I Kept ChatGPT and Quietly Dropped Synthesia

I don't read landing pages, so when both ChatGPT and Synthesia swore they were the answer I ran them on the same job instead.

ChatGPT handles long back-and-forth without losing the thread. What I didn't expect: writes first drafts faster than I can open a blank doc

Synthesia takes the other lane: dubs a clip into several languages from one script. keeps the avatar small so the uncanny edge stays off-screen

Neither is clean, though. ChatGPT the interactive UI only shows up on paid tiers for some accounts. And Synthesia custom avatars cost real money.

If you only read one line: skip to this.

Pick ChatGPT if you're someone who wants a fast, general-purpose writing and thinking partner. Pick Synthesia if you're an L&D team that ships internal video without a studio. I landed on ChatGPT for daily use and kept Synthesia for the one thing it does that the other can't.