Start with one short test clip, verify the motion and lighting, then scale up only after the shot is worth keeping.
Use free starter credits to validate one real prompt or image-to-video shot before you buy more.
Describe any scene in natural language and Runway transforms it into high-quality video. Gen-4 understands complex compositions, camera movements, lighting conditions, and artistic styles — generating cinematic results from a single text prompt.
Upload a still image and bring it to life with intelligent motion inference. Runway analyzes the composition and adds physically plausible movement — from subtle parallax to dynamic action sequences — while preserving the original visual style.
Seamlessly extend any generated or uploaded video clip beyond its original duration. Runway maintains scene consistency, motion continuity, and visual quality across extended sequences — ideal for building longer narrative content.
Beyond generation, Runway offers a full creative editing toolkit: inpainting, outpainting, style transfer, green screen removal, and object erasure. Edit and refine videos with the same AI-powered precision as generation.
Upscale generated videos to 4K resolution with AI-enhanced detail preservation. Runway sharpens textures, reduces artifacts, and adds fine details — turning standard generations into broadcast-ready 4K content.
Paint directional motion onto specific areas of an image or video frame. The motion brush gives you granular control over which elements move and how — animate a flag waving while keeping the building static, or make water flow while the bridge stays still.
Direct the visual style of your generations with detailed aesthetic control. From photorealistic to stylized, film grain to clean digital, vintage to futuristic — Runway adapts its output to match your creative vision across any genre.
Describe any scene in natural language and Runway transforms it into high-quality video. Gen-4 understands complex compositions, camera movements, lighting conditions, and artistic styles — generating cinematic results from a single text prompt.
Upload a still image and bring it to life with intelligent motion inference. Runway analyzes the composition and adds physically plausible movement — from subtle parallax to dynamic action sequences — while preserving the original visual style.
Seamlessly extend any generated or uploaded video clip beyond its original duration. Runway maintains scene consistency, motion continuity, and visual quality across extended sequences — ideal for building longer narrative content.
Beyond generation, Runway offers a full creative editing toolkit: inpainting, outpainting, style transfer, green screen removal, and object erasure. Edit and refine videos with the same AI-powered precision as generation.
Upscale generated videos to 4K resolution with AI-enhanced detail preservation. Runway sharpens textures, reduces artifacts, and adds fine details — turning standard generations into broadcast-ready 4K content.
Paint directional motion onto specific areas of an image or video frame. The motion brush gives you granular control over which elements move and how — animate a flag waving while keeping the building static, or make water flow while the bridge stays still.
Direct the visual style of your generations with detailed aesthetic control. From photorealistic to stylized, film grain to clean digital, vintage to futuristic — Runway adapts its output to match your creative vision across any genre.
Describe any scene in natural language and Runway transforms it into high-quality video. Gen-4 understands complex compositions, camera movements, lighting conditions, and artistic styles — generating cinematic results from a single text prompt.
Upload a still image and bring it to life with intelligent motion inference. Runway analyzes the composition and adds physically plausible movement — from subtle parallax to dynamic action sequences — while preserving the original visual style.
Seamlessly extend any generated or uploaded video clip beyond its original duration. Runway maintains scene consistency, motion continuity, and visual quality across extended sequences — ideal for building longer narrative content.
Beyond generation, Runway offers a full creative editing toolkit: inpainting, outpainting, style transfer, green screen removal, and object erasure. Edit and refine videos with the same AI-powered precision as generation.
Upscale generated videos to 4K resolution with AI-enhanced detail preservation. Runway sharpens textures, reduces artifacts, and adds fine details — turning standard generations into broadcast-ready 4K content.
Paint directional motion onto specific areas of an image or video frame. The motion brush gives you granular control over which elements move and how — animate a flag waving while keeping the building static, or make water flow while the bridge stays still.
Direct the visual style of your generations with detailed aesthetic control. From photorealistic to stylized, film grain to clean digital, vintage to futuristic — Runway adapts its output to match your creative vision across any genre.
Runway typically enters the shortlist when the buyer values polished output, editing depth, and a workflow that feels safer for client-facing or agency-grade work.
Best for
Runway is rarely judged only on raw generation quality. It is often chosen because it feels more like a production environment than a single-purpose generator.
Compared against
The comparison usually comes down to workflow depth versus output novelty: can the team create, revise, and deliver without jumping across too many tools?
External signals
Outside the product site, Runway earns trust when buyers see how it fits into a real edit-review-delivery process rather than a one-off demo clip.
Use a free starter run to test one prompt or shot. Once the motion feels right, then buy more credits and scale the workflow.
Sweeping aerial shot of a vast desert landscape at sunset, sand dunes casting long shadows, camera gliding forward slowly, warm golden light with deep orange sky, cinematic widescreen format
A detective in a trench coat walking through rain-soaked city streets at night, neon signs reflected in puddles, black and white with selective red highlights, low-angle tracking shot, moody jazz atmosphere
Medieval knights on horseback charging across a misty battlefield at dawn, lances raised, dramatic slow motion, volumetric fog and dust particles, epic orchestral energy, camera tracking alongside the charge
See how Runway Gen-4 stacks up against the leading AI video generation models in 2026.
| Capability | Runway Gen-4 | Kling 3.0 | Sora 2 | Veo 3.1 | Seedance 1.5 Pro | Hailuo 02 | Wan 2.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Resolution | 4K (upscale) | 4K | 1080p | 4K | 1080p | 1080p | 1080p |
| Max Duration | 10–20s | 15s | 25s | 8s | 12s | 10s | 15s |
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| Creative Editing | Full Suite | Limited | Remix | ||||
| 4K Upscale | Native 4K | Native 4K | |||||
| Native Audio | 6 Languages | 8+ Languages |
Generate cinematic sequences, visual effects shots, and concept previsualization for film and music video projects. Runway is the go-to tool for indie filmmakers and production studios looking to prototype scenes or create entire sequences without traditional VFX pipelines.
Filmmakers & Directors
Create polished product videos, brand stories, and social ad creatives in minutes instead of days. Runway turns scripts and product photos into broadcast-ready commercial content — from luxury product reveals to dynamic lifestyle spots.
Marketing Teams & Agencies
Produce eye-catching content for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts without a camera crew. The motion brush and text-to-video workflow let creators generate scroll-stopping visuals at scale.
Content Creators & Influencers
Animate concept art, generate environmental flythroughs, and create game trailer sequences. Runway helps game developers visualize worlds and characters before committing to full production pipelines.
Game Developers & Artists
Transform educational content into engaging visual narratives. Generate animated explanations, historical reenactments, and scientific visualizations that make complex topics accessible and memorable.
Educators & Course Creators
Elevate corporate presentations, pitch decks, and internal communications with AI-generated video content. Create professional visuals for quarterly reports, product launches, and training materials.
Business ProfessionalsSelect Text-to-Video to generate from a written prompt, or Image-to-Video to animate an uploaded image. You can also use Video-to-Video to transform existing footage.
Describe the scene with specific details: subject, action, camera movement, lighting, and mood. For image-to-video, add motion direction and intensity. Use the motion brush for precise control over specific areas.
Choose the generation model (Gen-3 or Gen-4), set the duration, aspect ratio, and any style preferences. Enable 4K upscale for maximum resolution output.
Hit Generate and preview the result. Use video extend to add more duration, the editing suite to refine details, or regenerate with an adjusted prompt until you get the perfect output.
Native 4K
T2V + I2V
Text to Video
20s clips
Text to Video
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4K + Audio
T2V + I2V
Luma's video model available on Invideo AI.
Text to Video
Text to Video
Text to Video
Text to Video
Text to Video
ByteDance's video model available on Invideo AI.
MultiTalk's video model available on Invideo AI.
T2I + I2I
Text to Image
Text to Image
Text to Image
Text to Image
Text to Image
Text to Image
T2I + I2I
Text to Image
T2I + I2I
Text to Image
ElevenLabs's audio model available on Invideo AI.
Suno's audio model available on Invideo AI.
Minimax's audio model available on Invideo AI.
Minimax's audio model available on Invideo AI.