Runway — tested and sourced

Runway

HybridPending

AI video platform with its own frontier models (Gen-4.5, Aleph, Act-Two) that also resells third-party image, video and audio models through its app and the Runway Dev API.

Known forGen-4.5 video, Aleph video-to-video editing, Act-Two performance capture, a developer API.

The wrapper check

Hybrid

Mixes its own models with third-party ones. Check which model ran your job.

Visit website ↗Last checked 2026-11-09#video#image#audio

Engine lineage

What's under the hood

10 engines. Shared with 15 other tools.

Own models · 4

Model	Maker	Modality	Availability	Source
Runway Act-Two	Runway	video	Available	runwayml.com ↗ · 2026-11-08
Runway Aleph 2.0	Runway	video	Available	runwayml.com ↗ · 2026-11-08
Runway Gen-4 Turbo	Runway	video	Available	unifically.com ↗ · 2026-11-08
Runway Gen-4.5	Runway	video	Available	runwayml.com ↗ · 2026-11-08

Third-party models · 6

Model	Maker	Modality	Availability	Source
FLUX.2	Black Forest Labs	image	Available	aigums.pages.dev ↗ · 2026-11-08
Seedance 2.0	ByteDance	video	Available	aigums.pages.dev ↗ · 2026-11-08
Seedream 5.0	ByteDance	image	Available	aigums.pages.dev ↗ · 2026-11-08
Veo 3.1	Google	video	Available	aigums.pages.dev ↗ · 2026-11-08
Kling 3.0	Kuaishou	video	Available	aigums.pages.dev ↗ · 2026-11-08
GPT Image 2	OpenAI	image	Available	runwayml.com ↗ · 2026-11-08

Evidence from the models inside

Most creative apps run on the same few dozen models. When we test a model, every tool that carries it inherits that evidence.

Seedance 2.00 Pist testsPending
No model claims logged yet.
Kling 3.01 Pist testsPending
Latest test 2026-11-09
No model claims logged yet.
Veo 3.10 Pist testsPending
No model claims logged yet.
Runway Gen-4.50 Pist testsPending
No model claims logged yet.
Runway Gen-4 Turbo0 Pist testsPending
No model claims logged yet.
Runway Aleph 2.00 Pist testsPending
No model claims logged yet.
Runway Act-Two0 Pist testsPending
No model claims logged yet.
FLUX.20 Pist testsPending
No model claims logged yet.
Seedream 5.00 Pist testsPending
No model claims logged yet.
GPT Image 20 Pist testsPending
No model claims logged yet.

Tests

No tests completed yet.

What they say vs. what's true

Claims ledger

“Third-party models on Runway's API cost more per second than Runway's own models.”
Third-party reportedUnificAlly ↗ · 2026-11-08
“Runway says all third-party model providers pass a security review and contractual data protection requirements.”
Vendor claimRunway ↗ · 2026-11-08
“Runway says new models on Runway Dev are available on day zero.”
Vendor claimRunway ↗ · 2026-11-08

Connects to

Integrations

Adobe Firefly partnerplugin
Runway models available inside Adobe Firefly.
jonpeddie.com ↗
OpenRouterapi
Gen-4.5 and Aleph 2.0 available via OpenRouter.
openrouter.ai ↗
Runway Dev APIapi
One API for Runway and third-party image, video, audio and character models.
runway.com ↗

Who owns what you make

Creator ownership

Runway says third-party model providers pass its vendor management program, including a security review and contractual data protection. Not yet reviewed by Pist: output ownership terms.

Timeline

Changes

2026-10-13Model added
Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro added to Runway Dev.
unifically.com ↗
2026-07-30Deprecation
Gen-3 Alpha Turbo and Gen-4 Aleph scheduled to sunset.
apiframe.ai ↗
2026-07-08Feature
Runway Dev launches: one API for Runway and third-party models.
runway.com ↗