Generate video from prompts
Create short clips from text, images, or source footage.
Design
Video & Animation
Photo & Image Editing
Runway
Runway is a browser-based AI video studio that is genuinely useful for turning prompts and still images into striking concept clips, ads, and visual experiments.
Runs on
Web
iOS
Available on
Web
App Store
Built for
Startups
Small Business
Enterprise
Marketing
Overview
What is Runway?
Where Runway fits
Runway is built for ideation and short-form production rather than dependable, frame-perfect filmmaking. Its generative models can turn prompts or reference images into polished clips, while the browser editor handles compositing, masking and cleanup. Results are strongest when you iterate on a clear visual direction; hands, text, continuity and precise motion can still drift between generations.
Before spending credits
- Credits: Generations consume plan credits, and repeated attempts can empty a monthly allowance quickly.
- Workflow: Higher tiers add more capacity, faster processing and team-oriented controls.
- Rights: Outputs can be used commercially, subject to Runway’s terms and responsibility for uploaded material.
- Best fit: Marketing concepts, music visuals, storyboards, social clips and effects shots.
The free tier is useful for testing the interface, but its limits make sustained production impractical. Queue times and model access vary by plan.
Capabilities
Key features
Animate reference images
Turn still artwork into controlled moving shots.
Direct shot movement
Guide framing, motion, and performance with model controls.
Remove scene elements
Erase objects and isolate subjects without manual rotoscoping.
Organize team projects
Share browser workspaces, assets, and project drafts with teammates.
Keep exploring
Teams also considered
Turning a still image or written concept into a convincing short video usually takes several attempts. KlingAI handles that job particularly well when realistic motion, cinematic camera work, and strong image-to-video fidelity matter.
Turning a prompt or static image into a shareable video usually takes editing time and motion skills. PixVerse handles that job with short AI-generated clips, especially stylized transformations and social content.
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