Tool · Video, Pictures

Runway

A browser studio for making short video clips from a description or a still image, and for editing video you already have. It also makes pictures. You get a small one-off batch of free credits, then pay monthly.

Go to Runway’s website

At a glance

Open or closed: Closed
Only usable through the maker's app or API
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Licence: Runway Terms of Use (The maker's own terms)
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Can I sell what I make?: Yes
Terms: 'the Company does not restrict your commercial use of your Outputs'; no free/paid split.
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Cost: Free option: 125 credits once; they don't expire
Plans below.
How you use it: In your browser, Phone app, Maker's own API, Inside another tool
Homepage links App Store, Google Play, the Runway API (dev.runwayml.com) and a ChatGPT plugin / MCP server.
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Skill needed: No setup
Browser and phone app; no install needed. Our judgement.
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Made by: Runway AI, Inc.
Country not re-checked (shared fetch budget ran out); add with a source.
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Status: Available
No closure or rename notice seen on homepage or pricing page.
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What you can make with it

A video, from a description (main use)
A video, by bringing a photo to life
A video, by editing a video I have
A picture, from a description

text to videoimage to videovideo to videotext to imagetext to audio

Pricing page lists video models (Gen-4.5, Gen-4 Turbo, Aleph 2.0) and image models. Homepage says it can 'generate and edit video, images and audio' but does not spell out each task.

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Plans and prices

Plan	Price	Includes
Standard (monthly)	$15 a month	625 credits a month 625 credits = 52s of Gen-4.5 (12 credits per second) or 78 Gen-4 images at 1080p. Credits reset monthly. Commercial use: Yes
Standard (annual)	$12 a month, billed yearly	625 credits a month Listed as $12/month billed annually; 625 credits a month. Commercial use: Yes
Pro (monthly)	$35 a month	2,250 credits a month 2,250 credits = 187s of Gen-4.5 or 375s of Gen-4 Turbo. Commercial use: Yes
Pro (annual)	$28 a month, billed yearly	2,250 credits a month Listed as $28/month billed annually; 2,250 credits a month. Commercial use: Yes
Max (monthly)	$95 a month	9,500 credits a month 9,500 credits = 791s of Gen-4.5. Unused credits roll over for one month. Commercial use: Yes
Max (annual)	$76 a month, billed yearly	9,500 credits a month Listed as $76/month billed annually; 9,500 credits a month. Commercial use: Yes

Some plans are not listed here; see the source for the full list.

Prices shown with '$' only; USD assumed. Annual plans listed as $/month billed annually. Enterprise and extra-credit prices not shown.

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Rough cost of 5 seconds of 720p video: about $1.44 / £1.08 (estimate, worked out by Plainly, not a price the maker publishes). Standard monthly: $15 / 625 credits = $0.024 per credit x 60 credits (Gen-4.5, 5s) = $1.44. Resolution of Gen-4.5 not stated on pricing page. GBP at 0.75.

Rights and safety

Trains on your work?: Trains on your work
From pilot reading of the terms: Runway may use inputs and outputs to train its models. Opt-out not re-checked.
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Other options for “A video, from a description”

Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Adobe Premiere, Akool, Animoto, Arcads, Canva AI (Magic Studio), CapCut, Civitai, CogVideoX, ComfyUI, Creatify, DeeVid AI, DomoAI, Dreamina, Dzine, fal, Filmora, FlexClip, Fliki, Fotor, Genmo, getimg.ai, Google Flow

About this entry

Facts last checked 12 Oct 2026 against the maker’s own pages (each fact links to its source). Entry status: draft. Plain-English summary written by Plainly.