Pricing on this site is a subscription with a credit allowance, not a pay-per-generation bill. That model is simple once you know two numbers: what a plan costs, and what each generation deducts from it. This guide covers both, plus how the annual option compares and how to tell which plan fits the work you actually do.
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The plans
| Plan | Price | Credits | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $19 / month | 600 | monthly |
| Pro | $49 / month | 1,800 | monthly |
| Studio | $99 / month | 4,000 | monthly |
Credits renew every month. There is no free tier: you can browse the site and read the docs without an account, but generating requires an active subscription. New accounts do not start with free credits.
Alongside the credit allowance, the plans differ in what they unlock:
- Starter includes access to every image model, the standard generation queue, unified API access, Google sign-in, and email support.
- Pro adds every image and video model, a priority generation queue, commercial usage rights, and priority email support.
- Studio adds audio models, batch and workflow features, higher API rate limits, the highest queue priority, and dedicated support.
The pricing page carries the current details and is where checkout starts.
Annual billing
Annual plans bill once for twelve months and cost about two months less than paying monthly, with the credit allowance scaled to the year:
| Plan | Price | Credits | Compared with monthly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $190 / year | 7,200 | 12 x 600 credits for the price of 10 months |
| Pro | $490 / year | 21,600 | 12 x 1,800 credits for the price of 10 months |
| Studio | $990 / year | 48,000 | 12 x 4,000 credits for the price of 10 months |
If you already know you will generate every month, the annual option is the cheaper way to buy the same allowance. If you are still testing which models fit your work, start monthly and switch once the pattern is clear.
What a generation costs
Every generation has a fixed credit cost, and the cost is the same on every plan:
| Generation | Mode | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Image | text to image | 2 |
| Image | image to image | 2 |
| Video | text to video | 6 |
| Video | image to video | 8 |
| Video | video to video | 10 |
| Music | text to audio | 10 |
The balance is shown above the generator, and each generation deducts its cost from it, so you can watch a session spend without keeping a separate tally. Because the costs are fixed, a plan translates directly into output.
Turning credits into output
The useful question is not how many credits a plan has but how much work those credits buy. At the costs above:
| Plan | Images (2 credits) | Text-to-video clips (6 credits) | Music generations (10 credits) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter, 600 credits | about 300 | about 100 | about 60 |
| Pro, 1,800 credits | about 900 | about 300 | about 180 |
| Studio, 4,000 credits | about 2,000 | about 660 | about 400 |
Mixing formats divides the same pot: 100 images (200 credits), 20 text-to-video clips (120 credits), and 10 music generations (100 credits) comes to 420 credits, comfortably inside the Starter allowance for a month.
Reading the table the other way round is how you pick a plan. Count the images and clips a typical week needs, multiply by four, and add a margin for the prompts that do not work on the first attempt - retries are charged the same as any other generation. If the number lands near 600, Starter is enough; if it lands past 1,800, Studio is the cheaper per-credit option.
Where credits go, and how to waste fewer
Credits are spent on generations, not on browsing, prompt drafting, or failed validation - an over-long prompt is rejected before it is submitted. The realistic sources of waste are reruns and experimentation, and both are manageable:
- Lock the prompt before you scale. Get one image you like, then reuse its wording. The image generator guide covers prompt structure in detail.
- Compare models on one prompt. An image costs 2 credits on any model, so a two-model comparison costs 4.
- Match the format to the job. A still image is the cheapest way to explore a look; video is worth generating once the look is settled.
- Watch the balance. It sits above the generator, and it tells you within a few generations whether your monthly allowance matches your habits.
FAQ
Is WaveSpeedAI free to use on this site? No. You need an active subscription to generate. Plans start at $19 per month with 600 credits.
Can I switch plans? Yes. The plans are monthly or annual subscriptions, and you can move up or down as your usage changes.
Do unused credits carry over? Credits renew each period as part of the plan allowance - the balance shown in the studio reflects what is currently available.
What does one video cost compared with one image? A text-to-video clip costs 6 credits - three times an image - image-to-video costs 8, and video-to-video costs 10.