Arcads alternative
An AI ad studio known for its talking AI actors, with video models, translation and an agent that builds ads, made for performance marketers.
Prices checked on , from the company's own pages, or dated reports where it publishes none. Prices in this market change often, so check before you buy. See the sources
Arcads at a glance
| Cheapest plan | Not published: Arcads shows prices only inside the app. Starter is reported at $77 a month, shown as 30% off $110, for 8,000 credits. |
|---|---|
| Free plan | None listed. A 72-hour trial with 1,000 credits needs a card, and Starter begins on its own unless you cancel. |
| A 5-second video | Seedance 2.5 at 720p: 210 credits, about $2.02 to $2.89 at the reported Starter prices. A talking-actor video: 800 credits, about $7.70 to $11. |
| Failed renders | Refunded automatically, according to Hermoso. A new attempt at a finished video is charged in full. |
| Best for | Performance marketers who need many talking-actor ads in many languages. |
What Arcads does well
- A library of more than 1,000 AI actors, and your own avatar on the higher plans.
- Video models such as Seedance, Veo and Kling next to the actors, on one credit balance.
- Workflows, a shared canvas that chains its tools, from the Creator plan.
- Translation into more than 30 languages, and an agent, Mark, with an MCP connection on every plan.
Which one should you pick?
Pick Arcads if
- You want talking AI actors, in many languages.
- Your budget is built for dozens of ad tests a month.
- You run a team and want shared workflows and an API.
Pick Cirrela if
- You want to see the price first: Cirrela's plans are public, Arcads shows its own only inside the app.
- You want to start small: a 7-day trial for $1, cancelled in two clicks.
- You want credits that stay: on Starter and Creator, Arcads resets unused credits each cycle. Cirrela's unused credits roll over while you're subscribed.
Worth knowing
- We could not read an Arcads price ourselves. Its help center sends you to the pricing screen in the app, and its /pricing address returned a 404. The dollar prices here are what others reported from that screen, and Arcads says it tests different rates and plan sizes between accounts. Arcads help: how pricing works, October 31, 2026
- The reports disagree on details: one in-app reading on October 19, 2026 showed 40,000 credits on Pro where the help center lists 48,000. A comparison published by Creatify, a competitor, also lists a Lite plan at $29 a month that Arcads' help page doesn't show. We could not confirm it. Hermoso: what the Arcads in-app plans show, October 19, 2026
Start from a template
All templatesEach one is a sentence with blanks for your own words. Fill them in and the studio makes the video.
Common questions
How much does Arcads cost?
Arcads publishes no price list. Reports from its in-app screen in October 2026 show Starter at $77 a month, marked 30% off $110, for 8,000 credits. Your account may show something else.
Is Arcads free?
No free plan is listed. A 72-hour trial gives 1,000 credits, needs a card, and turns into the Starter plan unless you cancel.
How many credits does an Arcads video use?
A talking-actor video on Arcads 1.0 uses 800 credits. A 5-second Seedance 2.5 clip uses 210 credits at 720p or 520 at 1080p, and an 8-second Veo 3.1 clip uses 800.
Does Cirrela have talking AI actors like Arcads?
Not yet. If a talking actor is the ad, Arcads is the better fit. Cirrela turns a product link or photo into a video ad without a presenter, at a price shown before you render.
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