Arcads alternatives

Ad from prompt
High control
Save time by creating ads from prompts with matching assets.
For: Static Ads, Video Ads

Ad from deep research
Medium control
Save time by creating ads from ad concepts we find (that you pick).
For: Static Ads, Video Ads

Ad from reviews
Medium control
Save time by creating ads from your reviews.
For: Static Ads, Video Ads

Clone competitor ad
Medium control
Save time by cloning winning ads from top brands.
For: Static Ads, Video Ads

B-roll cutting
Medium control
Save time by cutting in B-roll on your UGC videos.
For: Video Ads

Long form to ad
Medium control
Save time by turning your interviews into ads.
For: Video Ads

Ad from voiceover
Medium control
Save time by creating ads from your voiceovers.
For: Video Ads

Make me an ad
Low control
Save time by doing nothing & getting ads from AI CMO.
For: Static Ads, Video Ads

• 

  AI CMO

  Automatically plan, create, & run 1000s of winning ads end-to-end.

  Replaces CMO ($200K-$1M+/year), bad agencies ($10K+/mo retainer, $200+/ad)
• 

  AdGPT

  Save time creating ads (think ChatGPT for ads).

  Replaces ChatGPT ($20/mo), Claude ($20/mo)
• 

  AdCut

  Save time editing video ads (think CapCut for ads).

  Replaces CapCut ($9.99/mo), Premiere ($54.99/mo)
• 

  Kanva

  Save time editing static ads (think Canva for ads).

  Replaces AdCreative ($599/mo), Canva ($10/user/mo)
• 

  Adspy

  Save time with AI-powered ad cloning.

  Replaces Foreplay ($99/mo + $20/user + $50/tracked competitor)
• 

  Creative Library

  Save time by splitting & tagging assets with AI.

  Replaces Frame.io ($1K-$20K+/mo), Air ($600-$5K+/mo), Recharm ($500-$3K+/mo)
• 

  UGC Creators

  Save time & money with AI-generated UGC.

  Replaces Arcads, MakeUGC ($119+/mo), Billo ($99+/video)
• 

  Audience Research

  Save time researching & tracking audiences.

  (and help AdGPT create ads that match your audience's voice)

  Replaces tedious work ($2K+/mo)
• 

  Zora

  Save time & money with AI-generated videos (think Sora for ads).

  Replaces Sora ($200/mo)
• 

  Photoshoot

  Save time & money with AI-generated images.

  Replaces Soona ($149/session + $39/photo), real photoshoots ($1K+/session)
• 

  Creative Analytics

  Save money with creative analytics.

  Replaces Motion ($1K-$10K+/mo depending on adspend)
• 

  Ads Manager

  Save time with ad manager auto-upload.

  Replaces AdManage.ai ($1.3K/mo), Adscook ($399-$2K/mo)

Story

Kennan Davison

CEO, Founder

Solo-founded Skio ($15M+ ARR & profitable, $8M seed).

Solo-founded Skio ($15M+ ARR & profitable, $8M seed).

Previously: Pinterest, Hulu, W+K (ad agency), Top 200 NA LoL, YC S20 (solo founder), Columbia (transfer, dropout).

Previously: Pinterest, Hulu, W+K (ad agency), Top 200 NA LoL, YC S20 (solo founder), Columbia (transfer, dropout).

Hi, I'm Kennan!

Thank you for reading this. My life has been a journey full of ups & downs & I’m grateful to be here.

I grew up finding school extremely boring & slept through most of my classes. If I'm being real, no one thought I'd go anywhere (was Top 200 North America out of 10M+ people in League of Legends though).

Everything changed when I was 18: I had a big wakeup call & had to start supporting myself. Instead of getting the college experience like my friends, I had to live with my parents to save money. And again, no one thought I’d go anywhere.

All of this really triggered me, so I worked 100-hour weeks until I destroyed coding interviews. Soon after, I dropped out to join Pinterest at 19.

After being a minion at Pinterest, I quit cold turkey & started my 1st company, Skio. I fluked into Y Combinator as a solo founder & completely failed during the batch. Thankfully, pivoting worked well ($15M+ ARR & profitable).

But it’s not over yet. I have a massive chip on my shoulder that I want to fix with Icon.

I know I’m not supposed to say this publicly, but I want to make Icon the greatest company of all time.
I want to deliver insane value to our customers.
I want to create generational wealth for my team & investors.
I want to break the $0 to $100M ARR world record.
And I want it so bad I'm working 7 days a week & sacrificing my life for the rest of my life.

Thank you to our customers, my team, our investors, & anyone reading this. If it wasn't already obvious, I have extremely thick skin & no life: please reach out with brutal feedback on anything we can be doing better 7 days a week at kennan@icon.com.

Kennan Davison

CEO, Founder

Solo-founded Skio ($15M+ ARR & profitable, $8M seed).

Solo-founded Skio ($15M+ ARR & profitable, $8M seed), Pinterest, Hulu, Top 200 NA LoL, YC S20, Dropout (at 19).

Previously: Pinterest, Hulu, W+K (ad agency), Top 200 NA LoL, YC S20 (solo founder), Columbia (transfer, dropout).

Hi, I'm Kennan!

Thank you for reading this. My life has been a journey full of ups & downs & I’m grateful to be here.

I grew up finding school extremely boring & slept through most of my classes. If I'm being real, no one thought I'd go anywhere (was Top 200 North America out of 10M+ people in League of Legends though).

Everything changed when I was 18: I had a big wakeup call & had to start supporting myself. Instead of getting the college experience like my friends, I had to live with my parents to save money. And again, no one thought I’d go anywhere.

All of this really triggered me, so I worked 100-hour weeks until I destroyed coding interviews. Soon after, I dropped out to join Pinterest at 19.

After being a minion at Pinterest, I quit cold turkey & started my 1st company, Skio. I fluked into Y Combinator as a solo founder & completely failed during the batch. Thankfully, pivoting worked well ($15M+ ARR & profitable).

But it’s not over yet. I have a massive chip on my shoulder that I want to fix with Icon.

I know I’m not supposed to say this publicly, but I want to make Icon the greatest company of all time.
I want to deliver insane value to our customers.
I want to create generational wealth for my team & investors.
I want to break the $0 to $100M ARR world record.
And I want it so bad I'm working 7 days a week & sacrificing my life for the rest of my life.

Thank you to our customers, my team, our investors, & anyone reading this. If it wasn't already obvious, I have extremely thick skin & no life: please reach out with brutal feedback on anything we can be doing better 7 days a week at kennan@icon.com.

Explore more

Story

Solo-founded Skio ($15M+ ARR & profitable, $8M seed). Top 200 NA LoL, YC S20, Dropout.

Story

Solo-founded Skio ($15M+ ARR & profitable, $8M seed). Top 200 NA LoL, YC S20, Pinterest, Dropout.

Investors (Tier 1)

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund + OpenAI (ChatGPT) & Ramp execs + Saquon Barkley (Super Bowl 2025).

Investors

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund + OpenAI (ChatGPT) exec + Saquon Barkley (Super Bowl 2025).

Team (Tier 1 Engineers)

From Google, Facebook, Pinterest, Snap, Hulu, NVIDIA, & Tesla. 7-day work week.

Team

From Google, Meta, Pinterest, & more. 7-day work week.

Examples

See ads created with Icon (static images, B-roll + voiceover, UGC + B-roll cuts, & more).

Examples

See ads created with Icon (static images, video, & more).