Runway
AI-powered cloud platform for generating and editing video, images, and audio with team collaboration
- Also known as
- runway
Available worldwide
What is Runway?
Runway offers a cloud-based creative workspace with AI-driven tools to generate and edit video, images, and audio content. It provides three interfaces: a creative platform for teams and individuals, developer APIs for building with AI models, and enterprise components powered by their General World Model technology.
Runway pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free tier available. Team Plan for 2–9 seats.
Team Plan
Collaboration plan for creative teams with shared projects and pooled credits
- shared projects
- pooled credits
- Brand Kits
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.
- Professional NLE (multi-track finishing)
- ✓
- Colour grading
- ✓
- Multicam editing
- -
- 4K/8K + HDR support
- ✓
- Codec breadth (ProRes / HEVC / AV1 / RAW)
- -
- GPU acceleration
- -
- AI features (captions / text-to-video / voice)
- ✓
- Screen recording built-in
- -
- Platform breadth (Win / macOS / Linux / iOS / Android / Web)
- Web, iOS, Android
- Cloud collaboration / team review
- ✓
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Free / open-source available
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (2)
Independently observed- Claude
- ChatGPT
Runway FAQ
Common questions about Runway, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Runway?
A cloud-based workspace for creating, editing, and generating video, images, and audio using artificial intelligence. Offers consumer-facing tools, a developer API, and underlying foundational world models for research and commercial use. It is indexed under Video Editing Software.
Source: https://runwayml.com/
Is Runway free?
Runway offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://runwayml.com/
What platforms does Runway support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Runway. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://runwayml.com/
Can Runway be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Runway, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://runwayml.com/
What security certifications does Runway have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Runway. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Runway not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://trust.runwayml.com
Where is Runway available?
Runway is available in the United Kingdom. The vendor is headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Source: https://runwayml.com/
Runway alternatives
Other video editing software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- VEEDCreate branded AI videos for social media in minutesmedium · 73%
- Final Cut ProProfessional video editing with intelligent featuresmedium · 58%
- CyberLink PowerDirectorAI-powered video editing software for creating professional-quality videosmedium · 53%
- DaVinci Resolvelow · 37%
- DescriptText-based video and audio editor powered by AI transcriptionmedium · 61%
- ShotcutA free video editor that works on Windows, macOS, and Linuxhigh · 75%
Compare Runway
Side by side against other video editing software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI 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.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.06 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 81 | 0.04 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 40 | 0.06 | 2.5 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.08 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 14 | 0.05 | 0.7 | ✓ |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
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Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 64% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hdr 4k8k: Yes · Ai features: Yes · Free or oss: Yes · Color grading: Yes · Pricing model: freemium · Platform breadth: Web, iOS, Android | mediumsource · 2026-10-02 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 2 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: GB · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-21 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 75% |
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