Best Runway alternatives

Pika generates short video clips from text prompts or images and adds effects that transform objects and scenes, popular for social media content.

Best for: Social creators making short, stylised clips

Dream Machine is Luma AI's generative platform for creating video clips and images from text or reference images, with tools for iterating on shots.

Best for: Realistic image-to-video inserts and concept shots

Kling AI is a video generation platform from Kuaishou that creates clips from text prompts or images, with options for longer and higher-resolution outputs on paid plans.

Best for: Creators experimenting with cinematic generated clips

InVideo AI turns a text prompt or script into a full video with stock footage, voiceover, music and subtitles, which you can then edit with text commands.

Best for: Faceless YouTube channels and quick explainer videos

Descript transcribes your recordings so you can edit audio and video like a document, with AI tools for filler-word removal, studio-quality sound and clip creation.

Best for: Podcasters and talking-head YouTubers

OpusClip analyses long-form videos, picks highlight moments and reframes them into vertical short clips with captions, ready for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.

Best for: Repurposing podcasts and long videos into shorts