# Articulate vs Synthesia vs Quinn

*Last reviewed November 4, 2026 by the Quinn implementation team*

**Articulate, Synthesia, or Quinn for building training?** They do different jobs. Articulate designs interactive courses. Synthesia produces AI avatar video from scripts. Quinn creates training from your SOPs, adds practice like roleplays and simulations, and delivers and tracks it by text. Which you need depends on which jobs your team already has covered.

When teams decide to build their own training, these are the tools they compare. Most programs need several jobs done, and no two of these tools do the same ones.

One training lead who had used Rise told us: "I see this way better than Rise. We've been looking for the role play. I love the audio part."

> The short version: Articulate designs courses. Synthesia produces video. Quinn runs the training program.

## At a glance

| Job | Articulate | Synthesia | Quinn |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Design interactive content | Yes, with full design control | Not the focus | Built from your SOPs with AI, or by Quinn's team |
| Produce video | Import your own | AI avatar video from scripts | Uses your existing videos, plus AI avatar presenters |
| Practice | Quizzes, branching, and interactions | Interactive quizzes and branching in video | AI voice roleplays and scenarios |
| Deliver and track | Export to an LMS | Share, embed, or export to an LMS | By text, with assessment scores and practice results |

## Which setup fits

- **You have designers and an LMS.** Articulate may cover your content. Quinn adds practice and field delivery.
- **You need polished video at scale.** Synthesia makes it. Something still has to deliver it and check what stuck.
- **You have neither a design team nor an LMS.** Quinn covers creation, delivery, and tracking in one place.

## From SOP to results

- **1. One SOP:** The document you already have.
- **2. The Quinn course:** Built from it, with a voice roleplay.
- **3. Assigned by text:** With results for each person.

## Where teams get stuck

- **"Rise is very limiting."** That's from a training lead. Every course is a build project.
- A video explains the job. It doesn't check what someone learned.
- **Content tools still need somewhere to run.** Delivery, reminders, and tracking live in another system.

**The payoff:** fewer tools to stitch together, so training launches without a production team.

## Questions to ask in your evaluation

- “Which of these jobs does our team already cover?”
- “Who builds and updates each course?”
- “Where does it live, and how do you see who finished and how they did?”

## Bring one SOP

We'll show you the course Quinn builds from it, next to what you'd build yourself. [Book a demo](/book-demo)

*Articulate, Rise, and Storyline are trademarks of Articulate Global, LLC. Synthesia is a trademark of Synthesia Limited. Quinn is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.*