Runway vs Higgsfield

Two of the 26 AI video generators in our ranking, compared fact by fact — every price and feature read from each maker's own pages on Oct 23, 2026.

Creators generating cinematic clips with Gen-4.5

8.8

Short-form video with Seedance and Kling-class models

3.0

#26

The short answer

	Runway	Higgsfield
Score	8.8/10 · #5 of 26	3.0/10 · #26 of 26
Pricing model	Freemium	Paid
Paid from	$12/mo, billed yearly (Standard)“AI Image and Video Pricing from $12/month” — runway.com/pricing	Not published
Free plan	✓ Yes	– Not published
Free trial	Not published	Not published
Text to video	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
Image to video	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
AI avatars	– Not published	– Not published
AI voiceover	✓ Yes	– Not published
API	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
Why it ranks	Standard includes music, voice and sound effects generation for $12/month billed annually.	Starter at $19/month billed annually gives 270 credits, about 15 Seedance 2.0 Fast videos.
Watch for	Gen-4.5 uses 12 credits per second of generated video, so credits cap output.	Starter caps output at about 15 Seedance 2.0 Fast videos a month.