Clueso vs Synthesia

Video creation

Can I record my actual product or workflow?

Yes, with Clueso. Much harder with Synthesia.

Clueso is purpose-built for screen recordings. You record your on-screen product or process once, and Clueso turns it into a studio-quality walkthrough video. It improves your rough narration to auto-generate a polished, contextual script and keeps audio and video in sync — even if you edit the script or add clips later.

Synthesia is primarily built for avatar-led videos. While you can add screen recordings, the process is far more manual. It mainly transcribes what you say without improving it, so cleaning up the script, reworking scenes, and keeping audio and visuals aligned all require extra effort — especially if you’re not using an AI avatar.

Do I need to write a script before I start?

With Clueso, no. With Synthesia, it depends.

With Clueso, you can start by simply recording and explaining things in your own words — even if it’s clunky, meandering, or full of ums and aahs. Clueso improves that rough narration into a polished, structured script you can edit later, without worrying about timing or flow.

With Synthesia, the experience depends on how you’re creating the video. For avatar-led videos, you start with prompts or written text and Synthesia generates a well-rounded script. But if you’re working with a screen recording that already has narration, Synthesia mainly transcribes it and removes filler words. Any real script changes mean manually adjusting scenes and re-syncing audio and video.

Can I use AI avatars if I want to?

Yes — both offer high-quality avatars.

Both tools let you create videos with realistic, natural-sounding AI presenters with multiple personalities to choose from. The difference is how central avatars are to your video experience.

With Synthesia, avatars are the foundation. The platform is designed around scripted, presenter-led videos, making it an excellent choice for announcements, leadership messages, and training intros.

Clueso also offers AI equally high-quality avatars, but they’re optional by design. Clueso is built first for showing how products and processes work, with avatars used to add a human layer when helpful — not to replace real walkthroughs.

If your videos are primarily about delivering information, Synthesia is a great bet. If your videos are about helping people do something, Clueso is built for that.

What about AI voiceovers?

Both offer them, but Clueso gives you more control over tone and emotion.

Both tools support natural-sounding voices across multiple accents and languages to create professional videos.

With Clueso, voiceovers are designed to sound more human and expressive. You can fine-tune delivery using simple voice tags — adding pauses, emphasis, excitement, hesitation, or urgency — so the narration matches the moment. This is especially useful when the voice needs to carry emotion without relying on facial expressions.

With Synthesia, voiceovers can be adjusted, but fine-tuning tone pacing or emphasis usually takes extra effort.

If voice is doing the emotional heavy lifting in your videos, Clueso gives you more flexibility with less friction.

Do audio and visuals stay in sync when I edit?

Automatically in Clueso. Manually in Synthesia.

With Clueso, audio and video stay aligned by default. When you edit the script, trim clips, or add new sections, Clueso automatically re-syncs everything for you. You also get sync markers inside scenes, so you can fine-tune timing.

With Synthesia, syncing takes more hands-on work. If you change narration, adjust scenes, or mix in screen recordings, you’ll need to manually realign audio and visuals. The more edits you make, the more time goes into keeping things lined up.

Multi-language Translation

Clueso enables you to auto-translate both videos and written documentation in 40+ languages. It allows teams to localize tutorials and product guides in multiple formats at once.

Synthesia supports translation for videos only.

Can I turn one long recording into multiple short videos?

Yes, automatically with Clueso. Not with Synthesia.

With Clueso Cuts, you can record a long walkthrough once, or upload a pre-recored one, and Cluesp splits it into shorter, standalone videos automatically. Clueso also gives you pre-set options like splitting by topics, engaging moments, and time ranges — or you can give specific instructions for how you want clips created. This works particularly well for onboarding paths, course modules, SME content, and help center playlists.

With Synthesia, videos are created one at a time. There’s no way to record once and automatically break it into reusable segments.

If you regularly create long walkthroughs and need them reused across formats or journeys, Clueso saves you a lot of manual work.