# framefields vs Runway API (slim)

> framefields and Runway score within a point of each other for video generation, 61.3 and 60.8 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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framefields and Runway API score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61.3 (C) and 60.8 (C). Runway API leads on reliability, schema & documentation, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do video generation.

- framefields: C 61.3, rank #532 of 1184 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/framefields.min.md
- Runway API: C 60.8, rank #556 of 1184 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/runway.min.md
- framefields, good for Coding agents that write motion graphics, data stories, title cards and 3D product shots as code and render them locally or on their own GPU. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 60 against 20; Maintenance & community, 89 against 62. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Runway API, good for Agents that want one key for Runway's own editing models (Aleph 2.0, Act-Two) and a menu of third-party models with one billing system. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 61; Schema & documentation, 93 against 77; Security & auth, 51 against 45; Transparency & trust, 53 against 39. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.0 against 3.5 out of 5.

| Category | framefields | Runway API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 61 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 93 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 51 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 89 | 62 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 39 | 53 |

| Fact (where they differ) | framefields | Runway API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | SDK + MCP | Model API |
| Vendor | Gatewai | Runway |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.dev.runwayml.com/v1` |
| Transports |  | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) |
| Last release | 2026-10-19 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-09-15 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-05-11 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 445 stars, 1.1k npm/wk | 20 stars, 56k npm/wk, 67k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 4/5 (2) |