HeyGen
AI video creation with stock and custom avatars, voice cloning and translation, with team workspaces and an API for bulk automation.
Pricing Free / $29 per month
Category video
Difficulty Beginner
Type Web App
Status Active
Runway
Runway is a browser studio and API for AI video and editing that turns prompts images and clips into finished shots using Gen 3 models masks upscaling and frame tools.
Pricing Free / Starts $12 per month
Category video
Difficulty Beginner
Type Web App
Status Active
Feature Tags Comparison
Only in HeyGen
avatarstext-to-videovoicetranslation
Shared
apivideoeditingmultimedia
Only in Runway
video-generationgen-3greenscreenupscalestudio
Key Features
HeyGen
- • Stock and custom avatars for presenters
- • Multi language voices and dubbing
- • Scene editor with captions and brand kits
- • Face swap and studio quality options
- • HD exports and watermark controls
- • Team workspaces and seat based plans
Runway
- • Text to video and image to video: Create clips from prompts or images and guide motion style and framing for each shot
- • Turbo mode for speed: Generate iterations faster at lower cost when exploring directions before final renders
- • Pro masking and cleanup: Remove backgrounds objects and noise so AI and live footage combine cleanly
- • Frame tools and upscale: Interpolate extend duration or raise resolution for smoother higher quality output
- • Style presets and seeds: Maintain look and motion consistency across a series for brand aligned results
- • Workspaces and asset library: Manage seats assets and permissions so teams collaborate safely
Use Cases
HeyGen
- → Create onboarding and SOP libraries
- → Localize tutorials for global teams
- → Generate product tours for websites
- → Produce social explainers at speed
- → Personalize outreach with safe policies
- → Automate templated videos from a CMS
Runway
- → Storyboard concepts for campaigns without hiring crews or scouting locations
- → Produce social shorts and ad variants in multiple ratios to test creative hypotheses quickly
- → Build explainer clips from still product shots when filming is delayed
- → Create music video looks with stylized motion for concept approval before full shoots
- → Generate b roll for newsrooms or marketing when deadlines are tight
- → Make learning content and lecture highlights that hold attention on mobile feeds
Perfect For
HeyGen
L&D leaders marketers agencies customer education and product teams who need scalable presenter video without filming logistics
Runway
creative directors editors marketers social teams and indie studios that want controllable AI video generation cleanup and finishing tools in a collaborative browser studio
Capabilities
HeyGen
Avatars and voices Professional
Scenes and branding Professional
Translate and dub Intermediate
API and workspaces Intermediate
Runway
Gen 3 Models Intermediate
Masks and Cleanup Intermediate
Upscale and Frames Basic
Workspaces and API Intermediate
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