Kling AI is an AI image and video generation tool for creators, filmmakers, and e-commerce and advertising teams, with an API and plugin or MCP access.
Pricing: see official site
Runway
Runway: AI platform for generating and editing video, images, and audio, with an API, mobile access, and a robotics simulation toolkit for developers and robotics teams.
- Free plan
- Mobile · API
- Verified 16 Oct 2026
What Runway does
Runway is an AI creative platform for generating and editing video, images and audio. It also offers an API platform for developers and a robotics simulation toolkit. Runway is available on mobile and through its API, and signup is self-serve.
Built for
- individuals and teams of all sizes
- developers
- robotics teams
Key features
- Agentic creative collaborator
- Access to AI video and image models including Gen-4.5 and Kling 3.0 (Standard plan and above)
- Music, voice and sound effects generation (Standard plan and above)
- Runway MCP (Pro and Max plans)
- Unlimited 4K video upscaling (Pro and Max plans)
- Studio-grade quality generations: HDR, ProRes, image sequences (Max plan only)
- Early access to new models (Max plan only)
Pros and cons
Pros
- The Free plan costs nothing and includes 125 one-time credits.
- The Standard plan costs USD 12/month when billed annually or USD 15/month when billed monthly, and includes 625 credits per month plus music, voice and sound effects generation.
- The Pro plan costs USD 28/month when billed annually or USD 35/month when billed monthly, and includes 2250 credits per month, Runway MCP and unlimited 4K video upscaling.
- Runway can be used on mobile and through its API, and signup is self-serve.
Cons
- Access to the Gen-4.5 and Kling 3.0 video and image models requires the Standard plan or higher.
- Higher-end output formats such as HDR, ProRes and image sequences are only available on the Max plan, which costs USD 95/month when billed monthly or USD 76/month when billed annually.
- Early access to new models is only available on the Max plan.
- The 125 credits on the Free plan are one-time, not recurring.
Where Runway is listed
Runway is listed under AI video editors in AI video and audio tools.
Runway alternatives
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Kapwing also does AI video creation and editing, generating videos from simple prompts alongside editing tools, so it overlaps with Runway's video editing work.
Free plan · Paid plans: see official pricing
Synthesia also creates AI videos with avatars and voiceovers and translates and dubs videos, covering part of Runway's video work for business use.
Free plan · Paid from $29/mo
Descript: edit video by changing its transcript, with transcription, AI tools and publishing, for creators, podcasters and teams making video.
Free plan · Paid from $16/user/mo (billed annually)
invideo is an AI agentic video editor that works on a multitrack timeline, so it matches Runway's video editing task with a timeline-based workflow.
Paid from $4/user/mo (billed annually)