The output quality is top-tier. My only complaint is speed: on bigger tasks you're waiting a while. Good time to grab coffee, I guess.
Runway
Creative tools and AI platforms for video, images, audio, and simulation

About Runway
Runway is a platform for generating and editing video, images, and audio, as well as building with generative media models through an API. Its products are designed for individuals, creative teams, developers, organizations, and robotics research teams.
Runway Creative is a cloud-based creative suite. Runway Dev provides API access to models from Runway and other labs, along with creative tooling for production use. Runway Robotics supports policy inference, evaluation, photorealistic simulation, and synthetic data generation through GWM-1.
Runway Creative can be tried for free with cancellation available at any time. Runway Dev offers API access and documentation, while Runway Robotics provides a contact-sales option.
Highlights
- Cloud-based tools for generating and editing video, images, and audio
- API platform for building with Runway and other generative media models
- Robotics toolkit for simulation, policy inference, evaluation, and synthetic data
- Includes models such as Gen-4.5 and GWM-1
- Available on the web, iOS, and Android
If you're on the fence, just try it. The free tier is generous enough to see whether it fits your workflow.
Surprisingly good at understanding vague requests. I typed half a sentence and it figured out exactly what I meant. Minor: the docs could use more examples.
Similar tools
OpenMontage
— Open-source agentic video production from brief to editable renderOpen-source agentic video production from brief to editable render
Midjourney
— AI image and video models with a community-funded research labAI image and video models with a community-funded research lab

HyperFrames
— Open-source framework for rendering HTML into deterministic MP4 videoOpen-source framework for rendering HTML into deterministic MP4 video
Suno
— AI music creation from prompts, lyrics, and audioAI music creation from prompts, lyrics, and audio

VoiceStudio
— Local voice cloning, dubbing, transcription, and text-to-speechLocal voice cloning, dubbing, transcription, and text-to-speech
ElevenLabs
— AI voice, audio, creative, and conversational agent platformAI voice, audio, creative, and conversational agent platform