Head-to-Head

Opus Clip vs Runway

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, features, and our honest verdict.

🔥 Opus Clip
8.0
Best Clipping
VS
🎥 Runway
8.7
Best Quality

Pricing Comparison

Plan 🔥 Opus Clip 🎥 Runway
Free Yes
60 min upload/month, watermarked, 1080p
 Yes
125 credits (~25 sec Gen-3), watermarked
Starter
$19/mo
Starter
200 min upload/month, no watermark, AI captions, virality score
$15/mo Cheaper
Standard
625 credits/month, Gen-3 Alpha, 720p export, 3 editor projects
Pro
$49/mo
Pro
600 min/month, AI B-roll, brand templates, multi-language captions
$35/mo Cheaper
Pro
2250 credits/month, unlimited projects, 4K, Green Screen, custom models
Enterprise
$135/mo
Business
1800 min/month, team workspace, API, priority rendering
$95/mo Cheaper
Unlimited
Unlimited Gen-3, 4K, all tools, priority processing

Key Features

🔥 Opus Clip
  • ✓ AI virality scoring
  • ✓ Auto clip extraction
  • ✓ Dynamic captions
  • ✓ AI B-roll generation
  • ✓ Multi-platform resize
  • ✓ Filler word removal
🎥 Runway
  • ✓ Gen-3 Alpha text-to-video
  • ✓ Image-to-video
  • ✓ Motion Brush
  • ✓ Green Screen AI
  • ✓ Video-to-video style transfer
  • ✓ Inpainting & outpainting

Pros & Cons

🔥 Opus Clip
Pros
  • + Virality scoring is genuinely useful
  • + Best auto-clip extraction in market
  • + Captions look great by default
  • + Cheapest entry price
Cons
  • − Only for short-form (no full video creation)
  • − Needs source video (no text-to-video)
  • − Clip quality depends on source material
🎥 Runway
Pros
  • + Most impressive visual quality
  • + True creative AI (not template-based)
  • + Cutting-edge research team
  • + Used by real studios
Cons
  • − Expensive per second of video
  • − Steep learning curve
  • − Short clip lengths (5-10 sec)
  • − Not for business/marketing content

Best For

🔥 Opus Clip

YouTube creators and podcasters who need short-form clips

🎥 Runway

Creative professionals and filmmakers pushing AI boundaries

Our Verdict
🎥 Runway wins this one
8.7

Nothing matches Runway on pure visual quality. But you pay for it, both in credits and learning curve. This is a creative tool, not a marketing tool.

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