Runway Pricing 2026: Plans and Real Cost per Video
Runway starts at $15/month ($12/month billed yearly) for 625 credits. An 8-second Gen-4.5 clip uses 96 credits: $2.30 on Standard, $1.49 on Pro and $0.96 on Max or the API. The catch is that credits don't roll over on Standard and Pro, and the in-app top-up price is not published.
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Prices checked against Runway's pricing page on . USD, US prices.
The numbers Runway's pricing page does not show
$12/mo
Cheapest paid plan
$0.77
One 8-second output, from
$96/mo
100 a month, from
Plan price divided by what one output consumes. The arithmetic for every plan is below.
Plans
Runway plans and prices
AI video, image and audio suite with its own Gen-4.5 and Aleph models, plus third-party models (Kling 3.0, Seedance, Veo, Nano Banana). It is sold on monthly credit plans and a per-credit developer API.
Free plan: 125 one-time credits that don't expire, a selection of models and 5GB of storage. Free users cannot buy credits.
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly (per month) | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $15 | $12 | 625 credits/mo. About 52 seconds of Gen-4.5. Credits don't roll over. Up to 3 projects. |
| Pro | $35 | $28 | 2250 credits/mo. About 187 seconds of Gen-4.5. Top-up credits anytime. Credits don't roll over. |
| Max | $95 | $76 | 9500 credits/mo. About 791 seconds of Gen-4.5. Unused credits roll over for 1 month. |
Credits
What the credits actually buy
"Gen-4.5 uses 12 credits per second of generated video" (60 credits per 5 seconds). Aleph 2.0: 140 credits per 5 seconds. Seedance 2.0 Pro 1080p: 160 credits per 4 seconds; Seedance 2.0 Fast: 116 credits per 4 seconds. Images: Gen-4 Image 1080p 8 credits, Gen-4 Image Turbo 2 credits, Nano Banana Pro 2K 20 credits. Extra credits have a 1,000-credit minimum and never expire.
The derived number
What one 8-second video really costs
The unit: one 8-second Gen-4.5 video at 720p (12 credits per second). Plan price divided by what one output consumes.
| Plan | Cost of one | How we got it |
|---|---|---|
| Standard (monthly) | $2.30 | 8s x 12 = 96 credits; $15 / 625 = $0.024 per credit; x 96 = $2.30 |
| Pro (monthly) | $1.49 | 96 credits x ($35 / 2,250 = $0.0156 per credit) = $1.49 |
| Max (monthly) | $0.96 | 96 credits x ($95 / 9,500 = $0.01 per credit) = $0.96 |
| Standard (annual) | $1.84 | 96 credits x ($12 / 625 = $0.0192) = $1.84 |
| Pro (annual) | $1.19 | 96 credits x ($28 / 2,250 = $0.0124) = $1.19 |
| Max (annual) | $0.77 | 96 credits x ($76 / 9,500 = $0.008) = $0.77 |
| API | $0.96 | 12 credits/s x 8s = 96 credits x $0.01 = $0.96 |
Heavy use
What 100 videos a month cost
| Plan | 100 a month | How we got it |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | n/a | Needs 9,600 credits; 625 included; the top-up price is not on the pricing page. |
| Pro | n/a | 2,250 of 9,600 credits included; the top-up price is not published. |
| Max | n/a | 9,500 of 9,600 credits: 100 short. That needs a 1,000-credit minimum top-up at an unpublished price, or credits rolled over from last month, on top of $95 ($76 yearly). |
| API | $96 | 9,600 credits x $0.01 = $96, pay as you go. |
One plan, every model
Paying for Runway and three other AI tools?
Hooked Pro is $29 a month for 1,000 credits across Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.0, Nano Banana Pro and GPT Image 2, plus AI UGC ads, captions and TikTok slideshows in the same plan. Or pay $89 once for the Studio and run it on your own API keys, at the provider's price.
Same yardstick
The same maths on Hooked
Runway Pro and Max are cheaper per Gen-4.5 clip ($1.49 and $0.96) than Veo 3.1 Fast at 720p on Hooked Pro (80 credits, $2.32); Veo 3.1 Lite on Hooked Pro is $0.93. Hooked puts Veo, Kling and Seedance under one $29 plan with UGC ads, captions and slideshows, but it does not have Runway's own models. On Studio ($89 one-time, bring your own API keys) you pay provider cost, for example $0.80 for that Veo 3.1 Fast clip.
| On Hooked | Credits | Pro, monthly | Pro, yearly | Studio, your own key | 100 a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veo 3.1 Lite, 720p | 32 | $0.93 | $0.77 | $0.32 to the provider | $116 (Pro + 1 × 1,500-credit pack + 2 × 500-credit pack) |
| Kling 3.0, 1080p | 72 | $2.09 | $1.74 | $0.72 to the provider | $235 (Pro + 1 × 4,000-credit pack + 1 × 1,500-credit pack + 2 × 500-credit pack) |
| Veo 3.1 Fast, 720p | 80 | $2.32 | $1.93 | $0.80 to the provider | $246 (Pro + 1 × 4,000-credit pack + 2 × 1,500-credit pack) |
| Seedance 2.0 Fast | 88 | $2.55 | $2.13 | $0.96 to the provider | $267 (Pro + 2 × 4,000-credit pack) |
Pro is $29/month or $290/year for 1,000 credits a month; extra credits come in packs from $19 for 500. The Studio is $89 once and runs on your own API keys, so you pay the model provider directly at their rate.
Make the same video on Hooked
- 8-second AI videos from $0.93 each on Pro (Veo 3.1 Lite, 720p)
- Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.0, Nano Banana Pro and GPT Image 2 in one plan: no second subscription per model
- Or $89 once for the Studio with your own API keys
Read the small print
Costs that are easy to miss
- Credits don't roll over on Standard and Pro; Max rolls them over for one month only.
- Extra credits have a 1,000-credit minimum, and the price is not on the pricing page.
- Free users cannot buy credits.
- Gen-4.5 generates at 720p; 1080p comes from upscaling.
- Third-party models cost more credits: Aleph 2.0 is 140 credits per 5 seconds against 60 for Gen-4.5.
Honesty note
What we could not confirm
- The in-app price for extra credits is not shown on the pricing page, only the 1,000-credit minimum.
- Upscaling Gen-4.5 to 1080p is not included in the cost above.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How much does Runway cost?
Standard is $15/month, Pro $35/month and Max $95/month. Billed yearly they are $12, $28 and $76 per month.
How many credits does a Runway video use?
Gen-4.5 uses 12 credits per second, so an 8-second clip is 96 credits. Aleph 2.0 uses 140 credits per 5 seconds.
Do Runway credits roll over?
No on Standard and Pro. Max rolls unused credits over for 1 month. Purchased extra credits never expire.
Does Runway have a free plan?
Yes: 125 one-time credits that don't expire, 5GB of storage and a selection of models. Free users cannot buy more credits.
How much does the Runway API cost?
Credits cost $0.01 each. Gen-4.5 is $0.12 per second, Gen-4 Turbo $0.05 per second, and Veo 3.1 with audio $0.40 per second.
Sources
- https://runway.com/pricing
- https://docs.dev.runwayml.com/guides/pricing/
- https://help.runwayml.com/hc/en-us/articles/46974685288467-Creating-with-Gen-4-5
- https://help.runwayml.com/hc/en-us/articles/15124877443219-How-do-credits-work
- https://www.trustpilot.com/review/runwayml.com
- https://saascrmreview.com/runway-ml-pricing/
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