Genmo vs Kling 可灵 vs Moonvalley (Marey) vs Runway
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Genmo
Makers of Mochi 1, an open-weights text-to-video model
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Kling 可灵
Kuaishou's AI video generator, with native audio, 4K output and an API
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Moonvalley (Marey)
Licensed-data video model, now sold via fal.ai after Moonvalley merged...
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Runway
AI video generation and editing, from Gen-4.5 to an agent that runs ca...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.2 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 | 6.6 / 10 | 7.6 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Open Source | Freemium | Usage_based | Freemium |
| Free tier | Open weights free under Apache 2.0; hosted: 250 one-time credits (about 2 Mochi videos), unlocked by adding a card, watermarked | Basic plan: monthly free credits claimed on login (amount not published); no commercial use, HD/4K or watermark removal; 1 video per generation | — | 125 one-time credits that do not expire, 5GB storage and a selection of models to test |
| Paid from | $10/mo Lite (1,200 credits ≈ 12 Mochi clips); $8/mo billed annually | $8.80/month (Standard, billed monthly; first month $6.99) or $79.20/year | $1.50 per 5-second clip on fal.ai (Moonvalley ended its own plans in March 2026) | $12/month (Standard, billed yearly; $15 monthly) for 625 credits |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | — | 100M+ global registered users (60M reported Jan 2026 at CES) | — | ~4M registered users (≈1.2M monthly active, 2025-2026) |
| Founded | 2024 | 2024 | 2025 | 2018 |
| Maker | — | Kuaishou Technology | Reka | Cristobal Valenzuela, Alejandro Matamala, Anastasis Germanidis |
| Verdict | Genmo's Mochi 1 is a 10-billion-parameter text-to-video model under Apache 2.0, and the licence is still the selling point: fine-tune it, self-host it on your own GPUs through the official repo or ComfyUI, and use the ou... |
Kling is one of the strongest commercial AI video generators: Kling 3.0 adds native audio and 4K output, motion control and an API priced per second, and Kuaishou's own results show it earning real money, above RMB 850 m... |
Marey's case is still legal cleanliness: a model trained only on licensed footage, with director-style controls that suit working filmmakers more than casual prompters. But the business around it has changed. Moonvalley... |
Runway pairs strong in-house video models, Gen-4.5 for generation and Aleph 2.0 for editing, with a broad catalogue of third-party models, an Agent, HDR and ProRes output and plugins for the main editing suites. A $315 m... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.