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).

These companies use Descript. Not bad!

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  • vox logo
  • reuters logo
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  • amazon logo
  • canva logo
  • salesforce logo
  • figma logo
  • apple logo
  • okta logo
  • spotify logo
  • vox logo
  • reuters logo
  • cbs logo
  • microsoft logo
  • nyt logo
  • accenture logo
  • github logo
  • kpmg logo
  • coke logo

Avatars, along with everything else

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.

Quick text-based editing

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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Instant editing with AI

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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Generate clips for microlearning

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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Quick comparison guide

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.

FeatureDescriptSynthesia
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

More video, more engagement—faster growth

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.

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