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Runway ML vs Vidu
Runway ML or Vidu? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In inglese
In short
- Both: Text to video, Image to video, Edits video, Sound and music, 4K, API
- Only Vidu states: AI presenters, Lip sync
Runway ML
Runway creates and edits videos, images, audio, and other media with AI models, tools, workflows, and an agent.
Plans
Free
Free
- 125 one-time credits
- A selection of generative creative models to test concepts
- 5GB asset storage
Standard
- $12 /month, billed annually
- $15 /month
- 625 credits monthly
- Access to all AI video & image models
- Parallel generations: 5 videos & images
- Up to 3 projects
- No watermarks
- 20GB storage
Pro
- $28 /month, billed annually
- $35 /month
- 2,250 credits monthly
- Access to all AI video & image models
- Parallel generations: 15 videos & images
- Up to 5 projects
- 1 Brand Kit
- 100GB storage
Max
- $76 /month, billed annually
- $95 /month
- 9,500 credits monthly
- Early access to new models
- Parallel generations: 20 videos & images
- Roll over unused credits for 1 month
- Up to 10 projects
- 500GB storage
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Text to video — “Use text, image, video or audio to generate videos” source
- Image to video — “Use text, image, video or audio to generate videos” source
- Edits video — “Easily change the lighting of a scene, restyle a shot or subject, add or remove elements from a take and much more.” source
- Sound and music — “Music, voice & sound effects generation” source
- 4K — “Unlimited 4K video upscaling” source
- API — “The API platform with Runway's expertise built in.” source
Latest updates
- Brand Kits in Runway MCP
Agents in Runway MCP can now find your Brand Kits and use those assets as references.
- Kling Models on Runway MCP
Kling O3 4K, Kling 3.0 Standard, Kling O3 Standard, and Kling 3.0 Motion Control are now available on Runway MCP.
- Runway MCP for Grok Bot
Runway is now available as a plugin in Grok Bot. Sign in with your Runway account to generate images and video directly from a Grok Bot chat.
Vidu
Vidu generates short videos from text, images, references, and audio, with tools for editing, animation, and real-time video.
Plans
Vidu API
- $0.005 each
- $0.12 / Second
- $0.06 / Second
- $0.1 / Second
- $0.05 / Second
- $0.045 / Second
- $0.025 / Second
- $0.065 / Second
- $0.035 / Second
- $0.055 / Second
- $0.03 / Second
- $0.02 / Second
- $0.125 / Second
- $0.145 / Second
- $0.01 / Second
- $0.075 / Second
- Starts at $0.04, $0.05 at 2s, +$0.05/sec
- Starts at $0.04, $0.05 at 2s, +$0.05/sec
- Starts at $0.175, +$0.05/sec
- Starts at $0.03, +$0.01/sec
- Starts at $0.03, +$0.01/sec
- Starts at $0.04, $0.05 at 2s, +$0.05/sec
- Starts at $0.04, $0.05 at 2s, +$0.05/sec
- Starts at $0.275, +$0.05/sec
- Starts at $0.075, +$0.025/sec
- Starts at $0.075, +$0.025/sec
- Starts at $0.08, +$0.02/sec
- Starts at $0.08, +$0.02/sec
- Starts at $0.10, +$0.05/sec
- Starts at $0.375, +$0.05/sec
- Starts at $0.425, +$0.05/sec
- $0.4
- $0.2
- $0.1
- $0.5
- approximately(USD 4.5)
- approximately USD 2,080/month
- $0.05
- $0.1
- $1.5
- $0.05
- $0.03
- $0.04
- $0.06
- $0.08
- $0.15
- $0.8
- Starts at $0.05, +$0.01/sec
- Starts at $0.05, +$0.01/sec
- Starts at $0.075, +$0.025/sec
- Starts at $0.075, +$0.025/sec
- Starts at $0.20, +$0.05/sec
- Starts at $0.20, +$0.05/sec
- Starts at $0.30, +$0.075/sec
- Starts at $0.30, +$0.075/sec
- $0.2 / s
- $ 0.05 / 500 characters
- $0.005 / call
- $0.06 / s
- $0.08 / s
- $ 0.1 / s
- $0.03 / s
- $0.04 / s
- $ 0.05 / s
- $0.005 / call
- Credits cost $0.005 each; purchase credits as needed.
- High-volume orders: contact platform@vidu.studio.
- Usage costs vary by model, resolution, duration, and feature.
- The off-peak price is half of the normal generation price for listed models.
- Sales tax may apply based on location.
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Text to video — “Vidu is a cutting-edge AI video generator that transforms text and images into high-quality videos, supporting multiple creation modes: Text to Video, Image to Video, and Reference to Video.” source
- Image to video — “Vidu's Image-to-Video feature allows users to create AI-generated videos from a static image, bringing them to life with motion and animation.” source
- Edits video — “Edit Footage” source
- AI presenters — “Avatar Real-Time” source
- Lip sync — “Lip Sync” source
- Sound and music — “AI Sound Effect Generator” source
- 4K — “upscale pro 4K 40 $0.2” source
- API — “Each generation on the Vidu API platform uses credits.” source