Descript vs. Synthesia
Descript helps you make good videos faster with text-based editing and help from AI. So good, in fact, you may not even need an avatar (but we do have those, too).
Descript helps you make good videos faster with text-based editing and help from AI. So good, in fact, you may not even need an avatar (but we do have those, too).
These companies use Descript. Not bad!
Don’t just settle for Synthesia’s talking heads. Descript gives you all the tools you need to make all kinds of videos, all in one spot.
Synthesia just has old-fashioned timeline editing. Descript has text-based editing, which makes editing video as fast and easy as typing. Whether it’s an avatar video or it has real humans in it, if you know how the backspace key works, or how to copy-paste, you know how to make it in Descript.
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Descript comes with Underlord, a built-in editing assistant; Synthesia doesn’t. Clean up your look, fix your audio, and let Underlord make all the tedious, annoying edits in just a few clicks.
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Creating clips from longer videos for social sharing or micro-learning moments is a drag with platforms like Synthesia. Descript makes it easy on your marketing and education teams with AI that automatically finds and creates your best clips and highlight reels.
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Descript allows you to create more video, faster than you can in Synthesia. And with super helpful AI editing tools that practically read your mind, you’ll wonder how it’s actually cheaper.
| Feature |  | Synthesia |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| Text-based video editing |  |  |
| Avatar gallery | | |
| Custom avatars | | |
| Clip creation | | |
| AI video maker: Generate a video with ChatGPT | | |
| Translation languages | 20+ languages | 20+ languages |
| Bulk translation | | |
| Native-sounding AI speakers | 10+ languages | Not supported |
| Voice clone | | |
| AI editing suite | | |
| Security & compliance | ||
| SOC 2 Type II | | |
| GDPR compliant | | |
| SSO/SAML | | |
| SCIM | | |
| Data encryption | 256-bit AES | 256-bit AES |
| Enterprise features | ||
| User provisioning | | |
| Integrations | | |
| Scalability | ||
| Seat limits | Unlimited | 100 |
| Storage | Unlimited | 1TB |
| Total monthly cost (Creator plan) | $24 per user / month | $64 per user / month |
Descript is the all-in-one video creation platform that enables your whole team to produce high-quality videos, fast, at scale. And they already know how to use it.
