Genmo vs Runway
Runway scores 8.1 to Genmo's 4.2 among the AI video generators we rate, and is the better pick for 3 of the 4 kinds of buyer below.
Runway wins, 8.1 to 4.2
Genmo makes silent clips from text only, at most 5.4 seconds long, with no image upload, camera control or extend tool. Runway generates sound and speech through Veo 3.1, animates an uploaded image and extends a clip past its end through Grok Imagine. A working month of 20 ten-second clips costs $30 on Genmo's Standard plan, counting two clips per ten seconds, against $95 on Runway's Max plan.
Pick Genmo if you only need short silent clips from text at the lowest cost.
Pick Runway if you need audio, uploaded images or clips longer than 5 seconds.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- Generates sound and speech with the video: Runway yes, Genmo no
- Animates a still image you upload: Runway yes, Genmo no
- Keeps a character or style the same across shots: Runway yes, Genmo no
- Cost of a working month: $30 against $95
- AI voiceover: Runway yes, Genmo no
- Clone your own voice: Runway yes, Genmo no
- Translates a finished video: Runway yes, Genmo no
- Where it runs: Web, iOS, Android against Web
- SOC 2: Runway yes, Genmo does not say
- GDPR: Runway yes, Genmo does not say
- But Genmo leads on ways to reach support: Email, community against Email
How they score
Both are scored the same way, against the other AI video generators we rate, from facts on each vendor's own pages. Runway leads on 4 of 5 criteria.
Where they differ
Every point where the two vendors' published facts disagree, with a link to where each fact was read. "Not published" means the vendor does not say either way.
Published by only one of them
Pricing, plan by plan
A working month here is 20 ten-second clips on each tool's main model: the cheapest plan, billed monthly, whose credits cover them. Clips per plan are the plan's credits divided by one clip's cost.
Genmo
RRunway
The models behind them
Which models each one runs: its own, the newest of those, and any other companies' models offered in the same account.
Genmo
Only Genmo's own models.
RRunway
Pros and cons
From each tool's full review, written from the same checked facts.
Genmo
- Mochi 1 is open-weight: download it from GitHub or Hugging Face and run it on your own hardware.
- Runs in ComfyUI for developers who want to build it into their own workflows.
- The playground is inexpensive, from $8 a month billed yearly.
- Paid plans remove the watermark and allow commercial use.
- Running the model locally keeps prompts and footage off Genmo's servers.
- Simple to use: write a prompt and get a clip, with no settings to learn.
- Standard adds early access to new models and the highest queue priority.
- Clips are at most 5.4 seconds, so a ten-second shot is not possible in one generation.
- Text to video only; image to video is still listed as coming soon.
- Mochi 1 makes silent video, with no voiceover, captions or lip sync in the playground.
- No first and last frame, extend or reference tools for steering a shot.
- The privacy policy lets Genmo train on what you upload and generate in the playground, with no opt-out described.
- Standard resolution is 480p, and higher paid-plan resolutions are not published.
RRunway
- Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.5 and other outside video models sit in the same account as Runway's own Gen-4.5, all paid from one credit balance.
- First and last frame control through Veo 3.1 and Kling 3.0, keyframes through Kling O3, and clip extension through Grok Imagine.
- Aleph 2.0 edits and restyles uploaded footage up to 30 seconds at 1080p.
- Workflows turn a chain of models into a repeatable pipeline that can be published as an app or an API endpoint.
- Every paid plan removes the watermark and can upscale video to 4K.
- Standard's 625 monthly credits make about five ten-second Gen-4.5 clips.
- Gen-4.5, Runway's own latest video model, outputs 720p; 4K generation needs Seedance 2.0 or Kling O3.
- Models with audio cost several times more credits per second, so dialogue scenes use up a plan quickly.
- Credits on Standard and Pro reset every billing cycle instead of rolling over.
- The free plan's 125 credits are a one-time allowance and carry a watermark.
Genmo vs Runway: common questions
Which is better, Genmo or Runway?
Runway scores 8.1 and Genmo 4.2 out of 10 among the AI video generators we rate. Runway is ahead on what it can generate, resolution and watermarks, voice, captions and teams and privacy and platforms. Genmo is ahead on pricing.
Is Genmo or Runway cheaper?
For a working month of 20 ten-second clips on each one's main model, Genmo costs $30 on Standard and Runway $95 on Max, both billed monthly. The cheapest paid plans start at $10/mo - Lite for Genmo and $15/mo for Runway.
Do Genmo and Runway have a free plan?
Yes, both do.
What can Runway do that Genmo cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: generates sound and speech with the video, animates a still image you upload, keeps a character or style the same across shots, you set the first and last frame, named camera moves, continues a clip past its end, aI voiceover, clone your own voice and translates a finished video.
What are the latest models on Genmo and Runway?
Genmo: Mochi 1 (open weights, preview announced 2025-09-10 on the blog). Runway: Gen-4.5 (video generation), Aleph 2.0 (video editing) and Ruby (SDR to HDR).
