Below are five real alternatives. We make Clone Viral Videos, so we have a stake. Facts come from each tool's own website, checked on October 31, 2026, unless we name a third party.
Arcads at a glance
From Arcads' own site, as of October 31, 2026:
- What it does: AI UGC ads with an actor library of more than 1,000, emotions you set by prompt, and actors shown holding your product.
- Languages: actors speak 74 languages, and translation covers 176.
- For teams and developers: an API on Pro and above, and a Claude connector.
- Price: not published. Arcads has no public pricing page. Third-party reports put its plans at about $110, $220 and $550 a month; read those as estimates.
- Trial: 72 hours with 1,000 credits, and a card is needed to start.
- Reviews: on Trustpilot, Arcads showed 2.6 out of 5 from 188 reviews on October 31, 2026.
The five alternatives (checked October 31, 2026)
| Tool | Suits | Listed price | Free or cheap way to try |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clone Viral Videos | Remaking a viral reel's format for your brand | $39, $99 or $249 a month | Free preview, then a $1 first clone |
| MakeUGC | Script-to-actor UGC ads and ad remakes | $29, $39 or $79 a month, billed yearly | $1 trial for 24 hours that continues into a plan |
| Creatify | Ad cloning plus publishing to ad platforms | Free plan, then $15 to $195 a month | Free plan, 10 watermarked credits a month |
| HeyGen | Presenter and avatar videos from a script | Free plan, then $29, $49 and $149 a month | Free plan, 3 watermarked videos a month |
| Topview | A wide AI video suite with Product Avatar | From $36 a month billed yearly | Free credits on its link-to-video page |
1. Clone Viral Videos
Fit if: you have found a viral reel and want its format remade for your brand, with a known price per video.
Arcads starts from a script. We start from a reel that already worked. Paste a public TikTok, Instagram, Facebook or X link (YouTube needs a file upload), upload a file, or press Create this on one of about 650 playable reels in our viral template library. We keep the hook, shot order, pacing and caption style, then make a new reel with one of our 120 AI actors and AI shots of your real products. Your brand is saved once from your website, and each reel comes in 9:16, 4:5 and 1:1 with captions.
One credit is one finished 15-second reel, a full multi-shot remake rather than a single clip, which works out to about $6.92 to $7.80 a reel. The original footage, audio, voice and faces are never reused, there is no face swap, voice cloning or look-alikes, and every output is labeled AI-generated. Read the trust page.
2. MakeUGC
Fit if: you want the Arcads style of script-to-actor ads with prices on the page.
Prices are on the page: $29 to $79 a month billed yearly, where a talking-actor video costs 100 credits. It also has an API and MCP access on every plan. Note that its $1 trial runs 24 hours and then rolls into a paid plan. More in MakeUGC alternatives.
3. Creatify
Fit if: your references are ads and you want to push results straight to Meta, Google or TikTok.
Ad Clone rebuilds a winning ad from a link or file and can search the Meta Ad Library. There is a free plan; Ad Clone sits on Pro ($55) and above. See Clone Viral Videos vs Creatify.
4. HeyGen
Fit if: you want a presenter reading your script, for ads, explainers or training.
Paid plans include more than 700 stock avatars and, from Creator up, more than 175 languages, so it suits polished explainers better than scrappy selfie ads. See HeyGen alternatives.
5. Topview
Fit if: you want one suite for product avatars, store-listing videos and clones.
It turns Amazon, Shopify, Etsy and TikTok Shop listings into videos, and its Video Clone mode works from an uploaded reference. It also does face swap. See Clone Viral Videos vs Topview.
How to pick
- You write scripts and test many hooks: MakeUGC is closest to Arcads, with public prices.
- You copy formats that are already working on TikTok and Reels: try Clone Viral Videos.
- You run paid ads and want publishing built in: Creatify.
- You need a presenter, not an influencer feel: HeyGen.
- You want a broad suite: Topview.
Our preview is free and your first full clone is $1. See pricing, or the wider viral video cloner roundup.