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CapCut vs Runway vs Synthesia

All three are video generation tools. Here is what separates them.

	CapCut	Runway	Synthesia
What it is	Edit YouTube and Instagram videos with CapCut's AI-powered video editor, smart templates, and creative effects. Download CapCut on desktop, mobile, or edit	Runway is building foundational Real-World Intelligence that can understand, simulate and act in the world. We offer products and services built on-top of this intelligence to empower individuals and organizations to do more in the world.	The enterprise standard for avatar-presented training and internal video, with the compliance apparatus to match.
Category	Video Generation	Video Generation	Video Generation
Pricing	Freemium	Freemium · $12-$76/mo	Paid · From $29/mo
How it bills	Not published	Flat monthly	Flat monthly
Free tier	Yes	Yes	No
Rating	Not yet rated	4.5 from 3,800 reviews	Not yet rated
Features	—	Gen-3 Alpha video generation Text-to-video Image-to-video Motion tracking Inpainting Super resolution Green screen removal Custom model training	Large stock avatar library Over 100 languages Custom avatars with documented consent Brand kits and templates SSO and enterprise controls
What works	Has a free tier, so it can be tried before paying Sits in Video Generation, one of the better-covered categories here — easy to compare	Best AI video quality Comprehensive creative tools Professional-grade output Regular model updates Great for filmmakers	Built for organisational scale Updating a video is editing a script Strong compliance posture
What does not	Does not publish a price on its own site, so the cost is only clear after signing up 134 other tools in this catalogue claim to do the same job	Expensive for heavy use Credits run out quickly Short video length limits Rendering can be slow	No meaningful free tier Output is recognisably synthetic Per-minute limits on lower plans

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