Runway prices in credits, and the current video model on its pricing page is Gen-4.5, not Gen-3. On 29 Sep 2026 Standard was $15 a month ($12 billed annually) for 625 credits, Pro $35 ($28) for 2,250 and Max $95 ($76) for 9,500. Gen-4.5 costs 60 credits per five seconds, so a five-second clip is about $1.15 to $1.44 on Standard, $0.75 to $0.93 on Pro and $0.48 to $0.60 on Max. The same credits also pay for other models the page lists, including Kling 3.0, Seedance and Nano Banana Pro.
Pick a plan
| You need | Plan | Page says |
|---|---|---|
| To try it | Free | 125 one-time credits; 5 GB storage |
| Occasional clips | Standard, $15 or $12 annual | 625 credits, 5 parallel generations, no watermarks, 4K upscaling, 20 GB |
| Regular use | Pro, $35 or $28 | 2,250 credits, 15 parallel, 1 custom voice clone, unlimited 4K upscaling, 100 GB |
| Heavy solo use | Max, $95 or $76 | 9,500 credits, 20 parallel, HDR and ProRes generations, one month of rollover, 500 GB |
| A team or API use | Team and Enterprise, API | Separate tabs on the page; not read here |
What credits buy
Credits per generation, from the page’s table (yearly plan tab):
| Model | Cost | Standard (yearly) | Pro | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen-4.5 video | 60 credits per 5 s | 125 | 450 | 1,900 |
| Aleph 2.0 | 140 credits per 5 s | 53 | 192 | 814 |
| Seedance 2.0 Pro 1080p | 160 credits per 4 s | 46 | 168 | 712 |
| Seedance 2.0 Fast | 116 credits per 4 s | 64 | 232 | 982 |
| Gen-4 Image 1080p | 8 credits per image | 937 | 3,375 | 14,250 |
| Gen-4 Image Turbo | 2 credits per image | 3,750 | 13,500 | 57,000 |
| Text to speech | 1 credit per 50 characters | 375,000 characters | 1,350,000 | 5,700,000 |
The counts are the page’s own “generations per year” figures on yearly billing: 7,500 credits a year on Standard, 27,000 on Pro, 114,000 on Max.
Cost of a five-second Gen-4.5 clip
Our division: plan price by credits, times 60 credits.
| Plan | Monthly billing | Annual billing (per month) | Credits | Clip, monthly | Clip, annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $15 | $12 | 625 | $1.44 | $1.15 |
| Pro | $35 | $28 | 2,250 | $0.93 | $0.75 |
| Max | $95 | $76 | 9,500 | $0.60 | $0.48 |
Assumes the whole allowance is used and every clip is kept; retries cost again. Compare with Google’s per-second Veo API in Sora alternatives.
Credits, rollover and top-ups
Monthly credits on Standard and Pro do not roll over and reset within 24 hours of the billing date; on Max, up to one month of unused credits rolls over. Extra credits are sold from 1,000 credits and never expire. Upgrades take effect immediately and are prorated; downgrades apply the unused balance as credit.
What the pricing page cannot answer
Motion quality, consistency and how well each model follows a prompt are not on a pricing page, and we have not assessed them. Runway does not state commercial-use terms on the pricing page; read its terms before using clips in ads. See also Veo, Kling and the Sora alternatives record.
Method
Researched from Runway’s pricing page, read 29 Sep 2026 in a browser session. USD list prices; per-clip figures are our division. Nothing here comes from using the product.
To price a clip at your own retake rate, use the AI video cost calculator.