Video Generator

Gen-2 by Runway

AI video generator — create novel videos from text prompts, images, or existing video clips

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Verified API available Free tier ~12k monthly visits

Quick facts
What is it	AI video generator — create novel videos from text prompts, images, or existing video clips
Pricing	Freemium — from $12/mo
Free tier	Yes
Platform	Web Application
API	Yes
Best for	creating video content from text descriptions, applying artistic styles to video footage
Domain registered	2018

Data updated Aug. 1, 2026

What does Gen-2 by Runway do?

Gen-2 by Runway is a multimodal AI video generation system that creates novel video content using text prompts, images, or existing video clips as input. It allows users to generate completely new videos without any filming equipment—you simply provide a description, image, or source video, and the AI synthesizes corresponding video content. The tool realistically maintains consistency across frames while applying the requested style and composition.

What sets Gen-2 by Runway apart is its eight distinct generation modes that cater to different creative needs. These include Text to Video (creating videos from text descriptions), Stylization (transferring image styles to video frames), Storyboard (turning mockups into animated renders), and Customization (high-fidelity model tuning). The system outperforms existing methods in user preference studies, with 73.53% preferring it over Stable Diffusion 1.5 and 88.24% preferring it over Text2Live for video translation tasks.

This tool particularly benefits filmmakers, digital artists, and content creators who need to quickly generate video content without extensive production resources. Real-world applications include creating concept videos from text descriptions, applying artistic filters to existing footage, generating animated storyboards from static images, and transforming 3D renders into realistic video sequences. It's especially valuable for prototyping visual ideas and creating content where traditional filming would be impractical or expensive.

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Key features

What makes it stand out

Text-to-video generation using descriptive prompts

Image-to-video conversion with style transfer

Video-to-video transformation with composition control

Multiple generation modes including stylization and storyboarding

High-fidelity customization options for professional results

Who is Gen-2 by Runway for?

Who benefits most from this tool

creating video content from text descriptions

applying artistic styles to video footage

generating storyboard animations from mockups

Pricing

Free tier available — start without a credit card

Free

125 credits
Generative Video
Gen-4 Turbo (Image to Video)
Generative Image
Gen-4 (Text to Image, References)
Gemini 3 Pro
Gemini 2.5
Image Apps
Generative Audio
Text to Speech
Audio Apps
3 video editor projects
5GB asset storage

Standard

$12.0/month

$12.0/month billed yearly

Everything in Free, plus:

625 credits
5 max users
100GB asset storage
Access to all Apps
Ability to run Workflows
Generative Video
Aleph (Video Editing)
Gen-4.5 (Text to Video)
Gen-4 (Image to Video)
Act-Two (Performance Capture)
Veo 3.1
Veo 3
Video Apps
Upscale resolution
Remove watermarks
Credits refresh monthly
No rate restrictions
Buy more credits
100GB asset storage
Unlimited video editor projects
Technical support via Runway dashboard

Pro

$28.0/month

$28.0/month billed yearly

Everything in Standard, plus:

2,250 credits
10 max users
500GB asset storage
Create Custom Voices for Lip Sync and Text to Speech
500GB asset storage

Unlimited

$76.0/month

$76.0/month billed yearly

Everything in Pro, plus:

2,250 credits
10 max users
Explore Mode
Unlimited generations of Aleph, Gen-4.5, Gen-4 Turbo, Gen-4 (Image and Video), Act-Two, Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, in Explore mode at relaxed rate

Enterprise

Custom

Everything in Pro, plus: