Credit-metered generative video, image and audio models with per-second credit costs published per model and C2PA credentials on Runway-model output.
Buyers who need to price a generation before they run it: Runway publishes a credit cost per second for each video model, and prices an API credit at $0.01, so a minute of output can be costed to the cent before anyone commits. It suits work where output ownership has to be settled up front, because the terms state Runway does not claim ownership of Inputs or Outputs and does not restrict commercial use, with no distinction between plans. It also fits a mixed pipeline rather than a single model, since image, audio, upscaling and video models share one credit balance.
Anyone who needs uploads kept out of model training. Section 4.4 of the terms grants Runway a non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use Inputs and Outputs to train and improve its models, and no opt-out is described anywhere in the terms. It is also wrong for work that depends on a published duration ceiling: the API input reference omits durations for Gen-4.5, Gen-4 Turbo and Veo 3.1, and the product FAQ says only that single generations are short clips. The free plan is a one-time 125 credits, about ten seconds of Gen-4.5 at 12 credits per second, and free-plan images carry a Runway watermark.
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The terms state Runway does not claim ownership of your Inputs or Outputs and does not restrict your commercial use of Outputs, drawing no distinction between plans. The product FAQ repeats that you own your work on every plan, including Free. That same FAQ says images made on the Free plan carry a small Runway watermark, and it says nothing either way about watermarking free-plan video.
Yes, by its own published terms. Section 4.4 says Inputs and Outputs may be used to train and improve Runway's AI models, and grants a non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free licence for that purpose. No opt-out appears in the terms, and the privacy policy adds none. Account settings are referenced only for the separate licence Runway needs to operate the service.
Gen-4.5 bills at 12 credits per second, so sixty seconds costs 720 credits. Standard's 625 monthly credits buy under a minute of it, Pro's 2,250 about three minutes, and Max's 9,500 about thirteen. Gen-4 Turbo is 5 credits per second. Through the API, where a credit costs $0.01, a Gen-4.5 minute is roughly $7.20 and a Gen-4 Turbo minute roughly $3.00.
Neither is published as a single figure. The API input reference gives durations only for Seedance 2.5, at 4 to 30 seconds, and for Aleph 2.0 inputs, at 2 to 30 seconds, while omitting them for Gen-4.5, Gen-4 Turbo and Veo 3.1. Gen-4.5 text-to-video output is listed at 1280:720 or 720:1280 only. The product FAQ calls single generations short clips.
Facts sourced from the vendor’s own site, last verified 2026-10-24.
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