Synthesia vs Colossyan:
cheaper start or SCORM on a self-serve plan

Price: Synthesia vs Colossyan

Synthesia has a cheaper entry. Starter costs $29 a month, or $18 a month billed yearly. Colossyan has no plan at that level: after the free Starter comes Professional at $89 a month, or $59 a month billed yearly.

At $89 a month billed monthly, both Pro plans cost the same. Billed yearly, Colossyan costs $59 a month and Synthesia Pro $64. Synthesia Pro gives about 60 minutes of video a month. Colossyan Professional gives 30 minutes on the NEO model and 10 on the newer NEO2.

Extra editors change the math. Colossyan adds editors at $30 a month each on a yearly plan, up to 3. Synthesia Starter and Pro have one editor, and more seats come with Enterprise.

Free plans compared

Synthesia Basic gives 10 minutes of video or dubbing a month and 9 avatars. Videos carry a watermark and can only be shared by link.

Colossyan Starter gives 20 minutes a month on NEO and half a minute on NEO2, the whole stock library and 15 custom avatars. Videos carry Colossyan branding, and a single video runs up to 20 minutes.

Training and LMS: SCORM, courses, security

Synthesia exports SCORM 1.2 and 2004 on Enterprise only. Colossyan includes 5 streaming SCORM exports a month on Professional. Enterprise adds unlimited streaming and self-contained packages.

Colossyan Learn builds courses from video, and course creation is unlimited on every plan, the free one included. Quizzes and branching come on 10 videos a month free, 15 on Professional. Synthesia puts branching on Pro and quizzes on Enterprise. Colossyan also turns PowerPoint and PDF files into videos on every plan.

Synthesia lists SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 27001, 27701 and 42001. Colossyan lists SOC 2 Type II and GDPR and hosts data on AWS in the EU and the US. Its security page names no ISO certificate.