Arcads pricing (October 2026): plans, what a UGC ad costs, and how Everygen compares

Everygen makes a 15-second UGC ad for 58 credits, where an Arcads talking-actor video is 800. Billed annually, Everygen costs less than Arcads for every count from 1 to 17 UGC ads a month. Billed monthly it costs less up to 8 and again from 11 to 17. Arcads publishes no prices, so we read them in its app, ran the same script on both sites, and wrote down where Arcads comes out ahead: longer talking-actor videos, a large actor library and credits that roll over from Pro.

Every competitor price links to that company's own page, with the day we read it.

Everygen teamOct 30, 202611 min read

Everygen vs Arcads in short

What you pay depends on how many ads you make, so start there.

Billed annually, Everygen costs less at every count up to 17 UGC ads a month. 1 to 3 ads: $9 against $88. 4 to 8 ads: $19 against $88. 9 to 10 ads: $49 against $88. 11 to 17 ads: $49 against $176, a month.
Billed monthly, Everygen costs less up to 8 ads and from 11 to 17. For 9 to 10 ads, Arcads Starter at $110 beats Everygen Creator at $139.
Arcads publishes credits, not dollars. arcads.ai/pricing is a 404, so the prices here are the paywall a trial account sees, read on October 30, 2026.
On the same model, Arcads charges 10 times the credits. Seedance 2.5 at 5 seconds and 720p is 210 credits on Arcads and 20 on Everygen.
Where Arcads wins. One 800-credit talking-actor video can run up to 2 minutes, it has hundreds of AI actors, Pro and above roll unused credits over, and paid plans get free Nano Banana images.
The licence. Arcads licenses each video as “personal and non-transferable”. On every Everygen plan you keep the rights to what you make (Terms, section 3.1).

What you pay on Everygen and Arcads for the UGC ads you need

The cheapest plan on each site whose month of credits covers your ads. One ad is the same script through each site's own UGC path: 58 credits on Everygen, 800 on Arcads.

Everygen Starter covers 3 of those ads a month, Pro 8 and Creator 17. Arcads Starter covers 10, Creator 20 and Pro 60.

Billed annually (price per month)

UGC ads a month	Cheapest Everygen plan	Cheapest Arcads plan	Lower bill
1 to 3	Starter, $9	Starter, $88	Everygen, by $79
4 to 8	Pro, $19	Starter, $88	Everygen, by $69
9 to 10	Creator, $49	Starter, $88	Everygen, by $39
11 to 17	Creator, $49	Creator, $176	Everygen, by $127

1 to 3
Cheapest Everygen plan
Starter, $9
Cheapest Arcads plan
Starter, $88
Lower bill
Everygen, by $79
4 to 8
Cheapest Everygen plan
Pro, $19
Cheapest Arcads plan
Starter, $88
Lower bill
Everygen, by $69
9 to 10
Cheapest Everygen plan
Creator, $49
Cheapest Arcads plan
Starter, $88
Lower bill
Everygen, by $39
11 to 17
Cheapest Everygen plan
Creator, $49
Cheapest Arcads plan
Creator, $176
Lower bill
Everygen, by $127

Billed monthly

UGC ads a month	Cheapest Everygen plan	Cheapest Arcads plan	Lower bill
1 to 3	Starter, $24	Starter, $110	Everygen, by $86
4 to 8	Pro, $49	Starter, $110	Everygen, by $61
9 to 10	Creator, $139	Starter, $110	Arcads, by $29
11 to 17	Creator, $139	Creator, $220	Everygen, by $81

1 to 3
Cheapest Everygen plan
Starter, $24
Cheapest Arcads plan
Starter, $110
Lower bill
Everygen, by $86
4 to 8
Cheapest Everygen plan
Pro, $49
Cheapest Arcads plan
Starter, $110
Lower bill
Everygen, by $61
9 to 10
Cheapest Everygen plan
Creator, $139
Cheapest Arcads plan
Starter, $110
Lower bill
Arcads, by $29
11 to 17
Cheapest Everygen plan
Creator, $139
Cheapest Arcads plan
Creator, $220
Lower bill
Everygen, by $81

Arcads prices from its in-app billing page, read on October 30, 2026 in a trial account; monthly is the renewing price, after a first month at $77 on Starter. Everygen prices from everygen.ai/pricing. Past 17 ads a month, Arcads Creator (20 ads) and Pro are the bigger plans; on Everygen you would add top-up credits to Creator.

These are not the same video. Our Arcads ad ran 11 seconds because that is how long the actor took to read the script, and Arcads charges 800 credits for any talking-actor video up to 2 minutes. If your ads are long scripted testimonials, Arcads' credit buys more seconds. For short ads, the table is the bill. Pro and Creator annual plans add a first-month bonus equal to a month's credits.

The same Seedance 2.5 clip on both

Arcads also runs outside models, so the cleanest like-for-like is one clip on one model. Seedance 2.5, 5 seconds, 720p: 210 credits on Arcads, 20 on Everygen. Billed annually, Everygen is the lower bill at every count up to 50 clips a month. Billed monthly, Arcads Starter at $110 is cheaper for 26 to 38 clips, against Everygen Creator at $139.

Seedance 2.5 clips a month	Cheapest Everygen plan	Cheapest Arcads plan	Lower bill
1 to 10	Starter, $9	Starter, $88	Everygen, by $79
11 to 25	Pro, $19	Starter, $88	Everygen, by $69
26 to 38	Creator, $49	Starter, $88	Everygen, by $39
39 to 50	Creator, $49	Creator, $176	Everygen, by $127

1 to 10
Cheapest Everygen plan
Starter, $9
Cheapest Arcads plan
Starter, $88
Lower bill
Everygen, by $79
11 to 25
Cheapest Everygen plan
Pro, $19
Cheapest Arcads plan
Starter, $88
Lower bill
Everygen, by $69
26 to 38
Cheapest Everygen plan
Creator, $49
Cheapest Arcads plan
Starter, $88
Lower bill
Everygen, by $39
39 to 50
Cheapest Everygen plan
Creator, $49
Cheapest Arcads plan
Creator, $176
Lower bill
Everygen, by $127

Same sources and dates as above. Seedance 2.5, 5 seconds, 720p, 16:9, sound on, as each site's generator priced it.

Same script, both sites

One 15-second UGC script, run through each site's own way of making a UGC ad. We show the credits each site charged and nothing else.

On October 30, 2026 we gave both sites the same script. On Arcads: Talking Actors, the first actor in Most Popular, text to speech, every setting left at its default. On Everygen: the AI Ad Generator with a product photo of the bottle, format “UGC Handheld”, Seedance 2.5 at 9:16, 720p and 15 seconds. Arcads charged 800 credits, and its Starter plan is $88 a month billed yearly. Everygen charged 58, and the ad runs on every plan, from Starter at $9 a month billed annually. Here are both, untouched. Press play with the sound up and judge for yourself.

Script on both

Okay, I didn't expect this to work. I've tried every water bottle, and this is the first one that actually keeps ice for a whole day. Took it hiking, still cold at sunset. It's the Glacier bottle, link's below.

Try this prompt

0:00 / 0:00

Arcads800 credits, 11 s

0:00 / 0:00

Everygen58 credits, 15 s

Arcads composer with the script, actor Helen and the Generate button showing 800 credits

Everygen AI Ad Generator with the product, UGC Handheld format, Seedance 2.5, 9:16, 720p, 15s and 58 credits

A second test, the same Seedance prompt on both, is on the Arcads alternatives page.

Price per ad, once you're on a plan

What one ad or clip works out to if you spend every credit. Useful for comparing credits, but it is not your bill: a plan you don't fill costs the same.

Plan	Price a month	Credits	UGC ads a month	Per UGC ad	Per Seedance 2.5 clip
Everygen Starter	$9	200	3	$2.61	$0.90
Everygen Pro	$19	500	8	$2.20	$0.76
Everygen Creator	$49	1,000	17	$2.84	$0.98
Arcads Starter	$88	8,000	10	$8.80	$2.31
Arcads Creator	$176	16,000	20	$8.80	$2.31
Arcads Pro	$440	48,000	60	$7.33	$1.93

Everygen Starter
Price a month
$9
Credits
200
UGC ads a month
3
Per UGC ad
$2.61
Per Seedance 2.5 clip
$0.90
Everygen Pro
Price a month
$19
Credits
500
UGC ads a month
8
Per UGC ad
$2.20
Per Seedance 2.5 clip
$0.76
Everygen Creator
Price a month
$49
Credits
1,000
UGC ads a month
17
Per UGC ad
$2.84
Per Seedance 2.5 clip
$0.98
Arcads Starter
Price a month
$88
Credits
8,000
UGC ads a month
10
Per UGC ad
$8.80
Per Seedance 2.5 clip
$2.31
Arcads Creator
Price a month
$176
Credits
16,000
UGC ads a month
20
Per UGC ad
$8.80
Per Seedance 2.5 clip
$2.31
Arcads Pro
Price a month
$440
Credits
48,000
UGC ads a month
60
Per UGC ad
$7.33
Per Seedance 2.5 clip
$1.93

Dollar figures use each plan's annual price. A UGC ad is 58 credits on Everygen (15 seconds, AI Ad Generator) and 800 on Arcads (a talking-actor video). The Seedance 2.5 clip is 5 seconds at 720p. Arcads from its in-app billing page and Generate button, October 30, 2026.

Arcads' bigger plans lower its price per credit, but even on Pro a talking-actor video is $7.33, against $2.20 for a 15-second ad on Everygen Pro.

Seedance 2.5 credits on both

Clip	Arcads credits	Everygen credits	Everygen plans
Seedance 2.5, 4s, 720p	168	16	Every plan
Seedance 2.5, 5s, 720p	210	20	Every plan
Seedance 2.5, 5s, 1080p	520	22	Pro and up

Seedance 2.5, 4s, 720p
Arcads credits
168
Everygen credits
16
Everygen plans
Every plan
Seedance 2.5, 5s, 720p
Arcads credits
210
Everygen credits
20
Everygen plans
Every plan
Seedance 2.5, 5s, 1080p
Arcads credits
520
Everygen credits
22
Everygen plans
Pro and up

Arcads: its Generate button on October 30, 2026, 16:9, audio on. Arcads runs every model up to 4K on every plan. Everygen: the cost table its generator charges from, and its plan gate.

Try the AI Ad Generator Every Seedance price on Everygen

Arcads plans and prices at a glance

Read in Arcads' billing page on October 30, 2026, in a trial account. Credits match Arcads' help centre.

Plan	Monthly	Yearly, per month	Credits a month	Talking-actor videos	Credits roll over
Starter	$110 ($77 first month)	$88	8,000	10	No, they reset
Creator	$220 ($154 first month)	$176	16,000	20	No, they reset
Pro	$550 ($385 first month)	$440	48,000	60	Yes
Scale	$1,100 ($770 first month)	$880	96,000	120	Yes
Business	$2,200 ($1,540 first month)	$1,760	192,000	240	Yes

Starter
Monthly
$110 ($77 first month)
Yearly, per month
$88
Credits a month
8,000
Talking-actor videos
10
Credits roll over
No, they reset
Creator
Monthly
$220 ($154 first month)
Yearly, per month
$176
Credits a month
16,000
Talking-actor videos
20
Credits roll over
No, they reset
Pro
Monthly
$550 ($385 first month)
Yearly, per month
$440
Credits a month
48,000
Talking-actor videos
60
Credits roll over
Yes
Scale
Monthly
$1,100 ($770 first month)
Yearly, per month
$880
Credits a month
96,000
Talking-actor videos
120
Credits roll over
Yes
Business
Monthly
$2,200 ($1,540 first month)
Yearly, per month
$1,760
Credits a month
192,000
Talking-actor videos
240
Credits roll over
Yes

Source: the Arcads app, Settings, Billing, monthly and yearly toggles, October 30, 2026. Credits per plan also on How does Arcads pricing work?, read October 29, 2026. A Custom plan is “Tailored to you”.

Arcads billing page on yearly billing: Starter $88, Creator $176, Pro $440, Scale $880, Business $1,760 per month, with 8,000 to 192,000 credits — Arcads, yearlyThe in-app paywall, yearly toggle, October 30, 2026.

The “30% OFF” on monthly billing is a first-month price: Starter is $77 for the first month, then $110. Yearly is $88 a month, 20% off. Every plan runs every model up to 4K. Creator adds Workflows, background removal and AI captions. Pro adds the public API, ElevenLabs voices, rollover and custom actors without a cap.

What a credit buys on Arcads

Arcads lists a range per model; the exact cost depends on length, resolution and audio, and the Generate button shows it.

Model or tool	Credits
Talking actor (Arcads 1.0), up to 2 minutes	800 per video
Seedance 2.5, 4 to 30 seconds	75 to 3,930
Seedance 2.0	72 to 3,735
Seedance 2.0 Mini	30 to 360
Kling 3.0 Pro	176 to 560
MiniMax H3, H3 Max and H3 Max Turbo	50 to 653
Images	100 free per rolling 24 hours on paid plans

Talking actor (Arcads 1.0), up to 2 minutes
Credits
800 per video
Seedance 2.5, 4 to 30 seconds
Credits
75 to 3,930
Seedance 2.0
Credits
72 to 3,735
Seedance 2.0 Mini
Credits
30 to 360
Kling 3.0 Pro
Credits
176 to 560
MiniMax H3, H3 Max and H3 Max Turbo
Credits
50 to 653
Images
Credits
100 free per rolling 24 hours on paid plans

From AI Video Models in Arcads, read October 29, 2026. Arcads calls these standard rates, and says your account may differ.

“Arcads 1.0 animates an actor speaking your script, up to 2 minutes, for 800 credits per video”

Arcads help centre, AI Video Models in Arcads

Is Arcads free?

No, but there is a trial: 72 hours and 1,000 credits, with every feature on. It needs a card, and it turns into Starter on its own.

“A card is required at sign-up so the platform can run without interruption if you decide to stay. If the 72 hours pass without you cancelling, your saved card is charged automatically for the Starter plan.”

Arcads help centre, How the free trial works, dated September 16, 2026

1,000 credits buys 1 talking-actor video, or 4 Seedance 2.5 clips at 5 seconds and 720p. We tried both and ran out: after one actor video, Arcads refused the 5-second clip (“This needs 210 credits. You have 200 trial credits left.”), so we ran it at 4 seconds. And “Cancelling during the trial cuts your access immediately.” Download what you make before you cancel.

On Everygen, the cheapest way in is Starter at $9 a month billed annually ($24 monthly) for 200 credits: 3 15-second UGC ads. If free is the whole point, the alternatives page lists tools with a real free plan.

Who can use Arcads output commercially

What you may do with the video, in Arcads' own terms.

“FRESHR grant to the Client a non-exclusive, personal and non-transferable license on the Video.”

Arcads terms, section 13.3.1, arcads.ai/terms, in force October 16, 2026

“The Client is solely responsible for the use made of the Video, including any commercial exploitation of the Video.”

Arcads terms, section 16.3

FRESHR is the company behind Arcads. Section 16.3 assumes you will use the video commercially, so your own ads are fine. A personal, non-transferable licence matters if you make ads for clients or hand videos to another business. On every Everygen plan you keep the rights to what you make (Terms, section 3.1).

Arcads says nothing about watermarks on its pages, and its result panels showed no watermark setting in our trial, so we make no claim either way.

Limits, rollover and cancelling

Rule	Arcads	Everygen
At the monthly limit	Starter and Creator stop; Pro and up are billed for extra usage on the next invoice	Add top-up credits, which last 90 days
Plan credits roll over	Pro, Scale and Business only, with no cap	No, they refresh each month
Cancelling	At the end of the cycle; unused credits are lost	Cancel online anytime; top-up credits stay usable
Renewal	Automatic, “tacitly renewed”	Automatic until you cancel

At the monthly limit
Arcads
Starter and Creator stop; Pro and up are billed for extra usage on the next invoice
Everygen
Add top-up credits, which last 90 days
Plan credits roll over
Arcads
Pro, Scale and Business only, with no cap
Everygen
No, they refresh each month
Cancelling
Arcads
At the end of the cycle; unused credits are lost
Everygen
Cancel online anytime; top-up credits stay usable
Renewal
Arcads
Automatic, “tacitly renewed”
Everygen
Automatic until you cancel

Arcads: How does Arcads pricing work?, terms (in force October 16, 2026), read October 29, 2026. Everygen: the pricing page FAQ.

“Pro, Scale and Business roll unused credits over in full, with no cap and no expiry.”

Arcads help centre, How does Arcads pricing work?

Rollover is a real Arcads advantage, but it starts at Pro ($440 a month billed yearly). On Starter and Creator a quiet month is a lost month, as on Everygen. A downgrade loses credits too: “Credits will be lost and cannot be carried forward”.

Why Arcads prices look different everywhere

Search for Arcads' price and most pages say $110 for 10 videos, no trial, and one credit per video. Here is why:

There is no pricing page. arcads.ai/pricing returns a 404, and the terms say prices are shown on the platform. You see dollars only after you sign up.
The $110 figure is a 2025 screenshot. Most guides trace it to Marketer Milk's March 2025 review, which screenshotted Arcads' old paywall, when a plan was sold by the number of videos. Starter is still $110, but it is now 8,000 credits and every model has its own credit price.
The trial is new. The 72-hour, 1,000-credit trial started around September 2026, so older pages say there is none.
Arcads tests prices per account. Its help centre says so.

“Arcads tests new pricing from time to time, so your account may use different rates or plan sizes.”

Arcads help centre, How does Arcads pricing work?, read October 29, 2026

So the prices on this page are what one trial account saw on October 30, 2026. The Generate button in your own account is the price that counts.

Which plan should you pick?

Count the ads you make in a month, then pick the plan that covers them.

Everygen Starter or Pro, for up to 8 short UGC ads a month: $9 or $19 a month billed annually, against $88 for Arcads Starter.
Everygen Creator, for up to 17 ads a month on annual billing ($49).
Arcads Starter, if you pay monthly and make 9 to 10 ads a month: $110 against Everygen Creator at $139.
Arcads, if your ads are long talking-actor testimonials (up to 2 minutes for 800 credits), if you need a large actor library, or if you are on Pro or above and want credits to roll over.
Everygen, if you want the rights to the video rather than a personal, non-transferable licence: you keep the rights to what you make on every plan (Terms, section 3.1).

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How we checked

On October 30, 2026 we started an Arcads trial, read the billing page with both toggles, and made two videos: a talking actor reading our script, and a Seedance 2.5 clip. Credits are from the Generate button, the confirmation dialogs and Arcads' credit history, which agreed (968 of 1,000 used). On October 29, 2026 we read Arcads' help centre on pricing, models and the trial, and its terms.

On Everygen we used our own account and the AI Ad Generator with the same script and a product photo, and read the credits from the button and the balance. Everygen's plan prices and other credit costs come from its pricing page and the cost table its generator charges from. We don't score quality: the videos are above.

Make your first UGC ad

The AI Ad Generator makes a 15-second ad from a product photo and a script for 58 credits, and you keep the rights to what you make on every plan (Terms, section 3.1). The generator shows the price before you press go.

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Arcads pricing questions

Only through a 72-hour trial with 1,000 credits. It needs a card, and if you don't cancel within 72 hours the card is charged for the Starter plan. Cancelling during the trial ends your access at once. 1,000 credits covered one talking-actor video (800 credits) in our test, with 200 left over.

In the Arcads app on October 30, 2026: Starter $110 a month ($77 for the first month) or $88 a month billed yearly, for 8,000 credits. Creator $220 or $176 for 16,000. Pro $550 or $440 for 48,000. Scale and Business go up to $2,200 a month. Arcads has no public pricing page.

A talking-actor video on Arcads 1.0 is 800 credits, up to 2 minutes long. That is $8.80 on Starter if you use every credit. A 15-second UGC ad from Everygen's AI Ad Generator is 58 credits, $2.20 on Everygen Pro. Both figures use each plan's price billed yearly.

Not for short UGC ads. Billed annually, Everygen costs less than Arcads for every count from 1 to 17 UGC ads a month. Billed monthly it costs less up to 8 and again from 11 to 17. Arcads Starter is cheaper billed monthly for 9 to 10 ads a month. Arcads also gives you longer talking-actor videos for the same credits.

Yes, since about September 2026: 72 hours and 1,000 credits, card required. Many guides still say there is none.

On Pro, Scale and Business, yes, in full, with no cap and no expiry while you are subscribed. On Starter and Creator, no: credits reset each cycle, and generation stops at the limit until you upgrade. Unused credits are lost if you cancel.

Both. The Arcads MCP works on every plan, the free trial included, at the same credit cost as the app. The public API needs Pro or above. Everygen also has an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.

Arcads' terms grant "a non-exclusive, personal and non-transferable license on the Video" and make you "solely responsible" for any commercial exploitation. On every Everygen plan you keep the rights to what you make (Terms, section 3.1).

That figure comes from a 2025 screenshot of Arcads' paywall, when a credit was roughly one video. Today Starter is 8,000 credits and a talking-actor video is 800, so Starter still covers about 10 videos, but every model is priced in credits and the plan ladder has changed.

Arcads pricing (October 2026): plans, what a UGC ad costs, and how Everygen compares

Everygen vs Arcads in short