Kling AI vs Runway
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-28
Runway edges out Kling AI overall, scoring 44 to 36 and getting named in 40 of 62 answers versus Kling AI's 32 of 62. Runway leads on ChatGPT (58 vs 43), Claude (45 vs 44), and Perplexity (33 vs 21). Head-to-head, Runway comes out ahead in 9 questions, Kling AI in 3, with 8 ties. Runway dominates general "best AI video generator" questions, showing up in 4 of 4 answers, while Kling AI stands out for value and budget-friendly picks, appearing in every answer to those questions. Both tools draw a blank on open-source models, blog-to-video, and multilingual lip sync questions.
Head to head
| metric | Kling AI | Runway |
|---|---|---|
| score | 36 | 44 |
| questions won | 14 | 15 |
By assistant
Kling AI
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 43 | 55% of answers | #2.8 |
| Claude | 44 | 70% of answers | #4.9 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 21 | 25% of answers | #2.2 |
Runway
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 58 | 70% of answers | #2.4 |
| Claude | 45 | 75% of answers | #5.5 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 33 | 45% of answers | #3.4 |
Where they differ
Only Kling AI gets named for
nothing exclusive
Only Runway gets named for
- What's the best AI video editor for cleaning up footage I already have?
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