--- title: "AI commercial generator that shows the cost first." url: "https://riffads.com/features/ai-video-ad-generator" description: "AI commercial generator for short video ads with AI actors, Veo 3.1 and Kling 3 B-roll and captions, with the cost shown before each job." updated: "2026-09-28" source: "RiffAds" --- # AI commercial generator that shows the cost first. RiffAds is an AI commercial generator for video ads. Paste a script, choose an AI actor or a video model such as Veo 3.1 or Kling 3, add a voice and captions, and download the finished ad. Each job is priced before it runs. - [Open the studio](https://app.riffads.com/sign-up?redirect=%2Fpricing) - [Connect your agent](https://riffads.com/connect) ## What is an AI commercial generator? An AI commercial generator makes a short video ad from a script, a product photo or your own audio, with no film shoot. It turns the script into a voice, renders a talking actor or product scenes with AI video models, then adds captions and sizes the ad for each placement. RiffAds runs every step in one studio and shows the credit cost before each job starts. ### How it works 1. **Write the script**: Paste your own script, or ask the AI writer for hooks and lines based on your product and audience. 2. **Choose a model**: Pick a talking actor for a person on camera, or Veo 3.1, Kling 3 or Seedance 2.5 for product scenes and B-roll. 3. **Approve the cost**: The studio shows the job's price in credits before you generate, and a job that fails is not charged. 4. **Edit and download**: Add captions, stitch clips and resize for each placement, then download the file and upload it to your ad account. ### Best for - Performance marketers testing hooks - Ecommerce and app brands - Agencies with many clients - Ads in many languages - AI agents with a spending cap ### RiffAds in numbers - **20**: ready-made workflow templates, such as product photo to spoken ad. - **848**: credits cover one 30 second talking actor ad and its voice-over, priced at $0.01 per credit. ### The numbers behind it - **Nearly 2/3**: of video ad buyers use generative AI for their digital video creative. In 2025 it was half. Source: [IAB, 2026 Digital Video Ad Spend & Strategy Report](https://www.iab.com/news/business-outcomes-are-just-the-beginning/), July 2026. - **45%**: of US Gen Z and Millennial consumers feel positive about AI-generated ads, while 82% of ad executives believe they do. Source: [IAB, The AI Ad Gap Widens](https://www.iab.com/insights/the-ai-gap-widens/), January 2026. ## Questions ### How do you make a video ad with AI? Start from a script. Pick an AI actor and a voice, and the actor speaks your lines with matching lip sync. Length depends on the model: MiniMax H3 Max Lip Sync covers 5 to under 14.8 seconds, OmniHuman 1.5 accepts audio under 60 seconds, and Seedance 2.5 Actor renders 4 to 30 seconds. For a longer ad, render several clips and join them in Stitch, then add captions and download the file. ### How much does it cost to make a video ad with AI? On RiffAds each job is paid in credits, worth $0.01 each. A talking actor ad of 30 seconds, voice included, comes to about 848 credits. B-roll is priced per second and images per image. Plans begin with Launch at $49 a month, and a $1 Growth trial gives 3 days and 500 credits before Growth bills $99 a month. Credits never expire. ### Can one AI tool make video ads, image ads and captions together? Yes. One RiffAds credit balance covers talking actors (OmniHuman 1.5, Seedance 2.5 Actor, MiniMax H3 Max Lip Sync), video models (Veo 3.1, Kling 3, Seedance 2.5, Omni Flash, MiniMax H3 Max), image models like Nano Banana Pro and GPT Image 2.5, and tools to add captions, resize, upscale and stitch clips. Video model clips run 3 to 30 seconds, depending on the model. ### Are AI-generated video ads as effective as filmed ads? No tool can promise that, and RiffAds does not. What an AI video ad generator changes is how many versions you can test: new hooks, actors, lengths and any of 74 voice languages from one script, each priced before it runs. Run them next to your filmed ads and keep the ones your own results support. ### Do I have to label a video ad made with AI? Often, yes, depending on where the ad runs. TikTok accepts ads with AI-generated media only when they carry its AIGC label or a clear disclaimer of your own, and it rejects or restricts ads without one. In the EU, from 2 August 2026, a photorealistic AI person that viewers could take for a real one needs a visible or audible AI label. In any market, do not let an AI actor pass as a real customer who used the product. ### Can an AI agent generate video ads through an API? Yes. An agent can reach RiffAds through the API, MCP, Agent Skills and CLI on any plan. It prices a video ad, submits it with a max_credits cap and gets back a download link to the finished file, paid from the credit balance your team uses in the studio. The real limits are set by an owner or admin, who can raise them: a cap per job, a daily cap for the workspace and a budget per API key. ## About RiffAds RiffAds makes realistic UGC video ads with AI actors, lip-synced to your script, in the studio or from your AI agent through API, MCP, Agent Skills and CLI. It never posts to a social account: every result is a download link to the finished file. RiffAds is priced in credits. 1 credit is $0.01 and credits never expire. Plans start at $49 a month for 4,500 credits. A 30 second talking actor ad is about 848 credits. The studio, the REST API and the MCP server spend the same balance at the same prices, so there is no separate API price. - [RiffAds home](https://riffads.com/index.md): models, workflows, features, plans and the full FAQ - [Pricing](https://riffads.com/pricing.md): every plan and the per-model credit rate card - [Connect your agent](https://riffads.com/connect.md): the MCP server, the REST API and the CLI ## Related pages - [AI UGC generator](https://riffads.com/features/ai-ugc-generator): AI UGC generator for lip-synced UGC videos: pick an AI actor, add a script and see the price before every ad runs. - [Facebook video ad maker](https://riffads.com/features/facebook-ad-generator): Facebook video ad maker: make Facebook and Instagram ads with AI actors, image models and an AI writer, each priced before it runs. - [AI B-roll generator](https://riffads.com/features/b-roll-generator): AI B-roll generator for product, lifestyle and scene clips made with Veo 3.1, Kling 3 and more, priced before each clip runs. - [Lead generation](https://riffads.com/industries/lead-generation): Lead generation ads made with AI UGC actors for insurance, home services and finance offers, each one priced before it runs. - [All features](https://riffads.com/features): The UGC creator tools inside RiffAds, one page each: AI actors, voices, lip sync, B-roll and scripts.