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Runway

Advancing creativity with applied AI and video generation

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4.8 (5.1K reviews) AI Video Generation
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What is Runway?

Runway is a freemium AI tool within the AI Video Generation ecosystem. Runway is a pioneering applied AI research company building the next generation of creative tools. Famous for its Gen-2 and Gen-3 Alpha models, it allows users to generate Hollywood-quality video from text prompts, images, or existing videos.

Runway ML is at the absolute forefront of AI video generation. Backed by Google and used by major film studios (including the team behind "Everything Everywhere All at Once"), Runway offers a massive suite of "AI Magic Tools" that automate tedious video editing tasks and unlock impossible creative capabilities.

Key Features

  • Gen-3 Alpha: Runway's flagship foundational video model. It generates highly photorealistic, physically accurate, and temporally consistent video from text prompts or images.
  • Video-to-Video: Apply entirely new styles to existing footage. Turn a live-action shot of a city block into a claymation sequence or a watercolor painting.
  • Motion Brush: Gain fine-grained control over generation by painting specific areas of an image and directing how those areas should move.
  • Inpainting & Green Screen: Remove complex backgrounds with a single click, or easily erase objects and people from moving video (video inpainting).
  • Lip Sync: Generate an audio track and have the subject in your video automatically lip-sync to the dialogue.
  • Audio Generation: Create sound effects and ambient noise to match your generated video content directly within the platform.

The Ecosystem

Runway operates as a full web-based video editing suite. You can generate clips, drop them onto a multitrack timeline, edit them, add audio, and export a finished short film without ever leaving the browser.

Runway Pricing & Plans

Freemium Model
Starting at $15.00 / month
Basic plan is free (125 credits). Standard plan: $15/user/mo. Pro plan: $35/user/mo. Unlimited plan: $95/user/mo. Billed monthly.

Core Features

  • API Access - Supported
  • Mobile App - Supported
  • Browser Extension - Not Supported
  • Desktop App - Not Supported
  • Team Collaboration - Supported
  • SSO / SAML - Supported
  • Data Export - Supported
  • Custom Branding - Not Supported
  • GDPR Compliant - Supported
  • HIPAA Compliant - Not Supported
  • SOC2 Certified - Supported
  • Open Source Model - Not Supported

AI Model & Capabilities

Underlying AI Model
Gen-3 Alpha / Gen-2
Model Provider
Runway
Context Window
N/A

Supported Inputs

text promptsimagesvideo footageaudio files

Generated Outputs

mp4 videoprores videopng imageswav audioalpha mattes

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