Best Synthesia Alternatives

Looking past Synthesia? Here is what each alternative costs and what its entry plan makes, from their own pages.

Updated 25 October 2026. Every figure about another company links to its source below.

Quick answer

For faceless Shorts from an idea, start with DreamWild: 15 DreamCake videos or 20 story Shorts a month, 30 seconds each on Starter.

DreamWild

Create videos from an idea or script with AI narration, visuals and captions.
Starter: $29 a month, or $24.50 a month billed yearly
15 DreamCake videos or 20 story Shorts a month, 30 seconds each

HeyGen

“AI videos starring you, made in minutes.”¹
Creator: $29 a month, or $24 a month billed yearly^{2 3}
AI presenter videos from a script or a prompt, using a ready-made presenter or a custom video avatar of you; each video is paid for in credits, and the credits used depend on the AI model, the length and the complexity^{2 4}

Captions

“AI that edits like a professional editor would.”⁵
Basic: $9.99 a month⁶
Edits your own footage with AI (cuts, B-roll, captions, clips) and generates AI videos, avatars and images, all counted in credits. Prompt to Video costs 16 credits every 6 seconds.^{5 6}

InVideo

“The full timeline, multiplayer editing, colour, audio and 3D are on every plan.”⁷
Starter: $20 a seat a month, or $10 a seat a month billed yearly⁷
About 15 videos on its fast video model⁷

Creatify

“AI Ads that win.”⁸
Standard: $15 a month, or $10 a month billed yearly^{9 10}
Video ads, image ads and avatar videos paid for in credits: on Pro, 280 credits buy 36 five-second videos on one AI video model, or 56 fifteen-second avatar videos, at 720p¹¹

Higgsfield

“All-in-one suite with 50+ models.”¹²
Starter: $19 a month, the same billed monthly or yearly¹³
About 15 videos on its fast video model¹³

DreamWild, Synthesia and the Alternatives

	DreamWild	Synthesia	HeyGen	Captions
Entry plan	Starter: $29 a month, or $24.50 a month billed yearly	Starter: US$29 per month billed monthly, or US$18 per month billed yearly^{14 15}	Creator: $29 a month, or $24 a month billed yearly^{2 3}	Basic: $9.99 a month⁶
Credits on the entry plan	1,500 credits a month	Starter adds 1,250 credits a month (15,000 a year) and Pro adds 6,000 (72,000 a year), on top of the 500 credits, 10 minutes of video and 3 survey responses every plan includes^{14 15 16}	Creator 600 credits a month, Pro from 1,000, Business 1,500^{2 17}	Basic: 200 credits a month; Max: 500; Frontier: 1,400 (Frontier 2x: 2,800; Frontier 4x: 5,600)^{6 18 19 20}
What the entry plan makes	15 DreamCake videos or 20 story Shorts a month, 30 seconds each	AI presenter videos, dubbing, surveys and interactive avatars from one shared pool of credits; a finished minute of video uses about 100 credits^{21 16}	AI presenter videos from a script or a prompt, using a ready-made presenter or a custom video avatar of you; each video is paid for in credits, and the credits used depend on the AI model, the length and the complexity^{2 4}	Edits your own footage with AI (cuts, B-roll, captions, clips) and generates AI videos, avatars and images, all counted in credits. Prompt to Video costs 16 credits every 6 seconds.^{5 6}
Publishing	Schedule to YouTube, included. You can also download vertical videos for TikTok, Instagram Reels and Facebook.	Not stated on its pages	Not stated on its pages	Not stated on its pages
Unused credits	None on Starter; 1 month on Creator, 2 months on Pro, 3 months on Max	No roll over: the monthly allowance and the plan's extra credits reset each billing period, yearly plans get the year's credits upfront, and credits bought separately are valid for 12 months²¹	Monthly plans: unused credits roll over for one more month; yearly plans: credits accumulate until the renewal date; credits do not carry over after you cancel^{4 3}	Unused credits roll over from Basic upward, up to a balance of 3× the monthly allowance^{22 6}

Sources

HeyGen homepage, checked 25 October 2026.
HeyGen pricing, Free, Creator and Pro billed monthly, checked 25 October 2026.
HeyGen pricing, Creator and Pro billed yearly, checked 25 October 2026.
HeyGen pricing FAQ, credits, tiers and cancelling, checked 25 October 2026.
Captions homepage, checked 25 October 2026.
Captions help centre: Understanding Credits, checked 25 October 2026.
InVideo pricing, checked 8 October 2026.
Creatify homepage, checked 25 October 2026.
Creatify pricing, Standard, Pro and Max billed monthly, checked 25 October 2026.
Creatify pricing, Standard, Pro and Max billed yearly, checked 25 October 2026.
Creatify pricing, what credits buy and FAQ, checked 25 October 2026.
Higgsfield Creator Partnership Program, checked 14 October 2026.
Higgsfield pricing, checked 8 October 2026.
Synthesia pricing, billed monthly, checked 25 October 2026.
Synthesia pricing, billed yearly, checked 25 October 2026.
Synthesia help centre, what credits are and how they work, checked 25 October 2026.
HeyGen pricing, Business and Enterprise billed monthly, checked 25 October 2026.
Captions pricing, Max and Frontier 1x, checked 25 October 2026.
Captions pricing, Frontier 2x selected, checked 25 October 2026.
Captions pricing, Frontier 4x selected, checked 25 October 2026.
Synthesia pricing FAQ, credits, roll over and pay per video, checked 25 October 2026.
Captions pricing page FAQ (answers expanded), checked 25 October 2026.

Figures for each company are what its own pages said on the date shown. Prices change; check the source before you buy.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Does DreamWild's Starter Plan Make?

15 DreamCake videos or 20 story Shorts a month, 30 seconds each, from 1,500 credits a month.

What If A Video Fails?

Failed work costs nothing; you only pay for work that's delivered.