SCANNING● LIVE DATAUTC 2026-06-29 00:00:00
VENDORS 23RECEIPTS 32CRITICAL 57D 0 NEWv0.9.4-rc1
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Filed by gotnerfed.comCase #R-2018-346Classification CLEAN-trackOpened 2026-03-08Last scanned 2026-06-29 02:00 UTCACTIVE
AI VIDEO/Runway/founded 2018/Series D

Runway

AI video generation + editing

1 major change on record.

Clean5-24 · no critical receipts; nothing on watch.
Ranked #12 of 23 tracked vendors.
Receipt trail
1 filed · latest 113d ago
◆ At a glanceAll time · since 2026-03-08
113days
Since last receipt
Runway Gen-3 Alpha moved from Stand… · major
1
Receipts
all time
0
Critical
1
Major
feature gated
0
Last 90d
quiet
32
Peak nerf
Mar 8 · feature gated
Cadence
avg between receipts
Verdict: Clean
Receipt trail
1 filed
Methodology ↗
◆ 30 / 60 / 90 forecast
likely next: feature gated · expected severity major
Next 30d39%
prob of any change
Next 60d63%
prob of any change
Next 90d78%
prob of any change
Observed 1 receipt over 1 days (cadence ~30d). Last receipt 113 days ago. Most common kind: feature-gated. Brier-scored against subsequent reality on the public leaderboard.
Vendor average28%Category avg22%Brier · last 90d0.18Modelv0 heuristic
◆ Nerf Index · trailing 12 monthsflat vs. 90d · now 16
JunAugOctDecFebAprJun
Recency-weighted Nerf Index, 30-day rolling. Dots mark receipts. Index breached “clean” threshold on 2026-03-08 at the defining receipt.
◆ Community sentimentReddit · last 90d

Community sentiment

No sentiment data yet. Reddit posts about Runway are scored by Claude Haiku 4.5 on first render and cached daily - the next page load will populate this card. Requires ANTHROPIC_API_KEY + Vercel KV.

Net = (positive − negative) / total Reddit posts mentioning Runway in the trailing 7 days. Updated daily. Read methodology →
Receipts · all time · reverse chronological

Every silent change Runway made.

1 receipt · 0 critical · 1 major · 0 minor
1 MORE RECEIPT HIDDEN · LAST 12 MONTHS

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4 ranked alternatives to Runway.
  • ComfyUI FREE / OSSGPL-3.065k
    When you want full control over the diffusion pipeline. Power-user choice.
    Node-based image/video pipelineSDXL, Flux, video diffusion modelsReproducible workflows you can share as JSON
    install: git clone + Python deps
    caveat: Steep learning curve vs A1111.
  • LTX-2 (Lightricks) FREE / OSSLTX-2 Community License
    Open-weight Runway/Sora/Veo alternative that generates video AND matching audio in one model.
    DiT-based foundation model with synchronized audio + videoText/image/audio-to-video, up to 4KOpen weights + training code + LoRA trainerRuns locally (FP8 quantization for lower VRAM)
    install: git clone https://github.com/Lightricks/LTX-2 && uv sync --frozen
    caveat: Community License, NOT Apache/MIT: free (incl. commercial) only under $10M annual revenue; above that needs a paid commercial license. Heavy GPU for HD/4K.
  • Open-Sora FREE / OSSApache-2.022k
    When you want OpenAI Sora capability locally. Heavy GPU need.
    Open-source video diffusion (Sora-style)Text-to-video and image-to-videoPublic model checkpoints
    install: git clone + pip install -r requirements.txt
    caveat: Needs 24GB+ VRAM realistically.
  • Stable Video Diffusion FREE / OSSStability Community License
    Best image-to-video model with permissive-enough license.
    Image-to-video model from StabilityRun via ComfyUI workflowFree for non-commercial; commercial license available
    install: Download checkpoint from HuggingFace, load in ComfyUI
    caveat: Read the license - not pure open-source.
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