Brainpercent vs Runway
Runway is a creative suite and developer API for generating and editing video, images and audio, combining its own Gen-4.5 and Aleph 2.0 models with a broad roster of third-party generation models.
Why Brainpercent
Where Runway excels
Deep video craft as the core of the product: Gen-4.5 for text and image to video, Aleph 2.0 with an Edit Studio for frame-level edits applied across a whole clip, Act-Two for character performance, and Runway Characters for real-time conversational video agents.
Why Brainpercent
Focuses on generating and editing media, and delivers finished work by download or export, with their own copy describing vertical files for TikTok, Reels and Shorts and widescreen for YouTube, rather than posting to social channels for you.
Who it suits
Teams whose primary output is video, who want frontier video models plus frame-level editing and object removal on existing footage.
Side by side
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| Channels published to | 13 | — |
| Starting price | $39/mo | $15/mo |
Prices and features accurate as of April 2026. Always check each vendor's current pricing and feature set before purchasing. Brainpercent is not affiliated with 2026-09.
Where Runway excels
Honest comparisons build trust. Here is what Runway does well:
- Deep video craft as the core of the product: Gen-4.5 for text and image to video, Aleph 2.0 with an Edit Studio for frame-level edits applied across a whole clip, Act-Two for character performance, and Runway Characters for real-time conversational video agents.
- Exceptionally broad model choice, wider than Brainpercent offers: the developer pricing tables list Runway's own gen4.5, gen4_turbo, aleph2, act_two, gen4_image, gen4_image_turbo and muse_image alongside third-party models including seedance2_5, veo3.1, grok_imagine_1_5, hailuo3, wan3, gemini_omni_flash, seedream5_pro, gemini_image3_pro, gpt_image_2 and the Eleven audio family, so a user can pick a different model per shot.
- A strong toolkit for changing footage you already have: background and object removal, adding or removing elements, relighting a scene, changing time of day, restyling a shot or subject, virtual try-on, virtual staging, 4K upscaling, and studio-grade HDR and ProRes output on the Max plan.
- A documented developer platform and clear rights position: text-to-image, image-to-video and video-to-video API endpoints with credits at $0.01, Runway MCP for agent integration, and terms of use stating the company does not claim ownership of Inputs or Outputs and does not restrict commercial use of Outputs.
- Teams whose primary output is video, who want frontier video models plus frame-level editing and object removal on existing footage.
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Pricing
Prices as last checked, on the date below. Always verify current pricing before purchasing. 2026-09.
- Starter$39/mo
- Plus$89/mo
- Pro$179/mo
- Business$549/mo
One credit is one dollar, and it spends on anything you make. Top up the wallet at any time.
- Standard$15/mo$12/mo annually
- Pro$35/mo$28/mo annually
- Team$69/mo
- Max$95/mo$76/mo annually
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Runway is a creative suite and developer API for generating and editing video, images and audio, combining its own Gen-4.5 and Aleph 2.0 models with a broad roster of third-party generation models. Brainpercent turns a URL or a brief into finished, on-brand posts, images, video and articles, and publishes them natively to 13 channels on a schedule. Teams whose primary output is video, who want frontier video models plus frame-level editing and object removal on existing footage.
Runway is a creative suite and developer API for generating and editing video, images and audio, combining its own Gen-4.5 and Aleph 2.0 models with a broad roster of third-party generation models. Brainpercent turns a URL or a brief into finished, on-brand posts, images, video and articles, and publishes them natively to 13 channels on a schedule. Teams whose primary output is video, who want frontier video models plus frame-level editing and object removal on existing footage.
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Prices and features accurate as of April 2026. Always check each vendor's current pricing and feature set before purchasing. Brainpercent is not affiliated with Runway.