Runway vs Veo

Which should you choose?

Runway wins for creators needing versatile, integrated creative workflows—it combines video generation with inpainting, motion tracking, and Adobe integration, making it a complete suite. Veo is better if your primary need is generating narrative-driven videos with precise directorial control (camera movements, lighting, subject behavior); its understanding of complex visual instructions outpaces Runway's text-to-video. Runway's freemium model also offers lower entry friction. However, Veo's superior coherence and motion consistency matter if you're producing commercial content where temporal artifacts are unacceptable. For agencies and filmmakers, Runway's ecosystem wins; for narrative video specialists, Veo edges ahead.