{"name":"Runway","tagline":"The incumbent AI video suite — Gen-4.5 generation plus a full editing toolchain.","url":"https://runway.com","category":"video","pricing":"freemium","price_note":"free tier (125 one-off credits); Standard $12/mo, Pro $28/mo (yearly)","free_tier":true,"open_source":false,"api":true,"self_host":false,"verdict":"ship","verdict_text":"Still the most complete AI video workflow. Gen-4.5 quality is competitive, and the editing tools — inpainting, motion brush, green screen — let you finish a shot instead of just generating a clip. Credit math gets painful if you iterate heavily, and the best quality modes sit behind pricier tiers.","limitations":["Credit math gets expensive for iteration-heavy projects.","Best quality modes sit behind pricier tiers.","Long coherent narratives still need heavy manual stitching.","Unlimited tier replaced by Max for new subscribers (2026-06)."],"strengths":["Most complete AI video workflow: generate plus inpainting, motion brush, green screen.","Gen-4.5 quality is competitive, and you can finish a shot in the same suite."],"use_for":["Short-form video that needs edit tools, not just a clip generator.","Teams that will pay to iterate inside one vendor."],"skip_when":["Credit math on heavy iteration would blow the budget.","Best quality modes sit behind a tier you will not buy.","You need long coherent narrative without manual stitching."],"receipts":["https://help.runwayml.com","https://runway.com/pricing"],"affiliate":"none","evidence_tier":"source-verified","momentum":"steady","featured":true,"last_verified":"2026-09-01","observed_by":"whysanesanders","slug":"runway","canonical_url":"https://noemium.com/tools/runway/","attribution":"Noemium catalog data is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). See https://noemium.com/method/ for how entries are verified."}