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Runway API

Model API

by Runway

Hosted API for video, image and audio generation models from Runway and partner labs, billed per generation.

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What it does

• Video generation
• Image generation

How it compares

Sources

Pricing

Official documentation · 21 Aug 2026

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Pricing page · 30 Sep 2026

Runway's API rate card: "Each generation you run on Runway Dev costs credits. Credits can be purchased for $0.01 per credit in the developer portal for a project." It lists per-model credit rates and a "Create an account" route.

Deployment

Self-reported · 8 Sep 2026

Inferred 2026-09-08, not read off a page: every already-decided product of type 'model-api' in this catalogue includes "saas" in its deployment list, zero exceptions, per item 198's measured cross-tab. May be incomplete if this product also offers a self-hosted or private-cloud option; not wrong either way.

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