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Videly vs Runway — product motion design vs generative video.

Runway's Gen-series models generate cinematic video from a text prompt or reference image — useful for creative agencies, filmmakers, and ad creative. Videly is product-software-shaped: it works from your real screenshots, brand kit, and launch script, not from imagination.

VIDELY

AI launch video generator built for SaaS. Composes your screenshots into motion-designed scenes — never invents UI that doesn't exist. Brand kit + captions + export presets included.

RUNWAY

Generative AI video studio. Gen-series models produce cinematic clips from text prompts, reference images, or input video. Best-in-class for creative agencies and filmmakers.

FEATURE BY FEATURE

How they stack up.

FEATUREVIDELYRUNWAY
Primary output
Product motion videoGenerative cinematic clip
Source material
Your screenshots + scriptText prompt / reference image / video
Renders YOUR product UI
Yes (exactly)Approximation only
Risk of hallucinated UI
NoneHigh — generative model
Brand kit (colours + logo)
YesManual via reference images
Best for
Launches, demos, feature videosCreative ads, music videos, film B-roll
Generates novel scenes from text
NoYes (Gen-3)
Generates UI walkthroughs from screenshots
Yes No
Captions / subtitles
Auto-generatedManual
Free tier
3,100 credits/mo525 credits one-time
Cheapest paid plan
$19/mo$15/mo (Standard)
WHICH ONE TO PICK

Both have their place.

PICK VIDELY WHEN
  • The video has to show your real product — not a hallucinated approximation
  • You're making a launch, demo, or feature announcement video
  • Brand consistency across every video matters
  • You want a one-paragraph script to become a full motion-designed video
  • You don't want to learn prompt engineering for video generation
PICK RUNWAY WHEN
  • You're making creative or cinematic content (ads, music videos, film B-roll)
  • You need to generate novel imagery that doesn't exist in your asset library
  • You're comfortable iterating on prompts to get the shot you want
  • You want video-to-video editing (style transfer, in-painting, motion brushes)
  • Your output is meant to look generated, not literal

Different problems entirely. Runway is creative-first generative video. Videly is product-first motion design. If you ever tried to use Runway to make a SaaS demo and got hallucinated UI, you already know why these tools belong in different folders.