Runway
App : A product you use directly
AI video generation and editing suite, with camera control and professional tools.
The most complete option for a creator who wants control, not just a prompt.
Security reflects where data goes, requested permissions and incidents on record at the verification date. It is not a guarantee of zero risk: check the deployment mode and the connections you enable.
What it does, concretely
Creating or editing professional-quality video typically requires complex software, powerful hardware, and advanced technical skills. Runway offers a fully cloud-based creative suite that lets users generate, edit, and transform video, images, and audio from a single unified interface, with no installation required.
The platform is built on in-house generation models, including Gen-4.5, Runway's flagship video model. Users can generate sequences from text or images, control camera movements, build custom workflows, and collaborate in teams through shared projects and pooled credits.
Runway is aimed at individual creators, creative teams, and large organizations. A dedicated API offering (Runway Dev) also allows developers to integrate the models into their own applications. A robotics branch (Runway Robotics) targets industrial use cases through world simulation.
The platform is less suited to people looking for a simple tool with an immediate learning curve, or those whose needs are limited to occasional short videos without any requirement for fine-grained control.
What it offers
- ·Video generation from text or images using the Gen-4.5 model.
- ·Camera movement control to refine the rendering of generated sequences.
- ·Image and audio editing and generation within the same workspace.
- ·Custom Workflow builder to automate creative task sequences.
- ·AI agent-assisted creation to guide content production.
- ·Team plan with shared projects, pooled credits, and Brand Kits for 2 to 9 users (paid).
- ·API access via Runway Dev to integrate models into third-party applications (paid).
- ·Enterprise offering with data sovereignty and model ownership options (paid).
In practice
- Price
- Freemium · from 15 €
- Commercial use
- Commercial use: paid plan
- Available on
- web, ios
- FR interface
- No
Security and data
- Rating
- Security: one caveat, see the card
- Your data
- Data with the vendor
- Maintenance
- Active
Links and repository checked on 25 October 2026 · added on 1 February 2023