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Arcads vs Motionshift

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Only Arcads ships a public API.

ArcadsGenerates UGC-style video ads from a script using a library of 1,000+ licensed AI actorsMotionshiftTemplate-based AI video editor for marketing ads, currently in beta with a waitlist.

Side by side

FactArcadsMotionshift
CategoryAd Creative GenerationAd Creative Generation
Pricing modelPaidContact
Public APIYesNo
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb
CompanyFRESHR SASMotionshift
Launched—2021
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 1, 2026

What our research says

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

Motionshift

Motionshift has a founding team with specific prior experience in marketing video tooling and a real asset-library approach to templated video ads, but the product itself is still gated behind a beta waitlist with its flagship AI editor marked coming soon. There isn't yet a public product to evaluate directly.

Pros

  • Founding team has several years of specific experience in this exact product category
  • Large stated asset libraries: 100,000+ stock videos and 1,000+ 3D models
  • Direct import from Blender and After Effects for teams with existing assets

Cons

  • Core AI editor feature is marked coming soon, not currently available
  • No public pricing to evaluate cost
  • Access is gated behind a waitlist rather than open signup

Which one fits

Choose Arcads if you need

  • Performance marketers testing many creative variants of one script
  • Brands localising the same ad into several languages
  • Agencies that need actor likenesses cleared for commercial ad use

Choose Motionshift if you need

  • Marketers who want to join a waitlist for an upcoming templated video tool
  • Teams already using Blender or After Effects who want asset compatibility

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