Gen-3/Alpha text-to-video. Cinematic quality, best for short B-roll clips.
Cheapest plan: $15/mo (Standard).
Runway starts at $15/mo (Standard) and goes up to $95/mo. Plans: Standard, Pro, Unlimited.
Runway does not offer a free plan. The cheapest entry point is Standard at $15/mo. Some tools in the same category (Luma AI, Pika, Kling) do offer free tiers.
Runway covers visuals in the short-form workflow. Gen-3/Alpha text-to-video. Cinematic quality, best for short B-roll clips. For a full stack recommendation including Runway, take the 4-question quiz at prepme.io/stack/quiz.
In the same category (AI Video Generation), the most direct alternatives are Luma AI, Pika, Kling. You can compare them side-by-side at prepme.io/stack/visuals or via the "vs." pages under /stack/compare/.