Colossyan

Colossyan makes training videos with an AI presenter. Paste a script or upload a PDF, Word document or PowerPoint, and it builds scenes with an avatar reading your content, slides, captions and background music. You can add quizzes and branching choices, translate the whole video into dozens of languages, and export it as a SCORM package that drops straight into your learning management system.

Pick it over Synthesia or HeyGen when the video is for staff learning rather than marketing. The interactive quizzes, branching scenarios and SCORM export are built for L&D teams, and it handles conversation scenes with two avatars talking, which suits customer service and sales role-plays. HeyGen tends to look more lifelike for social and sales videos, and Synthesia has the bigger avatar library and company behind it.

The catch: the avatars still look like avatars, with stiff gestures and occasional odd lip-sync. Video minutes on the paid plan are tight for a busy training team, and the free plan watermarks exports and skips SCORM. Some reviewers mention slowdowns on long projects.

• L&D teams
• HR managers
• Compliance officers
• Training companies
• Customer success teams

HR, L&D and compliance teams who need to produce and update training videos without a film crew.

• Document to video

  Upload a PDF, Word document or PowerPoint and it turns the content into scenes with a script.

• AI presenters

  Pick from a library of avatars or make a custom one, including two-avatar conversation scenes.

• Quizzes and branching

  Add questions and choose-your-path scenarios so learners interact instead of just watching.

• SCORM export

  Export a package that loads into most learning management systems with completion tracking.

• One-click translation

  Translate the script, voice and captions into dozens of languages and keep versions in sync.

• Voice cloning and brand kits

  Clone a voice and apply your fonts, colours and logo across videos.

• Starter

  Free

  Testing it on a pilot module.

  • About 20 minutes of standard avatar video a month
  • One editor
  • 15 auto-translations a month
  • No SCORM export
• Our pick

  Professional

  $59/mo billed yearly, plus $30/mo per extra editor

  A small training team producing videos most months.

  • 30 minutes standard and 10 minutes of newest avatar video a month
  • 5 SCORM exports a month
  • Up to 3 editors
  • More custom avatars and voice clones

• Enterprise

  Custom

  Organisations with large training libraries.

  • Unlimited video minutes and SCORM exports
  • Unlimited avatars, voices and translations
  • Custom editor seats and limits

Prices in USD unless noted, checked 22 October 2026. Vendors change plans often, so confirm on their site before you buy.

Ways Colossyan can slot into your week.

1. 1

   Refresh compliance training

   Upload the updated policy document and regenerate the video instead of reshooting it every year.

2. 2

   Onboard staff in several countries

   Make the induction video once in English and translate it for each office.

3. 3

   Practise customer conversations

   Build a branching scenario where staff choose how to handle an upset customer and see the outcome.

4. 4

   Turn a slide deck into a course

   Import a training PowerPoint and add a presenter, narration and a quiz at the end.

It feeds finished modules into your LMS through SCORM and has an API for teams that generate videos at scale. Use it for staff training and keep HeyGen or Synthesia for customer-facing video if you need both.

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