Video comparison
Luma Ai vs Runway
Product demos, Social video, 3D prototyping · AI video generation and creative production experiments
| Decision point | Luma AI | Runway |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Product demos, Social video, 3D prototyping | AI video generation and creative production experiments |
| Category | Video | Video |
| Price | Free + paid plans | Free + paid plans |
| AIToolsEssentials score | /5 | 4.2/5 |
Evidence status
Plus is $30/month or $300/year with 10,000 credits; Pro is $90/month or $900/year with 40,000 credits; Ultra is $300/month or $3,000/year with 150,000 credits. Team and Enterprise are sales-assisted.
Official sources checked 2026-08-28Official pricing checked 2026-08-28. Credit costs vary by model and utility; commercial use is listed for paid individual plans.
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 2026-08-25Open verification questions
- 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
How to decide
Match each platform to your actual workflow constraints. Run one real workflow in each finalist before paying.
Quick recommendation
Use the trial checklist on each review page and the free scorecard to record time-to-result, corrections needed, and monthly cost at your expected volume before committing to a plan.