HeyGen vs Runway
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
HeyGen
AI avatars and video translation
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Runway
AI video generation and editing — Gen-4.5 adds native audio
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8 / 10 | 7.6 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | 1 video per month up to 1 minute | 125 one-time credits for video generation |
| Paid from | $29/month (Creator) | Free $0 (125 credits); Standard $12-15/mo; Pro $28-35/mo; Max $76-95/mo; Enterprise custom |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | 31M+ registered users (100k+ paying business customers) | ~4M registered users (≈1.2M monthly active, 2025-2026) |
| Founded | 2020 | 2018 |
| Maker | Joshua Xu, Wayne Liang | Cristobal Valenzuela, Alejandro Matamala, Anastasis Germanidis |
| Verdict | HeyGen turns a script into a polished talking-head video with photorealistic avatars, voice cloning, and lip-synced translation across 175+ languages, and it remains the reference product in its category for marketing, t... |
Runway is one of the most established AI video platforms, pairing generative models with a real editing suite — inpainting, green-screen, motion tracking, frame interpolation. Gen-4.5 closed the category's oldest gap by... |
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