Runway alternatives
Match · Updated July 2026
Runway is one option among many for animating images — the image-to-video arena ranks it against every alternative by human preference. The top alternative to Runway is Gemini Omni Flash, rated 1375 Elo (#1 of 82) in the Image-to-Video Arena, followed by Gemini Omni Flash (1375 Elo).
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Gemini Omni Flashgoogle/gemini-omni-flash/image-to-videocommercial1375Elo - 2
Gemini Omni Flashgoogle/gemini-omni-flash/reference-to-videocommercial1375Elo - 3
Seedance 2 Image to Videobytedance/seedance-2.0/image-to-videocommercial1347Elo - 4
Seedance 2 Reference to Videobytedance/seedance-2.0/reference-to-videocommercial1347Elo - 5
Seedance 2.0 Fast Image to Videobytedance/seedance-2.0/fast/image-to-videocommercial1347Elo - 6
Seedance 2.0 Fast Reference to Videobytedance/seedance-2.0/fast/reference-to-videocommercial1347Elo - 7
Seedance 2.0 Minibytedance/seedance-2.0/mini/reference-to-videocommercial1347Elo - 8
Seedance 2.0 Mini Image to Videobytedance/seedance-2.0/mini/image-to-videocommercial1347Elo - 9
Grok Imagine Reference to Videoxai/grok-imagine-video/reference-to-videocommercial1328Elo - 10
Grok Imagine Videoxai/grok-imagine-video/image-to-videocommercial1328Elo - 11
Grok Imagine Video 1.5xai/grok-imagine-video/v1.5/image-to-videocommercial1328Elo - 12
Happy Horse 1.1 Image to Videoalibaba/happy-horse/v1.1/image-to-videocommercial1318Elo - 13
Happy Horse 1.1 Reference to Videoalibaba/happy-horse/v1.1/reference-to-videocommercial1318Elo - 14
Wanfal-ai/wan/v2.7/image-to-videocommercial1273Elo - 15
Wan 2.7 Reference to Videofal-ai/wan/v2.7/reference-to-videocommercial1273Elo
Frequently asked
What is the best alternative to Runway?
Gemini Omni Flash is the highest-ranked image to video alternative, with 1375 Elo (#1 of 82) in the Image-to-Video Arena from blind human-preference votes. The full ranking below lists 15 alternatives.
Is there an API alternative to Runway?
Yes — every model on this page runs as a hosted API endpoint, so you can generate programmatically without Runway's app. Gemini Omni Flash is the top-ranked option.