Mike
I think Runway has a lot of potential…
I think Runway has a lot of potential and the video generations are honestly amazing (when they work), but so far it is ridiculously expensive. You have to spend almost $100 usd for unlimited video generations a month. You can use the pro plan for $35 usd, which includes 2250 credits or 7.5 minutes of video generations. However, more than half of the generations don't make any sense or are unusable and the prompts don't really work, you will find yourself throwing credits to the trash. So, $35 usd feels more like paying for a demo of 3 min of video generation. Also, your account can get suspended very easily with their extreme content moderation filter, if you submit several images that have red color that may look like blood (even if it is not blood) or some images that show a shirtless man or a ripped off shirt, you may get flagged or get your account suspended, then you need to appeal, if you are lucky you'll get a quick response with their final decision, if not, then wait for days or weeks in the limbo. The tools are amazing, but they still need a lot of work, the video generations can get 4k resolution, I don't think other platforms offer this yet. The platform overall is very easy to use, even a kid can use it, but still, I don't think this should be $95 usd a month or almost $1k per year, there are constant glitches and issues at lease with the video generation, it is still not possible to create high quality content. This might look like a negative review, but I honesly want them to succeed, companies like this one, make it so much easier for anyone to have content creation tools.