Runway
The AI video model is not the product any more
The week's evidence from Runway, Comfy and Higgsfield points the same way: the layer that decides which model runs is where the leverage went.
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Runway
Runway's test: a $1 cap cut per-clip video cost 66%
Runway's benchmark of its own Model Router found a capped quality setting held a 74% usable rate at $0.61 a clip, against Seedance 2.5's 78% at $1.80.