Shotz vs Arcads
Arcads makes UGC-style ads with AI actors: pick a face from its library, paste a script and get a video of them saying it. Shotz makes UGC ads too, from your product, a creator and a brief, and builds each one as an edit you can change: hooks, product shots, captions and music on a timeline.
Testing scripts at volume. Many actors saying many hooks, for performance marketers.
Ads you can finish. A cut per hook with product shots, captions and music, open in a real editor.
The short version.
Arcads gives you an actor saying the lines. Shotz gives you the ad around them, cut and captioned.
Shotz makes product stills and clips from your product photos, without inventing a logo.
Every ad lands on a timeline, so changing a line or a shot doesn't mean starting again.
Side by side.
An honest look at what each tool is built to do. Plenty of people use both.
Where Arcads is great.
A big cast of faces, ages and settings ready to read a script.
Dozens of variations at once for testing what converts.
Direct how a line is said, from excited to deadpan.
Use them together.
Bring an Arcads clip into Shotz to cut it with product shots, captions and music.
Drop in your clips and say what you want. Get a first cut with captions and music.
Export the project with clips and captions, and fine-tune anywhere you like.
Post it wherever your people are.
Questions.
Should I switch from Arcads?
If you only need actors reading scripts at volume, Arcads is built for that. If you want finished ads you can still edit, with your product in them, try Shotz.
Can I use my own creator in a Shotz ad?
Yes. Make a character element from photos and pick it as the creator, or describe one and Shotz makes them.
Is Shotz free?
Yes. The editor is free with no watermark. Starter is from $12 a month with 1,000 credits for generating, Pro from $33 with 3,000, and Team from $129 for up to five people.
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