API Pricing & Costs

Each generation you run in the Ruway API costs credits. Credits can be purchased for $0.01 per credit in the developer portal for an organization. Sales tax may apply depending on your location. Create an account to use the Runway API.

Video Generation Pricing

Model	Pricing
`seedance2` (480p/720p)	36 credits per second
`seedance2` (1080p)	40 credits per second
`seedance2` (4K)	150 credits per second
`seedance2_fast` (480p/720p)	29 credits per second
`seedance2_mini` (480p/720p)	16 credits per second (64 credit minimum per generation)
`aleph2`	28 credits per second (56 credit minimum per generation)
`gen4.5`	12 credits per second
`gen4_turbo`	5 credits per second
`gen4_aleph` Deprecated*	15 credits per second
`gen3a_turbo` Deprecated*	5 credits per second
`act_two`	5 credits per second
`veo3`	40 credits per second
`veo3.1 (audio)`	40 credits per second
`veo3.1 (no audio)`	20 credits per second
`veo3.1_fast (audio)`	15 credits per second
`veo3.1_fast (no audio)`	10 credits per second
`happyhorse_1_0` (720p)	15 credits per second
`happyhorse_1_0` (1080p)	30 credits per second
`gemini_omni_flash` (text to video)	10 credits per second
`gemini_omni_flash` (image to video)	10 credits per second, plus 1 credit for the first-frame image
`gemini_omni_flash` (video to video)	11 credits per second of input video (capped at 10 seconds), plus 1 credit per reference image

Image Generation Pricing

Model	Pricing
`gen4_image`	5 credits per 720p image, or 8 credits per 1080p image
`gen4_image_turbo`	2 credits per image, any resolution
`seedream5_pro`	5 credits per 1K image, 9 credits per 2K image
`gemini_image3_pro`	20 credits per 1K or 2K image, 40 credits per 4K image
`gpt_image_2`	1–41 credits per image, by quality and resolution (see below)
`gemini_2.5_flash`	5 credits per image, any resolution

gpt_image_2 is billed as credits per image × outputCount. The auto resolution is billed at the 4K tier. Default quality is high.

Quality	1K / 2K	4K (incl. `auto`)
`low`	1	2
`medium`	5	11
`high`	20	41
`auto`	20	41

Image Upscale Pricing

Model	Pricing
`magnific_precision_upscaler_v2`	25 credits per image, or 150 credits when output exceeds 4096px

Video Upscale Pricing

magnific_video_upscaler_creative is billed per output frame, not per second of video. Credits = ceil(USD / 0.01), where USD = rate × fps × duration_seconds. Minimum 1 credit per generation. When fpsBoost is enabled, output frame count may differ from input and affect cost.

Resolution	USD per frame	Example (10s @ 30fps)
`720p`, `1k`	$0.007	210 credits
`2k`	$0.009	270 credits
`4k`	$0.012	360 credits

Audio Generation Pricing

Model	Pricing
`seed_audio`	0.25 credits per second (5 credit minimum per generation)
`eleven_multilingual_v2`	1 credit per 50 characters
`eleven_text_to_sound_v2 (provided duration)`	1 credit per second of audio
`eleven_text_to_sound_v2 (no duration)`	2 credits
`eleven_voice_isolation`	1 credit per 6s of audio
`eleven_voice_dubbing`	1 credit per 2s of audio
`eleven_multilingual_sts_v2`	1 credit per 3s of audio

Real-time Pricing

Model	Pricing
`gwm1_avatars`	2 credits upfront, then 2 credits per 6 seconds

Recipe Pricing

Recipe	Pricing
`product_ad`	720p: 200 credits for a 4 second video, plus 36 credits per additional second. 1080p: 216 credits for a 4 second video, plus 40 credits per additional second. (4 second minimum, 15 second maximum per generation)
`product_swap`	720p: 212 credits for a 4 second video, plus 36 credits per additional second. 1080p: 228 credits for a 4 second video, plus 40 credits per additional second. (4 second minimum, 15 second maximum per generation)
`product_ugc`	720p: 192 credits for a 4 second video, plus 36 credits per additional second. 1080p: 208 credits for a 4 second video, plus 40 credits per additional second. (4 second minimum, 15 second maximum per generation)
`multi_shot_video`	720p: 13 credits per second of video. 1080p: 17 credits per second of video. (5 second minimum, 15 second maximum per generation)
`ad_localization`	21 credits per localized image
`marketing_stock_image`	8 credits per call for prompt processing, plus 1–20 credits per generated image by `quality` (same 1K/2K tiers as Image Generation Pricing) × `outputCount`. Default (`outputCount: 4`, `quality: high`): 88 credits total.
`product_campaign_image`	36 credits per 1080p image (4 images generated per call)

Cost calculator

You can calculate the cost of your intended usage:

Images: x 720p (5 credits) + x 1080p (8 credits) = $0.13

Videos: video x Duration: =$0.25