Yes. A new account starts with $2 of credit and needs no card. After that you add credit from $5 and pay for each clip, with no plan.

Can I use Gen-4.5 or Aleph on Leap?

No. Those are Runway's own models and run on Runway. Leap runs Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.5, Wan, Hailuo and Grok Imagine.

Does credit expire on Leap?

Credit you pay for doesn't expire while Leap is offered. On Runway, Standard and Pro credits reset each billing cycle, and credits bought on top never expire.

Can I edit a video I already have?

Yes. The Restyle and Recast recipes and video edit models such as Kling O3 Video Edit change a clip you upload.

Can I use Leap from my own app or an AI agent?

Yes. The API and the MCP server spend the same balance as the studio, at the same prices, with no plan needed.

Leap vs RunwayA Runway alternative, compared

Leap is one studio for Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.5, Wan, Hailuo and the other top video models, with Nano Banana Pro and GPT Image 2 for stills and one-click recipes for ads, effects and talking photos. You pay for each clip in dollars, with no plan, and credit you pay for doesn't expire.

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How Leap and Runway compare

What you pay, what happens to credit you don't use, and what you get for it, from each one's own pages.

Topic	Leap	Runway
How you pay	Leap: Per run, from a balance in dollars. No plan to pick.	Runway: A plan: Standard $15, Pro $35 or Max $95 a month for 625, 2,250 or 9,500 credits, or $12, $28 or $76 a month billed yearly.
What a credit buys	Leap: No credits. Each model's page gives its price per second or per image.	Runway: Gen-4.5 uses 12 credits a second, so Standard's 625 credits make about 52 seconds of it.
Unused credit	Leap: Credit you pay for doesn't expire.	Runway: Standard and Pro credits reset each billing cycle. On Max, up to a month of unused credits rolls over. Credits bought on top never expire.
Buying more	Leap: Add any amount from $5 to $10,000 whenever you like, or turn on auto top-up.	Runway: Extra credits, at least 1,000 at a time.
A run that fails	Leap: Costs nothing. Only a run that succeeds is charged.	Runway: Credits come back when a generation ends in an error.
Models	Leap: Veo, Kling, Seedance, Wan, Hailuo, Grok Imagine, Nano Banana, GPT Image, FLUX and more, plus voice and music models.	Runway: Runway's own Gen-4.5 and Aleph 2.0, plus Kling 3.0, Seedance, Nano Banana Pro and more.
API and agents	Leap: An API and an MCP server that spend the same balance, at the same prices as the studio.	Runway: Runway MCP on Pro and Max. The API is billed apart, with credits at $0.01 each bought for a project in its developer portal.
Starting free	Leap: $2 of credit, no card needed.	Runway: A free plan with 125 credits, once.

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Runway's plans, prices and policies are as its own pricing and help pages gave them on October 5, 2026, before tax. They change, so check its pages before you buy.

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Where they differ

On Leap, not on Runway

Pay as you go with no plan: top up from $5 whenever you want more.
Credit you pay for keeps. Nothing resets each billing cycle.
The API and the MCP server spend the studio's balance from the first dollar, with no plan needed.

On Runway, not on Leap

Runway's own models, Gen-4.5 and Aleph 2.0.
Apps for iPhone and Android.
Custom voice clones and Brand Kits on Pro and Max.
HDR, ProRes and image sequence output on Max, and unlimited 4K video upscaling on Pro and Max.

Made on Leap

Real runs, as they came back, each with the model or recipe that made it. Where a price shows, it is about what the runs behind the piece were charged, first frame included.

Sister, pull overVeo 3.1
The hamster bossSeedance 2.5, $2.56
Desert jellyfishVeo 3.1 Lite, $0.33
AishSeedance 1.5 Pro, $0.68
FlamingosGrok Imagine Video
Forest living roomVeo 3.1 Lite, $0.22
RiadFLUX.3 Video, $1.95
Low TideWan 3.0
Powder turnVeo 3.1 Fast, $0.44

Switching

Moving from Runway

Where the same job lives on Leap, from a one-photo recipe to the same model.

Aleph 2.0: RestyleThe same clip, every frame redrawn: claymation, anime, felt puppets or living marble.
Act-Two: Kling 3.0 Motion ControlMoves the character in your image the way the person in a reference video moves, and keeps the face through turns, hands and hats. Billed by the length of the reference video.
Kling 3.0: Kling 3.0Cinematic motion and strong physics, from text or a first frame.
Seedance 2.0: Seedance 2.0ByteDance's reliable all-rounder: lifelike motion with sound, from text or a first frame with no real person in it.

What it costs

What a run costs on Leap

A new account comes with $2 of credit and no card. The table shows each model's cheapest run and about how many the credit covers. After that you add credit and pay per run, and a run that fails costs nothing.

Model	From	What $2 makes
Veo 3.1	$0.88for 4 s	About 2 clips
Kling 3.0	$0.92for 5 s	About 2 clips
Seedance 2.5	$0.60for 5 s with sound	About 3 clips
Wan 3.0	$0.28for 5 s with sound	About 7 clips
Hailuo 2.3	$0.31for 6 s	About 6 clips
Grok Imagine Video	$0.28for 5 s	About 7 clips

Each price is one run at the model's lowest-priced settings, from the live catalog. Larger sizes, longer clips and sound cost more, and the studio shows the exact price before every run. How pricing works.

Questions

Questions people ask

Is Leap free to try?: Yes. A new account starts with $2 of credit and needs no card. After that you add credit from $5 and pay for each clip, with no plan.
Can I use Gen-4.5 or Aleph on Leap?: No. Those are Runway's own models and run on Runway. Leap runs Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.5, Wan, Hailuo and Grok Imagine.
Does credit expire on Leap?: Credit you pay for doesn't expire while Leap is offered. On Runway, Standard and Pro credits reset each billing cycle, and credits bought on top never expire.
Can I edit a video I already have?: Yes. The Restyle and Recast recipes and video edit models such as Kling O3 Video Edit change a clip you upload.
Can I use Leap from my own app or an AI agent?: Yes. The API and the MCP server spend the same balance as the studio, at the same prices, with no plan needed.

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