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MAdobe Firefly vs Runway
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Adobe Firefly if…
- you're in its core audience: designers, marketers
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Choose Runway if…
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: content creators, marketing teams
Side by side
Feature Adobe Firefly Runway
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price—$12/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Security and compliance—SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR
Updates, last 90 days—30
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, iOS, Android, API
CategoryImage GeneratorsVideo Generators
CompanyAdobeRunway AI, Inc.
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded19822018
Part ofThe Vanguard Group—
Key features
A Adobe Firefly
- Text to image generation with Firefly and partner models
- Generative Fill for image editing
- Text to Video generation
- Generate Speech from text
- Audio and video translation
- Sound effects and music generation
- Firefly Boards for collecting and arranging ideas
- Access to 30+ AI models in one interface
R Runway
- Text and image to video with Gen-4.5 and Aleph 2.0
- Third-party models such as Kling, Seedance and Nano Banana Pro
- Music, voice, sound effects and text-to-speech generation
- Agentic creative collaborator
- Runway Ads publishes ads to Meta, Google and TikTok
- 4K upscaling, plus HDR and ProRes output on Max
- Custom voice clones and brand kits
- Developer API and MCP server
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Adobe Firefly
FreeFree
Firefly StandardLE 238.26/mo (regional page, incl. VAT)
Firefly ProLE 477.66/mo (regional page, incl. VAT)
Firefly Pro PlusLE 1,140.00/mo (regional page, incl. VAT)
Firefly PremiumLE 4,560.00/mo (regional page, incl. VAT)
Firefly Pro for teamsLE 419.00/mo per license (annual, billed monthly, excl. VAT)
Runway
Free$0
Standard$12/mo billed yearly ($15 monthly)
Pro$28/mo billed yearly ($35 monthly)
Max$76/mo billed yearly ($95 monthly)
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Adobe Firefly
- Free tier with daily generations that reset each day
- Includes partner models from Google, OpenAI and Flux
- Unlimited standard image features on paid plans
- Free trials on Standard, Pro and Pro Plus
- Video, speech and audio features use limited generative credits
- Exact daily limits on the free tier are not published
- No trial listed for Premium or team plans
Runway
- Free plan with 125 credits that don't expire
- Own models and third-party models available in one workspace
- iOS and Android apps plus an API
- Extra purchased credits never expire
- Free credits are one-time, not monthly
- Monthly credits on Standard and Pro don't roll over
- Minimum top-up purchase is 1,000 credits
- Standard is limited to 3 projects
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