Runway

Generating cinematic AI video used to require a full production pipeline. Runway compresses that into a text prompt or a single reference image. Runway is a video generation and editing platform built around its Gen-4.5 model, which converts text descriptions and images into short cinematic clips. Beyond generation, it includes a full editing suite with Aleph for timeline editing, Act-Two for performance capture, motion brush for controlling how objects move, and 4K upscaling for production-ready export. The whole workflow happens in the browser without installing anything. Content creators use it to produce scroll-stopping short-form clips from prompts without touching a camera. Marketers use it to generate product demo footage and campaign assets without a production budget. Filmmakers and studios use it for concept visualization, pre-vis, and stylized sequences that would take days to shoot manually. The honest limitation is the credit system. The Standard plan at $12 per month gives you roughly 25 seconds of Gen-4.5 video, which runs out faster than most people expect. Heavy users will need the Pro plan at $28 per month to get meaningful output volume. Freemium plan includes 125 one-time credits with watermarked exports.