Pay for Runway with a crypto card

Runway sells video generation by subscription, with credits included in each tier and more available to buy. The checkout at runwayml.com is card only, and like most US based AI tools it refuses cards from a number of countries. A prepaid Mastercard issued in US dollars is accepted regardless of where you live.

Buy the card, send USDT to it, and add it on the Runway billing page. Monthly renewals and extra credit purchases both go to that card.

What Runway costs

At the time of writing Standard is $15 a month, Pro is $35 and Unlimited is $95, each cheaper on annual billing. Extra credits are sold in packs. Prices are in US dollars, so the card is charged the listed price plus the $0.10 service fee and nothing for conversion.

At the Runway checkout

In Runway open Settings, Billing, choose a plan and enter the card details with the name from your CryptoCardex account. A 3D Secure code, if requested, arrives in your account. For credit packs the same card on file is used. Top up the yearly amount in full before choosing annual billing.

If the payment is declined

Declines come from a short balance or from a 3D Secure code entered too late. Top up a little more than the price, retry once and let the code screen finish before closing it. Failed renewals are retried by Runway for a few days after a top up.

What the card itself costs

The card costs $49.99 once and nothing per month. A top up is 3% plus the network fee. A purchase in a currency other than US dollars costs 2.5% of the amount, every approved purchase over $1 carries a $0.10 service fee, and the issuing bank's fee on a purchase is passed on at cost. All of it is in one table on the pricing page; if a charge is not there, we do not take it.

How to get the card and pay

1. Open the card. Sign up with an email address and pay $49.99 once for the virtual Mastercard. The card number, expiry date and CVV appear in your account about two minutes later. No passport and no selfie.
2. Top it up with crypto. Send USDT or USDC on TRON, BNB Chain, Polygon or Ethereum to the deposit address shown in the account. The top up costs 3% plus the network fee, and the balance is held in US dollars.
3. Pay at the checkout. Enter the card like any other Mastercard: number, expiry, CVV, the name from your account and the billing address it asks for. The merchant sees an ordinary card payment, not crypto.

Questions people ask

Does Runway accept prepaid Mastercards?

Yes. The processor treats the card like any US dollar Mastercard.

Can I buy extra credits with the card?

Yes. Credit packs use the card on file and are charged at once.

Is there a cheaper way to try Runway first?

Runway's free tier gives a small number of credits without a card. When they run out, Standard is the entry plan and the card pays for it.