Create winning AI ads — free
Arcads turns one prompt into photoreal AI actors and AI UGC ads — generate your first ad creative free, with no sign-up and no credits.
Describe your product in the prompt — colour, packaging, label — and your AI actor will hold it.
Everything you need to ship AI UGC ads
1,000+ AI actors, one prompt away
Cast any age, look, setting or wardrobe by describing it. No casting call, no shoot day, no release forms.
UGC ad creative without a creator
Get the handheld, natural, phone-shot look that performs on social — generated, not filmed.
Your product, in an actor's hands
Describe your product in the prompt and Arcads AI composes the shot around it with a matching AI actor.
Every ad format, every ratio
9:16 for Reels and TikTok, 1:1 for feed, 16:9 for YouTube — pick it before you generate.
Built for video ad workflows
Every still is composed as a video ad frame, so it carries straight into your animation and editing pipeline.
Free and anonymous
No account, no card, no credits. A quick human check, then you generate.
How the AI ad generator works
Forget casting, shoot days and editing timelines. Three steps, one prompt.
Describe your ad
Type the actor, the product and the setting. One sentence is enough — Arcads AI handles framing, lighting and wardrobe.
Generate your AI actor
In about ten seconds you get a photoreal ad creative. Do not like it? Regenerate as many times as you want, free.
Preview it as a video ad
Run the animation step to see how your still moves, then carry the creative into your video ad workflow.
Built for performance marketing
E-commerce
Unboxing, product-in-hand and lifestyle ad creative for every SKU.
SaaS
Put a human face on a screen-recording product with AI actors.
Mobile apps
Volume hook testing for UA campaigns, at zero creative cost.
Marketing agencies
Ship a week of client ad creative in an afternoon.
TikTok ads
Native 9:16 UGC ad creative built for the For You feed.
Facebook & Instagram
Feed and Reels creative that reads as organic, not as an ad.
YouTube
Hook frames and thumbnails for pre-roll and Shorts.
Creative testing
Generate ten variations of one hook and let the data pick.
Real AI actor ad creative
Every image below was generated with the studio on this page.
Turn any AI actor still into a video ad
| Comparison criterion | Arcads | Hiring a UGC creator | Stock footage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to first creative | ~10 seconds | 1-2 weeks | Hours of searching |
| Cost per variation | Free | $100 - $300+ | $20 - $100+ |
| Number of actors available | Unlimited AI actors | Limited to roster | Fixed pool |
| Revisions | Regenerate instantly | Costly reshoots | None |
| Sign-up required | None — anonymous | Account & contract | Account & card |
| Language options | Any language prompt | Creator dependent | None |
Trusted by performance marketers
The ability to iterate on AI UGC ads without waiting for creators has changed our entire workflow. We test hooks at a volume we could not afford before.
We used to spend thousands on stock footage that looked fake. Now we generate photoreal AI actors tailored exactly to our demographics in seconds.
The AI ad generator is incredible. Being able to just type out a scene and instantly get a high-quality creative to test on Facebook is a superpower.
Frequently Asked Questions
Arcads is a free AI ad generator built on AI actors. The Arcads AI studio lets you turn a single text prompt into photoreal ad creative instantly.
AI actors are photoreal human models generated entirely by artificial intelligence. Every actor you see in our AI UGC ads is AI-generated, not a real person.
Yes, it is completely anonymous with no sign-up and no card required. We have a rate limit in place so it stays free for everyone.
You get a high-resolution AI ad creative image featuring your AI actor still. The animation step then plays a motion preview showing how that still would move as a video ad.
Yes. Describe the product in the prompt — colour, packaging, label, how it is held — and the Arcads AI studio composes an AI actor around it.
Yes, you can use them in your campaigns. Please note that the actors are AI-generated, so you should disclose this where ad platforms require it.
Pick 9:16, 4:5, 1:1, 16:9, 4:3 or 3:4 in the studio before you generate, so the creative arrives already framed for the placement.
No. Just complete a quick human check and you can start generating immediately. There is nothing to sign up for.