Runway vs Scenario

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In Concept art & 2D assets, Scenario ranks #3 and Runway ranks #8. No independent quality tests found. Ranked on game-dev fit: commercial use on paid plans; Unity, Unreal integrations; API and official MCP server. Mostly runs other companies' image models, so their leaderboard results don't count for it.

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Tool
RunwayCommercial use allowed
ScenarioCommercial on paid plans only
Best for
Trailer and teaser video shots
Studios training custom style models on their own art
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.
Production-focused generative platform for game art: train custom style models on your own assets, generate images, textures, 3D meshes, video and audio. API-first with Unity/Unreal integration.
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 studios that want custom style models trained on their own art; commercial use needs a paid plan (free output is personal/evaluation only).
Tasks●
Trailers & marketing, Concept art & 2D assets
Concept art & 2D assets, Textures & materials, 3D model generation
Engines●
Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
Unity, Unreal, Blender
Free plan●
Free trial or credits only 125 one-time credits
Free plan 50 daily credits; personal/evaluation use only
Pricing
Free $0 (125 one-time credits). Standard US$12/month, Pro US$28/month and Max US$76/month, billed annually (US$15, US$35 and US$95 billed monthly). Gen-4.5 uses 12 credits per second of video. source
Free tier with 50 daily credits. Starter US$15/month, Pro US$45/month, Max US$75/month (monthly billing; annual saves 33%). Enterprise custom. source
Export formats●
Not stated by vendor
Images PNG, JPEG, WebP, SVG; video MP4, MOV, WebM, GIF; audio WAV, MP3; 3D GLB, OBJ, FBX, STL, VOX (pricing FAQ). source
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 on paid plans only
All paid plans include a full commercial license; free plan outputs are for personal and evaluation use only (per pricing FAQ). source
Revenue share / caps
Not stated by vendor
Not stated by vendor
API
Available. Runway developer API source
Available. REST API with SDKs source
MCP server
Official MCP server. Runway Dev MCP server (OAuth) source
Official MCP server. Hosted MCP server (OAuth or API key) source
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Rows marked ● differ between the two tools. Licence badges: green = commercial use allowed (including any free plan or trial), amber = paid plans only, restricted, or allowed but with no free plan, red = not allowed, grey = not stated by vendor or not applicable. Read the vendor's current terms before you ship.