Statly vs Runwave AI

Statly vs Runwave AI.
Tracking or scripting?

Runwave AI is a research and scripting tool for short-form creators: it surfaces trending videos in your niche and among your competitors, breaks down why they worked and turns one into a ready-to-film script in your voice. Statly tracks the public accounts you choose on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X every day and scores every video against its own account’s median, with no account limit. It is built for agency owners, social media managers and growth operators who monitor competitors and niches they do not own.

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Statly Trend Finder ranking a niche’s videos by outlier score, with views, likes, comments and engagement

Statly vs Runwave AI
in short.

Choose Runwave AI if you are one creator or brand who wants a viral breakdown and a script in your voice from a video that is working, for $19 a month after a $5 first month. Choose Statly if you research competitors for clients or a team and want them tracked every day across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X, with a clear outlier score, no account limit and seats for your team, from €39 a month.

Side by side,
feature by feature.

FeatureRunwave AIStatly
Best forOne creator or brand who wants research turned into scriptsBuilt for agencies, social media managers and growth operators monitoring the competitors and niches they don’t own, every day
PlatformsInstagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube ShortsInstagram, TikTok, YouTube and X
How videos are foundYou connect your accounts and add competitor handles and niche keywords; a trending feed ranks content by how fast it is spreadingYou add public accounts and group them into niches; Trend Finder ranks their videos
Outlier scoreRanked against the posting account’s typical performance, says its comparison page; the calculation is not publishedViews ÷ the account’s median views, on every video
Data refreshNiche trending feed updated daily; on-demand refresh on Pro. Competitor refresh interval not publishedEvery 24 hours, ready by a time you choose Faster refresh is coming soon.
Video breakdownsYes: hook, pacing, captions, CTA and audio, analysed automaticallyNo
AI scriptsYes: one click turns a video into a script in your voice. 10 adaptations a month on Starter, unlimited on ProNo
Voice knowledge baseYes: paste your offers and old scripts, or add your websiteNo
Pricing modelTwo flat monthly plans, no per-video chargesPlans by videos kept fresh: 2,000, 5,000 or 10,000
Entry price$19/month (Starter), $5 for the first month; Pro $39/month€39/month (Starter), or €390/year
Tracked accountsUp to 20 competitors on Starter, 100 on ProNo account limit on any paid plan
Team seatsNot published5 on Starter, 10 on Scale, unlimited on Agency
Social loginsYou connect your Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Shorts accountsNever asks for a social media login. Public data only
Scheduling and AI UGC videoListed as coming soon, not yet releasedNo. Statly never posts or schedules
ExportsNot publishedCSV from every table
API and MCPMCP server for search, breakdowns and scripts; API not publishedRead-only API and MCP on Scale (€89/month) and Agency
Try itNo free trial; first month of Starter for $5Free preview: 500 videos for 3 days, no card

Two tools,
two jobs.

Runwave AI is built to turn research into a script: it finds what is spreading in your niche, explains why and writes your version. Statly is built to track: you choose the accounts that matter and it re-reads them every day, then shows which videos beat their own account.

Where Runwave AI is stronger

  • Scripts in your voice. One click turns a winning video into a ready-to-film script, shaped by a knowledge base of your offers and past scripts.
  • Viral breakdowns. Hook, pacing, captions, CTA and audio are analysed for you.
  • Lower entry price. $5 for the first month, then $19 a month on Starter.
  • On-demand refresh. Pro can refresh the niche trending feed on demand, while Statly re-reads every account every 24 hours. Faster refresh is coming soon to Statly.
  • Keyword discovery. Niche keywords feed a trending feed, so you can find content beyond the accounts you already know.

Where Statly is stronger

  • X as well. Statly covers Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X.
  • A score you can check. Views divided by the account’s median, shown on every video.
  • No account limit. Track as many public accounts as you need, against Runwave AI’s 20 or 100 competitors.
  • Seats for the whole team. 5 seats on the €39 Starter plan; Runwave AI publishes no team plan.
  • No logins. Statly reads public data only and never asks you to connect your social accounts.
  • API, MCP and CSV. Read-only API and MCP on Scale and Agency, and CSV export from every table.

Why Statly doesn’t
write your scripts.

Runwave AI uses AI to help you make the next video. Statly is built for the step before: catching what is taking off in your niche, every day. Writing scripts, hooks or ideas for you is not what Statly is for. AI copy built from the same viral videos tends to sound generic and promise more than the video delivers, and the creative call should stay yours.

Runwave AI’s AI features, and their limits

  • AI scripts. Scripts built from the same viral videos sound alike across accounts, and copy the result rather than the reason it worked.
  • AI video breakdowns. They describe what is in a video, but cannot see why the platform pushed it, such as timing or a repost from a larger account.
  • Learning your voice. It learns from what you have already posted, including what did not work, and drifts back to a generic tone.

What Statly does instead

  • Catches what is taking off. Trend Finder flags the videos that took off today, at 2× their account’s usual pace, across every account in your niches.
  • Shows the evidence. Every video’s views divided by its own account’s median, so you can see which formats keep winning, and which were a one-off.
  • Leaves the idea to you. You study what worked and decide what to make, in your own words, so your videos do not sound like everyone else’s.
  • Works with your own AI. On Scale and Agency, Statly MCP lets Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor read your data, if you want AI help on your own terms.

How Statly finds
the videos that won.

Statly does the reading every day. You decide what to make next.

Baseline

Every video, measured against its own account.

Each account gets a baseline: its median views. A video’s outlier score is its views divided by that median, so a small account’s breakout is as visible as a big account’s.

Median views, engagement and outliers for every accountRe-read every 24 hours on Statly’s servers
An account’s median views, average engagement, outliers, best video and performance over time in Statly
Trend Finder

Catch what is taking off today.

Trend Finder shows what is growing fastest since the last daily scan, the top outliers and the top sounds across your niches. Save the winners to your Library with tags and folders.

“Took off today” at 2× an account’s usual paceCSV export from every table
Statly Trend Finder marking videos that took off today, with views gained since yesterday and their growth pace

Which one
should you pick?

Choose Runwave AI if…

  • You are one creator or brand and the blank page is what slows you down.
  • You want breakdowns and scripts in your voice from videos that are working.
  • You want the lowest monthly price and are happy to connect your accounts.
  • You post mainly to Instagram Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts.

Choose Statly if…

  • You research competitors and niches for clients or a team, not only your own account.
  • You know the accounts you want to follow and want them re-read every day.
  • You need X alongside Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
  • You track more than 100 accounts, or need seats for a team.
  • You would rather not connect your social media accounts to a tool.

Statly vs Runwave AI:
questions and answers.

Is Statly a good Runwave AI alternative?

Yes, if what you need is daily tracking of specific public accounts and their outliers. Statly scans every account you add every 24 hours and scores each video against its own account’s median. If you mainly want viral breakdowns and scripts written in your voice, Runwave AI covers that and Statly does not.

Is Statly cheaper than Runwave AI?

No, Runwave AI is cheaper at entry: Starter is $5 for the first month, then $19 a month, and Pro is $39 a month. Statly Starter is €39 a month, with no account limit, 2,000 videos kept fresh and 5 seats, against Runwave AI’s 20 competitors on Starter and 100 on Pro.

Does Statly write scripts like Runwave AI?

No. Statly has no AI script writing and no AI video breakdowns. It finds and scores the videos that won and leaves the creative work to you. On Scale and Agency, Statly MCP lets Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor read your workspace and answer questions about it.

Which platforms do Statly and Runwave AI cover?

Runwave AI covers Instagram Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts. Statly covers Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X.

Do I need to connect my social accounts?

Not for Statly: it reads public data only, never posts and never asks for a social media login. Runwave AI asks you to link your Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Shorts accounts, and lists scheduling as coming soon.

How often does each tool refresh its data?

Statly re-reads every tracked account every 24 hours, ready by a local time you choose. Runwave AI says its niche trending feed is updated daily, with on-demand refresh on Pro; it does not publish how often competitor accounts are refreshed. Faster refresh is coming soon.

Who is Statly for?

Statly is for agency owners, social media managers and growth operators who monitor competitors and niches they do not own. It never posts, needs no social media logins and tracks any public account on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X every day.

Can I try both before paying?

Statly, yes: its free preview covers 500 videos from as many accounts as you like, scanned daily for 3 days, with no card. Runwave AI has no free trial; its first month of Starter costs $5, and you can cancel before the second month.

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See which videos beat their own account.

Add the accounts you compete with and Statly re-reads them every day, with no logins and no account limit.

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