Pick ElevenLabs if
podcast, product, and localization teams who need controllable multilingual speech.
Read the ElevenLabs pageElevenLabs vs Runway
Our take
Pick ElevenLabs if podcast, product, and localization teams who need controllable multilingual speech. Pick Runway if creators who want text-to-video or timeline edits and will burn credits. Skip ElevenLabs if users who only want chat, or teams that cannot send scripts to a US-hosted voice API. Skip Runway if people who need a presenter avatar (HeyGen, Synthesia) or speech-only TTS (ElevenLabs).
Best for
ElevenLabs TTS, voice cloning, or dubbing
Runway Generate or edit moving pictures
Free plan
ElevenLabs $0 · , 10,000 credits
Runway $0 · /month. 125 one-time credits that don’t expire (not a monthly refill). 5GB storage. A selection of models to test
Lowest paid
ElevenLabs Starter $6/mo
Runway Standard $12/mo yearly
Next step up
ElevenLabs Creator $22/mo
Runway Pro $28/mo yearly
Coding agent
ElevenLabs Agents / dubbing / image-video
Runway Agent
Runs where
ElevenLabs Hosted
Runway Hosted
Watch out
ElevenLabs Credits are not minutes
Runway Free is 125 credits once
Last checked
ElevenLabs 2026-10-19 · elevenlabs.io/pricing
Runway 2026-10-19 · runwayml.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Runway if
creators who want text-to-video or timeline edits and will burn credits.
Read the Runway page