# Arcads > AI actor video ads and product videos made from a script Arcads makes ads: it turns a script, a product photo or a prompt into UGC-style videos read by AI actors, product unboxings, app showcases, B-roll and static images, using models such as Seedance, Veo and Kling. It does not track competitors' ads or report on ad accounts. Plans are sold as monthly pools of credits, but dollar prices are shown only inside the app. - **Category:** Ad Creative & Reporting - **Made by:** FRESHR SAS - **Website:** https://www.arcads.ai - **Runs on:** Web - **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026 ## Pricing Arcads's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Ways to pay less - **20% off with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Arcads' pricing help article says plans are billed monthly or yearly, and yearly billing is 20% off. Source: https://help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17595066-how-does-arcads-pricing-work ## Key features - **AI actors:** Talking-actor videos up to 2 minutes from a library of 1,000+ AI actors based on consenting real actors, or a private custom actor or clone of yourself. - **Video and image models:** Generates clips with Seedance, Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0 and others, and images with Nano-Banana, GPT Image and Seedream, all from one credit balance. - **Product and app videos:** Turns a product photo into a first-person unboxing or an app screenshot into an app showcase video. - **Translation and editing:** Translates videos with lip sync into 176 language and accent options, and adds captions, overlays, trims, resizes and upscales. - **Workflows and Mark:** Workflows make a whole batch in one run, such as one script across 10 actors in 2 languages; Mark is an AI agent briefed in plain language. - **API and MCP:** A public API on Pro and above, and an MCP server for using Arcads from Claude or ChatGPT. ## Good for - App and e-commerce marketers testing many UGC-style video ads - Agencies making ads in several languages from one script - Teams that want video ads without filming or hiring creators ## Worth knowing - Dollar prices are not published outside the app; plans run Starter (8,000 credits a month), Creator, Pro, Scale and Business (192,000), with yearly billing 20% off. - Starter and Creator stop generating at the credit limit and reset monthly; Pro and up roll credits over and bill extra use on the next invoice. - A talking-actor video costs 800 credits and a Veo 3.1 clip 800; Arcads says it tests other rates, so accounts may differ. - The API, team seats, custom actors and ElevenLabs voices start on Pro. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. Arcads turns a script or a product photo into UGC-style video ads read by AI actors, with unboxings, app showcases and translation into 176 language and accent options. It only makes ads: no rival tracking and no reports. And its dollar prices only show inside the app, so you can't compare before signing up. - **Value for money: C.** No dollar price is on record: Arcads shows prices only inside the app, so this is the ordinary grade for a missing price, not a judgment. What's known is that Starter gives 8,000 credits a month, a talking-actor video costs 800, and yearly billing is 20% off. - **Free plan and trial: D.** No free plan. A 72-hour trial with 1,000 credits needs a card, and Starter monthly begins by itself unless you cancel. That's short, and the price isn't published outside the app. - **Features: C.** 1,000+ AI actors, custom actors, video and image models such as Veo 3.1 and Kling 3.0, unboxings, app showcases, translation with lip sync and batch workflows. It does the making fully, but that's one job: no rivals' ads, no reports on your accounts. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. Writing a script and picking an actor is simple, but credits vary by model and Arcads says rates may differ by account, so working out what a video costs takes care. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, and it doesn't connect to any ad account. Its links are ElevenLabs voices and an MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT, and the API only comes on Pro and above. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Arcads's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among ad creative and reporting tools - Arcads's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 0 of the 11 other ad creative and reporting tools we grade, and level with 1. - It stands best on value for money (C, above 2 of 11) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ad-tools ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Arcads you would be making a video model, which you can rent by the second but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 10 of the 11 other ad creative and reporting tools grade higher. - You could not: A video model, which you can rent by the second but not make. - You could not: An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. - You could not: An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. - You could not: Ad images and videos made to each network's sizes. - You could not: It plugs into other products, ElevenLabs, Claude and ChatGPT among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with ElevenLabs, Claude, ChatGPT **Tags:** Ad creative, Video generation, Image generation, AI agents, Public API ## Alternatives - [Creatify](https://toolgpa.com/tools/creatify): AI video ads with AI actors, made from a product link. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/arcads-vs-creatify) - [AdCreative.ai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/adcreative-ai): AI ad banners, product photos and video ads, with creative scoring. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/adcreative-ai-vs-arcads) - [HeyGen](https://toolgpa.com/tools/heygen): AI video generator with realistic avatars and video translation. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/arcads-vs-heygen) - [Superads](https://toolgpa.com/tools/superads): Creative analytics across Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn and Google Ads. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/arcads-vs-superads) - [Predis.ai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/predis-ai): AI ads, videos and social posts, with scheduling and rival ad tracking. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/arcads-vs-predis-ai) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026: - https://www.arcads.ai/ - https://help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17595066-how-does-arcads-pricing-work - https://help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17350051-arcads-faq - https://help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17594889-what-is-arcads - https://www.arcads.ai/terms Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/arcads Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).