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Questions developers ask
Does this estimate include retries and failed generations?
No. Enter a clip count that includes the retries and failed generations you expect, then add storage, networking, moderation, support, and taxes separately.
Why can the same model have different provider costs?
Provider route, tier, resolution, duration, audio, region, and billing unit can differ. APIDir only compares an observation when its exact configuration is visible.
How current are the prices in the calculator?
Every result shows a freshness label, check date, and provider source. Stale observations remain evidence but cannot support a cheapest or savings claim.
Seedance and Runway buying boundary
Seedance API pricing on Runway: rights and route scope
Runway's API documentation prices credits at $0.01 each and publishes model-specific credits per generated second. APIDir keeps Gen-4.5, Seedance 2.0 standard, and Seedance 2.0 Fast as separate offers instead of blending them into one video rate.
Runway states that, as between the customer and Runway, customers retain their rights in generated creations and may use them commercially without a Runway attribution requirement. Customers still need rights to their inputs and must follow the current terms.
- Runway API pricingChecked Aug 22, 2026
- Runway commercial-use guidanceChecked Aug 22, 2026
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Runway referral disclosure
Published program: $15 for each new paid-plan subscriber using an accepted partner's code; the same code gives the referred user 25% off a Runway plan.
Runway reviews each application, requires an active Runway account and working creator-channel URL, and begins accepted partnerships with a three-month pilot. The public program page says payouts are sent on the first of each month through Stripe. This program concerns Runway subscription plans, not a separate API-revenue share.
APIDir's outbound-click event contains only the provider, page surface, and link mode. A qualifying conversion is reported by the provider's partner system and is not joined to email addresses or calculator inputs.
Official program page · checked Aug 22, 2026
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