Two video & audio tools, one decision. Here is the honest split.
| Runway | Suno | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Best at | Short generated video clips, concept shots, and AI-assisted editing. | Custom songs for fun, content, and prototyping musical ideas fast. |
| In short | A creative AI video suite: text-to-video generation plus pro editing tools used in real productions. | Generates full songs - vocals, instruments, arrangement - from a text description. |
| On Atlas | 3 starter prompts | 3 starter prompts |
Pick Runway when the job is Short generated video clips, concept shots, and AI-assisted editing.. Pick Suno when the job is Custom songs for fun, content, and prototyping musical ideas fast.. Still torn? Run one real task through both free tiers. An hour of testing beats a week of reviews.
Create a [length] [format] about [topic] for [audience]. Tone: [tone]. Include a hook in the first 3 seconds and end with [call to action].