Synthesia moves to credits, cuts free plan allowance by 58% to 500 a month
What happened
Between the Oct 1, 2026 and Oct 2, 2026 captures of Synthesia's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Pricing moved to a credit-based model: Creator renamed Pro with selectable credit-volume tiers, per-minute credit rates shown, and a new per-learner Roleplay seat add-on for any plan; Basic free plan monthly credits cut from 1,200 to 500; Pro yearly credit allotment rose from 44,000 to 72,000 credits/year. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change, limit decrease) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 22, 2026) lists Starter at $14 and Pro at $59.
It lands 4 days after Synthesia's previous change, "Synthesia slashes Basic plan's AI video assets from 25/mo to just 3" (Sep 28, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Synthesia decouples AI Dubbing, boosts Starter/Creator allowances up to 5x" (Sep 8, 2026), "Synthesia quadruples AI Dubbing minutes on Starter and Creator plans" (Sep 4, 2026) and "Synthesia: New 'Roleplay Sessions' AI coaching feature launched" (Jul 27, 2026). Synthesia has been tracked since 2024-11-16.
In the same window Runway, OpusClip and Descript also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Pro · PackagingPackage change
Pricing moved to a credit-based model: Creator renamed Pro with selectable credit-volume tiers, per-minute credit rates shown, and a new per-learner Roleplay seat add-on for any plan.
- Basic, Pro · Limit−58%1,200500
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | Packaging | Pricing moved to a credit-based model: Creator renamed Pro with selectable credit-volume tiers, per-minute credit rates shown, and a new per-learner Roleplay seat add-on for any plan. | Package change | |
| Basic, Pro | Limit | 1,200 | 500 | −58% |
Values as written on Synthesia's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Synthesia's pricing page (synthesia.io) from Oct 1, 2026 and Oct 2, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where basic, pro limit reads 1,200 and then 500.
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Synthesia, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 22, 2026packagingSynthesia cuts Syren promo credits to 1,000 on Basic and 1,500 on Starter and Pro
- Oct 10, 2026improvedSynthesia launches Syren AI video agent with 2,000 free credits for a month
- Oct 2, 2026packagingSynthesia moves to credits, cuts free plan allowance by 58% to 500 a month · this change
- Sep 28, 2026packagingSynthesia slashes Basic plan's AI video assets from 25/mo to just 3
- Sep 8, 2026improvedSynthesia decouples AI Dubbing, boosts Starter/Creator allowances up to 5x
- Sep 4, 2026improvedSynthesia quadruples AI Dubbing minutes on Starter and Creator plans
- Jul 27, 2026improvedSynthesia: New 'Roleplay Sessions' AI coaching feature launched
- Jul 20, 2026packagingSynthesia: 450+ free dubbing minutes promo (until Aug 15)
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changesQuestions about this change
Did Synthesia raise prices in October 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 1, 2026 and Oct 2, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change, limit decrease.
What changed on Synthesia's pricing page between Oct 1, 2026 and Oct 2, 2026?
Pricing moved to a credit-based model: Creator renamed Pro with selectable credit-volume tiers, per-minute credit rates shown, and a new per-learner Roleplay seat add-on for any plan; Basic, Pro limit: 1,200 → 500 (−58%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 1, 2026 and Oct 2, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Synthesia change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 5 other pricing-page changes for Synthesia in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Synthesia slashes Basic plan's AI video assets from 25/mo to just 3" on Sep 28, 2026; Synthesia has been tracked since 2024-11-16.