Pick Hedra if
creators and developers who already have a face still and a voice track and will pay per second.
Read the Hedra pageHedra vs Runway
Our take
Pick Hedra if creators and developers who already have a face still and a voice track and will pay per second. 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 speech-only TTS (ElevenLabs).
Best for
Hedra Turn a still + audio into a talking or singing clip
Runway Generate or edit moving pictures
Free plan
Hedra 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
Hedra LLM / VLM $0.15
Runway Standard $12/mo yearly
Next step up
Hedra
Runway Pro $28/mo yearly
Coding agent
Hedra Hedra Studio Visual Agent
Runway Agent
Runs where
Hedra Hosted
Runway Hosted
Watch out
Hedra Audio is required
Runway Free is 125 credits once
Last checked
Hedra 2026-10-22 · hedra.com/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