Quelta vs Arcads
Arcads is a self-serve studio for actor-led UGC ads that your team makes in-house, while Quelta makes finished videos from your product photos for the whole catalog, adapts each one to its market and checks it before delivery. Arcads does not publish its prices; a third-party figure is quoted in the note under the price table, not compared. Choose Arcads for actor-led ads your team directs, and Quelta for product videos at catalog scale in several markets.
Features and terms side by side
Taken from each service’s own pages; a value marked “reported” comes from a third-party source. A number after a value links to its source and the exact quote.
| Feature | Quelta | Arcads |
|---|---|---|
| Price and plans | ||
| How you pay | Per finished video1 | Monthly credit plans; prices shown only in the app2 Starter 8,000, Creator 16,000, Pro 48,000, Scale 96,000 and Business 192,000 credits a month; Enterprise is custom. |
| Starting price | From $20 per video up to 30 s1 From $30 per 60-second video. The pilot on one category is quoted per project. | Not public3 |
| Free plan | No free video plan; the ad check is free4 Videos start with a paid pilot on one category. The free check reviews existing video ads. | Partly: 72-hour trial with 1,000 credits, card required5 The trial converts to the Starter monthly plan unless cancelled. |
| Watermark on free videos | No free videos; delivered videos carry no watermark6 | Not found7 |
| What you start from | ||
| Video from product photos | Yes, from catalog photos8 | Yes, a product photo as start frame or held by an actor9 |
| Video from a product link | Yes, from product page links or a feed8 | Yes, through the Mark agent10 Mark reads the brand's website and fills its brand memory, including products. |
| What you get | ||
| People on screen | Yes: People generated for each product and market11 No stock avatar library: the cast is chosen for the market and the audience. | Yes: 1,000+ AI actors, plus custom actors12 |
| Voice languages | Confirmed in each project quote13 | 74 languages for AI actors14 Translate Video offers 176 language and accent options. |
| Lip sync | Yes, a local creator speaks the market’s language15 | Yes16 |
| Per-market adaptation stated | Yes: angle, cast, voice and captions per market17 | Partly: Translation with lip sync, 176 options18 |
| Video length | Ads up to 60 s; brand films longer19 | Talking-actor video up to 2 min20 Video-model clips are shorter, for example a Veo 3.1 clip is 8 s; the free Stitch tool joins clips. |
| Formats | 9:16, 16:9, 2:3 and more21 | 9:16, 4:5, 1:1, 16:922 |
| Who does the work | ||
| Videos made for you | Yes, from brief to finished video23 | Not found24 The agencies page describes agencies producing ads themselves on the platform; no managed service is mentioned. |
| Each video checked | Yes: Every video checked before delivery25 | Not found26 Failed generations are refunded automatically; no check of the output itself is described. |
| Many videos at once | Yes: Whole catalog, one style27 | Yes: Workflows, e.g. 20 videos in one run28 Workflows are on Creator and above. |
| Commercial use | Yes, usage rights set in the project agreement29 | Yes, licence to distribute and market the video30 Non-exclusive; check the current licence for edits and other uses. |
| Integrations | ||
| API | No video-generation API; an API for ad checks31 Product feeds are accepted as production input. | Yes: Public API on Pro and above32 |
| MCP server | No generation MCP; an MCP server for ad checks31 | Yes: MCP server on every plan33 |
“Not found” means we did not find a statement in the pages we checked on the stated date; it does not mean the feature is unavailable. For “Per-market adaptation stated”, “Partly” means translation or dubbing is stated, while adapting the message itself was not found in the pages we checked; self-serve users can change scripts, people and offers themselves.
What a usable video costs
Illustrative subscription spend for one 30-second video at 10, 100 and 500 videos a month: for each service, the cheapest published monthly plan for the workflow named in its price footnotes that covers the generations needed. API prices and your team’s own work are excluded, so these are not equivalent service quotes.
| Videos a month | 10 | 100 | 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quelta: starting price per delivered video | from $201 | from $201 | from $201 |
| Arcads: price per generation | Not public | Not public34 | Not public35 |
There is no public Arcads price to compare at these volumes and two generations per usable video, so there is nothing to put next to Quelta prices, from $20 per delivered video.
Arcads · Starting price: Not published; reported $110 / month3 reported. Starter plan, as reported by shhots.ai on 9 Aug 2026 and not confirmed by Arcads; Arcads shows dollar prices only inside the app after sign-up. This figure comes from a third-party source and is not confirmed by Arcads.
Quelta: the pilot and the final project price are quoted per project.
Quelta also makes videos up to 60 seconds, from $30 per video.1
Where Arcads is stronger
From the pages of Arcads itself. Each point links to its source.
Arcads
- A library of 1,000+ AI actors, and you can create your own AI avatar. Source
- One Workflow run can turn a single script and product image into 20 UGC videos (10 AI actors in 2 languages). Source
- Translates any video, with full lip sync, into 176 language and accent options, several languages in one run. Source
- MCP server on every plan and a public API on Pro and above; paid plans include 100 free images per rolling 24 hours. Source
What Quelta does not do
- No self-serve video generator: videos are ordered as a project, starting with a pilot.
- Not built for one-off videos of a single person talking to the camera.
Which one to choose
Choose Quelta if…
- You sell many products and need a video for each one, in one style, without producing them yourself.
- Your starting point is product photos, a product feed or links to product pages, not an actor and a script.
- You want a published starting price per finished video, with remakes included, rather than monthly credits.
- You sell in several markets and want the adaptation for each one, from the message to the cast, included in the production.
- You want every video checked before delivery: the product, text and packaging against your photos, hands and faces, and the sound.
Choose Arcads if…
- You want a person talking to the camera and like to pick the actor yourself from a large library: 1,000+ AI actors, plus custom actors.
- Your team writes the scripts and wants to test many hooks quickly, in-house.
- You want to dub finished ads into other languages with lip sync.
- You want an API or an MCP server to run generation from your own tools.
- You want to try it first: 72-hour trial with 1,000 credits, card required.
For sellers, agencies and brands
Sellers
On a marketplace the job is a video for every product card, not one hero ad. Quelta turns catalog photos into those videos for you.
Arcads can batch videos (Workflows, e.g. 20 videos in one run), but your team still sets up and reviews each run.
Agencies
Arcads suits a creative team that tests hooks with AI actors and wants to stay hands-on.
When a client needs product videos across a catalog and several markets, Quelta delivers them made and checked, so the team reviews instead of producing.
Brands
For a new country, Quelta includes the adaptation in production: the angle, the cast, the voice and the captions.
Arcads lists 74 languages for AI actors and translation with lip sync; your team can also change scripts and actors for each market.
How to switch from Arcads to Quelta
Nothing has to be rebuilt: Quelta starts from your products, not from your Arcads files.
- Send product photos, a product feed or links to product pages for one category.
- Name the markets, languages and platforms, and tell us which Arcads ads worked. We keep the mechanics that sold, such as the hook, the pacing and the offer; we don’t reuse the footage, the actors or the voices.
- Get the pilot videos, checked, and compare them with your current ads.
- Scale to the whole catalog, and keep Arcads for the actor-led ads your team likes to direct.
Questions and answers
Is Quelta cheaper than Arcads?
Arcads does not publish its prices, so this page makes no price claim. A third-party figure is quoted in the note under the price table and is not confirmed by Arcads. Quelta charges from $20 per delivered video; remakes needed to pass its delivery check are included.
Does Quelta use AI actors like Arcads?
Quelta generates the people in each video for the product and the market, instead of offering an actor library. If you want to pick an actor from a catalog yourself, Arcads is built for that: 1,000+ AI actors, plus custom actors.
Can Arcads make a video from product photos?
Yes: a product photo can be the start frame of a video or be held by an AI actor. Quelta is built around catalogs: a set of product photos becomes finished videos for every market you sell in, without setting up each one.
Which languages do Arcads and Quelta support?
Arcads lists 74 languages for AI actors and translates finished videos with lip sync. Quelta agrees the languages for each project and includes the adaptation of each video to its market in the production.
Does Arcads check videos before you use them?
We did not find a described review of finished output in the pages of Arcads we checked. Quelta checks every video before delivery: the product, text and packaging against your photos, hands and faces, the hook, the pacing and the sound.
Can I bring my Arcads ads to Quelta?
Quelta does not copy videos. Tell us which ads worked, and we keep what made them sell, such as the hook, the pacing and the offer, in new videos about your products.
Sources
Every fact on this page, the page it comes from and the date we reviewed it.
Quelta
- 1 How you pay · Starting price · Price per video · Longer videos.
From $20 per finished video up to 30 seconds and from $30 per 60-second video.
quelta.ai/compare, reviewed October 24, 2026 Production, video up to 30 s. From $20 per finished video up to 30 s. Takes that fail the check are remade at our cost, so there is no charge per attempt. - 4 Free plan.
Free AI check of video ads
quelta.ai/check, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 6 Watermark on free videos.
Delivered videos carry no Quelta watermark.
quelta.ai/compare, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 8 Video from product photos · Video from a product link.
Product photos, a product feed or links to product pages are enough.
quelta.ai, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 11 People on screen.
People, places, voices and music are generated for each product and market.
quelta.ai/samples, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 13 Voice languages.
Videos are made in any common language, for any market.
quelta.ai, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 15 Lip sync.
Quelta changes not only the words, but what the ad says first, who says it and how.
quelta.ai/for-sellers, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 17 Per-market adaptation stated.
Quelta adapts what the video leads with to local buyers: in one market it is the price, in another installments or a discount, in a third quality and free returns.
quelta.ai, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 19 Video length.
and a 2-minute film
quelta.ai/samples, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 21 Formats.
Formats: 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, 2:3 and 9:16 for product cards, 16:9 for YouTube and websites.
quelta.ai/samples, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 23 Videos made for you.
We also make videos for you, turnkey: from the brief to the finished video.
quelta.ai, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 25 Each video checked.
Every video passes the Quelta check before delivery: the product, text and packaging against your photos, hands and faces, the hook, the pacing, the sound and the rules of each platform.
quelta.ai, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 27 Many videos at once.
From one category for a pilot to your whole catalog: hundreds, thousands, up to hundreds of thousands of SKUs.
quelta.ai, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 29 Commercial use.
Videos are made for the client’s ads, product pages and social media; usage rights are set in the project agreement.
quelta.ai/compare, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 31 API · MCP server.
Quelta MCP server
quelta.ai/mcp-server, reviewed October 24, 2026
Arcads
- 2 How you pay.
Current prices are on the pricing page in the app. Plans are billed monthly or yearly, and yearly billing is 20% off.
help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17595066-how-does-arcads-pricing-work, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 3 Starting price.
Arcads AI pricing starts at a reported $110/month for 8,000 credits
shhots.ai/blog/arcads-ai-pricingthird-party source, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 5 Free plan.
The trial lasts 72 hours and includes 1,000 credits with all features unlocked, including Studio, Workflows and the Agent.
help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17350051-arcads-faq, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 7 Watermark on free videos. No statement found on this page. help.arcads.ai/en/articles/16975664-how-the-free-trial-works, reviewed October 24, 2026
- 9 Video from product photos.
Any image in Arcads can become a video. Use your product photo or a generated image as the start frame, describe the motion and pick a video model.
help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17595021-how-do-i-turn-a-product-image-into-a-video-ad-in-arcads, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 10 Video from a product link.
Yes, through Mark, the Arcads AI agent.
help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17595041-can-arcads-make-a-video-ad-from-a-product-url, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 12 People on screen.
Use our library of 1,000+ Captivating AI Actors, or create your own AI Avatar
www.arcads.ai, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 14 Voice languages.
Talking actors speak 74 languages with accents. Translate Video offers 176 language and accent options.
help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17350051-arcads-faq, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 16 Lip sync.
deliver your script on camera with lip sync, facial expressions and gestures
help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17349982-ai-actors, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 18 Per-market adaptation stated.
It offers 176 language and accent options, and one run can translate into several languages at once.
help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17595031-how-do-i-translate-a-video-ad-into-other-languages-in-arcads, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 20 Video length.
Arcads 1.0 talking-actor video (up to 2 minutes)
help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17595066-how-does-arcads-pricing-work, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 22 Formats.
Select 9:16, 4:5, 1:1 or 16:9, choose crop or fit, and click Generate.
help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17595027-how-do-i-resize-a-video-ad-for-tiktok-reels-and-youtube-in-arcads, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 24 Videos made for you. No statement found on this page. help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17595008-what-does-arcads-offer-agencies, reviewed October 24, 2026
- 26 Each video checked. No statement found on this page. help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17595066-how-does-arcads-pricing-work, reviewed October 24, 2026
- 28 Many videos at once.
One run can turn a single script and product image into 20 UGC videos: 10 AI actors, in 2 languages.
help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17595000-how-do-i-automate-ad-production-with-workflows-in-arcads, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 30 Commercial use.
the right to distribute, broadcast and market the Video or to broadcast them free of charge or in return for payment
www.arcads.ai/terms, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 32 API.
Connect the Arcads MCP at mcp.arcads.ai, or use the public API (Pro and above).
help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17350051-arcads-faq, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 33 MCP server.
Every plan: all models up to 4K, Mark the AI agent and the Arcads MCP
help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17595066-how-does-arcads-pricing-work, reviewed October 24, 2026 - 34 Price per video.
Scale 96,000 Extra usage billed on the next invoice
help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17595066-how-does-arcads-pricing-work, reviewed October 24, 2026 Scale, 96,000 credits (120 videos); price not published. 100 x 800 = 80,000 credits. Pro (48,000 credits = 60 videos) bills extra usage per credit at an unpublished rate; Scale (96,000 credits) covers 100, but neither Arcads nor any source found publishes its dollar price. - 35 Price per video.
Enterprise Custom, through the sales team
help.arcads.ai/en/articles/17595066-how-does-arcads-pricing-work, reviewed October 24, 2026 Enterprise, custom. 500 x 800 = 400,000 credits, above Business (192,000 credits = 240 videos). Larger plans are custom, through the sales team.
Quelta for catalogs
Need videos like this for your whole catalog?
Quelta makes product videos from your photos, adapted for each of your markets by meaning, not just by words, and checked before delivery. Start with a pilot on one category.
Start with a pilotPrivate access
Videos for your catalog, starting with one category
Tell us about your catalog, markets and volumes. We make the first videos for one category, so you can compare them with what you have now. Then the same scenarios cover the whole catalog.
Send your products
A product feed, links to product pages or photos for one category.
Agree markets and audiences
Countries, languages, platforms, generations of buyers and the quality threshold.
Get the pilot videos
Localized for each market, checked and ready to post.
Scale to the catalog
Every product, every market and every new arrival, in one style.
We don’t copy other people’s videos. Every video is new and about your product. We keep the mechanics that sell (script, pacing, delivery), not anyone’s footage, people or music.
