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可灵 AI
From Kuaishou — China's text-to-video ceiling
Video
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Best Runway alternatives
AI tools that cover similar ground to Runway, sorted by relevance. Use the table for a quick pricing and category check, then click through for details.
Updated 2026-10-22
| Tool | Pricing | Categories | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 可灵 AI | Freemium | Video | From Kuaishou — China's text-to-video ceiling |
| Descript | Freemium | Video / Audio | Edit video by editing the transcript |
| 海螺 AI | Freemium | Video / Audio | MiniMax's video-and-speech double threat |
| OpusClip | Freemium | Video | Turn long videos into viral clips automatically |
| Vidu | Freemium | Video | Video generation from Shengshu Tech |
| 即梦 | Freemium | Image / Video | ByteDance's image-and-video generator |
| Synthesia | Freemium | Digital Humans / Video | Enterprise avatar video with 230+ presenters |
| Katalist | Freemium | AI Comic Drama / Video | Turns scripts into storyboards with consistent characters across frames |
How we picked these alternatives
We only include tools that share at least one category with Runway. Ordering is relevance-based, not paid: featured tools first, then the rest of the category.
Freemium
Descript
Edit video by editing the transcript
VideoAudio
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海螺 AI
MiniMax's video-and-speech double threat
VideoAudio
Freemium
OpusClip
Turn long videos into viral clips automatically
Video
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Vidu
Video generation from Shengshu Tech
Video
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即梦
ByteDance's image-and-video generator
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Synthesia
Enterprise avatar video with 230+ presenters
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Katalist
Turns scripts into storyboards with consistent characters across frames
AI Comic DramaVideo
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度加创作工具
Baidu's official AIGC studio for one-click text-to-video
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Reface
Viral app swapping your face into videos, GIFs and memes
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Vidwud
Free AI face swap for photos and videos, no skills needed
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Haiper
Video foundation model from ex-DeepMind researchers
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Higgsfield
AI video with cinematic camera moves and VFX presets
Video ModelsVideo
Freemium
PixVerse
Fast AI video generator famous for viral effect templates
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Paid
Google Veo
Google's flagship video model with strong realism and audio
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Viggle AI
Animate any character image with motion templates or video
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DomoAI
Turn photos and clips into anime with 3M+ users
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Grain
Clip and share key moments from meetings
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Freemium
Narakeet
Turn scripts and slides into narrated videos in 100+ languages
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Paid
WSC Sports
AI-generated sports highlights at scale
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Spiideo
Cloud-based AI cameras for automated sports broadcasting
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MOKI
Meitu's AI short-film tool turning scripts into animated episodes
AI Comic DramaVideo
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GoEnhance
Video-to-anime and image-to-video generator for creators
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