Prices checked October 2026
Arcads vs Topview
Two AI ad tools people compare before they buy. Here is what one video ad costs on each, what each does well, and who should pick which.
Price per video ad
Monthly list prices. One finished video ad is the unit.
| Product | Plan | Monthly | Video ads / mo | $ per video ad |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcads | Starter~10 videos, reported | $110 | 10 | $11.00 |
| Arcads | Creator~20 videos, reported | $220 | 20 | $11.00 |
| Topview | PlusBilled yearly ($432). 100 credits/mo; Viral Video Agent is 5 credits per 15-second video | $36 | 20 | $1.80 |
| Topview | BusinessBilled yearly ($528). 3,000 credits a year upfront (~250/mo) at 5 credits per 15-second video | $44 | 50 | $0.88 |
| Topview | UltraBilled yearly ($599.90). 500 credits/mo at 5 credits per 15-second video | $50 | 100 | $0.50 |
"Video ads / mo" is the vendor's stated video count, or monthly credits divided by the cost of one video. Sources: Arcads third-party reports, Topview pricing page.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Arcads | Topview |
|---|---|---|
| Portrait 9:16 video ads | ✓ | ✓ |
| Learns brand from URL | — | Link to video |
| Competitor + Reddit research | — | — |
| Multiple ad formats (16) | — | Partial |
| AI creators that post daily | — | — |
| Reels / TikTok / Shorts scheduler | — | — |
| Launches Meta ads | — | — |
| Winner / loser learning loop | — | — |
| API + MCP | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free trial without card | Limited | — |
| Photoreal AI actor library | ✓ | 5,000+ avatars |
| Your own face in ads | Actors+ plan | From your photo |
| Remix any winning ad from a link | — | Reference video recreate |
| Never trains on your data | — | — |
Which should you pick?
Pick Arcads if you want: Very realistic cloned actors; Simple script-to-video flow; Strong for performance marketers.
Pick Topview if you want: Cheap per video on yearly plans; API and MCP on every plan; Recreates a reference video's style; 5,000+ public avatars.
Arcads is an actor tool, not an agency. It makes a very good talking-head ad if you bring the script, the plan and the posting. Addy makes the script, the plan and the post, and 15-second ads start at 99¢ instead of about $11. Addy now ships its own photoreal actor library, lets you use your own face and can remix a winning ad from a link, which Arcads does not. If you only need actors and have a team for everything else, Arcads is still a fine pick.
Prefer ads made and posted for you? See Addy vs Arcads and Addy vs Topview. More head-to-heads: Arcads vs Creatify, Arcads vs Icon, Arcads vs MakeUGC, Arcads vs Superscale, Arcads vs ReelFarm, Arcads vs Tagshop AI, Arcads vs HeyGen, Arcads vs Captions, Arcads vs Zeely, Arcads vs Billo, Creatify vs Topview, Icon vs Topview, MakeUGC vs Topview, Superscale vs Topview, ReelFarm vs Topview, Tagshop AI vs Topview, HeyGen vs Topview, Captions vs Topview, Topview vs Zeely, Topview vs Billo, or the 2026 pricing guide.
How we compared
- Prices are each vendor's public monthly list price in US dollars, last checked October 26, 2026. Yearly-billing discounts are noted next to the plan where the vendor publishes them.
- Cost per video ad is the monthly price divided by how many short portrait video ads the plan buys. When a vendor sells credits or minutes, we convert at its published rate; when it publishes no rate, we use third-party reports and label the figure as reported.
- Features come from each vendor's own site and docs. A dash means we could not confirm a feature, not that it is missing.
- Addy is our product. To keep that from tilting the page, tools are listed alphabetically, Addy is scored on the same criteria, and its limits are published on the facts page.
- Something out of date? Tell us on the contact page and we will correct the page and its date.
Sources
- Arcads: third-party pricing reports, checked October 2026 (third-party report; vendor pricing page returned 404).
- Topview: official pricing page, checked October 2026 (only yearly-billed prices published; credit rates from Topview's guide, updated Jan 2026).
- Addy pricing: our own plans, updated whenever prices change.
Questions
+Is Arcads or Topview cheaper?
Topview, on list prices checked October 2026: about $0.50 per video ad on its best-value plan versus about $11.00 on Arcads. Check what each counts as one video before comparing; some tools count statics or slideshows.
+What is the main difference between Arcads and Topview?
Arcads: AI actors reading your script for UGC-style ads. Topview: AI video agent for link-to-video ads, product avatars and viral video recreation.
+Is there an alternative to both Arcads and Topview?
Addy learns your brand from your website, writes hooks you approve, renders 15-second portrait video ads from 99¢ and posts them to Reels, TikTok and Shorts. The first ad is free, no card.
+Where do these numbers come from?
Each vendor's own pricing page or, where a vendor does not publish one, third-party reports, checked October 2026. Email hello@use-addy.site if something is out of date.