Synthesia is aimed at a narrower job than the general generators: turning a written script into a presenter-led video, usually for training, onboarding or internal comms.
Ten minutes a month is a real evaluation budget
The free plan is denominated in output minutes rather than clips or credits, which makes it unusually easy to reason about. Ten minutes a month is enough to produce a genuine first module and show it to the people who would have to sign it off, which is the actual test for this category.
The Starter plan card also displays a lower figure when the annual toggle is selected. The number on this profile is the one shown for monthly billing.