Runway pricing and review
Runway is an AI video and creative-suite tool offering text-to-video, video editing and generative effects for filmmakers, marketers and content creators.
- Starts at
- $15 a month
- Free plan
- Yes
- Skills needed
- No code
- Our score
- 3.9 out of 5
By StackZen desk. Prices checked 20 October 2026.How we check prices
Runway plans and limits
As listed by the vendor on 20 October 2026, in US dollars.
Free
Free
- 125 one-time credits
- 5GB storage
Standard
$15 a month
- 625 credits/mo
- Billed yearly: $12/mo
Pro
$35 a month
- 2,250 credits/mo
- Billed yearly: $28/mo
Max
$95 a month
- 9,500 credits/mo
- Billed yearly: $76/mo
- Up to 1 month unused credits roll over
Is Runway right for you?
Good for
- AI video
- Video editing
- Generative effects
Skip it if
- You only need static images
- You have a very tight budget
Pros and cons
Pros
- Powerful text-to-video
- Generative editing tools
- Free tier to try
Cons
- Credits burn quickly
- Higher tiers get pricey
Questions
Can Runway generate video from text?
Yes, Runway offers text-to-video generation alongside AI editing tools.
How far does the Runway free plan go?
Far enough to see the output quality, not far enough to finish a project — its own listed drawback is that credits burn quickly, and video burns them faster than anything else. Treat the free tier as a sample of the model, and estimate a real project's credits before comparing prices with anything.
Why does Runway lose points despite scoring full marks on capabilities?
One column: integrations. It publishes no integration list at all, which costs it the entire twenty points that column is worth, while every capability we track — API, export, collaboration, multilingual, templates, mobile, AI features — is documented. If it connects to your stack, that will be something you verify yourself rather than something we can.
Why does Runway score 3.9 out of 5 here?
The score is computed, not assigned: 35 of 35 for documented capabilities, 22 of 25 for published pricing, 20 of 20 for free access and 0 of 20 for the integration list. The integration list is the weak column: 0 published integrations out of the four that would earn full marks. The number measures how much you can verify before paying, not how good the tool is to use.
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