Overview
Runway is a leading AI video creation platform, offering everything from text-to-video (Gen-2 / Gen-3) to smart editing, rotoscoping, frame interpolation, and denoising. It compresses tasks that once needed a professional post-production team into a few clicks, and is widely used for ads, short videos, and indie film previsualization.
For content creators, Runway lowers the barrier to video production and is among the most mature products for turning text or images directly into video.
Key Features
- Text-to-Video / Image-to-Video
- Smart rotoscoping (Green Screen)
- Motion Brush to control local movement
- Frame interpolation, upscaling, object removal
- Team project collaboration and asset management
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Limited trial credits |
| Standard | $15/mo | Individual creators |
| Pro | $35/mo | More compute and priority |
| Enterprise | Custom | Tailored enterprise |
Comparison
Runway focuses on the vertical “video” lane, complementing — not competing with — text-oriented ChatGPT and image-oriented Midjourney. Real workflows often combine all three: Midjourney for still frames, Runway to animate them, and ChatGPT for the script.