTAX, INC.
Oct 3, 2023
The video part needs improvement.
JP
Cultural and Quality Manager at Openreach
Oct 9, 2023
Providing the capability to feature two avatars on-screen simultaneously for interactive communication would be a valuable enhancement.
Daniel Baker - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Evangelism at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Nov 6, 2023
The digital avatars must be refined.
Zaynah Danquah - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Instructional Designer at 24/7 TEACH
Oct 19, 2023
There could be animation features for Avatars. It would help us create cartoon animations.
Forrest McFeeters - PeerSpot reviewer
Instructional Designer IV at SOLERSrg
Oct 4, 2023
I think Synthesia's audio component could be drastically improved...There's not a whole lot of direction available anywhere on how to do things well on the platform.
Shamik Majumder - PeerSpot reviewer
Graphic Designer/Developer at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Nov 9, 2023
There could be an option to minimize the character’s expression in the animated videos.
SD
Instructional Designer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 24, 2023
Synthesia's video editor needs to be improved.