Help pages of Google Flow and Runway

Google Flow's docs have a page on all seven steps and Runway's on all seven; the two are documented differently on four: keeping characters the same, voices and dialogue, getting the video out and sharing for viewing or review. From 3 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

Fig. 1 Solid: a page was found. Empty: nothing found in the pages searched.

Google Flow and Runway, step by step, searched 2026-09-25.
Step	Google Flow	Runway
Starting from a script or prompt	Create videos in Google Flow (a page on this step)	Character Script to Video (a page on this step)
Keeping characters the same	Create & use your avatar in Google Flow (a page on this step)	Creating with Gen-4 Image References (covered inside a wider page)
Breaking a story into scenes	Edit videos & build scenes in Google Flow (a page on this step)	Multi-Shot Video (a page on this step)
Voices and dialogue	Create videos in Google Flow (covered inside a wider page)	Creating Multi-Character Dialogues with Act-Two (a page on this step)
Changing one shot	Edit videos & build scenes in Google Flow (a page on this step)	Creating with Edit Studio (a page on this step)
Getting the video out	Manage your Google Flow projects, assets & collections (covered inside a wider page)	Exporting Videos in ProRes and PNG Sequence Formats (a page on this step)
Sharing for viewing or review	Manage your Google Flow projects, assets & collections (covered inside a wider page)	How to share an asset (a page on this step)

Inclusion rule. The seven steps every tool on the map was searched for. Order. Making order.

1Where the manuals differ

Both document starting from a script or prompt, keeping characters the same, breaking a story into scenes or shots, voices and dialogue, changing one shot or scene, getting the video out and sharing for viewing or review.

For a project that moves between the two, the steps one leaves out are where the other's pages are worth reading first.

2From each tool's pages

Getting the video out

You can easily share your creations when you download them as GIFs or video files.
Google Flow Help

These export formats give you a file that drops directly into other video editing tools without transcoding or quality loss from compression.
Runway Help Center

Sharing for viewing or review

When you share an image or video, anyone with the link can find and use your creation.
Google Flow Help

All assets are private by default, and will only be accessible to others if you intentionally share the content through one of the below methods.
Runway Help Center

Manage your Google Flow projects, assets & collections
Downloading a video or GIF, inside the page on managing projects and assetsGoogle Flow Help / recorded 2026-09-25
Exporting Videos in ProRes and PNG Sequence Formats
Choosing ProRes or a PNG sequence so a file goes into an editor without recompressionRunway Help Center / recorded 2026-09-25
Manage your Google Flow projects, assets & collections
A copy link that lets anyone find and use a video, inside the same pageGoogle Flow Help / recorded 2026-09-25
How to share an asset
Getting a share link for an asset, and making it private againRunway Help Center / recorded 2026-09-25

3Where a third tool's help covers what Google Flow and Runway differ on

SceneMixer's guides on the topics where the help of Google Flow and Runway differs, read 2026-09-25.
Topic	SceneMixer	Source
Keeping characters the same	Why faces drift between shots, and reference sheets and per-shot references against it	SceneMixer guides
Voices and dialogue	Voices described in words by default, or matched to a preset you can play first	SceneMixer guides
Getting the video out	Joining segments into one episode file and downloading it	SceneMixer guides

Inclusion rule. Topics on which the two tools' help pages differ and SceneMixer has a guide. Order. The order topics take on every tool page.