About Runway
Runway's Gen-3 and Gen-4 models produce cinematic AI video from text or images. Pro editor with motion brush, lip sync, and inpainting. Runway stands out for ai video generation (gen-4.5, gen-4, aleph 2.0, seedance 2.0, kling 3.0), ai image generation (gen-4, nano banana pro), ai audio generation and text-to-speech, and video editing and 4k upscaling. Teams pick it because cinematic gen-3 and gen-4 video models and pro editor with motion brush, inpainting, and lip sync. Things to keep in mind: pricing climbs fast for serious use.
Runway is an Editor's Choice freemium tool and launched on 2023-02-01. It sits in the Video and Video Generation space and is best used to Creating AI-generated video content for creative professionals, Building custom AI pipelines and workflows for developers, Generating synthetic data and running policy inference for robotics.
Pricing
FreeFree
- 125 one-time credits
- Selection of generative creative models
- 3 video editor projects
- 5GB asset storage
Standard$12/mo
- 625 credits monthly
- All AI images and video models (Gen-4.5, Nano Banana Pro, Aleph, Veo 3.1)
- 4K Upscaling
- No watermarks
Pro$28/mo
- 2250 credits monthly
- Everything in Standard
- Create Custom Voices for Lip Sync and Text to Speech
- 500GB asset storage
- Topaz AI Upscale
- Unlimited Gen-4.5
Max$76/mo
- 9500 credits monthly
- Everything in Pro
- Credit roll over 1 month
- First access to newest models
- Highest generation volume
EnterpriseCustom
- Custom credit packages
- Single sign-on
- Workspace Analytics
- Configurable teamspaces
- Enterprise-wide onboarding
- Priority support
- Custom team sizes
Features
- •AI video generation (Gen-4.5, Gen-4, Aleph 2.0, Seedance 2.0, Kling 3.0)It's a defining strength of Runway — especially when teams need to creating ai-generated video content for creative professionals.
- •AI image generation (Gen-4, Nano Banana Pro)Comes up again and again in user reviews of Runway for creating ai-generated video content for creative professionals.
- •AI audio generation and text-to-speechBuilt-in support for ai audio generation and text-to-speech — used for creating ai-generated video content for creative professionals.
- •Video editing and 4K upscalingBuilt-in support for video editing and 4k upscaling — used for creating ai-generated video content for creative professionals.
- •Custom voice creation for lip syncBuilt-in support for custom voice creation for lip sync — used for creating ai-generated video content for creative professionals.
- •Workflow creation and API access for developersA reason power-users stick with Runway for creating ai-generated video content for creative professionals.
- •Robotics simulation and policy inferenceBuilt-in support for robotics simulation and policy inference — used for creating ai-generated video content for creative professionals.
- •General World Models for real-world understandingComes up again and again in user reviews of Runway for creating ai-generated video content for creative professionals.
Pros
- Cinematic Gen-3 and Gen-4 video models
- Pro editor with motion brush, inpainting, and lip sync
- Solid free trial to test before paying
- Strong for storyboarding and B-roll
Cons
- Pricing climbs fast for serious use
- Generations can fail on complex prompts
- Watermarks on lower tiers
- Output length capped at short clips
AI Models used
The foundation models that power Runway under the hood.
Generates high-quality video from text prompts and images with realistic motion and physics.
Creates videos from text descriptions and images with temporal consistency.
Powers image generation and manipulation features within the video editing suite.
Enables object removal, background replacement, and selective video editing capabilities.
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