Do Runway Credits Roll Over? (2026): Only Max Does

Direct answer

Runway's monthly plan credits do not roll over on the Standard and Pro plans — they reset to the full allowance on your billing day each cycle, and unused credits are forfeited. The Max plan ($76/month billed annually) is the exception: its pricing page lists a one-month credit rollover. Separately, purchased credits (bought à la carte from $10) never expire and aren't tied to your billing cycle. Monthly credits are always spent before purchased ones. Verified against Runway's help center and pricing page July 2026.

Last verified

Jul 13, 2026

How we know

Desk-verified against primary sources

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Evidence used

• The no-rollover rule and the purchased-credit exception were read verbatim from Runway's help center on Jul 13, 2026 (via a reader proxy).
• The Max-plan one-month rollover is listed on Runway's live pricing page and is not mentioned in the help article — we cite both.

How we checked this

• We quote Runway's own help-center wording and link the source article and pricing page.
• We earn no commission on Runway; this is editorial coverage of a tool we review.

The default: monthly credits reset, they don't roll over

On Standard and Pro, Runway's monthly credits refresh to the full allowance on your billing day and any unused credits from the previous cycle are forfeited. Cancel, and the balance resets to zero.

Runway's help center states the general rule plainly: "These credits refresh every month on your billing day, resetting to your plan's full allowance. They don't roll over; any unused credits from the previous cycle are forfeited. If you've cancelled, your balance resets to 0."

So on the Standard ($12/mo annual, 625 credits) and Pro ($28/mo annual, 2,250 credits) plans, credits are use-it-or-lose-it within the billing cycle. There's no way to bank a light month toward a heavy one on these tiers — the meter zeroes and refills on your billing day.

The Max-plan exception (and why purchased credits differ)

The Max plan is the one tier that rolls unused monthly credits over, for one month, per Runway's pricing page. Purchased à-la-carte credits are separate — they never expire and aren't affected by your billing cycle.

Here's the wrinkle worth knowing: Runway's help article describing the no-rollover rule doesn't mention any exception, but the pricing page lists "credit roll over 1 mo" as a Max-plan ($76/mo billed annually, 9,500 credits) feature. Both are accurate — the general rule holds for Standard and Pro, and Max is the carve-out with a one-month carry. If rollover matters to your workflow, Max is the only subscription tier that offers it.

Purchased credits are a different animal entirely. Bought separately (from $10, at roughly $0.01 per credit), they "never expire when unused and aren't affected by your billing cycle." The catch: you can't choose which balance to draw from — Runway always spends your monthly credits first (since those would otherwise expire), then dips into purchased credits. Our Runway review and the refund-policy explainer cover the rest of the billing picture.

How Runway's rollover compares to HeyGen and Synthesia

Runway restricts monthly-credit rollover to its Max plan; HeyGen is more generous, carrying unused credits forward one cycle on every monthly plan; Synthesia's annual credit pools don't roll over per our reading. If banking unused credits matters, HeyGen's policy is the friendliest of the three.

Credit rollover is one of those policies that only bites you in an uneven month — a slow week followed by a big project — and the three tools handle it very differently. Runway, as covered above, limits rollover to the Max tier. HeyGen is the outlier in the other direction: on its monthly plans, unused credits carry forward one billing cycle, and its annual plans accumulate them until renewal. So a HeyGen Creator user who underuses one month isn't simply forfeiting the balance the way a Runway Standard or Pro user is.

Synthesia sits at the strict end. Its credits are an annual pool, and our reading — flagged as secondary-sourced, since Synthesia's primary credits guide doesn't state it outright — is that unused annual credits don't roll over. The Synthesia credits explainer covers that pool and the caveat in full. The practical upshot: if your output is bursty and you hate losing paid allowance, weigh HeyGen's rollover against Runway's Max-only policy before you commit annually to either.

• Runway: rollover only on Max (1 month); Standard and Pro reset each cycle
• HeyGen: every monthly plan carries unused credits forward one cycle; annual plans accumulate to renewal
• Synthesia: annual credit pool; no rollover per our (secondary-sourced) reading

Related questions

• Does Runway have a free plan?Yes, Runway has a free plan, but its credits behave differently from what most expect: the free grant is a one-time allotment that doesn't refill each month, so it's for trying the tool, not ongoing use.

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