Synthesia vs Rephrase
Deciding between Synthesia and Rephrase? Compare all features and pricing side by side to see which one is right for you.
Compare the features side by side
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Why choose Synthesia’s avatars?
Synthesia solidifies its position as the leading AI video generation tool with a large and diverse selection of stock avatars, as well as the option to create custom studio and web avatars.
The addition of 6 micro-gestures and vastly superior lip sync allows for an engaging and personalized virtual experience.
See a Synthesia avatar in action:
Why choose Rephrase's avatars?
Unfortunately, there is very limited information about Rephrase’s AI avatars. After checking their website and other trusted sources, we couldn’t find any distinctive features to highlight.
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Explore Synthesia's 140+ Avatars
Synthesia comes with an ever-increasing set of diverse and professional avatars which you can use in your videos.
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Synthesia or Rephrase – which one offers better voices?
Both Synthesia and Rephrase offer text-to-speech voiceover generation. Synthesia offers support for 130+ languages, while Rephrase only supports 15+. Synthesia also offers the ability to upload a custom voiceover file and clone a voice to create text-to-speech voiceovers, while Rephrase does not currently offer this.
Synthesia offers auto-captioning, making it easy for users to generate captions for audio or video content. Rephrase does not specify if it offers auto-captioning or auto-translation as features.
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AI Voices in 130+ Languages
Need a realistic sounding voice or voice-over for your avatar? We've got you covered, with our wide range of languages and accents.
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Making videos with Rephrase
Rephrase's website does not provide a lot of information about the Rephrase Studio Platform or its features. Based on their promo video, the video editor is quite limited, with no options to add animations, transitions, screen recordings, or change aspect ratios.
The video rendering time could not be measured for Rephrase, as it is impossible to get access to the Studio Platform without talking to sales.
Making videos with Synthesia
Synthesia STUDIO, in turn, offers a lot of features that any modern video editor includes: a screen recorder, animations, transitions, PPT uploads, aspect ratios and video analytics.
Here's a brief overview of Synthesia STUDIO:
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Want to add multimedia?
Due to the lack of information or access to Rephrase's Studio Platform, it's unclear whether or not it features stock media, and how extensive the potential media library is.
In contrast, Synthesia offers a full range of media options: images, videos, music, stickers, GIFs, and option to upload your own media.
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Explore Synthesia's features
Synthesia STUDIO is a simple and intuitive video editor for modern video creators.
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Do both platforms offer templates?
Compared to Synthesia, Rephrase's video template selection is limited, offering only 8 pre-designed templates.
Synthesia also offers a custom brand template feature for enterprise clients. It's unclear whether or not Rephrase offers a similar solution.
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55+ Video templates
Synthesia comes with a large library of video templates which are professionally designed, fully customisable, and delightfully easy to use.
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Rephrase’s security & ethics
As of March 2023, Rephrase does not seem to moderate the content produced on the platform, which can lead to harmful uses of the technology, such as misinformation, disinformation, harassment, and more.
With regards to the security of the platform itself, Rephrase does not offer Single Sign-On (SSO), but is SOC 2 Type II compliant.
Synthesia’s security & ethics
In contrast, Synthesia has a strict content moderation policy (automated & manual), as well as SSO. The platform recently became SOC 2 Type II certified.
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Enterprise-grade security
Synthesia just became SOC2 Type II certified!
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How does the customer service compare?
Looking at the most trusted software rating platform (G2), ratings for Synthesia are excellent - 4.8/5 with 770+ reviews. Rephrase, however, does not currently have any.
With regards to customer support, Synthesia offers support for all users both by chat and email. We could not find any information about Rephrase's customer support.
Both Synthesia and Rephrase also have dedicated Customer Success Managers (CSMs) for Corporate/Pro plan users.
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Synthesia is the #1 rated AI video creation platform.
Synthesia is rated 4.8/5 on G2 with over 500 reviews.
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Other reasons to choose Synthesia
Synthesia is a comprehensive platform that offers a range of features, including a Knowledge Base for any questions about the platform, Synthesia Academy for simple tutorials and beginner courses with in-house L&D experts, and Integrations with 35+ tools.
Additionally, Synthesia recently launched an Examples page, that showcases real examples of videos made in Synthesia. The video can be cloned and adjusted to individual needs. Lastly, you can find a list of Service Providers to help with your video needs.
Other reasons to choose Rephrase
In comparison, Rephrase has fewer features, not even a Knowledge Base to answer commonly asked questions. It does, however, have a few integrations.
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Try Synthesia for free
Make your free AI video and see how it works.
Fundamental AI research advantage
Being the oldest & biggest company in the space, we have a bigger AI dataset for training our models. Our focus in continually solving fundamental AI problems has a direct effect on STUDIO.
- $10M R&D investment in 2023
- Best lip sync & voice quality
- Largest team of AI researchers
Most trusted brand
As the leaders of the AI video generation space since 2017, we have strong ethics and content moderation policies. That is mirrored in our customer reviews.
- Human & machine moderation
- 4.8/5 960+ G2 reviews
- Strong moderation policies
Enterprise grade security
Synthesia is currently the only enterprise-ready AI video platform, with a dedicated security team, regular penetration tests and official accreditation to back this up.
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- GDPR compliant
- SOC 2 Type II compliant
Better video editing features
No need to use switch between tools to create a video. Synthesia has all the built-in tools a modern video creator may need.
Superior AI avatar quality
Better lip sync, more natural movements, diverse selection, no eerie uncanny valley feelings.
We might be biased, but our customers aren't. See what they have to say.
Having a presenter who can instantly say what you want to say (and in the way you want to say it) is invaluable. A remarkable new authoring tool, without a doubt.
Synthesia removes the skill and cost barriers in terms of voice acting and videography that's usually required to create talking-head training videos.
The user interface is intuitive, and it's easy to produce video content quickly. Also super easy to edit, change elements, and manipulate the script.
I don't need to record my videos to get a better effect on the video. I can shoot videos in multiple languages in minutes with an avatar.
It raises our content to the next level, helping us gain interest and engagement in our services. The speed of production and the fact that it only takes one person is a great cost reduction.
When creating courses with audio, if the narrator leaves the organization, we don't have to settle for two different voices or search for a similar voice. We can easily recreate all voiceovers with Synthesia.
What I don't like about Synthesia is when we use bullet points. The manual process of finding the timing to sync the screen text appearance with the avatar's speech is time consuming.
What I do not like so much is the editing of the avatar's pauses. In the area where you insert the text, there should be a menu bar that allows you to click on it and insert pauses or gestures.
The product is still in development, and as a user, I sometimes need to use creative workarounds. However, I do appreciate that I feel like Synthesia approaches this by making our company's needs part of further product developments.
Synthesia pricing:
Personal
10 video credits
$25/month
Enterprise
Custom credits
Custom price
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Frequently asked questions
Is there anything better than Synthesia?
Short answer: no, there is nothing better than Synthesia when it comes to similar AI video generation platforms. Synthesia is the leading platform in the space, with 500+ 4.8/5 reviews on G2 to back this up (more than any other AI video generator).
That being said, other AI video generators can have different features, so it's worth checking out this blog post to compare all AI video tools.
Is Synthesia.io good?
According to 500+ reviews on G2, Synthesia is rated 4.8 out of 5.
Is Synthesia AI free?
You can make a free demo video to test our AI generator (limited to 200 words). Simply upload or type in your script, and get your video.If you love the results, you can upgrade to our Personal pricing plan ($30/month) or contact us for a custom Corporate plan.
Does Synthesia cost money?
For Personal plan users, Synthesia costs $30 per month. The price for corporate plan users is customized according to the organisation's needs.
Does Synthesia have an app?
Synthesia.io does not currently have a desktop app. Synthesia STUDIO is a web-based application.
What does Synthesia.io do?
Synthesia.io is an AI video generation platform. It is used by 30,000+ companies to create videos with talking avatars from text in 130+ languages.
Who owns Synthesia?
Synthesia was founded in 2017 by Victor Riparbelli, Steffen Tjerrild, Prof. Matthias Niessner, and Prof. Lourdes Agapito.
