Both are good. Here is when each one wins.
Arcade is polished, popular and priced per seat. For up to three people it is cheaper than Peutly, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. The maths turns at the fourth teammate, and Arcade caps its Growth plan at ten users, so this comparison is mostly about how many people in your company should be allowed to touch a demo.
Arcade pricing, as Arcade publishes it
Every figure below is copied from their own pricing page, last read on 22 September 2026. Where they publish no number, we say so instead of estimating one.
| Plan | Monthly | Seats and what is included |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1 user 1 published demo, 1 published video, 200 AI credits a month. Video and uploaded media only. |
| Growth | $50 per user | Up to 10 users Unlimited demos and videos, 800 AI credits a month. Still video and uploaded media: "HTML capture" is listed on Enterprise only. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Multiple 100,000 AI credits a year. The only tier listing HTML capture, a custom domain, SSO and API access. |
The seat maths. Arcade Growth is $50 per user per month, so three users cost $150 and four cost $200. Peutly Starter is $175 flat for your whole company. On monthly billing the two models cross at the fourth user; on annual billing ($42.50 a user against $140) they cross at the fourth as well. Against Peutly Pro at $450 nine Arcade users cost the same and the tenth tips it, and Arcade Growth stops at ten.
What each price buys. Peutly captures the real DOM on every plan, from $175 a month, so the demo is your actual interface and stays editable afterwards. At Arcade that starts on Enterprise ("HTML capture", listed under Enterprise only), at a price they do not publish. Their cheaper tiers capture screenshots or video, which is a different product at a different price.
The matrix
Arcade is a interactive demo platform. Rows marked missing for Peutly are things we genuinely do not do, not things we are about to ship.
| Feature | Peutly | Arcade |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model Arcade Growth is $50 per user per month, $42.50 on annual billing. | Per workspace, flat | Per user |
| Unlimited users on every plan Arcade Growth is capped at 10 users. | ||
| Cost of your fifth demo builder | Included | +$50/mo |
| Free plan Peutly runs a 7-day trial instead, and adds 7 more days once you publish your first demo. | 1 demo, 1 video | |
| Custom domain Arcade lists custom domains on Enterprise only. Peutly includes a custom share domain on Pro at $450. | Pro+ | Enterprise |
| Advanced analytics | Pro+ | Growth+ |
| SAML SSO | Enterprise | |
| Public API | Enterprise | |
| AI usage metered by credits Arcade meters AI credits: demos are credit-free, videos cost 50 credits per 30 seconds and visuals 50 credits each. Peutly meters voice-over by characters: 300,000 a month on Starter, 1M on Pro, 3M on Enterprise. | ||
| Video recording alongside demos Peutly exports GIF, WebM and MP4 from a demo, up to 720p on Starter and 4K on Pro. Arcade treats video as a first-class format you create in the product. | Export only | |
| Watermark removed Peutly has no watermark on any paid plan. There is no free tier to watermark. | Growth+ |
Where Peutly wins
The price stops moving when the team grows
Arcade charges per user, so every person you want editing demos is another $50 a month, and Growth stops at ten of them. Peutly is $175 or $450 for the workspace, whoever is in it. The moment demos become something your PMM, your AEs and your CS lead all touch, a flat plan stops being a preference and starts being the cheaper option.
A custom domain two tiers earlier
Arcade lists custom domains on Enterprise. Peutly includes a custom share domain on Pro, at a published $450 a month. If you want demos served from your own domain without a procurement cycle, that is a real difference in how fast you get there.
No credit meter to think about
Arcade prices AI in credits, with videos at 50 credits per 30 seconds and visuals at 50 each, against an 800-credit monthly allowance on Growth. Peutly meters one thing, voice-over characters, and demos themselves are never metered. Fewer units to track means fewer surprises at the end of the month.
Captured HTML you keep editing
Peutly records the DOM, so the captured product stays editable. Change copy, blur a customer name, swap a logo, or run find and replace across every step. When your UI ships a change you patch the demo rather than re-recording the whole flow.
Where Arcade wins
Genuinely cheaper for one to three people
One Arcade seat is $50 a month against our $175. If demos are one person’s job and that is not going to change, Arcade costs less than a third of what we do and we would be lying to say otherwise.
A real free tier
Arcade Free gives you one published demo, one published video and 200 AI credits a month, indefinitely. Peutly has no free plan, only a 7-day trial that extends to 14 when you publish. If you need to sit on a free tier for a quarter while you figure out whether demos work for you, take theirs.
Video and visuals as first-class formats
Arcade builds video and generated visuals into the product with its own credit budget. Peutly exports video from a demo but does not treat it as a separate creative surface. If your team wants one tool for interactive demos, recorded video and marketing visuals, Arcade covers more of that in one place.
More polish, more brand kits, more maturity
Arcade has been at this longer, and it shows in the template library, the brand-kit support on Enterprise and the general finish of the editor. We are catching up, not ahead.
Choose Arcade if demos belong to one to three people, or if you want a free tier and built-in video. Choose Peutly once four or more people need to build demos, or when you want a custom domain without an Enterprise contract.
Peutly and Arcade, the short answers
If we got a fact about their product wrong, email founders@peutly.com and we will correct it.
The fourth person. Arcade Growth is $50 per user per month, so four users is $200 against Peutly Starter at $175 flat. On annual billing four Arcade users are $170 against Peutly at $140, so it crosses at four as well. Against Peutly Pro at $450 nine users cost the same and the tenth tips it, and Arcade Growth caps at ten users anyway.
No. You get 7 days with no credit card, plus another 7 once you publish your first demo. Arcade Free is a genuine free-forever tier with one published demo. If a permanent free plan is a requirement, Arcade has one and we do not.
It can export them: GIF, WebM and MP4, up to 720p on Starter and 4K on Pro, with annotations included on Pro. What it does not do is treat video as a separate thing you create and edit in its own right, which is how Arcade approaches it.
No. There is no watermark on any Peutly plan, because there is no free tier for a watermark to police. Arcade removes its watermark from Growth upward.
Build the same demo in both. See for yourself.
You get 7 days free, and another 7 once you publish your first demo. Build the demo you would actually ship in both tools and let your own funnel data settle it.