Image concepts with Runway’s one-time starter credits; video generation was blocked in our Free-account check.
Free limit
125 starter credits
Image examples
View all 7 imagesGenerated in an existing Runway Personal · Free account through Agent on October 7, 2026. Seven original Gen-4 Image stills, including six creative concepts. Select an image to view it full size.
About Runway
Runway provides image generation and reference-based creative tools alongside paid video workflows. In our October 7 test, an existing Personal Free account generated seven Gen-4 Image stills through Agent. We downloaded and inspected seven 1920x1080 PNGs. The first desk image cost 8 generation credits plus 10 Agent credits; six creative concepts cost 48 generation credits plus 10 Agent credits, leaving 419. Details shows three previews; the complete page shows all seven with prompts and review notes. Tool-mode image models displayed Upgrade, so these results establish the tested Agent route only. Gen-4.5 and Gen-4 Turbo video attempts opened paid upgrade dialogs; no video was generated. Model access can change.
- Text-to-image concepts on available models
- Image references on supported models
- Image resolution and quantity controls
- Separately billed API
Free offer
- Allowance
- The documented $0 Free plan includes 125 one-time credits that do not expire or refresh, a changing selection of creative models and 5GB asset storage. Gen-4 Image documentation lists 5 credits per 720p image and 8 per 1080p image when the model is included in your account; quantity changes the total cost. Our checked Free account showed 500 credits initially, an unexplained account observation rather than a guaranteed allowance. Video generation was blocked by paid upgrade prompts in that account.
- Resets
- One time
- Commercial use
- Allowed
Requirements
- Account
- Yes
- Credit card
- Unknown
- Watermark
- Unknown
Best for
- Still illustrations for slides and articles
- Exploring image composition and visual styles
- Agent image concepts on models included in the account
Important restrictions & access notes
- 125 documented starter credits are one time, non-expiring and non-renewing
- Model access can change; our successful test used Agent while Tool image mode displayed Upgrade
- Gen-4.5 and Gen-4 Turbo video attempts opened paid upgrade prompts in our October 7 Free-account test
- Seven Gen-4 Image default-size Agent outputs and PNG downloads tested; other models and exports remain untested
- No visible watermark in the seven tested PNGs; universal image watermark policy stays unknown
- 500 credits were observed initially but are not a verified universal signup allowance
- The six creative images cost 48 generation credits plus 10 Agent credits; observed balance is 419
- Prompt misses include an extra astronaut, a non-floating cabin and four garden figures; inspect the captions
- Free users cannot buy top-up credits without upgrading
- General terms contain a payment-method condition; a no-card signup was not tested
- You must hold input rights; terms permit model-improvement use of inputs and outputs
- Browser-plan credits are separate from Runway API credits
- Platform: Chrome browser recommended by Runway
- Platform: iOS and Android apps; feature access may differ
- Verification: Runway account and compliance with current eligibility terms
- Verification: Inspect Agent image approval model, aspect ratio and displayed credit cost
Checked on Oct 3, 2026
Source verified against official provider documentation.
