Runway Gen-4.5 API Pricing
Runway's latest general-purpose video model in the Gen-4 family, emphasizing consistent characters, objects, and world coherence across shots from reference images. Available on the Runway Developer API at 12 credits/second, alongside the cheaper Gen-4 Turbo tier (5 credits/second); output is 720p native without native audio. Tracked across 1 providers · 2 price points · billed per-second — all normalized to cost per second.
Runway Gen-4.5 pricing — quick facts
- Cheapest verified rate: $0.050/second on Runway (official) (turbo, 720p, audio off) — checked Jul 30, 2026.
- Across 1 providers, Runway Gen-4.5 runs $0.050–$0.12/second (2.4× spread).
- A 5-second clip costs $0.25 at the cheapest verified rate, up to $0.60 at the priciest tracked tier.
Bottom line: Runway (official) at $0.050/s is both the cheapest verified and the sensible default choice.
Every Runway Gen-4.5 price, by provider
Sorted by normalized $/second. Hover a price for its derivation; every row links to the provider's published source. Range: $0.050–$0.12/s (2.4× spread).
| Provider | Trust | Mode | Tier | Res | Audio | $ / second | 5s clip | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runway (official)CHEAPEST VERIFIEDTry → | high | Text → Video | turbo | 720p | — | $0.050 | $0.25 | verified Jul 30, 2026 | source ↗ |
| Runway (official) | high | Text → Video | standard | 720p | — | $0.12 | $0.60 | verified Jul 30, 2026 | source ↗ |
How each price was normalized (derivations & sources)
- Runway (official) · turbo · 720p: Official Runway Developer API: gen4_turbo = 5 credits/second x $0.01/credit = $0.05/s; Gen-4 Turbo tier at 720p native, no native audio source ↗
- Runway (official) · standard · 720p: Official Runway Developer API: gen4.5 = 12 credits/second x $0.01/credit = $0.12/s; 720p native, no native audio source ↗
What a clip actually costs
At the cheapest verified rate vs the most expensive tracked rate.
| Clip length | Cheapest (Runway (official)) | Most expensive tracked | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 seconds | $0.25 | $0.60 | $0.35 |
| 10 seconds | $0.50 | $1.20 | $0.70 |
| 15 seconds | $0.75 | $1.80 | $1.05 |
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Choosing a Runway Gen-4.5 provider
Computed from the live dataset — cheapest first. “+” is why you'd pick it, “−” is why you'd skip it.
Runway (official) high
- Cheapest verified rate we track: $0.050/s
- First-party API from the model's developer
- Simple per-second billing