The condition printed beside WaveSpeed's rates
WaveSpeed attaches one sentence to its whole rate list: prices may vary based on resolution and generation parameters. It covers every figure on the page, including the cheapest published second anywhere in this register. As of 2026-09-22.
| What is published | As the price page states it |
|---|---|
| The condition | Prices may vary based on resolution and generation parameters |
| What it applies to | Every figure on the page, with no tier exempted |
| Cheapest figure under it | One cent a second on an ultra-fast variant |
| Dearest figure under it | Fifteen cents a second on a fast tier of a large model |
Inclusion rule. Conditions the price page applies to its figures. A blanket condition is recorded once at the scope the page gives it rather than repeated on every rate. Order. The condition first, then its scope, then the range beneath it.
1Where WaveSpeed AI sits in this column
| Channel | Condition on the figure |
|---|---|
| Runware | A struck-through cell on one model |
| Sora | Half price on the batch tier |
| Vidu | Half price off peak |
| WaveSpeed AI | Every figure may move with settings |
Inclusion rule. Channels that print a condition on the same page as the rate: a discount, a tier or a statement that the figure varies. A bare figure with nothing attached is not listed. Order. Alphabetical by channel name.
2A blanket variability clause is the weakest form of a published rate
Every figure on the page is qualified by settings that are not enumerated, so each number is an example rather than a commitment. A rate that may move with parameters nobody lists cannot be checked against an invoice by anyone outside the account.
It is still worth recording. The figures are specific, the models are named, and the condition is printed rather than discovered later. A page that prints a plain rate and silently varies it is worse in every respect except appearance.
3The cheapest second in the register sits under this sentence
One cent a second on an ultra-fast variant is the lowest published figure anywhere here, by a factor of four against the next cheapest. It is also the figure most exposed to the clause, because an ultra-fast variant is defined by settings.
So the register's floor is a conditional number attached to a model whose whole premise is a trade against quality. Quoting it as the market's cheapest second without both of those qualifications would be the most misleading single sentence this ledger could produce.
4The catalogue is wide enough that the clause does real work
The page prices one family at ten cents, another at eight and a half, a third at ten, a large model's fast tier at fifteen, and animation and lip-sync models at four and three cents. Across that spread, resolution and parameters mean different things per row.
One sentence covering all of it is efficient for the seller and leaves the reader without a way to know which rows are firm. The honest use of this page is as a ranking of models rather than a price list to budget from.
- The condition the page attaches to every figure on itPrices may vary based on resolution and generation parameters
- Wan 2.2 Ultra Fast$0.01 per secondthe cheapest published second recorded here
- Veo 3.1 Fast$0.15 per second
- Wan 2.7$0.10 per second
- Kling 3.0 Std$0.084 per second
- Seedance 2.0 Fast$0.10 per second
- The animation and lip-sync models on the same list$0.04 per second on Wan 2.2 Animate and $0.03 per second on InfiniteTalk
- Longest single generationNot stated on the vendor's price page (as of 2026-09-22)absent from the page carrying the rate
5What the seconds buy
Price aside, what goes into the seconds behind “WaveSpeed price condition” is described in SceneMixer's guides:
Typically 60–120 seconds, always 9:16 vertical, ending on a hook. SceneMixer's episode outlines are generated with that pacing, and setting a project to 9:16 makes every segment vertical (the default is 16:9).
SceneMixer, How to Make ReelShort-Style Dramas with AI — “How long is a ReelShort-style episode?” (read 2026-10-13)
A segment is one generation, and its length is the sum of its shots’ seconds.
SceneMixer, How to Change a Segment’s Duration, and Which Tiers Accept 30 Seconds (read 2026-10-13)
6Sources
Read from the price page published at wavespeed.ai on 2026-09-22. The rate this column sits beside is on WaveSpeed AI; what the register accepts as published is on the method page. The same column on other channels: Vidu, Sora. Every column: what each channel publishes.