Video Reverse Search vs Runway

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Find any video's source by reverse searching keyframes and tracking the earliest upload.

Generative video and creative tools for filmmakers

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Description

Video Reverse Search is a specialized browser-based tool designed to find the original source of video clips. By decoding videos locally in your browser, the tool extracts up to 20 keyframes and matches them across web indexes to locate matching pages. It groups results by platform and identifies the earliest dated upload from TikTok, YouTube, or X (Twitter). The platform operates on a freemium model offering one free daily quick search alongside one-time credit packs for deep searches, with absolute privacy as video files are never uploaded to the servers.

Runway offers Gen-3 text-to-video, image-to-video, and pro editing tools used by top studios.

Key features

• In-browser video decoding
• Pulls and searches up to 20 keyframes per clip
• Identifies earliest dated upload across matched pages
• Groups matching pages by platform
• Accepts direct TikTok and YouTube links
• Supports video uploads in MP4, MOV, and WebM formats
• One free Quick Search per day after Google sign-in
• One-time payment credit packs with non-expiring credits

• Beat-synced cuts
• LUT library
• One-tap 4K export

Pros

• Videos are decoded directly in the browser and the full video files are never uploaded to their servers.
• Provides one free Quick Search (3 frames, top 3 pages) every day after signing in with Google.
• Pricing is based on one-time payments with no recurring subscription fees.
• Deep Search matches up to 20 frames from a single clip in a single pass, saving manual search time.
• Identifies and flags the earliest dated upload among search matches using post IDs and API data.
• Purchased search credits never expire and remain on your account until used.
• Supports a wide variety of inputs including files (MP4, MOV, WebM), social links, and screenshots.
• Full refund is available within 7 days of purchase for packs with no searches used.

• State-of-the-art Gen-3 video model
• Text-to-video and image-to-video
• Motion brush and camera controls
• Green-screen and rotoscoping
• Frame interpolation
• Text-to-3D features
• Regular model releases
• Used by pro studios

Cons

• Completed searches that yield zero matches still consume a paid credit.
• Search packs are completely non-refundable once even a single search has been run.
• Does not support face recognition or finding people based on their faces in videos.
• Requires signing in with a Google account to access the free daily search.
• Cannot find private, deleted, or brand-new uploads that have not yet been indexed on the web.
• No public developer API or API documentation was listed on the site.

• Credit system gets expensive fast
• Watermark on free tier
• Short max clip length
• Occasional visual artifacts
• No native audio generation
• Queue times during peak load
• Complex UI for beginners
• Shot-to-shot consistency limited

Pricing plans

• FreeUSD0/month
  • • Free forever
  • • For individuals looking to explore Runway's AI Tools
  • • Gemini 3 Pro
• StandardUSD12/month
  • • Access to all models
  • • All AI images and video models (Gen-4.5, Nano Banana Pro, Aleph, Veo 3.1, and more)
  • • 4K Upscaling
  • • No watermarks
• ProUSD28/month
  • • Everything in Standard
  • • Access to all models and audio tools
  • • For creators leveling up their craft
  • • All AI images and video models
• MaxUSD76/month
  • • Everything in Pro
  • • Best value for heavy usage
  • • Credit roll over 1 mo.
  • • For teams scaling AI video production
• Enterprise—
  • • For teams scaling AI video production
  • • Custom credits
  • • Enterprise-wide onboarding
  • • Custom team sizes

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