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Runwayml Finops

FinOps view of Runway API spend. The Runway developer API is billed on prepaid credits (roughly $0.01 per credit) consumed per generation task. Cost is driven by output length and model: video is billed per second (Gen-4 Turbo ~5 credits/sec, Aleph video-to-video ~28 credits/sec), images per image (Gen-4 Image ~5 credits at 720p), speech per character, and upscales per output frame. The dominant cost lever is the number and duration of video generations and the model chosen. Enterprise agreements cover volume credit pricing and higher limits.

Runwayml Finops is the FinOps profile for Runway on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 5 billable meters, billed in USD, on a prepaid cycle, and pricing category usage-based.

The profile maps 8 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Video Generation, AI Video, Generative AI, FinOps, and Cost Management.

Category: AI and Machine Learning Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Prepaid FOCUS v1.3
Video GenerationAI VideoGenerative AIFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchase

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Runway
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
ProviderName
Runway
PublisherName
Runway
ServiceCategory
AI and Machine Learning
ServiceName
Runway API

Meters

video_seconds
Unit: seconds
Seconds of video generated, billed in credits per second by model (image-to-video, video-to-video, character performance).
images
Unit: images
Images generated by the text-to-image models, billed in credits per image by resolution.
speech_characters
Unit: characters
Characters synthesized by text-to-speech, billed at 1 credit per 50 characters.
upscale_frames
Unit: frames
Output frames produced by video upscaling, billed per frame.
credits
Unit: credits
Prepaid credits consumed across all generation tasks; roughly $0.01 per credit.

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