Runway was one of the first to bring text to video to editors and ad makers. Its models give a clean, camera-like picture and keep the frame's style.
Gen-4.5 is the top version. Gen-4 Turbo is faster and half the price. Gen-3 is the cheapest. All of them render 5 or 10 seconds from text or one image.
Act-Two transfers an actor's expressions and movement from your clip onto a character from an image. Each started 2 seconds of the input clip cost 6,000 tokens.
Runway versions
Gen-4.5
33,000 tokens ≈ $1.10 per 5 s
Slow mode price. Fast mode costs 50% more: 49,500 tokens per 5 seconds.
Gen-4 Turbo
14,000 tokens ≈ $0.47 per 5 s
Faster and cheaper than Gen-4.5.
Gen-3
3,000 tokens ≈ $0.10 per 5 s
The cheapest. 10 seconds cost 7,500 tokens.
Act-Two
6,000 tokens per 2 s
Actor performance moves onto a character. Clips of 3 to 30 seconds.
What Runway does
Camera-like look
Clean light and camera work.
Image to video
Upload a frame and describe what happens.
Act-Two
Performance transfer from your video to a character.
Prompt examples
Keep prompts short and specific.
Film
A detective in a trench coat walks down a rainy night street, neon in the puddles, the camera follows
Product
A watch on a wrist, the camera slowly pushes in, a highlight slides across the glass, studio light
Parameters
Length
5 or 10 seconds, Act-Two 3 to 30 seconds
Aspect ratios
16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4
Input
text or one image
How much Runway costs
Clip
Tokens
USD
Gen-3, 5 s
3,000 tokens
≈ $0.10
Gen-4 Turbo, 5 s
14,000 tokens
≈ $0.47
Gen-4.5 Slow, 5 s
33,000 tokens
≈ $1.10
Gen-4.5 Slow, 10 s
66,000 tokens
≈ $2.20
Act-Two, 10 s input
30,000 tokens
≈ $1.00
USD shown at the Basic rate: $5 = 150,000 tokens. Larger plans cut the token price by up to 40%. Tokens never expire, and there is no subscription.
$5 by card gives 150,000 tokens. That covers 50 Gen-3 clips of 5 seconds.
How to start
Sign in
With Google, Telegram or email. Takes under a minute.
Top up
From $5 by card or from $2 in crypto. No subscription, and tokens never expire.
Generate
Open Video, pick Runway, choose a version and write a prompt.