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Runway pricing: how it works and what you can learn

How Runway charges customers in 2026, what it meters, what changed recently, and what any subscription business can borrow from it.

By Robert Coorey Updated 2 min read
At a glance

Runway. Pricing model: Credits. Value metric: Monthly credits consumed per second of generated video.

At a glance

CompanyRunway
What it doesRunway Free, Standard, Pro, Max
Pricing modelCredits
Value metricMonthly credits consumed per second of generated video
Free tierFree: 125 one-time credits.
Pricing pagerunwayml.com/pricing

Plans and prices

Prices as published on Runway's pricing page, checked 27 October 2026. They change often; check the live page before you rely on them.

PlanPriceBillingWhat you get
Standard$15 monthly / $12 annualper user per month625 credits/month
Pro$35 monthly / $28 annualper user per month2,250 credits/month; unlimited 4K upscaling
Max$95 monthly / $76 annualper user per month9,500 credits/month; up to one month rollover

Usage component. Gen-4.5 uses 12 credits per second of video. Extra credits from a 1,000-credit minimum purchase.

How credits/tokens work. Standard and Pro monthly credits reset within 24 hours of the billing date (no rollover); Max rolls over up to one month.

What changed in 2025–2026

Not verified in this research window beyond current prices.

What you can steal

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