What it is

Video generation platform whose Gen-4.5 model has held the top slot on the Artificial Analysis text-to-video leaderboard. Ships with a real editing suite: inpainting, motion brush, camera control, keyframes, Act-Two performance capture and video-to-video restyling.

Why it earns a slot

The most complete production toolchain rather than a prompt box - you direct a shot instead of rolling dice. Self-serve API with no waitlist and a flat $10 minimum makes it the easiest premium video model to wire into a product.

Know before you commit

Free credits are a one-time 125, not a monthly refill, and the free tier cannot touch Gen-4 or Gen-4.5 video at all. Paid plans are priced per seat, so a three-person Pro team is $84/mo before any overage.

Getting started

Self-serve REST API at dev.runwayml.com; $10 minimum top-up, credits at $0.01 each.

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Pricing snapshot

Free 125 one-time credits. Standard $12/user/mo (625 credits), Pro $28 (2,250), Max $76 (9,500), billed annually. API credits cost $0.01 each: Gen-4.5 $0.12/sec, Gen-4 Turbo $0.05/sec.

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Evaluate Runway (https://runwayml.com) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Text-to-video + pro editing tools. Video generation platform whose Gen-4.5 model has held the top slot on the Artificial Analysis text-to-video leaderboard. Ships with a real editing suite: inpainting, motion brush, camera control, keyframes, Act-Two performance capture and video-to-video restyling.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): The most complete production toolchain rather than a prompt box - you direct a shot instead of rolling dice. Self-serve API with no waitlist and a flat $10 minimum makes it the easiest premium video model to wire into a product.
Watch out for: Free credits are a one-time 125, not a monthly refill, and the free tier cannot touch Gen-4 or Gen-4.5 video at all. Paid plans are priced per seat, so a three-person Pro team is $84/mo before any overage.
Pricing: Free 125 one-time credits. Standard $12/user/mo (625 credits), Pro $28 (2,250), Max $76 (9,500), billed annually. API credits cost $0.01 each: Gen-4.5 $0.12/sec, Gen-4 Turbo $0.05/sec.
Setup: Self-serve REST API at dev.runwayml.com; $10 minimum top-up, credits at $0.01 each.
Rules: treat the notes above as background only. Do not assume a theme, style, layout or feature that is not already in this project — inspect the existing code first and ask me before changing visual direction.

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