CheaperGen vs WaveSpeedAI

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Independent comparison · Not affiliated with or endorsed by WaveSpeedAI.

What WaveSpeedAI charges for the video and image models CheaperGen also runs, next to our live prices — per second of video and per image — and how WaveSpeedAI bills.

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Up to: 88% lower; than WaveSpeedAI
Below official: Up to 52%; under the labs' own API prices
Models compared: 35 models; 19 video · 16 image
Prices verified: October 21; WaveSpeedAI's public pages · ours live

Price list

WaveSpeedAI's prices next to CheaperGen's

Model price list (35): every tier both platforms list for the models where CheaperGen is lower, with WaveSpeedAI's public price beside our live price and the labs' official price. Video is per second of output, images per image.

Video models · 19 · per second

Video models: CheaperGen, WaveSpeedAI and the official price
Model · tier	Official	WaveSpeedAI	CheaperGen	Lower by
LTX-2.5Lightricks · open weights
720p	open weights	$0.10/s	$0.0285/s−72%	−72%
1080p	open weights	$0.14/s	$0.057/s−59%	−59%
Seedance 2.0 FastByteDanceup to −26% vs official
720p	$0.12096−26%	$0.20/s	$0.0899/s−55%	−55%
Grok Imagine Video 1.5xAIup to −52% vs official
480p	$0.08−8%	$0.08/s	$0.0736/s−8%	−8%
720p	$0.14−52%	$0.14/s	$0.0675/s−52%	−52%
1080p	$0.25−8%	$0.25/s	$0.23/s−8%	−8%
Seedance 2.0 MiniByteDanceup to −17% vs official
480p	$0.03515−17%	$0.06/s	$0.0292/s−51%	−51%
720p	$0.0756−17%	$0.12/s	$0.0627/s−48%	−48%
Vidu Q3 ProShengshuup to −25% vs official
540p	$0.045−25%	$0.05/s	$0.0337/s−33%	−33%
720p	$0.10−25%	$0.125/s	$0.0748/s−40%	−40%
1080p	$0.12−25%	$0.15/s	$0.0897/s−40%	−40%
Seedance 2.0ByteDanceup to −11% vs official
480p	$0.07031−10%	10% off$0.108/s	$0.0631/s−42%	−42%
720p	$0.1512−10%	10% off$0.216/s	$0.1356/s−37%	−37%
1080p	$0.37422−10%	10% off$0.54/s	$0.3361/s−38%	−38%
4K	$0.7776−11%	10% off$1.08/s	$0.6959/s−36%	−36%
Seedance 2.5ByteDanceup to −10% vs official
480p	$0.1028−9%	10% off$0.162/s	$0.0935/s−42%	−42%
720p	$0.23112−10%	10% off$0.324/s	$0.2076/s−36%	−36%
1080p	$0.56862−10%	10% off$0.81/s	$0.5113/s−37%	−37%
Veo 3.1 FastGoogleup to −25% vs official
720p + audio	$0.10−25%	$0.15/s	$0.075/s−50%	−50%
720p	$0.08−8%	$0.10/s	$0.0736/s−26%	−26%
1080p + audio	$0.12−8%	$0.15/s	$0.1104/s−26%	−26%
1080p	$0.10−8%	$0.10/s	$0.092/s−8%	−8%
4K + audio	$0.30−8%	$0.30/s	$0.276/s−8%	−8%
4K	$0.25−8%	$0.25/s	$0.23/s−8%	−8%
Veo 3.1 LiteGoogleup to −25% vs official
720p	$0.05−25%	$0.05/s	$0.0375/s−25%	−25%
Wan 3.0Alibabaup to −24% vs official
480p	$0.05−24%	5% off$0.0475/s	$0.0379/s−20%	−20%
720p	$0.10−24%	5% off$0.095/s	$0.0757/s−20%	−20%
1080p	$0.20−24%	5% off$0.19/s	$0.1513/s−20%	−20%
PixVerse V6PixVerseup to −15% vs official
360p	$0.02222−15%	$0.025/s	$0.019/s−24%	−24%
360p + audio	$0.03111−15%	$0.035/s	$0.0266/s−24%	−24%
540p	$0.03111−15%	$0.035/s	$0.0266/s−24%	−24%
540p + audio	$0.04−8%	$0.045/s	$0.0368/s−18%	−18%
720p	$0.04−8%	$0.045/s	$0.0368/s−18%	−18%
720p + audio	$0.05333−14%	$0.06/s	$0.046/s−23%	−23%
1080p	$0.08−8%	$0.09/s	$0.0736/s−18%	−18%
1080p + audio	$0.10222−9%	$0.115/s	$0.0932/s−19%	−19%
Wan 3.0 PrimeAlibabaup to −15% vs official
480p	$0.068−14%	5% off$0.07125/s	$0.0582/s−18%	−18%
720p	$0.14−14%	5% off$0.1425/s	$0.1198/s−16%	−16%
1080p	$0.28−15%	5% off$0.285/s	$0.2394/s−16%	−16%
Vidu Q4Shengshuup to −26% vs official
540p	$0.045−26%	15% off$0.03825/s	$0.0331/s−13%	−13%
720p	$0.095−26%	15% off$0.08075/s	$0.0699/s−13%	−13%
2K	$0.19−26%	15% off$0.1615/s	$0.1397/s−13%	−13%
Veo 3.1Googleup to −24% vs official
720p + audio	$0.40−24%	$0.40/s	$0.3043/s−24%	−24%
720p	$0.20−8%	$0.20/s	$0.184/s−8%	−8%
1080p + audio	$0.40−8%	$0.40/s	$0.368/s−8%	−8%
1080p	$0.20−8%	$0.20/s	$0.184/s−8%	−8%
4K + audio	$0.60−8%	$0.60/s	$0.552/s−8%	−8%
4K	$0.40−8%	$0.40/s	$0.368/s−8%	−8%
FLUX 3 VideoBlack Forest Labs
720p	fal API ref.	$0.17/s	$0.1564/s−8%	−8%
Kling 3.0Kuaishouup to −9% vs official
720p	$0.084−8%	$0.084/s	$0.0773/s−8%	−8%
720p + audio	$0.126−9%	$0.126/s	$0.115/s−9%	−9%
1080p	$0.112−8%	$0.112/s	$0.1031/s−8%	−8%
1080p + audio	$0.168−8%	$0.168/s	$0.1546/s−8%	−8%
4K	$0.42−8%	$0.42/s	$0.3853/s−8%	−8%
Kling 3.0 OmniKuaishouup to −8% vs official
720p	$0.084−8%	$0.084/s	$0.0773/s−8%	−8%
1080p + audio	$0.14−8%	$0.14/s	$0.1288/s−8%	−8%
4K	$0.42−8%	$0.42/s	$0.3853/s−8%	−8%
Kling 3.0 TurboKuaishouup to −8% vs official
1080p	$0.14−8%	$0.14/s	$0.1294/s−8%	−8%
Gemini Omni FlashGoogleup to −13% vs official
720p · 4 s	$0.10211−9%	$0.10/s	$0.0927/s−7%	−7%
720p · 8 s	$0.10173−13%	$0.10/s	$0.089/s−11%	−11%

Image models · 16 · per image

Image models: CheaperGen, WaveSpeedAI and the official price
Model · tier	Official	WaveSpeedAI	CheaperGen	Lower by
FLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs · open weights
1K	open weights	$0.008/image	$0.001/image−88%	−88%
2K	open weights	$0.008/image	$0.0038/image−53%	−53%
FLUX 3 Image KleinBlack Forest Labs · open weights
1K	open weights	$0.01/image	$0.0019/image−81%	−81%
2K	open weights	$0.04/image	$0.0074/image−82%	−82%
Edit 1K	open weights	$0.016/image	$0.0085/image−47%	−47%
Edit 2K	open weights	$0.064/image	$0.0133/image−79%	−79%
GPT Image 2.5OpenAIup to −8% vs official
1K · low	$0.00638−4%	$0.01/image	$0.0061/image−39%	−39%
2K · low	$0.01241−8%	$0.02/image	$0.0114/image−43%	−43%
1K · medium	$0.01367−8%	$0.024/image	$0.0126/image−48%	−48%
2K · medium	$0.02726−7%	$0.04/image	$0.0254/image−37%	−37%
1K · high	$0.05318−7%	$0.09/image	$0.0492/image−45%	−45%
2K · high	$0.10754−7%	$0.15/image	$0.0999/image−33%	−33%
GPT Image 2.5 FlareOpenAIup to −8% vs official
1K · low	$0.00638−4%	$0.01/image	$0.0061/image−39%	−39%
2K · low	$0.01241−8%	$0.02/image	$0.0114/image−43%	−43%
1K · medium	$0.01367−8%	$0.024/image	$0.0126/image−48%	−48%
2K · medium	$0.02726−7%	$0.04/image	$0.0254/image−37%	−37%
1K · high	$0.05318−7%	$0.09/image	$0.0492/image−45%	−45%
2K · high	$0.10754−7%	$0.15/image	$0.0999/image−33%	−33%
Krea 2 TurboKrea · open weights
1K square	open weights	$0.012/image	$0.0076/image−37%	−37%
Seedream 5.0 FlashByteDanceup to −14% vs official
1K	$0.018−14%	10% off$0.0243/image	$0.0154/image−37%	−37%
2K	$0.018−14%	10% off$0.0243/image	$0.0154/image−37%	−37%
Grok Imagine Image 2.0xAIup to −28% vs official
1K · low	$0.04−18%	$0.04/image	$0.0329/image−18%	−18%
1K · medium	$0.06−28%	$0.06/image	$0.0429/image−28%	−28%
2K · low	$0.06−8%	$0.06/image	$0.0552/image−8%	−8%
2K · medium	$0.08−8%	$0.08/image	$0.0736/image−8%	−8%
Qwen-Image 3.0Alibabaup to −24% vs official
1K	$0.03−24%	$0.03/image	$0.0228/image−24%	−24%
2K	$0.03−24%	$0.03/image	$0.0228/image−24%	−24%
Seedream 4.5ByteDanceup to −23% vs official
2K	$0.04−23%	$0.04/image	$0.0309/image−23%	−23%
Seedream 5.0 ProByteDanceup to −26% vs official
1K	$0.045−26%	10% off$0.0405/image	$0.0333/image−18%	−18%
2K	$0.09−26%	10% off$0.081/image	$0.0665/image−18%	−18%
FLUX.1 Kontext [max]Black Forest Labsup to −13% vs official
Image	$0.08−13%	$0.08/image	$0.0695/image−13%	−13%
FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]Black Forest Labsup to −13% vs official
Image	$0.04−13%	$0.04/image	$0.0348/image−13%	−13%
Nano Banana 2.1Googleup to −25% vs official
1K	$0.0416−23%	10% off$0.036/image	$0.032/image−11%	−11%
2K	$0.0584−18%	10% off$0.054/image	$0.0479/image−11%	−11%
4K	$0.1214−25%	10% off$0.1215/image	$0.0907/image−25%	−25%
Qwen-Image 3.0 ProAlibabaup to −11% vs official
1K	$0.04−11%	$0.04/image	$0.0357/image−11%	−11%
2K	$0.075−9%	$0.075/image	$0.0679/image−9%	−9%
Seedream 5.0 LiteByteDanceup to −9% vs official
2K	$0.035−9%	$0.035/image	$0.0317/image−9%	−9%
Nano Banana ProGoogleup to −18% vs official
1K	$0.138−13%	10% off$0.126/image	$0.1197/image−5%	−5%
2K	$0.138−13%	10% off$0.126/image	$0.1197/image−5%	−5%
4K	$0.244−18%	10% off$0.216/image	$0.1995/image−8%	−8%

Only models where CheaperGen is lower are listed, and only when WaveSpeedAI isn't cheaper at any tier both publish. WaveSpeedAI: its public pages, October 21, 2026 (WaveSpeedAI prices as its pages showed them that day, its standing discounts included (marked “% off”)); ours are live. Video at 16:9. Prices change — check before you buy.

“Official” is the lab's own API price for the model; open-weights models have none.

Rows marked “open weights” are open-weights models: the same released weights, not a lab's API.

What you'd pay

Typical jobs, at both prices

The same output at WaveSpeedAI's public price and at ours, on the best-known model where CheaperGen is lower at that tier.

One 10-second 1080p video

Seedance 2.0 · 1080p

WaveSpeedAI: $5.40
CheaperGen: $3.361

38% less · saves $2.039

One 5-second 720p clip

Kling 3.0 · 720p

WaveSpeedAI: $0.42
CheaperGen: $0.3865

8% less · saves $0.0335

100 images at 1K

Nano Banana Pro · 1K

WaveSpeedAI: $12.60
CheaperGen: $11.97

5% less · saves $0.63

Their total is based on the public prices, multiplied by the number of units; ours uses the live price, rounded up.

Billing

How WaveSpeedAI bills, and how CheaperGen does

WaveSpeedAI's side is from its public pages, checked October 22, 2026.

Billing: CheaperGen and WaveSpeedAI
Feature	CheaperGen	WaveSpeedAI
Payment	CheaperGenPrepaid USD credits by card, no top-up fee, credits never expire; bank transfer for large amounts; monthly invoicing on Enterprise	WaveSpeedAIPrepaid credits that never expire; cards, PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay, WeChat Pay, Alipay; wire transfer for enterprise^[1][2]
Failed generations	CheaperGenFailed generations, and ones you cancel while still queued, are refunded to your balance automatically	WaveSpeedAIFailed requests and system errors refunded automatically (sync-mode client timeouts excepted)^[3]
Price before you run	CheaperGenFree price quote for any input before you run it (POST /quote, no key needed)	WaveSpeedAIPrice API: POST /api/v3/model/price^[2]

How the prices are lower

The same models, lower prices — here's how

No smaller models and no hidden fees: three things on our side.

Official partnerships

Direct partnerships with the official model labs give us their best partner pricing on their official models.

Our own GPU inference

For open-source models, our own GPU inference — optimized kernels, warm pools and per-model tuning — makes generation several times faster and lowers the cost further.

Automatic routing

Every request is routed automatically to fast, cost-effective capacity, with live health checks and failover.

FAQ

WaveSpeed AI Pricing questions

Each model on WaveSpeedAI is priced individually, per second of video or per image. Across the 35 models compared here, the public prices range from $0.025/s (PixVerse V6, 360p) to $1.08/s (Seedance 2.0, 4K) for video, and from $0.008 per image (FLUX.2 [klein] 4B, 1K) to $0.216 per image (Nano Banana Pro, 4K) for images. CheaperGen is lower on each of them, up to 88% lower than WaveSpeedAI; check WaveSpeedAI's own pricing for other models.

On the 35 models compared here, yes — and WaveSpeedAI isn't cheaper at any tier both platforms list for them. For example, Seedance 2.0 at 720p is $0.1356/s here against $0.216/s on WaveSpeedAI (37% lower). WaveSpeedAI's prices are from its public pages on October 21, 2026; ours are live. We only list models where we're lower, so check WaveSpeedAI's pricing for models not shown.

Its public docs say: Failed requests and system errors refunded automatically (sync-mode client timeouts excepted). On CheaperGen a failed generation is always refunded in full, whatever the cause.

From its public pages: Prepaid credits that never expire; cards, PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay, WeChat Pay, Alipay; wire transfer for enterprise. CheaperGen is prepaid in USD credits that never expire, with no top-up fee.

Yes: one price per second of video or per image, whether you generate in the Studio, the API or the MCP server. Every model and tier is on the pricing page.

More on WaveSpeed AI

All alternatives →CheaperGen pricing →Model catalog →

Sources — WaveSpeedAI's public pages, checked October 21, 2026 (prices) and October 22, 2026 (39)

[1] wavespeed.ai/pricing
[2] wavespeed.ai/docs/how-pricing-works
[3] wavespeed.ai/docs/refund-policy
[4] wavespeed.ai/models/wavespeed-ai/flux-2-klein-4b/text-to-image
[5] wavespeed.ai/models/wavespeed-ai/flux-3-klein-image-distilled/text-to-image
[6] wavespeed.ai/models/wavespeed-ai/flux-3-klein-image-distilled/edit
[7] wavespeed.ai/models/wavespeed-ai/ltx-2.5/text-to-video
[8] wavespeed.ai/models/bytedance/seedance-2.0-fast/text-to-video
[9] wavespeed.ai/models/x-ai/grok-imagine-video-v1.5/text-to-video
[10] wavespeed.ai/models/bytedance/seedance-2.0-mini/text-to-video
[11] wavespeed.ai/models/openai/gpt-image-2.5-sunburst/text-to-image
[12] wavespeed.ai/models/openai/gpt-image-2.5-flare/text-to-image
[13] wavespeed.ai/models/vidu/q3-pro/text-to-video
[14] wavespeed.ai/models/bytedance/seedance-2.0/text-to-video
[15] wavespeed.ai/models/wavespeed-ai/krea-v2/turbo
[16] wavespeed.ai/models/bytedance/seedream-v5.0-flash
[17] wavespeed.ai/models/bytedance/seedance-2.5/text-to-video
[18] wavespeed.ai/models/x-ai/grok-imagine-image-v2.0/text-to-image
[19] wavespeed.ai/models/google/veo3.1-fast/text-to-video
[20] wavespeed.ai/models/google/veo3.1-lite/text-to-video
[21] wavespeed.ai/models/alibaba/qwen-image-3.0/text-to-image
[22] wavespeed.ai/models/bytedance/seedream-v4.5
[23] wavespeed.ai/models/alibaba/wan-3.0/text-to-video
[24] wavespeed.ai/models/pixverse/pixverse-v6/text-to-video
[25] wavespeed.ai/models/bytedance/seedream-v5.0-pro
[26] wavespeed.ai/models/alibaba/wan-3.0-prime/text-to-video
[27] wavespeed.ai/models/vidu/q4-preview/image-to-video
[28] wavespeed.ai/models/wavespeed-ai/flux-kontext-max/text-to-image
[29] wavespeed.ai/models/wavespeed-ai/flux-kontext-pro/text-to-image
[30] wavespeed.ai/models/google/nano-banana-2.1/text-to-image
[31] wavespeed.ai/models/alibaba/qwen-image-3.0-pro/text-to-image
[32] wavespeed.ai/models/bytedance/seedream-v5.0-lite
[33] wavespeed.ai/models/google/veo3.1/text-to-video
[34] wavespeed.ai/models/black-forest-labs/flux-3/text-to-video
[35] wavespeed.ai/models/kwaivgi/kling-v3.0-std/text-to-video
[36] wavespeed.ai/models/kwaivgi/kling-video-o3-std/text-to-video
[37] wavespeed.ai/models/kwaivgi/kling-v3-turbo-std/text-to-video
[38] wavespeed.ai/models/google/gemini-omni-1.1-flash/text-to-video
[39] wavespeed.ai/models/google/nano-banana-pro/text-to-image

WaveSpeedAI and its logo are trademarks of their owner, shown only to identify the platform compared. CheaperGen is not affiliated with or endorsed by WaveSpeedAI. WaveSpeedAI's prices and features are from its public pages (prices October 21, 2026, features October 22, 2026) and may have changed since. Model names and trademarks belong to their respective owners.