Runway Unveils Gen-4.5 Text to Video for Standard Plan, Enhancing Creative Capabilities
What happened
Between the Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026 captures of Runway's pricing page, Pulse recorded 4 changes: Access to all Apps added to Standard plan; Gen-4.5 added to Unlimited plan's unlimited generations in Explore Mode; Gen-4.5 (Text to Video) capability added to Standard plan; Ability to run Workflows added to Standard plan. Pulse files it as a product change (feature added) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 21, 2026) lists Standard at $12, Pro at $28 and Max at $76.
Runway's previous recorded change was "Runway Removes Gen-3 Alpha Turbo from Free Plan, Impacting Access to Image to Video Features" (Q3 2025). Before that Pulse recorded "Runway Transforms Unlimited Plan to Credit-Based Model, Enhances Free Plan with Gen-4 Text to Image Feature" (Q2 2025), "Runway Removes Custom AI Generator Training from Standard Plan, Enhancing Enterprise and Unlimited Plans with Frames Access" (Q1 2025) and "Runway Removes Key Video Export Features Across Plans, Impacting Pro and Standard Users" (Dec 2024). Runway has been tracked since 2024-11-17.
In the same window Synthesia, Adobe and Loom also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
“Runwayml” is the name Runway’s pricing page uses; Pulse files the change under Runway, the company it tracks.
- Standard · FeatureAddedNo Access to all AppsAccess to all Apps
- Unlimited · FeatureAddedNo Gen-4.5Gen-4.5
- Standard · FeatureFeature added
Gen-4.5 (Text to Video) capability added to Standard plan
- Standard · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo Ability to run Workflows
AfterAbility to run Workflows
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Feature | No Access to all Apps | Access to all Apps | Added |
| Unlimited | Feature | No Gen-4.5 | Gen-4.5 | Added |
| Standard | Feature | Gen-4.5 (Text to Video) capability added to Standard plan | Feature added | |
| Standard | Feature | No Ability to run Workflows | Ability to run Workflows | Added |
Values as written on Runway's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Runway's pricing page (runway.com) from Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where Access to all Apps now appears.
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Runway, pricing history
Full history- Apr 21, 2026packagingRunway swaps Seedance promo for RUNWAY50 code, 50% off any plan till Monday
- Apr 13, 2026packagingRunway launches Seedance 2.0 globally with 50% off for 3 months
- Apr 4, 2026improvedRunway Expands Free Tier with Gemini 3 Pro and Generative Audio Tools
- Jan 12, 2026improvedRunway Unveils Gen-4.5 Text to Video for Standard Plan, Enhancing Creative Capabilities · this change
- Q3 2025packagingRunway Removes Gen-3 Alpha Turbo from Free Plan, Impacting Access to Image to Video Features
- Q2 2025packagingRunway Transforms Unlimited Plan to Credit-Based Model, Enhances Free Plan with Gen-4 Text to Image Feature
- Q1 2025packagingRunway Removes Custom AI Generator Training from Standard Plan, Enhancing Enterprise and Unlimited Plans with Frames Access
- Dec 2024improvedRunway Removes Key Video Export Features Across Plans, Impacting Pro and Standard Users
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- SynthesiaJan 12Synthesia Introduces AI Dubbing [Beta] for Enterprise Plan, Enabling Video Translation in 29 Languages with Original Voice Preservation
- AdobeJan 10Adobe Creativecloud Introduces Firefly Pro Plan at $29.99/mo with Early Access Pricing, Amidst Multiple Price Increases for Other Plans
- LoomJan 10Loom Introduces Unlimited Meeting Recording Length Across All Tiers, Enhancing Accessibility for Users
Questions about this change
Did Runway raise prices in January 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature added.
What changed on Runway's pricing page between Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026?
Standard feature: No Access to all Apps → Access to all Apps, added; Unlimited feature: No Gen-4.5 → Gen-4.5, added; Gen-4.5 (Text to Video) capability added to Standard plan; Standard feature: No Ability to run Workflows → Ability to run Workflows, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Runway change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Runway in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Runway Removes Gen-3 Alpha Turbo from Free Plan, Impacting Access to Image to Video Features" in Q3 2025; Runway has been tracked since 2024-11-17.