Prices checked October 2026
Tagshop AI 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tagshop AI | StarterBilled yearly (600 credits, up to 60 videos a year); no monthly price published | $14 | 5 | $2.80 |
| Tagshop AI | GrowthBilled yearly (1,800 credits, up to 180 videos a year) | $39 | 15 | $2.60 |
| Tagshop AI | ProBilled yearly (3,600 credits, up to 360 videos a year) | $79 | 30 | $2.63 |
| 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: Tagshop AI pricing page, Topview pricing page.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Tagshop AI | Topview |
|---|---|---|
| Portrait 9:16 video ads | — | ✓ |
| Learns brand from URL | URL to video | Link to video |
| Competitor + Reddit research | — | — |
| Multiple ad formats (16) | Templates | Partial |
| AI creators that post daily | — | — |
| Reels / TikTok / Shorts scheduler | — | — |
| Launches Meta ads | — | — |
| Winner / loser learning loop | — | — |
| API + MCP | Demo-based | ✓ |
| Free trial without card | — | — |
| Photoreal AI actor library | ✓ | 5,000+ avatars |
| Your own face in ads | AI twin | From your photo |
| Remix any winning ad from a link | Ad clone | Reference video recreate |
| Never trains on your data | — | — |
Which should you pick?
Pick Tagshop AI if you want: 300+ AI avatars and 200+ ad templates; URL-to-video and ad cloning; AI twin of yourself and 75+ languages.
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.
Tagshop AI is an avatar ad maker: pick an avatar or a template, paste a product URL and get a UGC-style video, at about $2.60 to $2.80 per video on yearly billing. Addy also writes the concepts from your site, renders 16 formats and posts to Reels, TikTok and Shorts, at about a dollar per 15-second ad on monthly billing. Pick Tagshop if templates and avatar variety are what you need; pick Addy if you want the planning and posting done too.
Prefer ads made and posted for you? See Addy vs Tagshop AI and Addy vs Topview. More head-to-heads: Arcads vs Tagshop AI, Arcads vs Topview, Creatify vs Tagshop AI, Creatify vs Topview, Icon vs Tagshop AI, Icon vs Topview, MakeUGC vs Tagshop AI, MakeUGC vs Topview, Superscale vs Tagshop AI, Superscale vs Topview, ReelFarm vs Tagshop AI, ReelFarm vs Topview, Tagshop AI vs HeyGen, Tagshop AI vs Captions, Tagshop AI vs Zeely, Tagshop AI vs Billo, 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
- Tagshop AI: official pricing page, checked October 2026.
- 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 Tagshop AI or Topview cheaper?
Topview, on list prices checked October 2026: about $0.50 per video ad on its best-value plan versus about $2.60 on Tagshop AI. Check what each counts as one video before comparing; some tools count statics or slideshows.
+What is the main difference between Tagshop AI and Topview?
Tagshop AI: AI avatar UGC ad maker with 300+ avatars and ad templates. Topview: AI video agent for link-to-video ads, product avatars and viral video recreation.
+Is there an alternative to both Tagshop AI 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.