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D-ID vs Synthesia
D-ID or Synthesia? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In short
- Both: Text to video, AI presenters, Lip sync, Dubbing, API
- Only D-ID states: Image to video, Commercial use
- Only Synthesia states: Edits video, Captions, Sound and music
D-ID
D-ID creates avatar-led videos and interactive visual agents from scripts, images, audio, or video.
Plans
Trial
$0
- 14-day trial
- Up to 3 min. of video
- Up to 10 min. of streaming video
- 1 Personal Avatar
- Full-screen watermark
Build
$14.4/month
- 64 credits
- Up to 16 min. of video
- Up to 32 min. of streaming video
- Photo & 2 Video Avatars
- Use your own S3 storage
Launch
$35/month
- 180 credits
- Up to 45 min. of video
- Up to 90 min. of streaming video
- Commercial license
- 1 Voice clone
Scale
$138.6/month
- 800 credits
- Up to 200 min. of video
- Up to 400 min. of streaming video
- 5 Personal Avatars
- 3 Voice clones
Enterprise
Let's talk
- Custom plan
- Reasonable use limits apply
Prices checked 2026-09-26 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Text to video — “Generate polished, multilingual avatar videos from scripts. briefs, decks, or documents.” source
- Image to video — “Seeing our ancestors’ faces come to life through video reenactment deepens our connection to our family history and is simply breathtaking” source
- AI presenters — “Create professional, pre-scripted videos with AI avatars that deliver a defined message.” source
- Lip sync — “Automatic voice cloning and lip-sync create localized versions without requiring new recordings.” source
- Dubbing — “Translate existing videos into multiple languages while preserving the speaker’s voice and visual identity.” source
- Commercial use — “The Creative Reality™ Studio was developed for businesses and individual content creators who want to use avatars to create AI videos featuring digital humans for a wide range of commercial and creative purposes.” source
- API — “Add AI video generation and visual AI agents to websites, applications, platforms, and internal tools.” source
Security
- SOC 2 — “SOC 2 Certification : This framework ensures that data stored, processed, and shared in the cloud is protected against unauthorized access and with verified uninterrupted continued service level.” source
- ISO 27001 — “ISO/IEC 27001:2022 : A testament to our robust information security management.” source
- ISO 42001 — “ISO/IEC 42001:2023 : An international standard that specifies requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continually improving an Artificial Intelligence Management System (AIMS) within organizations.” source
- GDPR — “ISO/IEC 27018:2019 : Ensures the protection of personally identifiable information (PII) in cloud environments and compliance with data protection laws like the GDPR.” source
Latest updates
- Expressive Avatars are live in D-ID Studio (V4)
D-ID Studio now lets users create videos with V4 Expressive Avatars and control the sentiment they convey.
- Generate Better AI Presenters from Text
D-ID updated the image-generation engine for Studio photo-based avatar creation.
- Faster Starts for Builders: New API Docs and MCP Server
D-ID launched upgraded API documentation and an MCP server for MCP-compatible tools to access D-ID context.
Synthesia
Synthesia creates AI-presenter videos, translates them, and supports interactive avatar experiences for business teams.
Plans
Basic
Free
- 1,200 credits /mo
- Up to 10 mins of video
- 9 AI avatars
Starter
- $ 29 /mo
- $ 18 /mo
- $264 if you go with an annual plan
- Download your videos
- AI Video Assistant
- AI Dubbing
- Remove Synthesia logo
- 1 editor & 3 guests
- 125+ Synthesia AI Avatars
Creator
- $ 89 /mo
- $ 64 /mo
- $804/year if you pay annually
- 5 Personal Avatars
- Branded video pages
- API access
- Multiple avatars per scene
- Interactive videos
- 1 editor & 5 guests
Enterprise
Price on request
- Unlimited video minutes
- 240+ stock AI Avatars
- Unlimited Personal Avatars
- SAML/SSO
- Live team collaboration
- Brand Kits
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Text to video — “Simply type in text and get a free video with an AI avatar in a few clicks.” source
- Edits video — “Edit the original or translated transcript.” source
- AI presenters — “Create studio-quality videos with AI avatars and voiceovers in 160+ languages.” source
- Lip sync — “Get accurate lip-sync and voices that convey emotion and intent, straight out of the box” source
- Dubbing — “Translate and dub any existing video into 140+ languages, with lip-sync that matches the new audio.” source
- Captions — “Automatically add closed captions to your videos.” source
- Sound and music — “Get access to a selection of royalty-free soundtracks.” source
- API — “Automate video creation with Synthesia API.” source
Security
- SOC 2 Type II — “We are SOC2 Type II compliant” source
- SOC 2 — “This is reflected in our SOC2 report” source
- ISO 27001 — “fully certified within ISO/IEC 27001:2022” source
- ISO 42001 — “ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Certificate” source
- GDPR — “Compliance ISO/IEC 42001:2023 ISO/IEC 27001:2022 ISO/IEC 27701:2019 SOC 2 Type II GDPR” source
Latest updates
- Say Hello to Synthesia's New AI Press Officer
Introducing an AI press officer to our Newsroom: an Interactive Avatar built with the voice and likeness of Alexandru Voica.
- Introducing Roleplay Sessions: Interactive Coaching and Practice with Avatars
Introducing Roleplay Sessions to help people practice critical conversations and get personalized coaching.
- Interactive Avatar API: A New Way to Embed Real-Time Avatars Anywhere
Embed a real-time, lip-synced avatar into your product using your own LLM, STT and TTS. Available now for Enterprise customers.