Runway Gen-4 Image API Pricing: Official vs Resellers (September 2026)
Runway Gen-4 Image is an image generation model from Runway. We track 3 published prices for it from 2 providers (1 official, 1 aggregator), last checked 2026-09-28.
Official prices from Runway range from $0.0500/image (Standard · 720p) to $0.0800/image (Standard · 1080p), depending on the configuration.
The lowest published price is $0.0500/image from Runway (official; Standard · 720p). No listed price is below the official price for a matching spec.
Published prices — not yet independently tested. Figures are copied from each provider's public pricing page or pricing API on 2026-09-28. We have not run test generations yet, so a listed price says nothing about reliability or output quality. Every price links to its source.
All published prices (3)
Sorted by normalized price (US dollars per image). Rows without a normalized figure (clip length or unit not stated) are listed last.
| Provider | Type | Spec | Published price | $ / image | × official | Confidence | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runway | Official | Standard · 720pListed as: Gen-4 Image (gen4_image) | $0.05 / image | $0.0500 | 1.00× | Pricing page | docs.dev.runwayml.com | Note5 credits per 720p image; up to 3 reference images. |
| WaveSpeedAI | Aggregator | Standard · 720pListed as: Runway Gen4 Image | $0.055 / image | $0.0550 | 1.10× | Pricing page | wavespeed.ai | Note1080p $0.09. |
| Runway | Official | Standard · 1080pListed as: Gen-4 Image (gen4_image) | $0.08 / image | $0.0800 | 1.00× | Pricing page | docs.dev.runwayml.com | Note8 credits per 1080p image (e.g. 1920:1080). |
× official = normalized price ÷ the cheapest official price for the same model and spec. ~ marks a relaxed match: tier, resolution or audio is unspecified on one side, and every compatible official spec costs the same. — = no unambiguous official price to compare.
Confidence: “Pricing page” = read on the provider’s own pricing or docs page; “Pricing API” = read from a public API response. “BYO” tiers are bring-your-own-account estimates, not per-call prices.
FAQ
- What is the official Runway Gen-4 Image API price?
- Official prices from Runway range from $0.0500/image (Standard · 720p) to $0.0800/image (Standard · 1080p), depending on the configuration. Official configurations: $0.0500/image (Standard · 720p); $0.0800/image (Standard · 1080p).
- What is the cheapest Runway Gen-4 Image API?
- The lowest published price is $0.0500/image from Runway (official; Standard · 720p). No listed price is below the official price for a matching spec. Prices were checked on 2026-09-28; they are published prices, not results of our own test generations.