Runway vs Synthesia

Side-by-side comparison of Runway and Synthesia: pricing, features, API access, and community ratings.

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	Runway AI video generation and editing — Gen-3 produces cinematic clips from text or image. Visit	Synthesia Create studio-quality AI videos from text — no camera, crew, or editing skills needed. Visit
Category	Video generation	Video generation
Pricing	Freemium	Freemium
Starting price	USD 12/mo
Free tier
Audience	All audiences	All audiences
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider	Runway	Google Veo 3, OpenAI Sora 2, FLUX.2, Nano Banana Pro
Founded	2018	2017
Headquarters	New York, US	London, United Kingdom
Key strengths	·text-to-video ·image-to-video ·inpainting ·motion brush	·240+ AI avatars with 1,000+ voices across 160+ languages ·Integrated access to Veo 3 and Sora 2 for cinematic B-roll generation ·End-to-end video platform: create, translate, manage, and publish in one place ·Brand Kit for consistent, on-brand video output at scale