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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (73.7% of reviews)
Small-Business (71.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 User
Free 3 Video Minutes Per Month
Otter.ai
Star Rating
(446)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (73.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 User
Browse all 4 pricing plansSynthesia
Star Rating
(2,468)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (71.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 3 Video Minutes Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansOtter.ai vs Synthesia
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Synthesia easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Synthesia overall.
- Otter.ai and Synthesia both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Synthesia is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Synthesia over Otter.ai.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Otter.ai
Basic
Free
1 User
For those who want to give it a try
- Zoom, MS Teams, and Google Meet
- AI Chat within and across meetings
- AI meeting workflows
Synthesia
Free
Free
3 Video Minutes Per Month
Explore our video communications platform for free
- 1 editor
- 9 AI avatars
- 140+ languages and voices
Free Trial
Otter.ai
Free Trial is available
Synthesia
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
374
8.7
2,122
Ease of Use
9.0
379
9.1
2,166
Ease of Setup
9.0
273
9.2
1,530
Ease of Admin
8.6
89
9.1
797
Quality of Support
8.4
240
8.9
1,750
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
82
8.9
747
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
363
9.6
2,112
Features by Category
Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Lead Facilitation
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.1
67
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.8
16
Not enough data
Organization
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
67
Not enough data
7.6
17
Not enough data
Performance Analysis
6.6
68
Not enough data
6.8
67
Not enough data
Sales Analysis
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.1
61
Not enough data
8.6
60
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Sales Assistant
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
11
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
8.2
11
Not enough data
8.3
12
Not enough data
8.5
11
Not enough data
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
9.3
5
Not enough data
AI - Business Instant Messaging
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Call Analytics
8.7
89
Not enough data
8.3
88
Not enough data
8.5
86
Not enough data
7.5
22
Not enough data
Agent Performance Management
7.7
74
Not enough data
8.7
82
Not enough data
8.6
81
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.7
78
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Conversation Intelligence
8.2
23
Not enough data
8.2
23
Not enough data
8.0
23
Not enough data
8.3
23
Not enough data
8.3
22
Not enough data
8.2
22
Not enough data
7.7
22
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.4
923
Not enough data
8.5
896
Not enough data
9.1
935
Platform Content
Not enough data
7.5
743
Not enough data
8.2
906
Not enough data
8.3
865
Not enough data
8.3
786
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
7.6
718
Not enough data
7.3
728
Not enough data
8.4
769
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Training & eLearning
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
7.4
32
Agentic AI - Course Authoring
Not enough data
7.5
23
Not enough data
7.8
25
Customization
Not enough data
8.9
96
Not enough data
7.9
84
Not enough data
7.5
72
Not enough data
8.0
84
Organization
Not enough data
7.8
83
Not enough data
8.1
82
Not enough data
7.6
79
Not enough data
7.5
73
Not enough data
7.2
75
Not enough data
7.8
74
Agentic AI - Video CMS
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Voice
8.5
184
Not enough data
8.0
195
Not enough data
Transcription
7.7
192
Not enough data
8.7
179
Not enough data
7.9
157
Not enough data
7.3
159
Not enough data
Editing
8.1
171
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
175
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Integration
7.9
156
Not enough data
7.6
52
Not enough data
8.3
168
Not enough data
7.8
149
Not enough data
8.0
159
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Transcription
8.4
50
Not enough data
8.2
49
Not enough data
7.9
48
Not enough data
Integration
Not enough data
7.8
545
Not enough data
7.5
547
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Speech Output
Not enough data
8.4
666
Not enough data
8.0
653
Not enough data
7.9
666
Not enough data
7.8
684
Not enough data
8.0
679
Not enough data
7.2
680
Not enough data
7.9
686
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Audio Format
Not enough data
8.1
694
Not enough data
7.7
616
Not enough data
7.7
596
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation
Not enough data
8.0
66
Not enough data
8.0
68
Not enough data
7.8
65
Not enough data
6.7
62
Not enough data
6.9
64
Software Delivery
Not enough data
6.1
62
Not enough data
7.0
61
Not enough data
6.8
59
Analytics
Not enough data
6.6
61
Not enough data
6.4
58
Not enough data
6.6
58
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Video Email
Not enough data
6.9
6
Platform Features
Not enough data
7.8
302
Not enough data
7.3
297
Not enough data
7.6
291
Not enough data
7.3
285
Not enough data
7.6
290
Not enough data
7.1
275
Organization
Not enough data
7.6
281
Not enough data
7.7
280
Not enough data
8.1
276
Customization
Not enough data
7.3
279
Not enough data
7.1
279
Not enough data
7.8
280
Analytics
Not enough data
7.0
272
Not enough data
7.1
260
Not enough data
7.1
266
Editing
Not enough data
7.6
385
Not enough data
8.3
426
Not enough data
8.0
432
Not enough data
7.5
401
Not enough data
7.9
370
Not enough data
7.8
410
Not enough data
8.6
441
Platform
Not enough data
8.6
409
Not enough data
8.4
427
Not enough data
8.0
360
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Video Editing
Not enough data
7.1
96
Not enough data
6.9
96
Not enough data
6.9
97
Not enough data
6.8
97
Audio
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Text
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
6.6
694
Publishing
Not enough data
7.8
706
Social Media
Not enough data
7.3
689
Planning
Not enough data
6.4
731
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.9
719
Not enough data
7.8
702
Not enough data
7.4
697
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
701
Agentic AI - Content Creation
Not enough data
6.7
65
Not enough data
6.4
66
Not enough data
6.1
68
Not enough data
6.5
70
Not enough data
6.6
70
Not enough data
6.4
69
Not enough data
6.7
68
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.5
781
Not enough data
8.4
765
Not enough data
7.6
747
Not enough data
8.4
754
Not enough data
7.8
735
Not enough data
8.3
790
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.9
729
Editing - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.1
770
Not enough data
8.5
773
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.3
757
Not enough data
8.0
738
Not enough data
7.3
712
Not enough data
7.9
720
Video creation - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.7
403
Not enough data
8.0
416
Not enough data
8.0
421
Not enough data
8.3
424
Not enough data
8.3
423
Not enough data
8.1
405
Not enough data
8.4
408
Not enough data
8.0
416
Not enough data
7.7
404
Distribution - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.3
380
Not enough data
7.7
385
Not enough data
8.5
402
Analytics - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.0
381
Not enough data
7.0
378
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.3
395
Not enough data
8.1
403
Integrations - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.9
387
Not enough data
7.6
383
Not enough data
7.0
365
Other - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.5
384
Not enough data
7.4
383
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
6.8
88
Not enough data
6.3
88
Meeting Prep - AI Meeting Assistants
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Meeting Automation - AI Meeting Assistants
8.9
178
Not enough data
8.0
175
Not enough data
8.4
176
Not enough data
Meeting Insights - AI Meeting Assistants
8.0
169
Not enough data
7.7
169
Not enough data
8.7
174
Not enough data
Accessibility - AI Meeting Assistants
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
171
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Meeting Assistants
8.3
84
Not enough data
7.9
83
Not enough data
7.9
86
Not enough data
8.0
83
Not enough data
Voice cloning - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
7.1
21
Not enough data
7.7
20
Not enough data
7.4
20
Agentic AI - Video Translation
Not enough data
7.4
20
Not enough data
7.4
21
Real-time preview - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
7.1
21
Security and Privacy - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
8.1
20
Not enough data
8.0
20
Output - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
7.5
21
Not enough data
8.0
20
Not enough data
8.3
21
Deployment & Integration - Voice Recognition
8.5
17
Not enough data
7.5
16
Not enough data
8.5
17
Not enough data
8.9
17
Not enough data
Performance Optimization - Voice Recognition
8.0
17
Not enough data
8.6
16
Not enough data
8.1
16
Not enough data
8.0
15
Not enough data
8.8
15
Not enough data
Security & Compliance - Voice Recognition
8.7
15
Not enough data
8.6
15
Not enough data
8.6
15
Not enough data
Advanced AI & Biometric Features - Voice Recognition
7.7
15
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
8.1
16
Not enough data
7.2
16
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Voice Recognition
8.4
15
Not enough data
Text to Video Generation
Not enough data
8.2
98
Emotion and Gesture control
Not enough data
7.4
98
Real-time rendering
Not enough data
8.0
96
Live streaming
Not enough data
6.7
93
Script-based automation
Not enough data
8.1
96
Video Creation
Not enough data
8.3
99
Not enough data
8.0
99
Not enough data
7.5
93
Not enough data
8.1
93
Not enough data
8.2
93
Not enough data
8.4
93
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.0
93
Editing
Not enough data
8.0
94
Not enough data
8.2
94
Storage & Management
Not enough data
7.4
88
Not enough data
7.8
87
Not enough data
7.8
89
Not enough data
8.2
86
Agentic AI - Note-Taking Software
9.0
28
Not enough data
Action Item Detection - AI Note-taking Software
8.5
63
Not enough data
8.9
63
Not enough data
Automatic Transcription - AI Note-taking Software
8.7
65
Not enough data
Collaboration & Sharing - AI Note-taking Software
8.3
61
Not enough data
Language & Accent Support - AI Note-taking Software
7.6
62
Not enough data
Multi-Platform Integration - AI Note-taking Software
7.8
63
Not enough data
Privacy & Security Controls - AI Note-taking Software
8.1
59
Not enough data
Searchable Note Archives - AI Note-taking Software
8.2
63
Not enough data
Speaker Identification - AI Note-taking Software
7.9
65
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Otter.ai and Synthesia share no categories
Unique Categories
Otter.ai is categorized as Transcription, AI Note-Taking Software, Business Instant Messaging, Conversation Intelligence, AI Sales Assistant, Note-Taking Software, Voice Recognition, and AI Meeting Assistants
Synthesia is categorized as Video Translation, Video Content Creation, AI Video Generators, Video Communications, Video Email, Text to Speech, Content Creation, Video CMS, Video Editing, Presentation, Course Authoring, and AI Avatar Generators
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Otter.ai
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Synthesia
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
11.4%
Computer Software
11.4%
Consulting
7.1%
Information Technology and Services
7.1%
Higher Education
5.0%
Other
58.1%
Computer Software
8.8%
E-Learning
7.2%
Information Technology and Services
6.8%
Marketing and Advertising
6.2%
Consulting
5.6%
Other
65.4%
Discussions
What is Otter.ai used for?
2 Comments
AN
TranscriptionRead more
What does otter AI do?
2 Comments
FT
Otter.ai is an artificial intelligence transcription service that automatically creates text transcriptions of online meetings and audio recordings.Read more
Custom vocabulary
1 Comment
RD
Hello! I wanted to let you know that Equal Time (www.equaltime.io) offers Custom vocab (up to 1000 words or phrases). So you can add special tango terms as...Read more
Is there a way to see the result of the video before generating it?
3 Comments
SV
Not for now.Read more
Is there a way to have the avatars laugh?
2 Comments
DC
Hey Dwight!
This sounds like a really interesting use case, and I can definitely understand the need for a way to bring more emotion into the...Read more
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