Runway vs Luma Dream Machine
Facts from each vendor's published pages, checked 2026-10-17. No scores and no winner: pick based on what you need.
 Runway |  Luma Dream Machine | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Trailer and teaser video shots | Marketing video clips |
| What it does | AI video, image and audio generation (Runway Gen-4.5 plus third-party models), usable for trailer shots, teasers and marketing material. | Video and image generation with Luma's own models and third-party models, usable for trailer shots and marketing clips. |
| Verdict | For generating trailer and teaser shots; the terms don't restrict commercial use of outputs, but Runway may train on your inputs and outputs. | For marketing video clips on a paid plan; commercial use is listed from the $30/month Plus tier, with no free plan. |
| Tasks | Trailers & marketing, Concept art & 2D assets | Trailers & marketing |
| Engines | Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic) | Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic) |
| Free plan | Free trial or credits only: 125 one-time credits | Paid only: No free plan listed |
| Pricing | Free $0 (125 one-time credits). Standard $12/month, Pro $28/month and a $76/month tier, billed annually ($15, $35 and $95 billed monthly). Gen-4.5 uses 12 credits per second of video. source | Plus $30/month (10,000 credits), Pro $90/month (40,000 credits), Ultra $300/month; yearly billing discounted. No free plan is listed on the pricing page. source |
| Export formats | unverified | unverified |
| Commercial use | Commercial use allowed Terms of Use 4.4: Runway does not claim ownership of Inputs or Outputs and does not restrict your commercial use of Outputs. Inputs and Outputs may be used to train its models. source | Commercial use allowed Pricing page lists "Commercial use" on Plus, and higher tiers include everything in Plus. source |
| Revenue share / caps | unverified | unverified |
| API | Available. Runway developer API source | Available. Dream Machine API source |
| MCP server | Official MCP server. Runway Dev MCP server (OAuth) source | Official MCP server. Official MCP server (GitHub) source |
| Last checked | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-17 |
"Unverified" means we couldn't confirm that detail on the vendor's own pages. Read the vendor's current terms before you ship.