# How Arc compares with other AI video tools

> Fair, sourced comparisons. Every competitor fact links to the page it came from and is dated 2026-10; each page ends with when to choose the other tool.

URL: https://arc.katechon.technology/compare
Updated: 2026-10-17

- [Katechon Arc vs Higgsfield](https://arc.katechon.technology/compare/higgsfield): A creative platform that hosts many third-party image and video models alongside its own tools such as Cinema Studio, plus an API and an MCP server.
- [Katechon Arc vs Runway](https://arc.katechon.technology/compare/runway): An AI media company with its own video models (Gen-4.5, Aleph, Act-Two), a creative app with an agent and timeline, and a developer API.
- [Katechon Arc vs Topview](https://arc.katechon.technology/compare/topview): An agent-driven AI video platform for ads and e-commerce, with avatars, product-link-to-video and a Drama Studio for episodes.
- [Katechon Arc vs Hedra](https://arc.katechon.technology/compare/hedra): A visual AI company known for talking-character video: its own Character-3 and Avatar models, a collaborative studio with an agent, and a pay-as-you-go API.
- [Katechon Arc vs LTX Studio](https://arc.katechon.technology/compare/ltx-studio): Lightricks' browser studio that goes from script to storyboard to video with its own LTX models and third-party models.
- [Katechon Arc vs Showrunner](https://arc.katechon.technology/compare/showrunner): Fable Studio's consumer platform to watch and make AI shows: pitch a show in a sentence, direct it scene by scene, publish it and let fans remix it.

## Starting prices (as of 2026-10)

Entry plans as published by each company, checked 2026-10-17:

| Tool | Entry price | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Higgsfield | Starter $15/month for 200 credits | [higgsfield.ai](https://higgsfield.ai/blog/credits-vs-unlimited-ai-video-generation) |
| Runway | Free (125 one-time credits); Standard $15/month | [runway.com](https://runway.com/pricing) |
| Topview | Plus $24/month (promotional; list $36) | [www.topview.ai](https://www.topview.ai/pricing) |
| Hedra | Basic $20/month for 2,000 credits | [www.hedra.com](https://www.hedra.com/pricing) |
| LTX Studio | Free (800 one-time credits); Lite $15/month | [ltx.io](https://ltx.io/studio/pricing) |
| Showrunner | 3-day free trial with 50 credits; USD prices not shown on the plan page | [www.showrunnerstudio.com](https://www.showrunnerstudio.com/app/create) |
| Katechon Arc | Starter $12.90/month (1,800 credits) | [Pricing](https://arc.katechon.technology/pricing) |

## Where Arc is different

- You are making a multi-episode drama or a series of ads and need the same cast, locations and products in every shot.
- You want to review an episode plan, scripts and storyboards before you spend credits on video.
- You want one project to hold the whole production, from source text to an exported film or a Jianying draft.
- You want an AI agent of your own to drive production through the [Katechon Arc MCP server](https://arc.katechon.technology/developers/mcp).

Most of these tools offer more video models than Katechon Arc, and several have free tiers or avatar libraries that Katechon Arc does not. Each comparison says so. For per-second model prices across providers, see the [AI video price index](https://arc.katechon.technology/ai-video-price-index); for the best tool by job, see [the best AI video generator for short dramas](https://arc.katechon.technology/answers/best-ai-video-generator-for-short-dramas).