Runway Pricing
Figures below are quoted from runway.com/pricing and were read on 2026-09-18. Prices change — check the source before you budget against them.
Runway is a monthly subscription. Free gives you 125 one-time credits with watermarks. Paid starts at $15/month ($12 if billed annually) for 625 credits, which Runway states is about 52 seconds of Gen-4.5 or 104 seconds of Gen-4 Turbo.
Runway plans
Free
125 credits, one time
- · Does not expire
- · 5GB asset storage
- · Watermarked output
Standard
625 credits / month
- · ≈52s of Gen-4.5, 104s of Gen-4 Turbo, or 78 Gen-4 images at 1080p
- · No watermarks
- · 4K upscaling
- · 5 parallel generations
- · 20GB storage
Pro
2,250 credits / month
- · ≈187s of Gen-4.5 or 375s of Gen-4 Turbo
- · 15 parallel generations
- · Unlimited 4K upscaling
- · 100GB storage
Max
9,500 credits / month
- · ≈791s of Gen-4.5 or 1,900s of Gen-4 Turbo
- · Unused credits roll over one month
- · 20 parallel generations
- · 500GB storage
What each model costs in credits
| Model | Output | Resolution | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen-4.5 | Video | — | 60 credits / 5s |
| Aleph 2.0 | Video | — | 140 credits / 5s |
| Seedance 2.0 Pro | Video | 1080p | 160 credits / 4s |
| Seedance 2.0 Fast | Video | — | 116 credits / 4s |
Running Runway here instead
We run Runway too, without a monthly plan. New accounts get 18 credits free with no card, and a 5-second Runway clip costs 6 of them — enough for three clips before you decide anything. Paid plans here start at $9.9/month, and the same account also runs Veo 3, Kling and ByteDance V1 Pro, so you are not subscribing to each one separately.
On this site: 6 credits per generation, against 18 free credits on sign-up.
Questions
Does Runway have a free plan?
Yes, but it is a one-time deposit of 125 credits rather than a monthly allowance, and output carries a watermark. Runway states the free credits do not expire.
Do Runway credits roll over?
On Standard and Pro they do not — Runway resets them within 24 hours of your billing date. On Max, up to one month of unused credits rolls over. Credits you buy on top never expire.
How many videos is 625 credits?
Runway prices Gen-4.5 at 60 credits per 5 seconds, so 625 credits is about ten 5-second Gen-4.5 clips, or roughly twenty on Gen-4 Turbo. Cheaper and pricier models shift that number a lot.
Is there a way to use Runway without a monthly subscription?
You can run Runway here on credits instead of a plan. Sign-up gives you 18 credits and no card is asked for; a 5-second clip costs 6. That is not cheaper per clip than Runway's own API — we buy access like everyone else — but there is no monthly commitment and one account covers several models.