# Replicate video models vs Runway API (slim)

> Replicate video models scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Runway API's 60.8 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Runway API leads on schema & documentation, security & auth and maintenance & community. Both do video generate. Category scores, facts, verdicts and…

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Replicate video models scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Runway API's 60.8 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Runway API leads on schema & documentation, security & auth and maintenance & community. Both do video generate.

- Replicate video models: B 62.1, rank #402 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-video.min.md
- Runway API: C 60.8, rank #443 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/runway.min.md
- Replicate video models, good for An agent that wants several vendors' video models behind one token and one request shape, or open models such as Wan next to closed ones. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Transparency & trust, 72 against 53. Also Runs on your own machine; No incidents deducted, where Runway API loses 3 points for them.
- 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 Schema & documentation, 93 against 86; Security & auth, 51 against 41; Maintenance & community, 62 against 48.

| Category | Replicate video models | Runway API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 75 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 86 | 93 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 72 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 41 | 51 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 48 | 62 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 53 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Replicate video models | Runway API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model platform | Model API |
| Vendor | Replicate (Cloudflare) | Runway |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.replicate.com/v1` | `https://api.dev.runwayml.com/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Replicate's terms of service. The Python and JavaScript clients and `replicate-mcp` are Apache-2.0, and each model carries its own licence | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) |
| Last release | 2026-09-15 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-04-01 | 2026-09-15 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-04-01 | 2026-05-11 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 917 stars, 705k npm/wk, 357k PyPI/wk | 20 stars, 56k npm/wk, 67k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 4/5 (2) |