Runway pricing by channel
Runway bills its API in credits: credits cost $0.01 each in the developer portal and every generation publishes a credits-per-second rate, so the effective USD price is the published rate times one cent. The Runway API also resells third-party models (Seedance, Wan, Grok Imagine, Veo 3.1, Hailuo), which makes it a channel to watch for cross-vendor price moves as well.
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Runway · prices by channel
| Channel | standard | turbo | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runway API | $0.12 | $0.05 | 2026-10-01 | Source |
Per-output-second list price trend · standard · per-output-second channels only; other billing units stay in the table
- Runway API
Change archive2
2025-03-31 · Runway API
Gen-4 (12 credits/s) with Turbo at 5 credits/s
standard $0.12/s · turbo $0.05/s · Runway API pricing
Gen-4 launched March 31, 2025 at 12 credits/s ($0.12/s); the volume Gen-4 Turbo tier opened the same day at 5 credits/s ($0.05/s). Gen-4.5 now also lists at 12 credits/s — same rate as Gen-4, recorded as verified-unchanged rather than a new event (Oct 1, 2026).
2024-06 · Runway API
Gen-3 Alpha (10 credits/s)
standard $0.1/s · Runway API pricing
Credits are sold at $0.01 each in the developer portal, so 10 credits/s lists at $0.10/s. Gen-3 Alpha shipped June 2024, recorded at month precision.
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Runway · prices by channel
| Channel | standard | turbo | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runway API | $0.12 | $0.05 | 2026-10-01 | Source |
Per-output-second list price trend · standard · per-output-second channels only; other billing units stay in the table
- Runway API
Change archive2
2025-03-31 · Runway API
Gen-4 (12 credits/s) with Turbo at 5 credits/s
standard $0.12/s · turbo $0.05/s · Runway API pricing
Gen-4 launched March 31, 2025 at 12 credits/s ($0.12/s); the volume Gen-4 Turbo tier opened the same day at 5 credits/s ($0.05/s). Gen-4.5 now also lists at 12 credits/s — same rate as Gen-4, recorded as verified-unchanged rather than a new event (Oct 1, 2026).
2024-06 · Runway API
Gen-3 Alpha (10 credits/s)
standard $0.1/s · Runway API pricing
Credits are sold at $0.01 each in the developer portal, so 10 credits/s lists at $0.10/s. Gen-3 Alpha shipped June 2024, recorded at month precision.