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Runway vs Tavus

Features, pricing, ratings, and pros and cons, side by side.

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Tavus

Real-time conversational AI video agents with lifelike faces, voice and memory, built via API

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Verdict

Runway is listed under Image & Visual AI and Tavus under Video AI. Runway scores higher in FinderAtlas's editorial review (8.4 vs 8.0 out of 10). Both have a free plan or trial. Only Runway is available on iOS and Android.

Best overall

Runway

  • Filmmakers
  • Video creators
  • Marketers and ad teams
  • Designers

Choose Runway if

  • You want a tool built for Text-to-video and image-to-video generation.
  • Combines video, image and audio generation and editing in one workspace.
  • Offers Runway's own Gen-4.5 plus third-party models such as Seedance 2.0.

Choose Tavus if

  • You want a tool built for embedding live, human-like video agents in products for sales, coaching, interviews and training.
  • Full real-time video agent stack (rendering, turn-taking, perception) from one vendor.
  • Both a developer API and a no-code PAL Maker are available.
Best for beginners
Runway
Best for business
Tavus

Features

18 features compared.

  • Gen-4.5 video model
    Runway
    Available
    Tavus
    Not available
  • Creative Agent
    Runway
    Available
    Tavus
    Not available
  • Multiple models
    Runway
    Available
    Tavus
    Not available
  • Characters
    Runway
    Available
    Tavus
    Not available
  • Aleph and Act-Two
    Runway
    Available
    Tavus
    Not available
  • Audio tools
    Runway
    Available
    Tavus
    Not available
  • Workflows and Recipes
    Runway
    Available
    Tavus
    Not available
  • Runway Dev API
    Runway
    Available
    Tavus
    Not available
  • Runway MCP
    Runway
    Available
    Tavus
    Not available
  • Conversational Video Interface (CVI)
    Runway
    Not available
    Tavus
    Available
  • PAL Maker
    Runway
    Not available
    Tavus
    Available
  • Phoenix Rendering
    Runway
    Not available
    Tavus
    Available
  • Sparrow Turn-Taking
    Runway
    Not available
    Tavus
    Available
  • Raven Perception
    Runway
    Not available
    Tavus
    Available
  • Knowledge Base and Memory
    Runway
    Not available
    Tavus
    Available
  • Presentation and Magic Canvas
    Runway
    Not available
    Tavus
    Available
  • Meeting Joins and Browser Use
    Runway
    Not available
    Tavus
    Available
  • Bring Your Own LLM
    Runway
    Not available
    Tavus
    Available

Pricing

Plans as listed by each vendor. Check their sites for current prices.

  • Pricing model
    Runway
    Freemium
    Tavus
    Freemium
  • Free plan
    Runway
    Yes
    Tavus
    Yes
  • Starting price
    Runway
    $0
    Tavus
    $0
  • Plans
    Runway
    4 plans
    Tavus
    6 plans

Runway plans

  • Free

    $0

    125 one-time credits that do not expire

    • A selection of generative models
    • 5GB storage

  • Standard

    $15/month

    625 credits per month; $12 per month billed annually

    • All video and image models
    • Creative Agent
    • 5 parallel generations
    • Music and voice and sound effects
    • Up to 3 projects
    • No watermarks
    • 4K upscaling
    • 20GB storage

  • Pro

    Most popular

    $35/month

    2,250 credits per month; $28 per month billed annually

    • Everything in Standard
    • 15 parallel generations
    • Up to 5 projects
    • 1 Brand Kit
    • 1 custom voice clone
    • Top-up credits
    • Runway MCP
    • Unlimited 4K video upscaling
    • 100GB storage

  • Max

    $95/month

    9,500 credits per month; $76 per month billed annually

    • Everything in Pro
    • Early access to new models
    • 20 parallel generations
    • Up to 10 projects
    • Up to 3 Brand Kits
    • Up to 3 custom voice clones
    • HDR and ProRes and image sequence outputs
    • 500GB storage

Tavus plans

  • Free

    $0

    Developer tier for testing CVI

    • 20 CVI minutes/month
    • 1 concurrent session
    • 5 min max conversation
    • 10 stock faces

  • Starter

    $22/month

    Entry paid developer plan

    • 60 CVI minutes/month
    • 1 concurrent session
    • 10 min max conversation
    • 1 custom face
    • no pay-as-you-go overage

  • Builder

    $59/month

    Small teams scaling usage

    • 175 CVI minutes/month
    • 3 concurrent sessions
    • 15 min max conversation
    • 3 custom faces
    • $0.35/min overage

  • Growth

    $397/month

    Production workloads

    • 1,300 CVI minutes/month
    • 10 concurrent sessions
    • 60 min max conversation
    • 7 custom faces
    • $0.31/min overage
    • recordings at $0.03/min

  • Business

    $975/month

    High-volume deployments

    • 4,000 CVI minutes/month
    • 15 concurrent sessions
    • 60 min max conversation
    • 15 custom faces
    • $0.26/min overage
    • recordings at $0.03/min

  • Enterprise

    Custom/custom

    Managed, white-labeled deployments

    • Custom minutes and concurrency
    • unlimited custom faces
    • white-labeling
    • SLAs
    • dedicated support

Our ratings

Scored out of 10 by the Finder Atlas editorial team. Last reviewed October 2026.

Runway
8.4overall
Tavus
8.0overall

  • Video Quality

    Runway
    9.0
    Tavus
    Not rated

  • Camera & Motion Control

    Runway
    8.8
    Tavus
    Not rated

  • Model Variety

    Runway
    8.5
    Tavus
    Not rated

  • Editing Tools

    Runway
    8.6
    Tavus
    Not rated

  • Pricing Clarity

    Runway
    7.2
    Tavus
    Not rated

  • Ease of Use

    Runway
    Not rated
    Tavus
    7.8

  • Feature Depth

    Runway
    Not rated
    Tavus
    8.6

  • Value for Money

    Runway
    Not rated
    Tavus
    7.2

  • Performance & Speed

    Runway
    Not rated
    Tavus
    8.5

  • Documentation & Support

    Runway
    Not rated
    Tavus
    8.0

Scores weigh documented features, plan value, platform coverage, integrations and user feedback. A missing score means we have not rated that area yet.

Pros and cons

Runway

Pros

  • Combines video, image and audio generation and editing in one workspace
  • Offers Runway's own Gen-4.5 plus third-party models such as Seedance 2.0
  • Creative Agent builds videos from a conversation
  • Runway Dev API with Node and Python SDKs
  • Free plan with 125 credits that do not expire
  • Native iOS and Android apps

Cons

  • Credit-based pricing: a 5-second Gen-4.5 clip costs 60 credits, so the 625 credits on Standard cover about 10 such clips
  • Standard and Pro credits do not roll over at the end of the month
  • Some App Store reviewers complain about the cost of failed or unusable generations
  • 4K upscaling is unlimited only on Pro and Max

Tavus

Pros

  • Full real-time video agent stack (rendering, turn-taking, perception) from one vendor.
  • Both a developer API and a no-code PAL Maker are available.
  • Free tier with 20 CVI minutes per month for prototyping.
  • Joins Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams calls.
  • Published enterprise case studies, including Salesforce and Orum.

Cons

  • Free and Starter plans cap conversations at 5 and 10 minutes, and Starter has no pay-as-you-go overage.
  • Conversation recordings cost $0.03/min and are unavailable on lower tiers.
  • Pricing page showed conflicting plan tables, which makes costs hard to verify.
  • No publicly released iOS or Android app was found.

Platforms

  • Web
    Runway
    Supported
    Tavus
    Supported
  • Windows
    Runway
    Not supported
    Tavus
    Not supported
  • macOS
    Runway
    Not supported
    Tavus
    Not supported
  • iOS
    Runway
    Supported
    Tavus
    Not supported
  • Android
    Runway
    Supported
    Tavus
    Not supported
  • API
    Runway
    Supported
    Tavus
    Supported
  • Browser Extension
    Runway
    Not supported
    Tavus
    Not supported

Integrations

Runway

5 integrations
  • Runway MCP
  • ChatGPT plugin
  • Meta Ads
  • Google Ads
  • TikTok Ads

Tavus

3 integrations
  • Zoom
  • Google Meet
  • Microsoft Teams

Company

  • Company
    Runway
    Runway AI, Inc.
    Tavus
    Tavus
  • Founded
    Runway
    2018
    Tavus
    2020
  • Headquarters
    Runway
    New York, NY
    Tavus
    San Francisco, CA
  • Listing
    Runway
    Claimed
    Tavus
    Claimed

Frequently asked questions

Is Runway better than Tavus?

It depends on your workflow. Runway is built for Text-to-video and image-to-video generation. Tavus is built for embedding live, human-like video agents in products for sales, coaching, interviews and training.

What are the key feature differences between Runway and Tavus?

Runway: AI video, image and audio creation suite with Gen-4.5, agents and an API. Tavus: Real-time conversational AI video agents with lifelike faces, voice and memory, built via API.

Does Runway or Tavus have a free plan?

Yes, both do. Runway is freemium and Tavus is freemium, and each has a free plan or trial.

Which is cheaper, Runway or Tavus?

Both can be used for free. Paid plans differ in limits and features, so compare the tiers in the pricing table above.