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What each vendor's terms say about commercial use

The same sentence about paid plans, with and without a free tier below it

Both vendors state commercial use of the paid plans as a group, naming no plan and no figure. One has a free plan below that wording and the other has none, which is what makes the identical sentence carry a different consequence. As of 2026-09-22.

The same grant, and what sits underneath itIf a grid printed only the crossing point column these two rows would be indistinguishable. Add the free tier column and they separate: one has a place where somebody can generate without the permission.Identical wording, and the cell beneath itOnly row oneBelow the granta free plan, a readable gapBoth listsBothcommercial use on the paid plans, noplan named, no figure namedOnly row twoBelow the grantnothing, seats to keep track ofThe strongest argument here for reading two cells together
Fig. 1 A comparison built on one column ranks these identically and misstates the risk.
Readings side by sideFilled where the product publishes something on that point, hollow where its pages do not address it.Readings side by sideRunwayinvideo AIThe grant as wordedThe grant as worded — Runway: Commercial use on the paid plansThe grant as worded — invideo AI: Commercial use on the paid plansWhat sits below itWhat sits below it — Runway: A free plan with no lineWhat sits below it — invideo AI: No free plan on the pageWho can generate outside itWho can generate outside it — Runway: Any free userWho can generate outside it — invideo AI: NobodyWhat the vagueness costsWhat the vagueness costs — Runway: A readable gap under the categoryWhat the vagueness costs — invideo AI: Nothing
Fig. 2 Filled where the product publishes something on that point, hollow where its pages do not address it.
Runway and invideo AI on the crossing point, side by side. Recorded 2026-09-22.
The questionRunwayinvideo AI
The grant as wordedCommercial use on the paid plansCommercial use on the paid plans
What sits below itA free plan with no lineNo free plan on the page
Who can generate outside itAny free userNobody
What the vagueness costsA readable gap under the categoryNothing

Inclusion rule. Two vendors whose published answers in one column point in different directions, or sit far enough apart that a reader choosing between them would decide differently. Order. The vendor named first in the heading is the one whose wording is quoted first.

1Identical wording is not an identical finding

If a grid printed only the crossing point column these two rows would be indistinguishable. Add the free tier column and they separate completely: one of them has a place where somebody can generate without the permission and the other does not.

That is the strongest argument in this register for reading two cells together. A comparison built on one column will rank these two identically and be wrong about the risk each one carries.

2Where each row's real question lives

With a free tier underneath, the question is whether anybody on the team has been generating there. Without one, the question moves to which seat exported the file, since the product is priced per seat and seats change hands.

Neither question is answered by a licence sentence. Both are answered by records kept at the time, which is the recurring conclusion whenever a grant attaches to a class of plans rather than to a file.

3Why the category wording persists

It is convenient to write and convenient to read: any purchase clears it, and no customer has to compare cards. The cost falls on whoever has to explain the boundary afterwards, which is rarely the person who wrote the page.

The register records the vendor's formulation rather than inventing a figure. Where the same formulation appears twice, the honest comparison is between what sits beneath it.

4A third set of terms on the same question

How SceneMixer's terms answer the crossing point, beside Runway and invideo AI. Recorded 2026-10-13.
The questionSceneMixerSource
Commercial useOutput is the user's to the extent the law allows, royalty-free and commercial use included, and output made with free credits counts as paid forSceneMixer, rights guide

Inclusion rule. SceneMixer's own published wording on the column this pair was chosen for. Order. The sentence closest to the column first.

Its full row is on the SceneMixer entry.

  • Entry point
    Commercial use is listed on the paid planspaid plansRunway, pricing / recorded 2026-09-12
  • Free tier
    The free plan does not carry a commercial use lineby omissionRunway, pricing / recorded 2026-09-12
  • Entry point
    Commercial use is listed on the paid plansno free plan offeredinvideo AI, pricing / recorded 2026-09-12
  • Free tier
    No free plan appears on the pricing pagenone offeredinvideo AI, pricing / recorded 2026-09-12

5Both documents

The first column comes from the pricing page at runway.com, read 2026-09-12; the second from the pricing page at invideo.io, read 2026-09-12. Each vendor’s full row is on Runway and invideo AI, and the column being compared is described on commercial use from. A comparison of wording is not legal advice. Other pairs: Pika and Kling, Kling and Luma.