Arcads alternative
Blurbly vs Arcads: which one fits your product ads?
Arcads focuses on AI actor videos for ad creative. Blurbly starts from your product and produces UGC-style and motion ads plus the listing images around them — typically at a much lower cost per video. Arcads does not publish its prices, so the figures below are reported by third parties.
Prices and policies checked October 2026. Third-party figures are labelled “reported”.
Side-by-side comparison
| Arcads | Blurbly | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Subscription tiers; pricing shown after signup, not public | One-time credit packs; subscriptions exist but are not required |
| Price per image | Not an image tool | About $0.50–$0.71 per image (300 credits on the default studio model; range depends on credit pack) |
| Price per video ad | Reported (third-party, mid-2026): about $11 for a 15-second ad at list price — billed per minute per actor, rounded up; about $7.70 with a reported 30% promo | About $1.65–$2.36 per 15-second 720p video ad (990 credits) |
| Free tier | None found | Eligible new accounts can generate a free first image and preview a first video segment |
| Video ads | Yes — AI actor videos | Yes — UGC-style and motion product video ads, 5–30 seconds |
| Listing image sets | No | Yes — a marketplace listing set (white-background hero, angles, detail, lifestyle) from one product photo or link |
| Restricted categories | Terms bar content that "promotes sexually explicit or implicit content", misleading advertising and anything that "infringes the rules of ads platforms"; actors may limit the fields they appear in | Content policy restricts sexual content, nudity and deepfakes — it does not ban product categories such as supplements, CBD, vape, swimwear or knives. Underlying image models can still decline some prompts, and you stay responsible for platform and legal rules. |
Blurbly prices are derived from our own credit-pack and per-model credit prices as of October 2026; the exact credit cost is shown before you generate. Blurbly does not promise that any ad will be approved by an ad platform.
Sources:
- Arcads terms (official), seen October 2026
- Arcads pricing guide (third-party, Layer3 Labs), seen October 2026
- Arcads pricing guide (third-party, Shhots), seen October 2026
When to choose which
Choose Arcads instead if…
- Your ads are built around a human-style presenter speaking a script, and that format is the point.
- You run a high volume of testimonial-style creatives and have the budget for it.
- You do not need listing images — only video.
Choose Blurbly if…
- You want to pay on the order of $2 per 15-second video instead of roughly $11 (reported).
- You need listing images and video from the same product, without stitching tools together.
- You want to try it without a subscription.
How Blurbly works
Paste a product link or upload a photo
Start from the product page you already have, or a single photo of the item.
Choose what you need
A marketplace listing set, studio and lifestyle shots, or a UGC or motion video ad.
Review, regenerate, download
Check labels and details, redo any shot that is off, then download the files.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Arcads cost?
Arcads does not publish prices on its public site. Third-party guides reported plans from $110 a month in mid-2026, with about 800 credits per billed minute per actor. Treat these as reported, not official.
Is Blurbly's video the same as Arcads?
No. Arcads is built around AI actors speaking to camera. Blurbly produces UGC-style and motion product videos starting from your product link, plus listing images.
Which has more restrictions on what I can advertise?
Arcads' terms point to ad-platform rules and bar misleading advertising. Blurbly's content policy restricts sexual content and deepfakes and does not name product categories. Either way, each ad platform has its own rules.
Can I try Blurbly before paying?
Eligible new accounts can generate a free first image and preview a first video segment.
Turn your product link into a full ad kit
Listing images, UGC and motion video ads from one product. Eligible new accounts can try a free first round.
Open the studio