Runway Gen-4 Turbo · 60 s · 720p

Sixty seconds of Gen-4 Turbo at 720p. Turbo is the tier to iterate on: same API, a fraction of the per-second rate, so a bad take costs almost nothing.

What you get

• 60 seconds of generated video on one API key, billed per second of output. Order several units to stack seconds on the same key.
• A personal API key for gen4_turbo, issued automatically once your order is completed.
• Priced at $0.050 per second of video at 720p. Source: the vendor's own API pricing page.
• 5 s clips · 720p · 24 fps · audio: No
• No shipping: delivery is digital, under My Account > Order History and by email.

Capabilities

• Per second
• 720p
• Draft tier
• 5 s clips

Best for

Storyboards and animatics before the final render.

Quick start

# pip install requests

import os, time, requests

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["RUNWAYML_API_SECRET"],
    "X-Runway-Version": "2024-11-06",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}
task = requests.post(
    "https://api.dev.runwayml.com/v1/text_to_video",
    headers=headers,
    json={
        "model": "gen4_turbo",
        "promptText": "a paper boat drifting down a rain-soaked street",
        "ratio": "1280:720",
        "duration": 5,
    },
).json()

while True:
    job = requests.get("https://api.dev.runwayml.com/v1/tasks/" + task["id"], headers=headers).json()
    if job["status"] == "SUCCEEDED":
        print(job["output"])
        break
    if job["status"] == "FAILED":
        raise SystemExit(job.get("failure", "task failed"))
    time.sleep(3)