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Runway

A new frontier for video generation

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What is Runway?

AI-powered cloud-based creative platform offering video generation, image creation, audio tools, and editing capabilities. Used by 60M+ creators globally for generating and transforming content with state-of-the-art AI models.

Independently observed

Runway pricing

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from $12/mofreemiumFree tier

From $12/month (annual billing). Freemium with 125 one-time credits on free tier

Free

Free
Free

For individuals exploring Runway's AI tools

credits
125 one-time
storage
5GB
projects
3 video editor projects
  • 125 one-time credits
  • Selection of generative creative models
  • 3 video editor projects
  • 5GB asset storage

Standard

$12/month billed annually (save $36/year)
annual

For curious creators trying AI video

credits
625/month
  • All AI images and video models (Gen-4.5, Nano Banana Pro, Aleph, Veo 3.1, more)
  • 4K Upscaling
  • No watermarks
  • 625 credits monthly

Pro

$28/month billed annually (save $84/year)
annual

For creators leveling up their craft

credits
2250/month
storage
500GB
  • Everything in Standard
  • 2250 credits monthly
  • Custom Voices for Lip Sync and Text to Speech
  • 500GB asset storage
  • Topaz AI Upscale
  • Unlimited Gen-4.5

Max

$76/month billed annually (save $228/year)
annual

Best value for heavy usage

credits
9500/month
credit_rollover
1 month
  • Everything in Pro
  • 9500 credits monthly
  • 1-month credit rollover
  • First access to newest models
  • Highest generation volume

Enterprise

Contact sales
Contact sales

For teams scaling AI video production

  • Custom credit packages
  • Single sign-on
  • Workspace Analytics
  • Configurable teamspaces
  • Enterprise-wide onboarding
  • Priority support

What Runway does

The capabilities that matter for video editing software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Editing
Professional NLE (multi-track finishing)
✓
Colour grading
✓
Multicam editing
-
Technical
4K/8K + HDR support
✓
Codec breadth (ProRes / HEVC / AV1 / RAW)
-
GPU acceleration
-
AI
AI features (captions / text-to-video / voice)
✓
Capture
Screen recording built-in
-
Platform
Platform breadth (Win / macOS / Linux / iOS / Android / Web)
Web, iOS, Android
Collaboration
Cloud collaboration / team review
✓
Pricing
Pricing model
Freemium
Free / open-source available
✓
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • iOS
  • Web
  • Android
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS

Integrations (2)

Independently observed
  • Claude
  • ChatGPT

Runway alternatives

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The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Runway, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 63 / 100
medium · 61%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Capabilities8132.002596.8✓
Pricing Transparency10016.001600.0✓
Price Level8010.00800.0✓
Reliability5012.00600.0✓
Security Posture4012.00480.0✓
Integrations1418.00247.0✓

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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
Capabilities{"hdr_4k8k":true,"ai_features":true,"free_or_oss":true,"color_grading":true,"pricing_model":"freemium","platform_breadth":"Web, iOS, Android","professional_nle":true,"cloud_collaboration":true}mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count2mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
Modelfreemiummediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
Price levellowmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
Starting gbp12mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Soc2Yeshighsource · 2026-08-01 · 75%