Runway: AI Image & Video

Runway Review: Every Model in One App, but Credits Run Fast

125 Free Credits Once, Then 625 a Month on Standard

The free plan is a single deposit of 125 credits that does not expire, plus 5 GB of storage and a narrower pick of models; nothing refills. The pricing page prices a five-second Gen-4.5 clip at 60 credits, so the deposit is worth roughly two clips at that rate, while a Gen-4 Image Turbo picture costs 2. Standard, at $12 a month billed yearly or $15 monthly, adds 625 credits a month, which the page converts to 52 seconds of Gen-4.5 or 104 of Gen-4 Turbo, and it is the first tier whose list says no watermarks. Pro lifts the allowance to 2,250 credits and Max to 9,500; parallel generations rise from five to fifteen to twenty. Prices are US listings and can change.

Runway Agent and Seedance 2.5 Draft Mode

Agent swaps the timeline for a chat: describe the video, and it plans the shots, generates them and assembles the cut, then takes corrections as follow-up messages. Screenshots show Chat and Feed tabs, a bottom bar of three icons, and starter prompts such as putting a brand logo on objects or picturing a house after renovation. Since October 2, 2026 Agent can use Seedance 2.5 Draft mode on every plan, which makes fast 480p drafts that are enhanced after generation, so a rough cut costs less than a final render. Keeping one character or location across shots is a listed feature, and music, voice and sound-effect generation appears from Standard upward.

Credits Burn on Retries, and Prompts May Train Models

Credits are the only meter, and reviewers on both stores say every attempt spends them, usable or not. The complaints repeat: misspelled on-screen text, characters whose faces or outfits change between segments, and Agent retries that several App Store reviewers say ran without asking first. Packs are the fallback: the App Store lists 1,000 credits for $10 up to 10,000 for $100, and the website sets a 1,000-credit minimum, with bought credits that never expire. The terms say cancelling keeps access to the end of the paid period without a prorated refund, that the company claims no ownership of outputs, and that inputs and outputs may be used to train its models.