Image to video
Animate a still image into a short video clip, guided by a text prompt. 1 live · 1 in the catalog.
| Provider | Price | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Animate an image into video (Runway Gen-4 Turbo)Runway | $0.250 / 4 seconds of video | Live |
Success rate and speed will show once a provider has 5 real calls in the last 30 days.
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Questions
Which Image to video API is cheapest?
The cheapest is Runway at $0.250 per 4 seconds of video. Failed calls are not charged.
How do I call an Image to video API from an AI agent?
Connect your agent once: paste the message from superpowers.tools/docs into Claude, ChatGPT or Codex. Then ask in your own words, and your agent picks this provider and runs it. You pay only when a call works, and new accounts get $5 free. Developers can call POST /v1/run with "tool": "runway.image-to-video" or use the MCP server.
For developersAPI call and the shared input and output format
Call it with one API key: POST /v1/run with "tool": "runway.image-to-video", or through the MCP server. Every provider takes the same input and returns the same output, and failed calls are not charged.
Input
{
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": false,
"required": [
"image_url"
],
"properties": {
"image_url": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri",
"description": "First frame of the video: an https PNG, JPEG or WebP image. Images made with Superpowers tools work directly."
},
"prompt": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 1000,
"description": "What should happen in the video: subject motion, camera move, mood. Optional; without it Runway animates the image on its own."
},
"duration": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 4,
"maximum": 10,
"default": 4,
"description": "Length in seconds (4 to 10, default 4). Price is US$0.25 per 4 seconds: 4 s costs US$0.25, 6 s US$0.375, 10 s US$0.625. Set max_price_usd at least that high."
},
"ratio": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"16:9",
"9:16",
"4:3",
"3:4",
"1:1",
"21:9"
],
"default": "16:9",
"description": "Output frame: 16:9 (1280x720), 9:16 (720x1280), 4:3, 3:4, 1:1 or 21:9. Pick the one closest to the image to avoid cropping."
},
"seed": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 4294967295,
"description": "Optional seed; the same seed and input give similar results."
}
}
}Normalized output
{
"video_url": "",
"duration_s": 0
}