Runway Pricing (2026): Free, Standard, Pro, Max Credits — Gen-4.5 Cost and Unlimited Switch

How we checked: every plan price, credit allotment, and model credit rate below comes from Runway’s pricing page (runwayml.com/pricing / runway.com/pricing) and Runway Help Center articles on how credits work, which plan is right for me, Max plan details, Pro plan details, Standard plan details, and Unlimited switching to Max, all read on November 7, 2026. Prices are US dollars before tax. Sources are listed at the end. We have no affiliate relationship with Runway. Credit costs per model can change; treat the tables as a snapshot.

The short answer

Runway sells generation with a credit wallet, not unlimited render minutes (except for legacy Unlimited, which is being retired — see below).
Free: $0 with a one-time 125 credits that do not expire, plus limited storage and a subset of models.
Standard: $15/mo or $12/mo billed annually — 625 credits/mo. Credits do not roll over.
Pro: $35/mo or $28/mo billed annually — 2,250 credits/mo. Credits do not roll over. Pricing page marks this the popular / best-value mid tier.
Max: $95/mo or $76/mo billed annually — 9,500 credits/mo, with up to one month of unused credits rolling over. Replaces Unlimited for new high-volume buyers.
Gen-4.5 costs 12 credits per second of video (60 credits for 5s, 120 for 10s). Pricing-page examples: ~125 / 450 / 1,900 five-second Gen-4.5 clips per month on Standard / Pro / Max annual credit pools.
Top-ups: paid plans can buy more credits; minimum purchase is 1,000. Purchased credits never expire. Free cannot buy top-ups.
Unlimited → Max: new subscribers get Max (not Unlimited) since May 29, 2026; legacy Unlimited stays through November 30, 2026, then monthly Unlimited moves to Max at $95/month.

This page is a Runway-only pricing breakdown. For feature tradeoffs versus Midjourney, see Midjourney vs Runway.

Plans and credits

From runwayml.com/pricing and the credits Help Center table, November 7, 2026. Annual prices are what the Yearly toggle shows (about 20% off).

Plan	Monthly	Annual (shown /mo)	Credits	Rollover	Notes
Free	$0	$0	125 one-time	Does not expire	Selection of models; 5GB storage
Standard	$15	$12	625 / mo	No — reset near billing date	All AI video & image models; Ads; App Studio; up to 3 projects; 20GB
Pro	$35	$28	2,250 / mo	No	Everything in Standard + more capacity; Help: Custom Voices / TTS, 500GB storage
Max	$95	$76	9,500 / mo	Up to 1 month unused	High-volume, on-demand speed; full model access

Help Center also lists Team at 6,900 credits per seat pooled across the workspace (shared balance), with up to one month of unused pooled credits rolling over. Enterprise is sales-quoted.

Spend order (Help Center): current month’s plan credits first → rollover credits → purchased credits.

What Gen-4.5 and other models cost

Runway’s pricing page and credits FAQ publish rates. Snapshot November 7, 2026:

Model / tool	Credit cost (official)	What that means on a 5s (or listed) clip
Gen-4.5	12 credits / second	60 credits / 5s, 120 / 10s
Aleph 2.0	140 credits / 5s	Heavier edit / video tool
Kling 4.0 1080p	118 credits / 5s (89 with 25% off until Nov 30, 2026)	Third-party video
Seedance 2.0 Pro 1080p	160 credits / 4s	Third-party video
Gen-4 Image 1080p	8 credits / image	Still image
Gen-4 Image Turbo	2 credits / image	Faster / cheaper stills
Nano Banana Pro 2 2K	11 credits / image	Still
Nano Banana Pro 2K	20 credits / image	Still
Seed Audio 1.0	15 credits / min	Audio
Lyria 3 Pro / Clip	8 / 4 credits per song	Music
Text to Speech	1 credit / 50 characters	Voice

Rough Gen-4.5 headroom from the pricing page’s yearly credit pools (7,500 / 27,000 / 114,000 credits per year on Standard / Pro / Max when billed annually), expressed as five-second Gen-4.5 videos:

Plan	Credits / mo (plan allotment)	~5s Gen-4.5 clips / mo (60 credits each)
Standard	625	~10
Pro	2,250	~37
Max	9,500	~158

Those are single-pass counts with no failed takes. Real projects iterate; Standard’s help article explicitly warns that exploration burns the modest pool quickly. Pro’s help examples include mixes like ~104 seconds of Gen-4.5 (~1,248 credits) plus stills inside one 2,250-credit month.

Rollover, top-ups, and billing date

Standard, Pro, and legacy Unlimited: monthly plan credits expire on the billing date (Help: reset within 24 hours of that date).
Max (and Team): up to one month of unused plan credits may roll over.
Purchased credits: never expire; Free plan’s 125 one-time deposit never expires either.
Top-up minimum: 1,000 credits, from Plans & Billing. Recurring weekly/monthly purchases are available on paid plans; Free cannot buy credits.
Upgrades are prorated and credits refresh toward the new allotment immediately; downgrades apply unused balance toward the next cycle and keep the current plan until then.
Your billing date is the day of the month you started the plan (shown under Invoices on Plans & Billing) — annual subscribers still see a monthly credit date tied to that day-of-month.

App credits and Runway API credits are separate — web/app plan credits never appear in the API wallet and vice versa.

Unlimited → Max (still on the Help Center)

Runway’s plan guide carries a notice: Max is replacing Unlimited for high-generation creators. Max has been offered to new subscribers since May 29, 2026. Eligible legacy Unlimited subscriptions remain through November 30, 2026.

From the dedicated switch article (updated August 27, 2026):

On November 30, 2026, Unlimited subscribers move to Max.
Monthly Unlimited moves automatically to Max at the same $95/month price (or you can cancel).
Annual Unlimited: in November you can cancel for a refund of remaining months, or accept a credits bonus to migrate to Max.
Unlimited offered 2,250 credits plus Explore Mode (relaxed-rate unlimited generations). Max offers 9,500 credits, on-demand speed, no Explore Mode, and no queuing framing relative to Unlimited’s relaxed path.
Unlimited is not offered to new buyers as of June 1, 2026.

If you are still on Unlimited today (November 7, 2026), you have until the end of the month under the published schedule — then Max’s credit math applies.

Who each plan fits

If you…	Start with…
Just want to try a few generations	Free (125 credits once)
Outgrew Free; light weekly use	Standard ($12–15; 625 credits)
Create a few times a week; need TTS / Custom Voices / more storage	Pro ($28–35; 2,250 credits)
Generate most days; want rollover and max throughput	Max ($76–95; 9,500 + 1-mo rollover)
2–9 people sharing one workspace	Team (6,900 credits/seat pooled)

Look elsewhere if you: mainly edit recorded podcasts or camera footage by transcript — that is Descript, not a generation wallet. If you mainly want still-image aesthetics and Discord-style workflows, compare Midjourney in our Midjourney vs Runway piece. Directory: Runway.

Sources

Runway pricing — Free / Standard / Pro / Max prices, credits, Gen-4.5 and model rate table, FAQ on rollover and top-ups (checked Nov 7, 2026)
How do credits work? — allotments, Gen-4.5 12 credits/sec example, rollover rules, 1,000 top-up minimum, spend order (checked Nov 7, 2026)
Which plan is right for me? — Max replacing Unlimited notice; plan chooser (checked Nov 7, 2026)
Max plan details — 9,500 credits, rollover, on-demand speed (checked Nov 7, 2026)
Pro plan details — 2,250 credits; example allocations; no rollover (checked Nov 7, 2026)
Standard plan details — light-use guidance; example allocations (checked Nov 7, 2026)
Unlimited plan is switching to Max — Nov 30, 2026 cutover; $95/mo monthly migrate; Explore Mode removed on Max (checked Nov 7, 2026)