Arcads AI pricing, and an alternative without AI actors
Arcads doesn't publish its prices outside the app. Its help center says a talking-actor video costs 800 credits, so the Starter plan's 8,000 monthly credits make about 10 videos, and its 72-hour trial needs a card. ReelMade makes a video ad from your own website, with no actors, for $9.99 a video.
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What Arcads is
Arcads describes itself as a way to "create winning ads with AI": a library of 1,000+ AI actors (or your own) who deliver your script on camera, AI video models such as Seedance and Kling, image tools, and translation into more than 30 languages. It is built for performance marketers.
Our verdict
Arcads is a serious tool for teams that test many scripted UGC-style ads with realistic AI actors. It is a harder buy for a small business: the price is hidden until you are in the app, and the trial turns into a paid plan unless you cancel. If you don't have scripts and want your own products on screen, it is the wrong shape.
Arcads pricing
As listed on Arcads help: how pricing works, checked . Prices in US dollars.
| Plan | Price | What it buys |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | Not published | 8,000 credits a month, about 10 talking-actor videos; resets each month |
| Creator | Not published | 16,000 credits a month; resets each month |
| Pro | Not published | 48,000 credits a month; rolls over, extra use billed |
| Scale | Not published | 96,000 credits a month |
| Business | Not published | 192,000 credits a month |
- Free plan or trial
- No free plan. A 72-hour trial with 1,000 credits needs a card and becomes a Starter plan unless you cancel.
- What one ad costs
- At 800 credits a video, Starter's 8,000 credits make about 10 talking-actor videos (up to 2 minutes each) a month. Arcads doesn't publish the dollar price, so we can't give a price per video. Its help center says rates may vary by account, and yearly billing is 20% off.
ReelMade vs Arcads, side by side
| Topic | ReelMade | Arcads |
|---|---|---|
| Starts from | ReelMadeYour website: pages, photos, products and prices. You can add your own photos. | ArcadsA script and an AI actor, or ready-made ad presets. Its home page doesn't describe making an ad from a website link. |
| Who's on screen | ReelMadeNone. No AI avatars, actors or stock footage. | ArcadsAn AI actor: 1,000+ stock actors, or a custom actor for 1,600 credits. |
| Questions about your business | ReelMadeYes. Questions written for your business, each with our pick already chosen. | ArcadsYou write the script or start from a preset. |
| Languages | ReelMade94 voice-over languages | ArcadsMore than 30 languages |
| Price | ReelMade$9.99 a video, or plans from $19 a month for 4 videos (from $3.96 a video) | ArcadsNot published on its website: plans are priced inside the app. Starter includes 8,000 credits a month, Creator 16,000, Pro 48,000. A talking-actor video up to 2 minutes costs 800 credits. Yearly billing is 20% off. |
| Free tier | ReelMadeReading your site, the questions and the script are free. You pay only for a finished video; there is no free video. | ArcadsNo free plan. A 72-hour trial with 1,000 credits needs a card and becomes a Starter plan unless you cancel. |
| Output | ReelMadeA 9:16 video ad, 15 to 60 seconds, with voice-over, captions burned in and music, ready in about 10 minutes. A remake with your changes uses 1 video. | ArcadsTalking-actor videos up to 2 minutes, short AI video clips, image ads and captions. |
Arcads or ReelMade: which to pick
Pick Arcads when
- You want UGC-style ads with a realistic person talking to camera.
- You test many script variations a month and already write scripts.
- You need actor tools: custom actors, voice clones or translating an existing video.
Pick ReelMade when
- You don't have a script: we read your site and ask the questions that write it.
- You can see the price before you start, with no trial that turns into a plan.
- Your real food, rooms or products are on screen, not an AI actor.
- 94 voice-over languages, against Arcads' 30-plus.
Other Arcads alternatives
Compare every tool's price per video- CreatifyProduct link to video ad, usually with an AI actor. A free plan with 2 watermarked ads a month; paid plans from $15.
- HeyGenAI presenters and video translation. A free plan with 3 watermarked videos a month; paid plans from $29.
- ZeelyUGC-style avatar ads, image ads and campaign tools, on the web and in an app, from $29.95 a month in credits.
- TopviewAvatar and AI-generated video from a product URL or a script, edited on a canvas, on yearly plans from $36 a month.
Arcads questions
Arcads doesn't publish its prices on its website: arcads.ai/pricing returned a 404 when we checked, and plans are priced inside the app. Its help center lists the credits instead: Starter 8,000 a month, Creator 16,000, Pro 48,000, Scale 96,000 and Business 192,000, with 20% off for yearly billing.
Yes, for 72 hours, with 1,000 credits. Its help center says a card is required and the Starter plan starts automatically when the trial ends unless you cancel. There is no free plan.
About 10. A talking-actor video up to 2 minutes costs 800 credits, and Starter includes 8,000 credits a month. Starter and Creator credits reset each month and stop at the limit; Pro and up roll over and bill extra use.
Yes. ReelMade makes the ad from your own website: your photos, products and prices, with a voice-over and no one on camera. You see the price first: $9.99 a video, or from $3.96 on a plan.
Sources
Everything about Arcads on this page comes from its own public pages, read on the date above, unless a source is marked third party: Arcads home page, Arcads help: how pricing works. Prices and features change, so check there before you buy. Arcads is a trademark of its owner. ReelMade isn't affiliated with it. Spot something out of date? Email us and we fix it.
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