Synthesia

Pros: Their stock avatars are high quality and visually impressive, but the policies around how they can be used are unnecessarily restrictive and highly subjective. Instead of empowering creators, the rules feel arbitrary, making it difficult to confidently use the very tools that are supposed to be the platform’s main strength. What should be a feature that adds value ends up creating hesitation and frustration, since approval seems more dependent on interpretation than on clear, consistent standards.

Cons: Synthesia.io enforces policies that feel entirely subjective and inconsistent. Videos that are approved one day can be flagged the next, even when only minor, harmless edits are made, such as changing an image or fixing word pronunciation. Instead of clear, transparent guidelines, users are left guessing what might trigger moderation, which creates unnecessary frustration and wasted time. The lack of explanation or consistency makes their so-called “standards” feel arbitrary, leaving creators vulnerable to random enforcement rather than a fair, predictable system.

Pros: Tons of avatars to choose from, so your videos actually feel human. No awkward robot vibes. Supports a lot of languages and fast translation/dubbing.

Cons: Sometimes the AI avatars can feel a little stiff, especially if you want super expressive gestures. Also pricier for big teams.

Pros: I did not like Synthesia, I found the quality lacking and the AI features not robust enough to actually deliver either 1. a good quality script 2. a good quality video layout 3. convincing video

Cons: Everything looks like boxy AI without tone or inflection in the voices. I did not like that at all. I tried it for 2 - 3 hours and then I asked for a refund and they refused citing their terms of service. This was not disclosed when signing up.

Pros: Was unable to fully test the product due to unreasonable and restrictive content management. I suppose for companies outside of biotech or research, this may be an okay software.

Cons: - Overly broad, poorly implemented content moderation - No real human review in moderation decisions - Company does not trust customers to self-regulate - Policy not transparent before purchase - Support cannot resolve moderation issues - Hidden upsell for “custom avatar” if your content touches on any medical topic - No self-service account deletion; must go through support - No customer retention effort when cancelling

Pros: Saved me a lot of time and made my presentation look professional. It was easy to present to my team.

Cons: I don't think in my day to day work or at least in my position or company that there are enough features for my to utilize to make the subscription worth it.

Pros: Ease of use, many options for avatars and voices. Not much else after that everything else was very poor.

Cons: Their support is SLOW and POOR. Their content moderation system is critically flawed. Have to pay for a the privilege to appeal a rejected video. Then the video gets approved but hours later then again rejected. Huge waste of time. Oh, and there is no content violation - just poor AI.

Pros: Synthesia is easy to learn and use, and its robust operating system fits the needs of our company very well. The platform is designed for high-quality videos to be generated in a streamlined and professional way, without a huge time demand. Synthesia is changing the game for Above the Neck, because it has given us the opportunity to create videos which enhance our products on a massive scale. We believe the videos we generate through Synthesia will help all of our customers now and in the future.

Cons: There are seldom cons associated with Synthesia. My only hope is to someday see more "expressive" avatars that fit the profile needed to best suit the nature of our company (i.e. athletic, youthful, dynamic).

Pros: Super-quick way to create high-quality person-to-camera videos in any language. Very easy to use with lots of layout options.

Cons: Hopefully will gain some additional features like camera control to make the videos even more visually interesting.

Pros: I love Synthesia because it is easy to use, good customer support, and lot of regular updates. Languages options are excellent.

Cons: Few times I have problems with personal avatars, it was not good quality from first generated time. Must repeate shooting

Pros: Synthesia has good and smooth video with a lot of free and premium avatars and multi languages available

Cons: I have big difficulties to develop my own avatar features in Synthesia due to stringent rules that couldn't accept the images just due to simple brightness issue

Pros: The ease to build videos in a single instance. Videos that previously took days, now take hours (or minutes) to complete. The Avatars offer our business a wide range of selection to consider for various use cases and the clear product enhancement roadmap that has delivered enhancements across time are enhancing and unlocking more potential for our business.

Cons: The overlap of visuals can become quite messy to manage - this has since been addressed in a release from the supplier where we can now easily navigate and manage

Pros: It's a highly useful tool for video editors, bringing together copyright-free templates, music, and media under one roof. It also saves valuable time, making the editing process more efficient.

Cons: The templates and media are not aligned with latest trends. The music doesn’t play during the preview stage.

Pros: Synthesia is easy to use. They are constantly building their avatar database and templates. The company has great customer and technical support

Cons: I cannot select which slides I need to publish. Sometimes I need to pull a couple of slides not every slide in the project. Not a big deal, but would be a great feature.

Pros: The ease of putting the slide packs together. The ability to truly make it your own content. Avatar creation with languages very impressive

Cons: To be honest it’s hard not to like it but the cost per account played a big part from my head office allowing how many accounts that I could purchase, if it was cheaper I could of used maybe 5 accounts in Canada alone. Not including my Global branches

Pros: We like the ease of using Synthesia for our onboarding and training needs. The voices can sometimes be a bit robotic and sometimes it glitches in the middle of the video, but it’s an easy fix. Overall, it has been extremely beneficial.

Cons: Although there are a lot of options, it’s not easy to combine different templates or videos we decide last minute to merge.

Pros: The easy learning curve to get started and the continued enhancements are great. The ability to create your personal avatar and voice is a lovely touch!

Cons: The inability of the PowerPoint import option to transfer photos from the original PPT. This can be quite frustrating and time-consuming.

Pros: I love how easy Synthesia is to use—creating professional videos is quick and efficient. The ability to generate videos in multiple languages is a huge advantage, especially for a global company like ours.

Cons: So far, I don’t have any major complaints, though I’ve only been using the platform for two weeks. One minor improvement could be the avatar voice inflections, but this might be due to how I recorded my own voice for customization. I think it would be great to have an option to adjust the inflection of the words if they're off.

Pros: The real business value for me with Synthesia is the time savings in preparing and production of assets that have been received at Onapsis with great feedback! The time saved through the automation has allowed me to be more creative in the development of content that resonates with the audience. When you have a partner like Synthesia, your creativity excels due to the lack of pressure of recording an asset over and over due to human error. The functionality is intuitive and the application is easy to learn. Additionally, the AI assistant that acts as online help is excellent, probably the best I have experienced in an application. Overall Synthesia has increased my productivity more than I ever imagined, and the resulting assets are top-notch.

Cons: At the moment, there is not much I can call out - some of the Avatar voices are challenging but after reviewing all of them I have established a set that will appear in all assets I create!

Pros: The avatars are very lifelike. The dubbing is well done. The avatars are cut out nicely. I love the many templates that are available. I've used several of them.

Cons: I wish we had more videos to choose from for backgrounds. More controls of the avatar's attitude and tone. Continue with providing various ethnicities with understandable accents.

Pros: The company's commitment to continuous improvement of the product and offerings is outstanding. I've been following its development for over 4 years now!

Cons: I took the time to record my voice to train Synthesia by reading the various prepared readings. My synthesized voice wasn't a particularly good match in timbre and pitch to my own, in my opinion.

Pros: New innovation they keep coming out with and ease of use. I enjoy the avatars they have and love that they continue to add more.

Cons: The editing software could be better and the quality of their video player. Many times when played from their video player the sound and video do not sync.

Pros: The possibility to create videos and speech in a very fast way. Moreover, since I work in a worldwide company, the possibility to translate every single video in many languages in just one click.

Cons: The graphical side is very simple and easy to use for everyone. Since I've always worked in the graphic field I would love to have more chances to create something complex (as new shapes and animations).

Pros: It's an all-in-one solution for our video production needs. Allows us to scale our workflow and get content out and published quickly. We couldn't operate without it

Cons: I can't really say there are any cons. It's still a maturing product so there is a constant stream of upgrades that address little niggles. There are constantly trying to make workflows more efficient