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castingcard.ai charges the GPU's own price for the seconds a job takes: about 39¢ for a 5-second clip. Credit video apps work out at roughly $1 to $4 a clip, AI UGC apps at about $11 an ad, and a hired UGC creator at $150 to $212 a video, before usage rights. Each has things it does better; the pages below say which.
At a glance
| castingcard.ai | Higgsfield | Arcads | UGC creator | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price per clip or ad | 39¢ a clip, $1.18–$2.37 a talking ad | roughly $1 to $4 a clip | about $11 an ad | $150 to $212 a video, before usage rights |
| How you pay | Plan plus GPU time at Runpod's price | Monthly credits | Monthly plan with a video cap | Per video |
| The face | Your own trained, fictional model | Hosted models, with a face-consistency feature | Stock AI actors | A real person |
| Runs on | Your GPU or a Runpod GPU on your account | Their cloud | Their cloud | — |
Rival prices are approximate public figures checked on 11 November 2026; each comparison page lists its sources. castingcard.ai prices are GPU time on a rented RTX 4090 plus your plan.
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