Runway
Generates and edits video clips from text or images. AI-powered tool, with a free plan; runs on web, mobile. The stack builder picks it for AI video clips.
What it is known for
- Strengths: agent-driven creation and custom workflows; video, image and audio generation and editing; simulation and synthetic data for robotics.
- For: individuals and teams of all sizes, developers, robotics teams.
- Runs on: web, iOS, Android, API, ChatGPT plugin, MCP.
- Learning curve: the page does not say.
- Works with: ChatGPT plugin, OpenAI Marketplace, Claude Motion export, MCP and Model Router to other labs' models.
Read on October 9, 2026 from runway.com.
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 125 one-time credits |
| Standard | $15/mo | 625 credits/mo, no watermark; $12/mo annual |
| Pro | $35/mo | 2,250 credits/mo; $28/mo annual |
| Max | $95/mo | 9,500 credits/mo, credits roll over 1 month |
Checked by hand against runway.com/pricing on October 6, 2026; confidence high. Prices are monthly in US dollars unless the row says otherwise; the builder counts the plan it starts on, Standard.
When the stack builder picks it
The builder reads each job's rules from the top and takes the first step whose conditions hold and whose plan fits the money left. Runway is named in these steps:
- AI video clips, step 2 of 3, when less than $15 is left for it: the free plan; the step also names Kling AI, Pika and LTX Studio, and the best score takes it.
- AI video clips, step 3 of 3, otherwise: Standard ($15/mo); the step also names Kling AI, Higgsfield, Luma Dream Machine, Pika, LTX Studio and InVideo AI, and the best score takes it.
The rules are public in stack-rules.json, and how the stack builder scores explains the tie-break.
Alternatives the same rules name
- Kling AI: Kuaishou’s video model: image-to-video and text-to-video by credits. From free.
- Pika: Short-form video effects, lip-sync and clips from text or images. From free.
- LTX Studio: A storyboard-to-film pipeline on Lightricks’ LTX video models. From free.
- Higgsfield: One app over many video and image models, with camera-motion presets. From $49/mo, or $39/mo billed yearly.
- Luma Dream Machine: Luma’s Ray video models and image generation in one app. From $30/mo, or $25/mo billed yearly.
- InVideo AI: Makes a whole video from a text prompt, with AI clips, a timeline editor and shared editing. From $30/mo, or $15/mo billed yearly.
Signals and what people say
- App Store: 4.5 from 16,768 ratings, as of October 7, 2026
- Hacker News, 30 days to October 7, 2026: 0 stories
Change log
- October 6, 2026: plans and prices first recorded from runway.com/pricing.
Logo: Nameryn monogram (no free mark on file), CC0 1.0.