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HD-ID vs Runway
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
D
Choose D-ID if…
- you're in its core audience: marketing teams, l&d and training teams
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Choose Runway if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you work on iOS, Android
- you're in its core audience: content creators, marketing teams
Side by side
Feature D-ID Runway
Pricing modelFree trialFreemium
Starting price—$12/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retentionFree-user data deleted after 6 months of non-use; account deletion removes all data—
Security and complianceISO 42001, SOC 2SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR
Updates, last 90 days—30
Photo-to-avatar—
Custom video avatar—
Voice cloning—
Doc/PPT to video—
Interactive elements—
Real-time avatar agents—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, iOS, Android, API
CategoryAvatar & Talking-Head VideoVideo Generators
CompanyDe-Identification Inc. (US residents) / De-Identification Ltd. (outside US)Runway AI, Inc.
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded20172018
Part of——
Key features
D D-ID
- Avatar videos generated from scripts, decks or documents
- Real-time conversational Visual AI Agents
- Custom avatars from images or video
- Voice cloning with multilingual output
- Video and interaction in 120+ languages
- Streaming animation API for app integration
- Integrations with PowerPoint, Canva and Google Slides
- Video Translate and Live Portrait tools
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
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D-ID
TrialFree trial
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
D-ID
- Supports 120+ languages for video and real-time interaction
- API shares the same minute balance as the web app
- Integrates with PowerPoint, Canva and Google Slides
- Self-hosting option for real-time avatars
- Plan prices are not shown in the pricing page text
- Trial and Lite videos carry a D-ID watermark
- Unused minutes expire monthly and do not roll over
- Videos limited to 5 minutes in Studio or API
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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