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Aiproductads vs Runway

Making short product ad videos from a product photo or a text brief without a shooting setup · AI video generation and creative production experiments

Decision pointAIProductAdsRunway
Best forMaking short product ad videos from a product photo or a text brief without a shooting setupAI video generation and creative production experiments
CategoryVideoVideo
PriceStarter $19.90/mo; Professional $39.90/mo; annual $191.04 and $383.04; one-time packs $9.90-$99.90Free + paid plans
AIToolsEssentials editorial score3.9/54.2/5

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AIProductAds

Monthly: Starter $19.90, Professional $39.90. Annual: $191.04 (about $15.92/month, 'save $47.76') and $383.04 (about $31.92/month, 'save $95.76'). One-time packs that never expire: 80 credits $9.90 (list $12.90), 210 credits $24.90 ($29.90), 450 credits $49.90 ($59.90), 960 credits $99.90 ($119.90). Credit cost by output: 480p 1/s, 768p 2/s, 2K 3/s, plus 1 credit per input image beyond the first five.

Official sources checked 2026-10-21

Submitted via form by the vendor 2026-10-20 (14:10 UTC), category 'Video' (accurate). Editorial entry written independently. One of four products from the same operator, confirmed by the operator in writing 2026-10-20 15:34 UTC. Held on no named operator or jurisdiction, an analytics disclosure gap the operator acknowledged in writing, retention with no period, and unnamed model vendors. Re-verified live 2026-10-21: /privacy-policy (dated 2026-10-04) still contains zero occurrences of 'analytics', 'Umami' or 'Clarity' while Umami and Microsoft Clarity (project yi8m85ks1u) load on every page, and the 30:00 'Limited Time Offer / TODAY'S FLASH SALE' countdown still renders on / and /pricing with struck list prices on all four packs. Credit costs are published per resolution. PUBLISHED 2026-10-21 with 'no registered entity, postal address or named controller' and 'no governing-law clause' recorded as stated limitations in cons rather than as a gate.

Runway

Creative plans: Free $0 with 125 one-time credits and 5 GB storage; Standard $15 monthly or $12/month billed annually with 625 credits/month; Pro $35 monthly or $28/month billed annually with 2,250 credits/month and 500 GB storage; Max $95 monthly or $76/month billed annually with 9,500 credits/month and up to one month of credit rollover; Enterprise has custom pricing and credits. Standard and Pro subscription credits do not roll over; purchased credits do not expire. The pricing page states Gen-4.5 costs 12 credits per generated second.

Official sources checked 2026-09-18
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  • The self-serve terms authorize training on Inputs and Outputs, while Runway separately advertises no training on Enterprise customer data. The precise Enterprise exceptions depend on the separate Enterprise agreement and cannot be generalized to self-serve plans.
  • The pricing page does not provide a fixed Enterprise price or credit allocation.

Official pricing and Help Center pages agree on the 625/2,250/9,500 monthly credit allocations. Terms last updated May 11, 2026 state that Runway does not claim ownership of Inputs or Outputs and does not restrict commercial use of Outputs, subject to compliance with the agreement. The same terms grant Runway a perpetual license to use Inputs and Outputs for model training, labeling, classification, moderation, and related improvement. The privacy policy says submitted voice and face characteristics may be biometric data and are used only to provide the requested biometric-enabled feature. Runway's official voice-verification documentation requires explicit, in-app consent from the same speaker before custom-voice training and prohibits non-consensual replicas. Terms also prohibit impersonation and submitting another person's photograph without permission. Official voice-consent source: https://help.runwayml.com/hc/en-us/articles/29828787723411-Voice-verification

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