tday vs Arcade: recorded demos or generated video?
Arcade now sells AI video for marketing teams, with interactive demos priced separately. tday records your real app. What each costs as of November 10, 2026.
By the tday team Published 5 min read
The short answer
Arcade is two products as of November 2026. Its main one builds a marketing video from a description: 30 seconds on the free plan, up to 5 minutes on Pro at $59 a month. Its interactive demos, the click-through kind, are sold separately at $50 per seat a month. tday's demos do one job: your coding agent records a narrated demo of your real app, up to 10 minutes, and records it again when the product changes. tday is free for 5 saved demos, and Pro is $39 a month.
Key takeaways
- Arcade changed direction on October 20, 2026. Its home page now reads "The AI video playground for marketing teams".
- Interactive demos are still sold, on their own pricing page: free for 1 published demo, $50 per seat a month on Growth.
- Arcade builds a video from your description. tday records the product actually being used. Those suit different jobs.
- A coding agent can ask Arcade for an AI video, but Arcade's MCP server cannot create or edit interactive demos. With tday the agent does the recording.
- Arcade announced an agent that updates demos in December 2025. Eleven months later its post still points to a waitlist.
Accurate as of . Every fact about Arcade was read from its own website that day, and each page is listed under Sources. Prices and plans change, so check the vendor's page before you buy. tday publishes this blog and makes one of the two products compared.
If you last looked at Arcade a year ago, look again. It was the interactive demo tool with the Chrome extension. On October 20, 2026 its changelog announced "the new Arcade", and its home page now reads "The AI video playground for marketing teams".
So this comparison has two halves. Arcade's AI video against tday is generated against recorded. Arcade's interactive demos against tday is clicking against watching.
tday vs Arcade at a glance
| tday | Arcade | |
|---|---|---|
| What it makes | Narrated demo videos of your running app | AI videos built from a description, and click-through interactive demos, sold separately |
| How it is made | Your coding agent records the app, one narrated line at a time | You describe the video and Arcade builds it. Demos are captured with a Chrome extension or desktop app |
| Length | Up to 10 minutes a take | AI video: 30 seconds on Free, 5 minutes on Pro |
| Voice | An AI voice for every line | AI voiceover on interactive demos, free plan included |
| Coding agent | Records the demo through tday's MCP server | Can ask for an AI video. The MCP server cannot create or edit interactive demos |
| When the UI changes | The agent records again under the same link | Replace steps by hand. An update agent was announced in December 2025, and the announcement still points to a waitlist |
| Free plan | 5 saved demos and 100 credits a month, with a tday badge | Demos: 1 published demo, with a watermark. AI video: 250 one-time credits |
| Paid from | Pro $39 a month | Demos: Growth $50 per seat a month ($42.50 billed yearly). AI video: Pro $59 a month ($49 billed yearly) |
Where Arcade is the better choice
A launch video from a sentence. Describe the video you want, such as a 30-second product launch video, and Arcade builds it "around your product and brand" for you to shape in its editor. A tday demo is not generated footage. It is a recording of what your app really does.
Something for prospects to click. An interactive demo on a pricing page lets a visitor try the product. On Growth it comes with forms, call-to-action buttons, viewer insights and a HubSpot connection.
A team with no repo access. Marketing can use Arcade without a developer. tday needs a coding agent and the code, except on Enterprise, where it can record in the cloud.
4K. AI video on Pro exports at 4K.
Where tday is the better choice
It is the real product. The footage in a tday demo is your app running, on a demo instance. For docs and support, where the viewer is about to do the same thing, that matters more than polish.
Length and depth. A take can run 10 minutes and 40 narrated lines. Arcade's AI video stops at 5 minutes on Pro, and a 5-minute video costs 600 to 1,000 of the plan's 1,000 monthly credits.
The agent does the work. Claude Code, Cursor or Codex records the demo, checks it for secrets and uploads it. Through Arcade's MCP server an agent can request an AI video and read demo analytics.
Staying current, today. A tday re-record is one request and keeps the same link. Arcade's Auto-update Agent was announced on December 3, 2025: it "logs in, re-captures the new flow, rebuilds the experience, and presents an updated version for human review". As of November 10, 2026 the announcement still says: "Sign up for the waitlist to get access to these new AI-powered capabilities." Arcade's docs do not describe the agent.
What each one costs
Arcade has two price lists, and one does not include the other.
AI video. Free gives 250 credits once, videos up to 30 seconds, 1080p and a watermark. Pro is $59 a month, or $49 billed yearly, for 1,000 credits a month, 10 seats, 5-minute videos and 4K. A 30-second video costs 60 to 100 credits, depending on the model.
Interactive demos. Free allows 1 seat and 1 published demo, with a watermark. Growth is $50 per seat a month, or $42.50 billed yearly, for up to 10 seats. Capturing a page's HTML is on Enterprise only.
tday has one list. Free includes 5 saved demos and 100 credits a month, which is 10 minutes of voiceover. Pro is $39 a month for 2 seats, 25 saved demos and 500 credits. Recording and rendering use no credits.
Which should you pick
For a launch video or a clickable demo on your website, use Arcade. Those are marketing jobs and it is built for them.
For a demo of every feature that shows the real product and stays true as you ship, use tday. Developer-led teams usually want that one first, because it is the one their docs are missing.
Frequently asked questions
Did Arcade stop making interactive demos?
No. As of November 10, 2026 Arcade still sells interactive demos, but separately. Its pricing FAQ says interactive demos "are sold separately and are priced on their own page", and that a demo subscription does not include AI video credits. Its home page has led with AI video since October 20, 2026.
How much does Arcade cost?
As of November 10, 2026: AI video is free for 250 one-time credits, and Pro is $59 a month or $49 billed yearly. Interactive demos are free for 1 published demo, and Growth is $50 per seat a month or $42.50 billed yearly. The two subscriptions are separate.
Can Claude Code create an Arcade demo?
It can ask Arcade for an AI video through Arcade's MCP server. It cannot build an interactive demo: Arcade's docs say the MCP server cannot create or edit interactive demos. With tday, Claude Code, Cursor or Codex records the demo itself.
Is tday an Arcade alternative?
For demo videos of the real product, yes. tday records your app in use and narrates it. It is not an alternative for click-through interactive demos, which Arcade makes and tday does not.
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Sources
- Arcade, Arcade
- Arcade AI video pricing, Arcade
- Arcade interactive demo pricing, Arcade
- Plans and AI credits, Arcade
- Arcade MCP, Arcade
- Arcade for agents, Arcade
- Arcade changelog, Arcade
- Meet Arcade's new Creator Studio, Arcade
- tday demos, tday docs
- Record, re-record and edit, tday docs
- tday plans and limits, tday docs
Have your coding agent record your first demo
One prompt in Claude Code, Cursor or Codex records a narrated demo of your app. tday voices, styles and renders it, ready for your docs. Free includes 5 saved demos.
