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Kaiber vs Runway

Both stand on ai photo animation tools. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Kaiber

Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb

Kaiber brings AI generation, beat-synced variations, and timeline editing into a shared workflow, with commercial use supported. Buyers should account for its paid plans, credit-based generation, and reduced mobile feature set.

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Runway

Free plan API

Choose Runway if you need video generation with text or image input, AI avatars, API access or commercial use. The Free plan offers one-time credits; paid plans provide monthly credits with different project and storage limits. Check the annual billing and limits on the plan that fits your needs.

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The facts

	Kaiber	Runway
Free plan	No	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Android, iPhone, Web	API
Lowest paid plan	Starter: $10 a month	Standard: $12 a month
Plans published	5	4
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	kaiber.ai	runway.com
On ai photo animation tools	#19 of 25	#15 of 25

Kaiber: what it does well

Beat Sync makes up to 10 variations without prompts.
Canvas generates, edits, and remixes video, images, and audio.
Editor exports in multiple aspect ratios.
Unused credits roll over month to month.
Commercial use is supported.

What to know first

No free plan or free trial.
Mobile offers only a subset of workflows.
Starter does not include Beat Sync.
Generation credit costs vary by content, model, and duration.

Runway: what it does well

Supports both text-to-video and image-to-video generation.
Lists AI avatars and API access.
Commercial use is supported.
Maximum output resolution is 4k.
Free plan includes 125 one-time credits and 5 GB storage.

What to know first

The Free plan's 125 credits are a one-time allotment.
Standard, Pro and Max are billed annually at the listed monthly prices.
The listed platform is API.

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