# Synthesys review (2026): is it worth $20 a month, billed yearly? > AI voice generator and video agent for marketing teams Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Synthesys began as a text to speech and avatar tool and now sells an AI video agent that turns a brief into finished ads and short videos. Its voice generator covers text to speech, voice design, cloning and speech to speech, all sold under one credit-based subscription. - **Category:** AI Voices & Text to Speech - **Made by:** Nouveau Media Ltd - **Website:** https://synthesys.io - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want to try it first, because there is no free plan or trial. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Synthesys is a paid product, starting at $20 per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | $20 per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly) | 3,500 credits a month, 1 seat and 1 autopilot worker, with full commercial rights. Billed $240 a year. | | Pro | $41 per month, billed annually ($59 billed monthly) | 8,000 credits, 2 seats, 3 autopilot workers and a Brand Kit. Billed $492 a year. | | Agency | $83 per month, billed annually ($119 billed monthly) | 17,000 credits, 3 seats, 10 autopilot workers, ads library and social publishing. Billed $996 a year. | | Max | $139 per month and up, billed annually ($199 billed monthly) | From 30,000 credits and 5 seats; steps up to 250,000+ credits and 15 seats, with an account manager. | Read from https://synthesys.io/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Synthesys before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Yearly billing saves 30%** (Annual discount): Yearly billing is shown at $20, $41, $83 and $139 a month on Starter, Pro, Agency and Max, against $29, $59, $119 and $199 billed monthly. Source: https://synthesys.io/pricing/ ## Key features - **Text to speech library:** The voice generator page lists 400+ voices in 140+ languages, with a voiceover studio of 20 narrators. - **Voice design and cloning:** Describe a voice to generate it from scratch, or clone one from about 10 seconds of audio. - **Speech to speech:** Converts a recording into another voice while keeping the original emotion, and lets you remix the style of generated audio. - **Video agent:** Takes a brief or product URL and produces a finished video in 11 formats, from UGC ads to TV commercials. - **Brand Kit and publishing:** Pro adds a Brand Kit; Agency adds a winning-ads library and scheduled publishing to TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. ## Good for - Marketers who want voiceover and video ads from one subscription - Small teams producing ads weekly on a credit budget - Agencies needing several seats and scheduled posting ## Worth knowing - The pricing page lists no free plan or trial; plans are paid from the start. - Refunds are limited to 3 days after purchase and to accounts that used no more than 25% of their credits. - Plans are measured in credits that video and image generation spend; the page says voiceover and music never cost credits. - The product's focus has moved toward video ads, so voice-only buyers pay for tools they may not use. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Synthesys sells an AI voice generator and a video agent for marketing teams, from $20 a month billed yearly. There is no free plan or trial. Refunds stop after 3 days, and the product has moved toward video ads, so voice-only buyers pay for tools they may not use. - **Value for money: C.** Starter is $20 a month yearly ($29 monthly) for 3,500 credits and one seat. That is in the dearer quarter of the category, and Pro is $41 and Agency $83. - **Free plan and trial: F.** Nothing free. The pricing page lists no plan or trial, and refunds apply only within 3 days and if you used no more than 25% of your credits. - **Features: C.** Voiceover and music cost no credits, while video and image generation spend them, with brand kits, autopilot workers and social publishing on higher plans. A marketing job more than a voice job. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Credits and autopilot workers mean there is something to learn. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with TikTok, Instagram and Facebook publishing listed. No apps. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Nouveau Media Ltd's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI voice generators - Synthesys's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 5 of the 72 other AI voice generators we grade, and level with 9. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 39 of 72) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $20 a month, against a middle price of $9.99 for the category: 38 of the 50 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 10 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-voices ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Synthesys you would be making a voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 58 of the 72 other AI voice generators grade higher. It costs $240 a year. - You could not: A voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make. - You could not: A voice model trained on your recordings. - You could not: A video model, which you can rent by the second but not make. - You could not: An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with TikTok, Instagram, Facebook **Tags:** Text to speech, Voice cloning, Video generation, AI agents, AI features ## Alternatives - [ElevenLabs](https://toolgpa.com/tools/elevenlabs): AI voice platform for speech, voice cloning, dubbing and voice agents. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/elevenlabs-vs-synthesys) - [Murf](https://toolgpa.com/tools/murf): AI voiceover studio with dubbing, translation and a speech API. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/murf-vs-synthesys) - [Fliki](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fliki): AI video and voiceover maker with voice cloning in 80+ languages. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fliki-vs-synthesys) - [Typecast](https://toolgpa.com/tools/typecast): AI voice generator with emotion controls, voice cloning and video. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/synthesys-vs-typecast) - [WellSaid](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wellsaid): AI voiceover studio with voices licensed from paid voice actors. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/synthesys-vs-wellsaid) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://synthesys.io/pricing/ - https://synthesys.io/ai-voice-generator/ - https://synthesys.io/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/synthesys Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).