Sume vs Arcads
Dollar prices against credits for talking-actor ads, video models and the API.
Arcads sells monthly credit plans for AI actor ads. Its help center lists what each generation costs in credits and says the dollar prices are on the pricing page inside its app. Sume shows a dollar price for every model before you run it: a workspace without a price book pays the provider's list price, with 0% markup, from a balance you top up with no subscription.
At a glance
| Sume | Arcads | |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Top up from $5; each top-up lasts 365 days. No subscription. | Monthly or yearly plans of 8,000 to 192,000 credits a month. A 72-hour trial turns into the Starter plan. |
| Price of a generation | Dollars per second or per image, shown before you run | Credits per generation |
| Dollar price of a plan | No plans | |
| Unused balance | Each top-up lasts 365 days | Starter and Creator reset each cycle; Pro and above roll over |
| API | Every account, from the same balance | Pro plan and above |
| Agent and MCP | Sume Agent and MCP | Mark, its agent, and the Arcads MCP |
| Failed generations | Refunded to the balance | Refunded automatically |
The same models, in dollars and credits
Arcads runs several models Sume also sells. Its help center gives their cost in credits; Sume's price is in dollars. The Arcads dollar column is blank because Arcads does not publish what a credit costs.
| Generation | Sume | Arcads | Arcads in dollars |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedance 2.5, 5 s at 720p | $1.156 | 210 credits | |
| Seedance 2.5, 5 s at 1080p | $2.843 | 520 credits | |
| Kling 3.0 Pro, 5 s | $0.56 without sound, $0.84 with sound | 240 credits | |
| Veo 3.1, 8 s | $3.20 at 720p with sound | 800 credits | |
| OmniHuman 1.5, one minute | $9.60 | 800 credits per started minute |
Talking-actor videos
Arcads' own talking-actor video costs 800 credits for up to two minutes, with the actor, script and voice in one step. On Sume you make a talking video from a photo and a voice track with a lip sync model, priced by the second; the voice is its own step, from text to speech or your own recording.
| Lip sync model on Sume | Per second | 30-second video |
|---|---|---|
| Kling Avatar 2.0, 720p | $0.056 | $1.68 |
| Kling Avatar 2.0 Pro, 1080p | $0.112 | $3.36 |
| VEED Fabric 1.0, 480p | $0.08 | $2.40 |
| VEED Fabric 1.0, 720p | $0.15 | $4.50 |
| OmniHuman 1.5 | $0.16 | $4.80 |
How you pay
Arcads plans give a monthly pool of credits: Starter 8,000, Creator 16,000, Pro 48,000, Scale 96,000, Business 192,000. Yearly billing is 20% off. Starter and Creator stop at the monthly limit and reset each cycle; Pro and above roll unused credits over and bill extra use on the next invoice. The trial needs a card and starts the Starter plan after 72 hours.
On Sume there is no plan to pick. You add funds from $5, each top-up lasts 365 days, and every model's price is on the pricing page and the API rate card.
Which one fits
| If you want | Better fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| A library of ready AI actors for UGC ads | Arcads | Its plans are built around actor videos, with custom actors from Pro |
| Dollar prices you can check before you buy | Sume | Every model shows its price per second or per image; Arcads' dollar prices are inside its app |
| An API without a large plan | Sume | Sume's API runs from any balance; Arcads opens its API from the Pro plan |
| Spend that keeps | Sume | A top-up lasts 365 days; Starter and Creator credits reset each cycle |
Questions
- How much does Arcads cost?
- Arcads' help center lists its plans by credits a month, from Starter's 8,000 to Business's 192,000, and says the current dollar prices are on the pricing page in its app. They are not on a public page, so this comparison leaves them blank rather than guess.
- How much does a talking video cost on Sume?
- It depends on the model and the length. A 30-second video is $1.68 with Kling Avatar 2.0, $4.50 with VEED Fabric 1.0 at 720p and $4.80 with OmniHuman 1.5.
- Does Sume add a fee to the provider's price?
- Not for a workspace without a price book: it pays the provider's list price with 0% markup. See billing.
- Can I use Sume from an API without a big plan?
- Yes. Any balance can call the Sume API and MCP, from a $5 top-up.
Sources
Prices checked on . Sume's prices come from its live price list; other companies' prices come from the public pages below. A blank cell means the company does not publish that number.
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