Launched 2018 · Verified Oct 15, 2026

Runway

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Video, image and audio generation suite built around the Gen-4.5 model, with mobile apps and a developer API

text to video image to video video editingworld modelscreative suiteFreemium · from $12/mo

Listed on EffectHub · Aug 16, 2026

InputsTOutputsWeb · iOS · Android · API

Screenshot of the Runway website — runway.com as we captured it — our own screenshot, not the vendor’s press image.

Pricing

Pricing model: Freemium
Paid options from: $12/mo
Billing: Monthly

Standard is $12 a month and Pro $28 billed annually ($15 and $35 month-to-month) with 625 and 2,250 monthly credits; Max at $76 annual ($95 monthly) gives 9,500 credits, ProRes and HDR output and one-month credit rollover. Free plan credits (125) are one-time, not monthly, and Standard and Pro credits do not roll over. API pricing is listed separately on a developer tab.

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Overview

About Runway

Runway is a cloud suite for generating and editing video, images and audio, anchored by its Gen-4.5 video model and the GWM-1 world model, with iPhone and Android apps and an API platform that also exposes third-party models. Its research line now reaches into robotics: GWM-1 powers Runway Robotics, and Praxis-1 is an open-weight world action model for controlling real robots. Customers are filmmakers, ad and social teams, and increasingly robotics groups that use simulation output as synthetic training data. Pricing is credit-based: a free plan carries 125 one-time credits, paid plans start at $12 a month billed annually, and the company also sells custom enterprise deployments.

Platforms: Web · iOS · Android · API
API: Yes
Last verified: Oct 15, 2026

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Pricing page: Free 125 one-time credits; Standard $12/mo annual ($15 monthly) with 625 credits; Pro $28/mo annual ($35 monthly) with 2,250 credits and Runway MCP; Max $76/mo annual ($95 monthly) with 9,500 credits, ProRes, HDR and one-month rollover (15 October 2026)runway.com ↗
Homepage names Gen-4.5, GWM-1, Praxis-1, the Creative suite with iPhone and Android apps, the Dev API platform and a Robotics line (15 October 2026)runway.com ↗
Terms of Use name Runway AI, Inc., notices to 800 North State Street, Dover, DE 19901, services offered from the United States, New York governing law (15 October 2026)runway.com ↗

Fact check

Is Runway legit?

We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.

Domain registered: Jan 11, 1995 (31 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar NameCheap, Inc., looked up Sep 6, 2026
TLS certificate: Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Dec 21, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
Last checked: Oct 15, 2026The site answered
On the market since: 2018The vendor's own material, read by us
Operated by: Runway AI, Inc., United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026

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Editorial verdict

Pros & cons of Runway

high confidence

One of the few AI video vendors with a full pipeline - generation, editing, upscaling, API - rather than a single model demo, and its film-industry adoption is real. The catch is credit economics: high-resolution generations drain a month's allowance quickly, so the advertised entry price rarely reflects working costs.

Pros

Gen-4.5 delivers strong motion consistency and prompt adherence
Suite, mobile apps and API cover creation through delivery
Max tier exports ProRes and 16-bit HDR for professional finishing
Long operating history (since 2018) compared with newer video startups

Cons

Credit-metered pricing makes real monthly cost hard to predict
Premium models and formats sit behind the more expensive tiers
The free plan is effectively a one-time demo

Best for

Filmmakers and studios prototyping shots and VFX before committing budget
Marketing and social teams producing short generated clips at volume
Developers who want a video-generation API from an established vendor

Not for

Anyone expecting an ongoing free tier - free credits never refresh
Long-form video editing where a traditional NLE still does the heavy lifting

Watch out: The company moved from runwayml.com to runway.com; old links redirect, but documentation and tutorials in the wild still cite the former domain.

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