Alternatives
Best cheaper alternatives to Gen4.5
Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for Gen4.5 by Runway? We compared every Video model with verifiable pricing on real input/output cost, context window, intelligence and modalities. 18 options are meaningfully cheaper.
Category: Video
Grok Imagine Video92% CHEAPER
xAI
Same category
$0.01 in · $0.05 out / 1 Second 98%
ByteDance Seedance 1.0 Lite100% CHEAPER
Together AI
Same category
$0 in · $0.14 out / 1 Video 96%
PixVerse v5100% CHEAPER
Together AI
Same category
$0 in · $0.3 out / 1 Video 96%
Eleven Multilingual V292% CHEAPER
Runway
Same category
$0.01 in · $0.01 out / request 78%
Eleven Text To Sound V292% CHEAPER
Runway
Same category
$0.01 in · $0.01 out / second 78%
Eleven Voice Isolation92% CHEAPER
Runway
Same category
$0.01 in · $0.01 out / request 78%
Eleven Voice Dubbing92% CHEAPER
Runway
Same category
$0.01 in · $0.01 out / request 78%
Eleven Multilingual Sts V292% CHEAPER
Runway
Same category
$0.01 in · $0.01 out / request 78%
Gen4 Image Turbo83% CHEAPER
Runway
Same category
$0.02 in · $0.02 out / image 78%
Gwm1 Avatars83% CHEAPER
Runway
Same category
$0.02 in · $0.02 out / request 78%
Photo Avatar72% CHEAPER
HeyGen
Same category
$0.0333 in · $0.1 out / request 78%
Digital Twin72% CHEAPER
HeyGen
Same category
$0.0333 in · $0.1 out / request 78%
Studio Avatar72% CHEAPER
HeyGen
Same category
$0.0333 in · $0.1 out / request 78%
Lipsync72% CHEAPER
HeyGen
Same category
$0.0333 in · $0.0667 out / image 78%
Marengo Video Indexing65% CHEAPER
TwelveLabs
Same category
$0.042 in · $0 out / 1 Minute Video 96%
Veo 3.1 Lite58% CHEAPER
Google
Same category
$0.05 in · $0 out / 1 Second 98%
Gen4 Turbo58% CHEAPER
Runway
Same category
$0.05 in · $0.05 out / second 78%
Gen-3 Alpha Turbo58% CHEAPER
Runway
Same category
$0.05 in · $0.05 out / second 78%
Costs are normalised to a blended 1M-token workload (or per-unit price for non-token models) using each model's latest verified pricing. Models with pricing under review are excluded from recommendations.