Arcads vs Creatify comes down to how you want to start. Arcads starts from a script that one of its 1,000+ AI actors reads to camera. Creatify starts from a product link and builds the ad around it, with avatars, an ad agent and a free plan. On price, Creatify is the one that shows its numbers: plans from $15 a month, and a Standard card that says what 55 credits buy. Arcads publishes how many credits each plan holds but not what a plan costs.
This page compares the two from their own pages, then says where Kinoseed, a third option built around your own product photo, fits and where it does not. Kinoseed is an independent product and is not affiliated with Arcads or Creatify. Their facts are as of 14 Nov 2026 and can change; check arcads.ai and creatify.ai before you buy.
Arcads vs Creatify vs Kinoseed
| Arcads (as of 14 Nov 2026) | Creatify (as of 14 Nov 2026) | Kinoseed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starts from | A script read by an AI actor | A product link, which it turns into a scripted ad; also an ad agent | A product photo or link; you pick the format |
| Presenters | 1,000+ AI actors, or your own AI avatar | A library of AI actors, and custom avatars from the Pro plan up | No stock actors. A photo of your own presenter, with their consent |
| Trying it | A 72 hour trial with 1,000 credits. A card is required, and the Starter plan is charged when the trial ends unless you cancel | A free plan with 10 credits a month and a watermark on exports | No free plan; the $10 Basic plan (500 credits a month) is the cheapest way in, billed monthly, no watermark |
| Plan prices | Not published on its site. Monthly credits per plan: Starter 8,000, Creator 16,000, Pro 48,000, Scale 96,000, Business 192,000 | $15, $55, $95 and $195 a month, or $10, $38, $66 and $136 a month billed yearly (30% off) | Public on the pricing page: Basic is $10 a month for 500 credits, Starter $20 for 1,200, Creator $100 for 7,000, Studio $200 for 15,000 |
| One ad | Not published on its site; the Generate button in the app shows the cost | 11 Aurora 15 second avatar videos per 55 Standard credits: about $1.36 each billed monthly, $0.91 billed yearly (our arithmetic) | URL to Ad: 230 credits for an 8 second clip with sound ($4.60 on Basic). The agent's product ad: 40 credits ($0.80) for a 6 second silent clip |
| Unused credits | Starter and Creator reset each cycle; Pro and up roll over. Unused credits are lost when you cancel | Roll over for one extra month, then expire | Roll over: each month's credits are added to what is left, and they stay after you cancel |
| Refunds | Only for a billing period with zero credits used, asked within 30 days; credits (not cash) may be restored for a generation that failed on a platform error | Its terms say payments are non-refundable except where the law requires | Failed runs are refunded in credits automatically |
Arcads facts are from help.arcads.ai (its FAQ of 14 Oct 2026, and the free trial and refund policy articles of 16 Sep 2026) and arcads.ai, read 14 Nov 2026; arcads.ai/pricing returned "not found" that day. Creatify facts are from creatify.ai/pricing and creatify.ai/terms, read 14 Nov 2026. The per-video dollar figures are our arithmetic: the Standard price divided by the videos its card lists. On Trustpilot that day, Arcads had 2.5 out of 5 from 194 reviews and Creatify 3.7 from 845. Kinoseed figures are read from its billing and pricing code.
What you need
- A link to your product page, or a clean product photo if there is no page yet.
- Optionally, a photo of a presenter: you, or someone who has agreed to appear in your ad.
- A Kinoseed account and some credits. Generating starts with a plan; the $10 Basic plan (500 credits a month) covers 12 product ads from the agent, or 2 URL to Ad clips of 8 seconds with sound.
Step by step
- 1
Paste the product link
Open URL to Ad and paste your product URL. The page's share image and title are read off it. If the page has no share image or blocks the request, upload a product photo instead.
- 2
Pick a format and a hook
Choose UGC, Hyper Motion, Unboxing, UGC Virtual Try On, Pro Virtual Try On, TV Spot or Tutorial. The Hook chip opens a library of openers, filtered into Stunt and Subtle, that shape the first seconds.
- 3
Add a presenter, if you want one
Attach a photo with the Avatar chip and that person appears in the ad as themselves. There is no stock actor to pick, so only use your own face or someone who has agreed to appear in your ads.
- 4
Set the shape and generate
Pick 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, then the resolution and length (5, 8 or 10 seconds). The price is on the button before you press it.
URL to Ad
Turn product links into video ads
Open in appSign in to generate. The price of a run is on the button.
Where Arcads is the better pick
Arcads is built for teams that test many scripted reads. It lists more than 1,000 AI actors and lets you make your own AI avatar, so you can cast a different face for each hook without filming anyone. Its bigger plans roll unused credits over. What it does not do is show plan prices on its site: you see them after sign-up, and the 72 hour trial turns into a paid Starter plan unless you cancel in time.
Where Creatify is the better pick
Creatify publishes its prices and says what a credit buys, and on its own numbers an avatar ad is cheap: about $1.36 for a 15 second Aurora avatar video on Standard billed monthly, $0.91 billed yearly. It writes the script from your product link, and its free plan lets you try it with a watermark. The things to read before paying: credits last the month they arrive and one more, and its terms say payments are non-refundable. A 5 second Seedance 2.0 clip there works out to about $2.14 on Standard billed monthly.
Where Kinoseed fits
Kinoseed is for a seller who wants a few short ads of the real product from one photo or link, and wants the price before each run. The cheapest way in is the agent's product ad from a photo: 40 credits ($0.80), a 6 second vertical clip with a slow camera move around your product and no sound. URL to Ad makes formats like UGC, Unboxing and TV Spot from a product link, 230 credits for 8 seconds with sound.
Plans are billed monthly with no yearly prepay, each month's credits are added to what you have left, credits you hold stay after you cancel, and failed runs are refunded automatically. Generating starts with a plan.
What Kinoseed does not do
There is no stock actor library and no script writer. Each run makes one clip of up to 10 seconds, so a 15 or 30 second ad means joining clips in your editor. Per video with a person in it, Creatify's published rate is lower: a Kinoseed UGC Ad clip is 110 credits ($2.20 on Basic) for 8 seconds, against about $1.36 for a 15 second avatar video on Creatify Standard. If you need many long scripted reads with ready-made presenters, Arcads or Creatify will suit you better.
Which to pick, by job
Many scripted reads with a big cast of AI actors: Arcads. A scripted avatar ad from a product link at a low published price, with a free plan to try: Creatify. A few short ads of your real product from one photo, billed monthly, with credits that roll over: Kinoseed. For each tool on its own, read the Arcads alternative and the Creatify alternative.
More examples
Tips for better results
- Compare the cost of a finished ad in money on the plan you would really buy, monthly or yearly, not credits.
- Before a trial that needs a card, note when it ends and what plan it turns into.
- Read what happens to unused credits when you cancel; it differs a lot between these three.
- Want a person talking about your product? Read how to make AI UGC video ads.
- Weighing an actor library with Product in Hand too? Read the MakeUGC alternative.
Frequently asked questions
Is Arcads or Creatify cheaper?
Creatify publishes its prices and Arcads does not, so only Creatify's can be checked. On Creatify's Standard plan an Aurora avatar video works out to about $1.36 billed monthly and $0.91 billed yearly. Arcads shows its prices after sign-up.
Does Arcads have a free trial?
Its help center describes a 72 hour trial with 1,000 credits. A card is required at sign-up, and the Starter plan is charged when the trial ends unless you cancel before then.
Do Creatify credits expire?
Its pricing page says unused credits roll over for one extra month, then expire.
Is Kinoseed affiliated with Arcads or Creatify?
No. Kinoseed is an independent product.
Does Kinoseed have a free plan or AI actors?
No to both. Generating starts with a plan, the $10 Basic plan (500 credits a month) is the cheapest way in, and the face in an ad is the one in the photo you upload. Each run's price is on the button before you press it.
Try it on your own shot.
URL to Ad is open to explore. The price of a run is on the button before you spend anything.
