Model · Runway · Video-Gen
Runway Gen-4.5
Runway's flagship video generation model. Strong creative-tooling ecosystem (motion brush, camera control, style transfer); the production tool of choice for many video creators.
- Modality
- Video-Gen
- License
- Proprietary (Proprietary)
- Released
- December 11, 2025
- Last verified
- June 8, 2026
- Runs locally
- No
Strengths
- Mature creative tooling — motion brush, camera control, lipsync
- Image-to-video and video-to-video in the same UI
- Established commercial-use rights via subscription
Weaknesses
- Closed — product/API only
- Sora 2 and Veo 3.1 are the main rivals on raw realism
Try it
| Where | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Runway | product | Free tier with credits |
| Runway API | hosted-api | API key required |
Official sources
- API docs docs
Change log
- — Updated from Gen-3 to Gen-4.5 (released 2025-12-11) per Runway changelog. (Interim: Gen-4 / Gen-4 Turbo 2025-04.)
- — Initial entry.
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