✓ What carries over
- Scripts import as text
- Brand colors/fonts re-create quickly
- Both support 100+ languages
Migration guide · Updated 2026-09-11
Switching from HeyGen to Synthesia.
Synthesia leads for corporate training/enterprise video with stronger compliance posture and templates; HeyGen often wins on avatar realism and social-content speed. Switch when your use case is internal comms at scale.
✗ What doesn't transfer
- Custom avatars must be re-recorded on Synthesia
- HeyGen's viral-style templates have no direct equivalent
- Video projects do not export between platforms
Do the math before cancelling anything
Synthesia's starter plan targets individual creators; enterprise seats cost more. Compare minutes-per-month against both official pricing pages before cancelling either.
Migrate one task, not your whole workflow
- Rebuild one real training video in Synthesia end to end.
- Get stakeholder sign-off on avatar quality before migrating a library.
- Export source scripts from HeyGen before cancelling.
| HeyGen | Synthesia | |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial score | 4.2/5 | 4.2/5 |
| Pricing model | Free + paid plans | Paid plans |
| Best fit | AI avatars, video localization, and presenter-style business videos | Enterprise training videos and AI avatar presentations |
| Full review | Read → | Read → |
Pricing changes often — every figure traces to the official vendor page dated on each linked review. Editorial scores are ours, not benchmarks.