Imaginode vs Synthesia: $2.90 a minute or 31 cents for five seconds
An alternative to Synthesia for videos without a presenter: Imaginode bills per generation, with no seats and no minutes. Synthesia bills avatars by the minute.
Competitor data verified on August 20, 2026
Frank HoubreFounder of Imaginode
Recorded at Synthesia on August 20, 2026
- Free : Free
- Starter : $29/month
- Creator : $89/month
Our pricing, same day
- Starter : $17/month900 credits/month
- Creator : $55/month3,100 credits/month
- Studio : $188/month10,500 credits/month
Synthesia is the tool of training and internal communications teams: a professional avatar, a script, subtitles, a clean render in minutes. Its strength is enterprise reliability, not visual creativity.
The pricing is explicit: free with 10 watermarked minutes, Starter at $29 a month for 10 minutes, Creator at $89 for 30 minutes, enterprise on request. That works out to roughly $2.90 a finished minute, and billing is per editor seat, not per team.
Imaginode sells neither minutes nor seats: credits. Five seconds of generated video cost 26 credits on Kling 2.5 Turbo, and the same balance covers image, text and voice. The jobs differ, but cost per produced second compares line by line.
Job
Synthesia
Presenter avatar, training and internal communication
Imaginode
Generating video shots and images
Entry price
Synthesia
Free 10 watermarked minutes, Starter $29/month (10 minutes)
Imaginode
$17 excl. tax per month (900 credits) or a top-up from $7 with no subscription
Cost per minute
Synthesia
About $2.90 a finished minute, overage billed $2 to $5/min
Imaginode
About $3.72 a minute on Kling 720p, with no overage
Per-seat billing
Synthesia
Yes: every editor needs their own plan
Imaginode
No: one account, one balance
Languages
Synthesia
Dubbing and subtitles across a very large number of languages
Imaginode
Interface in five languages, synthetic voice for audio dressing
Credit lifetime
Synthesia
Monthly minutes do not roll over
Imaginode
Purchased credits never expire, monthly credits last the paid month
Failed generation
Synthesia
Minutes consumed
Imaginode
Credits refunded automatically
Synthesia pricing checked on 20 August 2026 against consistent third-party records. Prices in US dollars, excluding tax. Check synthesia.io.
When to choose Synthesia
- You produce corporate training with a presenter and multilingual subtitles.
- Your organisation requires a compliance framework and dedicated onboarding.
- You need a recurring avatar that embodies the brand.
When to choose Imaginode
- Your video shows a product, a place or a scene rather than a person speaking.
- Several of you produce and paying a seat each makes no sense.
- You want purchased credits that never expire and no overage billing.
- You mix image and video in the same project.
- You want to price before paying with the calculator.
Frequently asked questions
Can I make a training video with Imaginode?
You can produce the illustration shots, the visuals and the dressing. For a presenter speaking to camera, Synthesia or HeyGen remain the right tools.
Is Synthesia's free plan enough?
It carries a watermark and caps at ten minutes a month per the 20 August 2026 records.
What does a minute cost at Imaginode?
About $3.72 on Kling 720p, more or less depending on model and resolution. [The calculator](/calculator) has the detail.
Is Imaginode a good alternative to Synthesia?
For videos that show a product, a place or a scene, with no seats to pay and credits that never expire, yes. For corporate training with a presenter, multilingual subtitles and a compliance framework, Synthesia is the better choice: Imaginode makes no presenter avatars.
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