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Free alternatives to Runway

3 alternatives verifiably meet “Verified free tier”. 0 more are not verified either way.

Qualifying3
Self-hosting verified0
Free tier3
ReplacingRunway
Entry price$15/mo
Free tierYes
Open source · self-hostingNot verified Not verified
Changes 30d3
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Free alternatives

Listed alphabetically. ToolMarketCap does not rank alternatives: each card states why it appears, with the first-party page behind every reading. Offers are shown beside the record and never change which tools appear or their order.

HeyGenHeyGen · Video
Why it appears
  • Meets: Verified free tierYes — 3 watermarked videos a month, up to 1 minute each; personal, non-commercial use onlyheygen.com ↗
  • Meets: Same use caseVideo
  • Meets: SSO and an enterprise planSSO: Business plan (SAML/SSO); SCIM on Enterpriseheygen.com ↗
  • Meets: Different deployment modelBrowser platform — Runway: Web appheygen.com ↗runway.com ↗
Entry price$29/mo
Free tierYes
Open sourceNot verified
Self-hostingNot verified
Compare with Runway2 differences →Pricing · 5 plansAdd to stack
PikaMellis · Video
Why it appears
  • Meets: Verified free tierYes — Free plan with all models and no watermark, but no commercial licensepika.art ↗
  • Meets: Same use caseVideo
  • Meets: Lower verified entry pricePika Starter $10/mo vs Runway Standard $15/mopika.art ↗runway.com ↗
  • Meets: Recent verified changes1 verified change in 30 days
Entry price$10/mo
Free tierYes
Open sourceNot verified
Self-hostingNot verified
1 verified change in 30 days · latest Availability · 16 Oct 2026Pika launches a plugin that brings its apps and models into ChatGPT
Compare with Runway1 difference →Pricing · 3 plansAdd to stack
SynthesiaSynthesia · Video
Why it appears
  • Meets: Verified free tierYes — Basic plan: 10 minutes of video per month, 500 credits, watermarkedsynthesia.io ↗
  • Meets: Same use caseVideo
  • Meets: SSO and an enterprise planSSO: Enterprise plan (SAML/SSO, SCIM, audit logging)synthesia.io ↗
  • Meets: Different deployment modelWeb platform — Runway: Web appsynthesia.io ↗runway.com ↗
  • Meets: Recent verified changes3 verified changes in 30 days
Entry price$19/mo
Free tierYes
Open sourceNot verified
Self-hostingNot verified
3 verified changes in 30 days · latest Release · 27 Oct 2026Synthesia launches a Localization API for dubbing videos at scale
Compare with Runway3 differences →Pricing · 5 plansAdd to stack

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Switch from Runway — by your requirements→Screen Video→Runway pricing$15/mo entryRunway change history4 changes
Alternatives are tools in Runway's editorial segment or assigned as its peers. A reading is “not verified” when no first-party page states it — never assumed either way. Oldest record verified 28 Oct 2026. How alternatives work