Arcads vs HeyGen

Arcads

For paid-social teams that need forty variants of the same hook, Arcads is built for exactly that: a large licensed actor roster, script-to-video in one pass and localisation baked in. The catch is total pricing opacity — nothing on the public site tells you what a video costs until you have an account, and the API needs a sales call.

Pros

• +Over a thousand AI actors plus custom avatar creation
• +Captions, translation and background handling included in the render
• +Workflow canvas designed around team-based variant testing
• +Vendor identity is disclosed plainly: FRESHR SAS, registered in Rouen, France

Cons

• −No published pricing anywhere on the public site
• −API is locked to a customised plan arranged by phone
• −Terms restrict service to professional clients, so consumers are excluded

HeyGen

The strongest avatar fidelity on the market right now, but the credit arithmetic decides whether it is affordable, not the sticker price.

Pros

• +Avatar and lip-sync quality is ahead of most competitors at the price
• +Free plan lets you judge output quality before paying anything
• +Video translation covers a wide language list with synchronised lips
• +Credits roll over for a month rather than expiring at the billing date

Cons

• −Newer avatar models cost roughly seven times the credits of the older ones
• −Free tier is watermarked and capped at three one-minute videos
• −Business tier stacks a $20 per-seat charge on top of a $149 base
• −Custom avatars and the better models are gated behind higher tiers

Is Arcads cheaper than HeyGen?

HeyGen starts at $24/mo. An entry price for Arcads is not confirmed by us yet, so check its pricing page before you compare.

Does Arcads or HeyGen have a free tier?

HeyGen has a free tier; Arcads has paid plans only.

Which has a public API, Arcads or HeyGen?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.