Synthesia is an AI video platform focused on avatar presenters, translated training content, screen recordings, and template-driven business videos.
Starting May 2026, YouTube moves AI labels to prominent positions and begins auto-detecting photorealistic AI content. A pre-upload checklist for teams using Sora, Runway, Google Flow, or Synthesia.
A practical Sora alternatives guide for teams choosing between Runway, Google Flow, Synthesia, and HeyGen after the March 13, 2026 Sora 1 sunset in the U.S. and the current Sora 2 app and API rollout.
Updated for 2026-03-30: a practical guide to Sora, Runway, Google Flow, Kling, Luma Dream Machine, Pika, Synthesia, Vidu, PixVerse, Hailuo AI, HeyGen, and Dreamina (Seedance 2.0). Now includes OpenAI's announcement that Sora will be fully discontinued (app on April 26, API on September 24), and ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 limited global rollout via CapCut.