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Both cover video editing. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| FlexClip | Runway | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $19.99 | From $15 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | None |
| API | Not stated | Yes |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Covers | Video Editing | AI Video & Voice, Video Editing |
| Works with | Nothing in particular | Nothing in particular |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
Template-led video editing in a browser
FlexClip is a template-first video editor for somebody making a promo or a social post rather than a film. The free plan exports at 720p and caps projects, stock use and length. Paying takes it to 1080p and opens the stock library properly. Credits meter the AI features on top of that.
Our note
Judge this on whether its templates suit what you make, because that is the entire product. Canva covers the same ground with a wider library if you also need static graphics.
Generative video with an editor around it
Runway is where the frontier video models arrive with a timeline attached, so a generated shot can be trimmed, upscaled and cut against footage you filmed. Credits are the unit of everything, and they go faster than the plan names suggest. Read the credit cost per second before picking a tier, because the gap between plans is nothing like the gap between prices.
Our note
Work out how many seconds of your chosen model each plan buys before subscribing, because the answer is usually smaller than the credit numbers suggest. Runway is the right pick when the shot cannot be filmed. For talking-head video from a script, Synthesia and HeyGen cost less and do it better.
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