Higgsfield vs Krea vs LumiYing vs Runway
A side-by-side look at Higgsfield, Krea, LumiYing and Runway for filmmakers: what each one can do, what it costs, and where they actually differ.
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AI video studio with camera control: Seedance 2.5, Cinema Studio 4.0, API and MCP
- Price
- Free tier; paid plans from €19/mo billed annually (prices exclude VAT)
- Learning
- Moderate
- Best for
- Directors previsualising multi-shot sequences with camera direction and fixed characters
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Multi-model AI canvas, agent and API for images, video and upscaling
- Price
- Basic $9/mo; Pro $35/mo ($21 yearly); Business $200/mo ($160 yearly); see the vendor's pricing page for other plans
- Learning
- Moderate
- Best for
- Pre-visualization: moodboards, look development and concept stills for a shoot
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Seedance, Kling, GPT Image and Nano Banana on one credit balance for filmmakers.
- Price
- Credit packs from $19.90 one-time (1,000 credits); no subscription
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Running one shot prompt through Seedance, Kling and GPT Image to pick a model before committing budget
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Gen-4.5 video, Aleph 2.0 video editing and an agent that builds whole ad campaigns
- Price
- Free (125 one-time credits); Standard $15/mo ($12/mo billed annually)
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Previs and shot tests with Gen-4.5 before committing to a shoot
Feature by feature
Higgsfield vs Krea vs LumiYing vs Runway: capabilities
| Higgsfield | Krea | LumiYing | Runway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free tier; paid plans from €19/mo billed annually (prices exclude VAT) | Basic $9/mo; Pro $35/mo ($21 yearly); Business $200/mo ($160 yearly); see the vendor's pricing page for other plans | Credit packs from $19.90 one-time (1,000 credits); no subscription | Free (125 one-time credits); Standard $15/mo ($12/mo billed annually) |
| Infinite canvas | Partial | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Node / flow builder | Not confirmed | Yes | No | Yes |
| AI agent | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Chat assistant | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Team collaboration | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Text to image | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image editing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Text to video | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image to video | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Video to video | Yes | Partial | Partial | Yes |
| Native audio in video | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Partial |
| Voice / TTS | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Music & SFX | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Upscaling | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Character consistency | Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| Camera control | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Custom training | Not confirmed | Yes | Not confirmed | Partial |
| Third-party models | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Public API | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes |
| MCP server | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Mobile app | Partial | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Open source | No | Partial | No | No |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes |
| Commercial use | Not confirmed | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page. "Not confirmed" means the vendor doesn't say.
Plans
Pricing compared
Higgsfield
| Free | €0limited use |
|---|---|
| Starter | €19per month, billed annually |
| Plus | €47per month, billed annually (€59 monthly) |
| Ultra | €99per month, billed annually (€129 monthly) |
| Teams | From €65per seat per month |
Krea
| Free | $0monthly |
|---|---|
| Basic | $9monthly or yearly |
| Pro | $35 list / $21 yearlymonthly or yearly |
| Business | $200 list / $160 yearlymonthly or yearly |
| Enterprise | Customcustom |
LumiYing
| Starter | $19.90one-time |
|---|---|
| Pro | $39.90 (was $44.80)one-time |
| Max | $69.90 (was $90.00)one-time |
Runway
| Free | $0none |
|---|---|
| Standard | $15monthly |
| Pro | $35monthly |
| Max | $95monthly |
The verdict
Which one should you pick?
Higgsfield
Pick it for
- Directors previsualising multi-shot sequences with camera direction and fixed characters
- Agencies producing ad variants from a product link or brand assets
- Editors who want generation inside DaVinci Resolve, Photoshop or Blender via plugins or MCP
Stands out
- Many models, one credit balance: Seedance 2.5, Kling 3.0 Turbo, Wan 3.0, Grok Video 1.5, MiniMax H3 Max, Gemini Omni and image models such as FLUX 3 and GPT Image 2.5 run from one account, so you can shop models per shot.
- Cinema Studio 4.0 is a directed-scene workspace (30-second takes, 50 references, camera and colour controls) rather than a single prompt box.
Watch out
- Premium video models are credit-gated on every plan, so high-volume work gets expensive quickly
- The best access terms are time-limited promotions (unlimited windows, the 33-day Seedance 2.5 promotion, cashback offers)
Krea
Pick it for
- Pre-visualization: moodboards, look development and concept stills for a shoot
- Producers who want Seedance, Nano Banana and ChatGPT Image in one account instead of three subscriptions
- Motion designers generating short hero clips with a reference image and a generated soundtrack
Stands out
- One compute balance covers Krea's own models plus third-party image and video models (Seedance 2.5, Nano Banana Pro, ChatGPT Image 2, Kling, Topaz), so you do not need a separate subscription per model.
- Canvas, node workflows and the Krea Agent sit in the same product, so a brief can be run as a chat or built as a visual graph.
Watch out
- Compute units are opaque: per-model costs are not published, so budgeting video is guesswork
- Native video is capped at 720p for Seedance 2.5; 1080p and 4K need Seedance 2.0
LumiYing
Pick it for
- Running one shot prompt through Seedance, Kling and GPT Image to pick a model before committing budget
- Pre-viz and storyboard frames from character sheets and reference stills
- Extending or re-editing a short AI clip without starting over
Stands out
- One credit balance across Seedance, Kling, GPT Image, Nano Banana and Midjourney, instead of separate subscriptions for each model
- Credits never expire and there is no monthly reset, which suits project-based work better than a monthly plan
Watch out
- No API, MCP server, canvas or node workflow documented on the official site
- Output is only as good as the upstream model, and access depends on those vendors staying available
Runway
Pick it for
- Previs and shot tests with Gen-4.5 before committing to a shoot
- Fixing finished footage with Aleph 2.0, such as swapping backgrounds or wardrobe across a clip
- Agency ad and campaign work using Agent, Brand Kits and Projects
Stands out
- Gen-4.5 and Aleph 2.0 sit in one credit pool with third-party models such as Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.5, Wan 3.0 and Nano Banana Pro, so you can compare models without separate subscriptions.
- Aleph 2.0 edits existing footage rather than generating new clips, which keeps the rest of a shot stable.
Watch out
- Credits burn fast: about 12 credits per second for Gen-4.5 and about 28 for Aleph 2.0
- Single generations run about 10 seconds, so longer scenes need stitching
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page, checked against vendor pricing and changelog pages (oldest check: ). Sources are listed on each tool's page.
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