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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (88.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (71.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free 3 Video Minutes Per Month
Renderforest
Star Rating
(443)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (88.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 4 pricing plansSynthesia
Star Rating
(2,444)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 plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Renderforest excels in its templates, with a rating of 9.4, making it easy for small businesses to create visually appealing content quickly. In contrast, Synthesia's templates received a slightly lower rating of 8.2, which some users feel limits their creative options.
- Reviewers mention that Renderforest's ease of use is a standout feature, scoring 9.5, which is particularly beneficial for users who may not have extensive technical skills. On the other hand, Synthesia, while still user-friendly with a score of 9.1, has been noted by some users as having a steeper learning curve due to its advanced features.
- G2 users highlight Renderforest's superior quality of support, with a score of 9.6, indicating that users feel well-supported during their content creation process. Conversely, Synthesia's support, rated at 9.0, is still commendable but has received feedback suggesting that response times could be improved.
- Users on G2 report that Renderforest's audio mixing capabilities are rated at 8.3, which allows for a more polished final product. In comparison, Synthesia's audio mixing features received a lower score of 7.6, leading some users to feel that the audio quality could be enhanced.
- Reviewers mention that Synthesia shines in its AI text-to-speech functionality, scoring 8.4, which is praised for its natural-sounding voices. Renderforest, while offering text-to-speech, has a lower score of 7.2, indicating that users may find Synthesia's audio output more appealing.
- Users say that Renderforest's video creation tools are robust, with a score of 8.4, allowing for a variety of content types. In contrast, Synthesia's video creation tools, while effective, received a score of 7.7, leading some users to feel that Renderforest offers more versatility in this area.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Renderforest
Forever Free
Free
Start growing your business by creating HD720 videos, branding, presentations, and graphics.
- HD videos with Renderforest watermark
- 3 mins video duration
- 10 min text-to-speech
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
Renderforest
No trial information availableSynthesia
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
331
8.7
2,110
Ease of Use
9.4
334
9.1
2,154
Ease of Setup
9.4
111
9.2
1,518
Ease of Admin
9.6
98
9.1
792
Quality of Support
9.6
315
8.9
1,741
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.4
98
9.0
743
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
313
9.6
2,100
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
Platform Basics
8.6
49
8.4
922
8.7
49
8.5
895
9.2
51
9.1
934
Platform Content
7.9
41
7.5
742
8.4
53
8.2
905
8.2
51
8.3
864
8.3
41
8.3
785
Platform Additional Functionality
Feature Not Available
7.6
717
8.4
41
7.3
727
8.8
43
8.4
768
Generative AI
8.0
16
Feature Not Available
8.2
16
Feature Not Available
8.4
16
Feature Not Available
7.8
15
Feature Not Available
7.4
15
Feature Not Available
7.6
16
Feature Not Available
7.5
16
Feature Not Available
Training & eLearning
Not enough data
9.1
35
Not enough data
7.4
32
Agentic AI - Course Authoring
Not enough data
7.5
23
Not enough data
7.7
24
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
Integration
Not enough data
7.8
543
Not enough data
7.5
546
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Speech Output
Not enough data
8.4
665
Not enough data
8.0
652
Not enough data
7.9
665
Not enough data
7.8
683
Not enough data
8.0
678
Not enough data
7.2
678
Not enough data
7.9
684
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
690
Not enough data
7.7
615
Not enough data
7.7
595
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
Design
9.4
12
Not enough data
8.8
12
Not enough data
8.8
12
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
9.7
12
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
8.6
11
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
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
8.4
40
7.6
384
8.6
36
8.3
425
9.0
45
8.0
430
8.2
39
7.5
399
8.7
36
7.9
368
8.8
44
7.8
408
8.6
42
8.6
439
Platform
9.0
42
8.6
407
9.0
43
8.4
425
9.1
36
8.0
359
Generative AI
8.5
14
Feature Not Available
8.1
15
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Video Editing
Not enough data
7.1
95
Not enough data
6.9
95
Not enough data
6.9
96
Not enough data
6.8
96
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
705
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
700
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
7.8
12
Not enough data
7.8
12
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Animation
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
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.5
777
Not enough data
8.4
763
Not enough data
7.6
747
Not enough data
8.4
751
Not enough data
7.8
732
Not enough data
8.3
784
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.9
729
Editing - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.1
767
Not enough data
8.5
772
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.3
756
Not enough data
8.0
737
Not enough data
7.3
712
Not enough data
7.9
719
Video creation - Video Content Creation
7.2
17
7.7
403
6.6
17
8.0
416
8.5
18
8.0
421
8.5
18
8.3
423
8.1
17
8.3
423
8.0
17
8.1
405
6.4
17
8.4
408
8.0
18
8.0
416
7.4
17
7.7
404
Distribution - Video Content Creation
7.1
17
7.3
380
6.8
17
7.7
385
8.7
17
8.5
402
Analytics - Video Content Creation
7.4
17
7.0
381
7.0
17
7.0
378
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
6.7
17
7.3
395
8.4
18
8.1
402
Integrations - Video Content Creation
8.1
17
7.9
387
8.0
17
7.6
383
7.9
17
7.0
365
Other - Video Content Creation
7.1
17
7.5
384
7.2
17
7.4
383
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
6.8
88
Not enough data
6.3
88
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
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
95
Video Creation
Not enough data
8.3
97
Not enough data
8.0
98
Not enough data
7.5
93
Not enough data
8.1
92
Not enough data
8.1
92
Not enough data
8.4
93
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.0
93
Editing
Not enough data
8.0
93
Not enough data
8.2
93
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
Customizations
9.4
17
Not enough data
9.2
17
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.1
15
Not enough data
Growth
8.5
13
Not enough data
8.1
13
Not enough data
8.8
15
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
14
Not enough data
Content
8.9
15
Not enough data
8.8
15
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
Support
9.6
17
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
Renderforest and Synthesia are categorized as Video Editing, Presentation, and Video Content Creation
Unique Categories
Synthesia is categorized as Video Translation, AI Video Generators, Video Communications, Video Email, Text to Speech, Content Creation, Video CMS, Course Authoring, and AI Avatar Generators
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Renderforest
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
11.0%
Information Technology and Services
6.6%
Music
5.6%
Entertainment
4.2%
Animation
4.0%
Other
68.6%
Computer Software
8.7%
E-Learning
7.2%
Information Technology and Services
6.8%
Marketing and Advertising
6.3%
Consulting
5.6%
Other
65.4%
Discussions
Can I built a similar website to Renderforest for myself?
3 Comments
AS
dont understand that Question!Read more
Good morning! I have 2 questions: One about a company water mark and a second about font
2 Comments
FM
all the l dont have anything to worry about with the water markRead more
Is there a way to move around logo and tagline in video? Change placement?
2 Comments
TK
The logo will be in fixed position as in each animation. It can not move or tilt or making any custom movement. About the tagline, you can change it with...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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