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Advertising creative

Arcads

Scripted actors and product visuals for video ads

Research checkedView sources
Arcads promotional composition showing an actor video beside Edit, Captions, Upscale and Extend controls. View larger
Vendor promotional preview · Video-ad editing controlsSource
Works with
Browser / upload
How it connects
Upload & export · API connection
Availability
AvailableBrowser product available; feature entitlements and API access depend on the selected offer.
The editorial view

Is it right
for your store?

Fit matters more than a feature count.

Consider Arcads when you already have a product and message to turn into several video treatments. Budget for the chosen model, each actor and additional production steps. Confirm the subscription amount and feature access in the app before committing.

Research checked · Based on published sources

A good fit for

  • Merchants comparing scripted actor and product-video variations
  • Creative teams building several treatments from the same product assets

Look carefully if

  • Buyers who need a publicly confirmed monthly price before creating an account
  • Teams assuming a standard subscription includes the API

Creates actor-led videos, product scenes and B-roll from scripts and uploaded images. A browser workspace supports creative variations and translation; API access requires a customized offer.

Documented strengths

  • Product images, talking actors and B-roll share a creative workspace
  • Documented workflows can generate batches of creative variations
  • Published credit accounting separates actor time from other model costs
Capabilities

What it
can do.

Coverage and conditions, side by side.

Video generation

Supported

Creates scripted talking-actor videos and image-led B-roll. Model and production choices affect credit use.

Source : Video generation

Batch processing

Plan or setup dependent

Workflows can produce multiple creative variations; confirm entitlement and total credit use for your chosen plan.

Source : Batch processing

API access

Plan or setup dependent

API access is restricted to a customized offer.

Required plan Customized offer

Source : API access

Ad-platform connection

Not confirmed

Producing and downloading ads is documented; launching paid campaigns directly from Arcads was not confirmed.

Source : Ad-platform connection

Direct catalog publishing

Not confirmed

The reviewed product-image workflow does not establish publishing assets back to Shopify product pages.

Source : Direct catalog publishing
Pricing, with context

What the
price buys.

Starting prices are only part of the bill.

Currency not confirmedConfirm current in-app price

Official help lists 8,000 monthly credits for Starter and 16,000 for Creator. Subscription amounts and currency were not publicly confirmed. API access requires a customized offer; do not convert the credit allowance into a fixed number of finished ads.

Charged by
Model- and feature-dependent credits
Commitment
Subscription offer and billing term shown in the app

Checked Oct 1, 2026. Usage, add-ons and taxes may change the total.

Connections

Where it
fits in.

Check the connection your workflow needs.

Upload & export

Any storefront

Upload product assets and download creative files for your marketing workflow; a native storefront connection is not established here.

API connection

Custom workflows

The vendor's terms restrict API access to a customized offer. Confirm access and usage charges with the vendor.

Browser-based tools can support a Shopify workflow without a native Shopify integration. Connection methods reflect the documented workflow.

Before you commit

The details
that matter.

Limits are part of choosing well.

  • Talking-actor generation costs 800 credits per minute per actor, with duration rounded up. A short clip still consumes a billed minute; other models and production tools use different rates.

  • Starter and Creator credits expire each billing cycle and generation pauses at the limit. Higher plans have different rollover and overage rules.

  • Current subscription amounts and plan-specific workflow access were not confirmed from public official pages. Native Shopify catalog publishing and paid-ad launching were not established.

This profile is based on published sources. No independent test record is published for this profile. “Not confirmed” means the available evidence has not established the claim.

Research notes

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sources.

Updated Oct 1, 2026.

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