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Runway vs Veo 3

A feature-by-feature comparison of Runway and Veo 3 across 7 capability categories.

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Modalities — Runway Wins

Modalities: Runway compared with Veo 3
Feature	Runway	Veo 3
Text Input	Yes. Text prompting is the primary interface.	Yes, requires free plan. Text prompts drive Veo 3.1 in Flow, Gemini, and the API; output can include native dialogue and sound.
Image Upload / Vision	Yes. Image-to-video and reference images for style.	Yes, requires free plan. Image-to-video is a documented Veo 3.1 input; the Gemini API model card lists text and image in.
Image Generation	No. Does not generate still images.	No. Veo outputs video with audio, not still images. Still generation in Flow is a different model.
Voice Mode	No. No voice interface.	No. There is no conversational voice loop; you type or attach a frame, then wait for a clip.
Video Understanding	Partial. Video is uploaded for editing tools such as inpainting, not for question answering.	Partial. Veo can extend clips and take frame direction in Flow/API. Analysing arbitrary uploaded video is Gemini video understanding, not Veo.
Video Generation	Yes, requires plus plan. Gen-3 / Gen-4 text-to-video and image-to-video in the web studio.	Yes, requires plus plan. Google Veo 3 generates video with native audio in Gemini, Flow, and Vertex.
File Upload (PDF, DOCX)	Partial. Media uploads only, not documents.	No. No PDF/DOCX ingestion. Inputs are prompts and images (and clip extension), not documents.
Code Execution	No. Not a code tool.	No. Not a code-execution product.
Audio Input	No. No audio input.	No. The Veo 3.1 Gemini API card lists text and image inputs only. Native audio is generated on the way out.
Canvas / Artifact Editor	Yes. Timeline and canvas editor for composing generations.	Partial. Google Flow’s Scenebuilder is the filmmaking canvas around Veo, not a Veo chat artifact panel.
Screen Sharing / Computer Use	No. No computer-use capability.	No. No computer-use / screen-control product.

Memory & Context — Tie

Memory & Context: Runway compared with Veo 3
Feature	Runway	Veo 3
Persistent Memory	No. No cross-session memory of the user.	No. No cross-session user memory. Flow may keep projects; that is the studio, not a Veo memory layer.
Large Context Window	No. Not a language model, so this does not apply.	No. Prompt cap is 1,024 tokens on the Gemini API Veo 3.1 card — not a large LLM context window.
Custom Instructions	No. No global instruction setting.	No. No global instruction profile for Veo. Each job is a prompt plus optional frames.
Conversation History	No. Not a chat product, so there is no conversation to configure.	No. Veo is a generator, not a chat log. Conversational video editing is documented for Gemini Omni, not Veo.

Integrations — Runway Wins

Integrations: Runway compared with Veo 3
Feature	Runway	Veo 3
Web Search / Browsing	No. No browsing capability.	No. Does not browse the live web.
Plugins / Extensions	No. No plugin marketplace.	No. No third-party plugin marketplace for Veo itself.
API Access	Yes. Video generation API for developers.	Yes, requires pro plan. Gemini API Veo 3.1 is paid-tier only. Legacy veo-3.0 IDs shut down 30 June 2026.
Zapier Integration	Unknown. Not confirmed either way.	Unknown. No first-party Veo Zapier app was checked.
Custom GPTs / Bots	No. No agent or bot builder.	No. No Custom GPT-style Veo agents.
Real-time Collaboration	Yes. Shared team workspaces.	Unknown. Flow link sharing exists in changelogs; live multiplayer editing was not confirmed.
Live Social Data Integration		No. No live social firehose.
Live Citation Mapping		No. Not a cited-search product.

Developer — Tie

Developer: Runway compared with Veo 3
Feature	Runway	Veo 3
Function Calling	No. No tool-calling interface.	No. No tool-calling interface. You submit a generate-video request.
Streaming Responses	No. Generations are returned complete, not streamed token by token.	No. Clips are returned when generation finishes, not token-streamed.
Fine-Tuning	Partial. Custom style and character training on paid tiers.	No. No custom-weight training product for Veo.
Embeddings API	No. No embeddings endpoint.	No. Not an embeddings API.
Structured Output (JSON)	No. Not a language model, so this does not apply.	No. Output is video, not JSON schema.
Reasoning / Thinking Mode	No. Not a reasoning model.	No. Not a chain-of-thought LLM. Conversational video reasoning is Gemini Omni.
Local Execution		No. Hosted by Google. Weights are not for local download.
Open Weights		No. Closed model.
Multi-Agent Orchestration		No. Not a multi-agent orchestrator. Flow “Agent” is a studio feature, not Veo’s API.

Platforms — Runway Wins

Platforms: Runway compared with Veo 3
Feature	Runway	Veo 3
Web App	Yes. Browser-based; no install required.	Yes, requires free plan. Used in the browser via Flow, Gemini, Google Vids, and Google AI Studio.
iOS App	Yes. Native iOS app.	Partial. There is no Veo iOS app. DeepMind lists Gemini as a surface; Gemini has iOS. A dedicated Veo mobile client was not documented.
Android App	No. No native mobile app; the web app runs in a mobile browser.	Partial. Same as iOS: Gemini Android may expose video gen; there is no Veo Android app.
Desktop App	No. Browser only.	No. No native Veo desktop app. Flow and Gemini are browser/Gemini-app surfaces.
Chrome Extension	No. No official browser extension.	No. No official Chrome extension.

Privacy — Runway Wins

Privacy: Runway compared with Veo 3
Feature	Runway	Veo 3
GDPR Compliant	Yes. Runway publishes a DPA and serves EU customers.	Unknown. Needs a current Google DPA read for Flow/Gemini video, not a guess from the model page.
Opt Out of Data Training	Unknown. Needs a read of the current policy before we assert this.	Partial. Paid Gemini API Veo 3.1 lists “Used to improve our products: No”. Consumer Flow/Gemini training controls were not checked here.
Enterprise Privacy Mode	Yes, requires enterprise plan. Enterprise tier with SSO and custom data terms.	Yes, requires enterprise plan. DeepMind lists Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform as a Veo surface for governed production use.

Workspaces — Runway Wins

Workspaces: Runway compared with Veo 3
Feature	Runway	Veo 3
Projects / Folders	Yes. Assets and sessions are organised per project.	Unknown. Flow has studio projects; a Veo-specific folder model was not confirmed on the DeepMind page.