WaveSpeedAI vs Postshot

Plans, free access, limits and intended use side by side, taken from each vendor’s own pages. No score and no winner: the facts show where the two differ.

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WaveSpeedAIImages & design

Pay-per-use API and generators for 1,000+ image, video, audio and language models

Free access
WaveSpeedAI: Free trial only
Postshot: Free access
Paid from
WaveSpeedAI: No fixed price listed
Postshot: 26 EUR per month
Plans listed
WaveSpeedAI: 6
Postshot: 3
Public API
WaveSpeedAI: Not confirmed
Postshot: Not confirmed

Where WaveSpeedAI and Postshot differ

  • AccessWaveSpeedAI offers a free trial only, while Postshot offers free access.
  • Pricing checkSome prices or terms not confirmed for WaveSpeedAI; prices confirmed for Postshot.
  • PlansWaveSpeedAI lists 6 plans and Postshot lists 3.

Head to head

Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages

WaveSpeedAI Fact Postshot
Access and price
Free trial onlyFree trial credit · USD 1 in free credits for eligible new accounts; no credit cardFree accessDiffersFree access availableFree · 0 EUR
No fixed price listedLowest listed paid plan26 EUR per monthIndie · billed monthly · or 17 EUR per month, 204 EUR billed yearly
$1 trial credit; then pay per output from $0.005 an imagePricing modelFree non-commercial; Indie from 17 EUR/month billed yearly
6Plans listedDiffers3
Not confirmedPublic APINot confirmed
Not confirmedCard to startNot required
Not confirmedOpen sourceNo
What it is for
Developers and creators who want to run many AI media models from one prepaid account without a subscriptionBuilt forTurning photos or video of a real scene into a 3D splat
Images & designCategorySameImages & design
  • Web app
  • REST API
  • Desktop app
  • Python SDK
  • JavaScript SDK
Platforms
  • Windows 10 or later (NVIDIA GPU, compute capability 7.5+)
  • ComfyUI
  • n8n
  • WaveSpeed CLI / MCP
  • Webhooks
  • Models from ByteDance, Alibaba, OpenAI, Google, MiniMax and others hosted on the platform
Works with
  • Unreal Engine
  • Adobe After Effects
  • COLMAP
  • RealityScan
  • Pix4D OPF (Studio)
  • +1 more
How current
Profile sources checked
Some prices or terms not confirmed · Oct 6, 2026Pricing checkDiffersPrices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026

Official source check for both tools. No hands-on testing and no score: “Differs” marks a documented difference, not a better tool.

Plans and prices

WaveSpeedAI

Some prices or terms not confirmed · Oct 6, 2026
  • Free trial creditUSD 1 in free credits for eligible new accounts; no credit card
  • Pay as you go (Bronze)No subscription; prepaid credits charged per outputpriced per model
  • SilverAutomatic after any successful single top-up below $1,000
  • GoldAutomatic after a single successful top-up of $1,000 to $4,999
  • UltraAutomatic after a single successful top-up of $5,000 or more
Show 1 more plan
  • EnterpriseCustom pricing; contact sales
Plan conditions and sources

Postshot

Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026
  • Free0 EUR
  • Indie26 EUR per monthbilled monthly · or 17 EUR per month, 204 EUR billed yearly
  • Studio59 EUR per monthbilled monthly · or 39 EUR per month, 468 EUR billed yearly
Plan conditions and sources
Official pricing pages, captured from our server in Germany; regional prices or currency can differ
WaveSpeedAI official pricing page screenshot with plan names
WaveSpeedAIOfficial pricing pagewavespeed.aiCaptured
Postshot official pricing page screenshot with plan names
PostshotOfficial pricing pagejawset.comCaptured

Strengths and limits

WaveSpeedAI

Strengths

  • No subscription: The pricing page and docs describe usage-based billing from prepaid credits, with no monthly fee or commitment.
  • Prices readable before you sign up: The pricing page lists starting prices per image and per second of video for named models and per 1M tokens for language models without an account.
  • Automatic refunds for failures: The refund policy credits back failed requests, system errors and system timeouts, and says credits never expire.

Limits to plan around

  • Free trial is only $1: The trial credit is $1 for eligible accounts on supported models; it is not a free plan, and eligibility is not guaranteed.
  • New accounts are heavily limited: Bronze allows 5 predictions a minute and 2 concurrent tasks, and the next level needs a top-up whose minimum is not published.
  • Generated files expire in 7 days: The Data Retention Policy says media files are temporary and generally expire within 7 days, so outputs must be downloaded.

Postshot

Strengths

  • Content stays on your machine: The homepage says all processing and machine learning steps run on devices you control.
  • No caps on input size: Every plan lists unlimited image count, video length and model size.
  • Clear operator details: The imprint names Jawset Visual Computing in Munich with a VAT ID.

Limits to plan around

  • Windows and NVIDIA only: No macOS, Linux or non-NVIDIA option is listed.
  • Free is non-commercial: Commercial use, watermark-free renders and PLY export need Indie.
  • Internet needed to run: The EULA says an internet connection is required to use Postshot.

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The two products on their official sites
WaveSpeedAI homepage screenshot showing the official landing page
WaveSpeedAIOfficial homepagewavespeed.aiCaptured
Postshot homepage screenshot showing the official landing page
PostshotOfficial homepagejawset.comCaptured
Product pages of both tools
Postshot features page screenshot showing the product interface
PostshotOfficial sitejawset.comCaptured

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