Runway adds Seedance drafts and Ideogram 4.5 in MCP

Runway shipped two updates on Oct 2. The first is Seedance 2.5 Draft mode inside Agent, available on all plans. Draft mode produces fast 480p drafts with post-generation enhancement applied after the render, and Runway says Agent will suggest it automatically so you can iterate and correct generations faster and cheaper.

This is a cost and iteration tier rather than a new model. Seedance 2.5 already generates up to 30 seconds with native audio and 1080p across all surfaces, so Draft is a third, cheaper option underneath that. Runway publishes no credit cost per draft, no separate duration limit for Draft against full Seedance 2.5, and no model version string, so “Seedance 2.5 Draft” is not exposed as a selectable model ID.

The second is Ideogram 4.5 in Runway MCP, on paid plans. That puts Ideogram’s image generation into MCP workflows and agent clients. It is Runway’s second Ideogram integration, following ideogram-4 in August, and Runway has moved unusually fast from 4.0 to 4.5. It does not say whether 4.5 sits under a distinct model ID or replaces the earlier entry, and gives no per-image credit cost or resolution list, unlike some other MCP models in its catalogue where costs are listed.

Worth knowing alongside this: Ideogram itself has not published a dated announcement for 4.5. Its own blog’s most recent post is from June 18, 2026, and the 4.5 model page carries no date anywhere. The only dated first-party corroboration is from integrators, Runway here and Recraft on Oct 1. So this entry is solid evidence that 4.5 exists and is being distributed, not evidence of when Ideogram launched it.

(Original source: Runway)