Every comparison of these four was written by one of them, and the author always wins. This one is ours, so read it with the same suspicion. What we can offer is method: prices read on each vendor's own page with the date beside them, and a section on who should not buy each tool, us included.
Free credits. No card.
Ida, made with ClipUGC
Best for: App founders who want one AI influencer with the same face in every video, made from the web, phone, terminal or chat
Best for: Funded teams testing hundreds of variations a month with a large actor library
Best for: Online shops turning product pages into many video variations
Best for: Presenter videos, explainers and translating video into other languages
Monthly billing, no annual discount. Read on each vendor's pricing page on .
| Tool | Entry price | Free plan | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ClipUGC | $14.99 a month, 150 credits | Free credits at signup, no card | clipugc.com/pricing |
| Arcads | Not published | Not published | arcads.ai/pricing |
| Creatify | $39 a month, 100 credits | 10 credits a month, watermarked | creatify.ai/pricing |
| HeyGen | $29 a month (Creator) | 3 videos a month, up to 1 minute | heygen.com/pricing |
Arcads' pricing page returned "Page Not Found" on the check date. You sign up to see what it costs. If any price here has changed, tell us and we will fix it. The dates stay on the page either way.
You test video at real budget, need hundreds of variations a month, and actor variety matters more than price. Their library and batch workflow are ahead of everyone here, ours included. The cost is opacity: no public price, so you only find out after you sign up.
You sell physical products and want video from product pages at volume. Paste a product link and the variations come back fast. It fits less well when your product is an app and the video should feel like one person talking, not a catalog entry.
Presenter video, explainers, and translating one video into many languages. Their avatars and dubbing are the reference in the category. On a vertical feed, though, that polish can read as studio rather than street.
You build an app, alone or with a small team. You want one AI influencer who keeps the same face across every video, the talking part done in minutes, and a monthly price you can test without thinking. You can also skip the website: the CLI and the MCP server let Claude or ChatGPT make your videos.
We do not post for you, our public cast is small next to Arcads, and we have no product-link-to-video flow for shops. If you need any of those today, pick accordingly.
One-to-one comparisons
A photo is 2 credits. A 10-second video is 13. Adding your app footage is always free.
50% off your first 2 months on monthly plans, until Nov 15
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free credits to start, no card
$7.49 / month
Regular price $14.99
50% off your first 2 months, then $14.99 a month. Offer ends Nov 15.
150 credits every month
Business is $24.99 a month for your first 2 months, then $49.99. It has 600 credits a month, story episodes and front-of-queue rendering. See the full plan comparison
Of the three that publish prices, ClipUGC: $14.99 a month for 150 credits, against $29 for HeyGen Creator and $39 for Creatify Starter, all read on their own pricing pages on 4 October 2026. Arcads does not publish a price.
HeyGen allows 3 videos a month up to a minute long. Creatify gives 10 credits a month with a watermark. ClipUGC gives free credits at signup with no card. Arcads does not publish one.
ClipUGC is built around that: you describe one AI influencer once and every photo, clip and video reuses the face. HeyGen does it with a custom avatar of a real person. Arcads and Creatify work from a library of actors you pick per video.
Yes with ClipUGC: its MCP server works inside Claude and ChatGPT, and there is an open source CLI. For the other three, check their own docs, since integrations change often.
ClipUGC did, so read it with that in mind. Every price is dated and linked to the vendor's own page. If one has changed, tell us at team@clipugc.com and we will fix it.
Everything else is answered on the main FAQ.
Start where trying is free. Prove one video works for your app, then decide if you need more.