Arcads vs HeyGen
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Arcads
UGC-style video ads from a script, starring paid, consenting AI actors
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HeyGen
Script-to-video with AI avatars, digital twins and lip-synced translat...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.6 / 10 | 8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Subscription | Freemium |
| Free tier | 72-hour trial with 1,000 credits and all features; card required, converts to Starter unless cancelled | Free plan: 3 videos a month up to 1 minute each, Avatar IV access, 1 custom video avatar, 30+ languages |
| Paid from | Starter plan, 8,000 credits a month (USD price shown only in the app after sign-up) | $29/month (Creator, 600 credits), or $24/month billed annually |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | Thousands of clients reported; exact counts not independently verified | 31M+ registered users (100k+ paying business customers) |
| Founded | 2024 | 2020 |
| Maker | FRESHR SAS | Joshua Xu, Wayne Liang |
| Verdict | Arcads is built for performance marketers who need many ad variants fast: script in, talking actor out, then translate, swap actors or extend with Veo, Kling or Seedance in the same credit balance. Its actor policy is cl... |
HeyGen is the established choice for avatar-presented training, sales and marketing video: Avatar V digital twins from a short recording, lip-synced translation in 175-plus languages, SCORM and LMS output on Business, an... |
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