WaveSpeed AI pricing: model starting prices

Checked Nov 10, 2026 on WaveSpeed’s official pages (sources below). Prices change often: confirm with the provider before you buy.

WaveSpeed AI is a pay-per-use API for image, video and language models. Eligible new accounts get $1 in free credits.

Figures below are quoted from wavespeed.ai/pricing as read on Nov 10, 2026. Prices change: confirm on WaveSpeed's page before you buy.

Image and video models (starting prices)

Seedream 5.0 Pro
Starting price$0.045/image
Output per $122 images
Nano Banana Pro
Starting price$0.14/image
Output per $17 images
Nano Banana 2
Starting price$0.045/image
Output per $122 images
GPT Image 2.5
Starting price$0.01/image
Output per $1100 images
Z-Image Turbo
Starting price$0.005/image
Output per $1200 images
Seedance 2.5
Starting price$0.18/second
Output per $15.5 seconds
Seedance 2.0
Starting price$0.12/second
Output per $18.3 seconds
Wan 3.0
Starting price$0.05/second
Output per $120 seconds
Kling 4.0
Starting price$0.157/second
Output per $16.3 seconds
Veo 3.1 Fast
Starting price$0.10/second
Output per $110 seconds
InfiniteTalk
Starting price$0.03/second
Output per $133.3 seconds

Starting prices are list prices at the lowest resolution or quality; actual cost depends on resolution, duration and other parameters.

Language models (per 1M tokens)

Claude Sonnet 5
Context1M
Input$2/M
Output$10/M
GPT-6 Sol
Context1.05M
Input$2/M
Output$10/M
GPT-6 Luna
Context1.05M
Input$0.1/M
Output$0.5/M
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Context1M
Input$1.5/M
Output$7.5/M
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Context1M
Input$0.15/M
Output$0.6/M

WaveSpeed pricing FAQ

Does WaveSpeed AI have free credits?

Eligible new accounts get $1 in free credits; no credit card required to start.

How is WaveSpeed AI priced?

Pay per use: per image or per second for media models and per 1M tokens for language models.

Where do these WaveSpeed prices come from?

WaveSpeed's own pricing page (https://wavespeed.ai/pricing), read on Nov 10, 2026. We do not estimate bills or add up costs across providers.

Sources (official pages, read Nov 10, 2026)

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