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Runway Gen-4.5 in llmwise: what each video costs
Runway's Runway Gen-4.5 in llmwise: what each video costs in credits, setting by setting, and what your credits make on every plan.
Runway Gen-4.5's prices checked .
Short answer
Runway Gen-4.5 is Runway's video model in llmwise: Runway's text and photo to video. A 5-second video at 720p is 29 credits, shown before you press Create. Free's 10 credits are fewer than its cheapest video, 12 credits. Pro's 250 credits a month make up to 8 videos.
What a Runway Gen-4.5 video costs
Each Runway Gen-4.5 video's price depends on its length, its size and whether it has sound. These are the prices the studio shows before you press Create, at its first shape.
| Setting | Credits |
|---|---|
| 2 s at 720p | 12 credits |
| 5 s at 720p | 29 credits |
| 10 s at 720p | 57 credits |
Runway Gen-4.5 videos on every plan
Runway Gen-4.5's videos come out of the same credits as every other model's, at 29 credits each at 5 s at 720p.
| Plan | Credits | Runway Gen-4.5 videos |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 10, once per email address | No Runway Gen-4.5 video at this setting |
| Pro ($20 a month) | 250, a month | Up to 8 Runway Gen-4.5 videos |
| Max ($50 a month) | 800, a month | Up to 27 Runway Gen-4.5 videos |
| Ultra ($100 a month) | 1,800, a month | Up to 62 Runway Gen-4.5 videos |
| Studio ($200 a month) | 4,000, a month | Up to 137 Runway Gen-4.5 videos |
| Top-up ($10) | 200, valid 12 months | Up to 6 Runway Gen-4.5 videos |
Each count is at 5 s at 720p, 29 credits each, if all of a plan's credits go to Runway Gen-4.5. One credit is one Claude Haiku 4.5 message, so Runway Gen-4.5 videos and your messages share a paid plan's monthly allowance. How pricing works.
Every limit is published. Paid plans also have a monthly fair-use limit on AI cost: Pro $7.50, Max $20, Ultra $42, Studio $85. Using every message on your plan at typical sizes stays under it; very large messages and heavy research use it faster. Every limit, explained.
What Runway Gen-4.5 makes
Runway's text and photo to video.
| Made by | Runway |
|---|---|
| Lengths | 2 to 10 seconds |
| Sizes | 720p |
| Shapes | 16:9 and 9:16 |
| Sound | No: every video is silent |
| From a photo | Yes, or from your words alone |
Runway Gen-4.5 or another video model?
llmwise doesn't rank them: try one prompt on Runway Gen-4.5 and on another, and compare. Each price is at that model's own starting settings, as Runway Gen-4.5's is above.
Hailuo 2.3 (MiniMax): 6 s at 1080p, 24 credits
HappyHorse 1.0 (Alibaba): 5 s at 720p, 24 credits
HappyHorse 1.1 (Alibaba): 5 s at 720p, 24 credits
Wan 2.7 (Alibaba): 5 s at 720p with sound, 24 credits
Kling 2.6 (Kling): 5 s at 720p with sound, 25 credits
Kling O1 (Kling): 5 s at 720p with sound, 27 credits
Wan 3.0 Prime (Alibaba): 5 s at 720p with sound, 29 credits
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 (xAI): 5 s at 720p with sound, 34 credits
Every model, with its price: the video, voice and music models.
Questions
How much does a Runway Gen-4.5 video cost?
5 s at 720p: 29 credits. The cheapest setting here, 2 s at 720p, is 12 credits, and the dearest is 57 credits. The studio shows the Runway Gen-4.5 price before you press Create, and that's exactly what's used.
Can I try Runway Gen-4.5 for free?
Not on its own: Free gets 10 credits, once per email address, and Runway Gen-4.5's cheapest video is 12 credits. Get 200 credits for $10, or Pro for 250 a month plus chat.
What if a Runway Gen-4.5 video fails?
It costs nothing. A failed, blank, refused or blocked Runway Gen-4.5 video uses no credits: if nothing is made, nothing is used.
How do I make a Runway Gen-4.5 video?
Open Create, pick Runway Gen-4.5 and write your prompt. The price shows before you press Create.
Make a Runway Gen-4.5 video.
Pick Runway Gen-4.5 in the studio, see the Runway Gen-4.5 price, then press Create. Free gets 10 credits, once per email address, to try Runway Gen-4.5 and the rest; sign in with an email link, no password or card.