How much does Runway cost?

Runway publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Free up to $76/month for Unlimited. The entry tier costs nothing.

Does Runway have a free plan?

Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers 125 credits, basic tools, 720p exports. Paying starts at $12/month for Standard.

What is the difference between Free and Standard on Runway?

Standard costs $12/month against Free, and adds 625 credits/month, gen-2 access, 4k exports.

Is the Unlimited plan on Runway worth it?

That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is unlimited generations, custom models, api access. It costs $76/month against $12/month for Standard. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.

Which social media tools can I use without paying?

4 of the 8 social media tools listed alongside Runway have a free tier: X, Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr.

Does Runway charge per user?

The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.

Are these Runway prices current?

They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.

What should I compare Runway against before paying?

The closest social media tools in this directory are X, Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Runway covering price, platforms and features.

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Runway pricing

Runway publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.

As of 30 August 2026, Runway pricing is free across 4 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.

Entry price: Free
Model: Subscription
Tiers: 4
Free tier: Yes

Runway plans, side by side

Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.

Runway pricing tiers
Plan	Price	Features listed	Step up from the tier below
Free	Free	3	Entry tier
Standard	$12/month	3	+$12/month, 3 more features
Pro	$28/month	3	+$16/month, 3 more features
Unlimited	$76/month	3	+$48/month, 3 more features

What each tier adds

The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.

Free

The entry tier. It covers 125 credits, basic tools, 720p exports.

Standard

$12/month

Over Free, this tier adds:

625 credits/month
Gen-2 access
4K exports

Pro

$28/month

Over Standard, this tier adds:

2250 credits/month
All tools
Priority processing

Unlimited

$76/month

Over Pro, this tier adds:

Unlimited generations
Custom models
API access

Where Runway stops being free

Free, Free

125 credits
Basic tools
720p exports

Standard, $12/month

The first thing you pay for:

625 credits/month
Gen-2 access
4K exports

What the product covers

The full Runway feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.

Other

Gen-2 video generation
Green screen
Inpainting
Super resolution
Motion tracking

Integrations

Adobe Premiere
Final Cut Pro
API access

Security

SOC 2 compliant
Enterprise security

Platform

Web support

People bring Runway in for generating video clips from text or image prompts, extending or editing existing footage with generative models, removing objects and backgrounds from video, storyboarding and previsualisation for production. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Runway are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

How that compares in Social Media

Too few social media tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.

Runway entry price against other Social Media tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
Runway (this page)	Free	subscription	-
X	Free	Free to use, paid X Premium tiers and metered developer API	-	vs Runway
Facebook	Free	Free, funded entirely by targeted advertising	-	vs Runway
Pinterest	Free	Free for users, advertising revenue from businesses	-	vs Runway
Tumblr	Free	Free to use, optional ad-free subscription and paid post promotion	-	vs Runway
Awario	$29/month	Per month by mention volume	-	vs Runway
Determ	€99/month	Per month by topic and mention volume	-	vs Runway

Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Runway badges page.

Before you pay for Runway

Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.

What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between Free and $76/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.

Runway runs on web, and is published by Runway AI Inc of New York, NY. The full record is on the Runway review, and the rest of the category is under best social media tools.

Runway pricing on the vendor's own site

Runway pricing questions

How much does Runway cost?: Runway publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Free up to $76/month for Unlimited. The entry tier costs nothing.
Does Runway have a free plan?: Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers 125 credits, basic tools, 720p exports. Paying starts at $12/month for Standard.
What is the difference between Free and Standard on Runway?: Standard costs $12/month against Free, and adds 625 credits/month, gen-2 access, 4k exports.
Is the Unlimited plan on Runway worth it?: That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is unlimited generations, custom models, api access. It costs $76/month against $12/month for Standard. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
Which social media tools can I use without paying?: 4 of the 8 social media tools listed alongside Runway have a free tier: X, Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr.
What am I actually paying for with Runway?: The record lists 11 features across 4 areas: other, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in for generating video clips from text or image prompts, extending or editing existing footage with generative models, removing objects and backgrounds from video.
Does Runway charge per user?: The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
Are these Runway prices current?: They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
What should I compare Runway against before paying?: The closest social media tools in this directory are X, Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Runway covering price, platforms and features.