Hedra vs Sync Labs (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Hedra and Sync Labs share a 1.8 GPA, neither has a free plan, and Sync Labs starts cheaper, at $5 a month against $20 a month.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Sync Labs
AI lip sync and visual dubbing models, in a studio app and API
Which one is for you
Pick Hedra if
- Fits if you make short character or talking-head videos in a browser
- Works for developers who want hosted models over an API
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan, because there isn't one
- Pricey if you only need a few clips, as Basic is $20 a month with 2,000 credits and slower generations
- Watch out: monthly credits don't roll over, though credit-pack balances don't expire
- Watch out: the main site now talks about research and infrastructure, and Play sits on its own pricing page
Pick Sync Labs if
- Fits if you edit video and need the speaker's mouth re-timed to new audio
- Works for developers who want lip sync behind an API
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free try, as there's no free plan and no trial
- Watch out: usage is billed per second on top of the plan fee
- Pricey if you want the newest model: sync-3 is $0.13325 a second at 25 FPS
- Watch out: the watermark stays until you reach Creator at $19 a month
- Tight on length: Hobbyist videos stop at 1 minute and run 3 jobs at a time
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAHedraWeak | 1.8GPASync LabsWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CBasic is $20 a month billed monthly for 2,000 credits, in the dearer half of the category's $10 to $15 range. | C$5 to $19 a month on the entry plans looks cheap, but usage is on top: $0.05 a second, $0.13325 a second for sync-3 and $6 a minute for dubbing. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan on the page. After cancelling you keep only limited, watermarked generations. | FNothing free on the pricing page: no plan and no trial. |
| Features | CPlay subscriptions with credits, plus model APIs and compute on the main site. The pricing page doesn't say which models or lengths each plan covers. | CLip sync models, dubbing, a studio app, an API and editor plugins. It does the lip sync job fully, which is a narrow job. |
| Ease of use | CA web studio metered in credits, so you have to work out what each clip costs. | CNo rating on record. The studio app is simple, but the API and plugins take setting up. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb studio, with model APIs for developers. No phone or desktop program. | BWeb studio, API with SDKs, plus Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and ComfyUI plugins. |
| Best for | talking-character video, on a monthly credit plan | lip sync and dubbing models through a studio app or API |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Hedra and Sync Labs. How we grade
Price against what you get
Hedra starts at $20 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Sync Labs starts at $5 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Sync Labs starts $15 a month lower. Of the other AI image and video generators on the chart, 43 score higher than Hedra for less, and 8 score higher than Sync Labs for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Sync Labs also covers text to speech and voice cloning.
At a glance
| Hedra | Sync Labs | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | $20 per month, billed monthly | $5 per month plus usage |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Hedra | Synchronicity Labs Inc. |
| Price read from | hedra.com | sync.so |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Hedra
- The main site has shifted to infrastructure and research; the Play studio sits on its own pricing page.
- Monthly credits do not roll over; credit-pack balances do not expire.
- After cancelling, only limited watermarked generations remain; a free plan was not listed.
Sync Labs
- Usage is billed on top of the plan fee; the lipsync-2 model is $0.05 a second on Hobbyist and Creator.
- Higher-quality models cost more: sync-3 is $0.13325 a second at 25 FPS on the entry plans.
- Removing the watermark needs the Creator plan or above.
- Dubbing is $6 a minute of audio on the entry plans, and text-to-speech is $0.24 a minute.
Key features
Hedra
- Play subscriptions
- Plans sell monthly credits for the Play studio, with faster generation on higher tiers.
- Model APIs
- A separate prepaid USD wallet pays for REST API and CLI usage; it is separate from Play credits.
- GPU compute
- Compute is priced per GPU-second, for example $0.001736 per second on an NVIDIA B200.
- Model Factory
- Custom model research engagements with forward-deployed researchers, priced per engagement.
Sync Labs
- Lip sync models
- The page lists sync-3, lipsync-2-pro, lipsync-2, lipsync-1.9.0 and react-1, each billed per frame.
- Visual dubbing
- Dubs audio into 29 languages; dubbing is billed per second of audio, separately from lip sync.
- Studio app
- A web app with a drop-in mode, an assistant mode and an advanced timeline.
- API, SDKs and plugins
- REST API and SDKs, plus Premiere, DaVinci Resolve and ComfyUI plugins.
- Watermark check
- A verify tool checks whether a video was modified with Sync's technology.
Plans
Hedra
Basic$20
per month, billed monthly
2,000 credits a month, slower generations and commercial use.
Pro$50
per month, billed monthly
7,200 credits a month, faster generation and commercial use.
Teams$75
per month, billed monthly
14,400 credits a month, fastest generation and teams plan access.
Ultra$100
per month and up, billed monthly
18,000 credits a month; allowances up to 57,600 credits a month.
EnterpriseCustom
Dedicated support, private deployments and SSO; sold through sales.
Sync Labs
Hobbyist$5
per month, plus $0.05 per second of lipsync-2 video
Videos up to 1 minute, 3 jobs at a time, 3 cloned voices and API access.
Creator$19
per month, plus $0.05 per second of lipsync-2 video
Videos up to 5 minutes, 10 jobs at a time, no watermark and 5 cloned voices.
Growth$49
per month, plus $0.0475 per second of lipsync-2 video
Videos up to 10 minutes, 20 jobs at a time, 5% off usage and 3 seats included; extra seats are $25 a month.
Scale$249
per month, plus $0.04 per second of lipsync-2 video
Videos up to 30 minutes, 50 jobs at a time, 20% off usage, 5 seats and a batch API.
EnterpriseCustom
Sold through sales.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Hedra or Sync Labs?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Sync Labs is cheaper to start with: $5 a month, against $20 a month for Hedra. Hedra starts at $20 per month, billed monthly, and Sync Labs starts at $5 per month plus usage.
Which has a free plan, Hedra or Sync Labs?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Hedra nor Sync Labs has a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.