Our take
Pick Haiper if short-form creators who will stay on the web Creations desk and pay the published API $0.05 / second (720p) when they leave the free daily allowance, then a membership only when they need watermark-free / commercial / private clips. Pick Runway if creators who want text-to-video or timeline edits and will burn credits. Skip Runway if people who need a presenter avatar (HeyGen, Synthesia) or
Best for
Haiper A short clip from text or an image at a published $
Runway Generate or edit moving pictures
Free plan
Haiper No free plan
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
Haiper API Image 1.5 $0.02
Runway Standard $12/mo yearly
Next step up
Haiper API Image 2.x $0.04
Runway Pro $28/mo yearly
Coding agent
Haiper
Runway Agent
Runs where
Haiper Hosted
Runway Hosted
Watch out
Haiper Membership HTML 404’d on 2026-10-23
Runway Free is 125 credits once
Last checked
Haiper 2026-10-23 · docs.haiper.ai/api-reference/api-pricing
Runway 2026-10-19 · runwayml.com/pricing
short-form creators who will stay on the web Creations desk and pay the published API $0.05 / second (720p) when they leave the free daily allowance, then a membership only when they need watermark-free / commercial / private clips.
Read the Haiper pagecreators who want text-to-video or timeline edits and will burn credits.
Read the Runway page
