Head-to-Head Comparison
HeyGen vs WaveSpeed AI
Side-by-side comparative breakdown of HeyGen pricing and WaveSpeed AI pricing. Review pricing models, free plans, pros & cons, and supported models. Every data point is human-verified.
Pricing model
Free tier
Access
Cheapest plan
Creator3 plans total
$0.01/mo
Models offered
5
HeyGen Avatar IV, HeyGen Avatar V, HeyGen Standard Avatar, HeyGen Video Agent, HeyGen Video Translation
59
Dreamina 3.1, Fabric 1.0, GPT Image 1.5, GPT Image 2, Grok Imagine Video +54 more
Pros
- Unlimited video creation on Creator+ ($29/mo)
- Premium Credit Pack top-ups: $15/300cr monthly, $150/3600cr annual
- 4K export on Pro+
- Fast cold-starts (~100ms) using ParaAttention caching
- Broad catalog of Chinese/partner video models (Kling, WAN, Seedance, Hailuo) often ahead of Western platforms
- Very cheap low-end (Flux Schnell $0.003, Z-Image-Turbo $0.005, Flux Dev Ultra-Fast $0.005)
Cons
- Avatar IV is 20 credits per minute (expensive)
- Free tier limited to 3 videos / 1-min each, 720p only
- Team seats $20/month extra on Business plan
- No public status page or SLA
- 7-day output retention window (user must archive)
- Aggressive/sensitive content filters sometimes applied without notice
Model availability
Every model offered by at least one selected tool, plus trending models (marked ) shown even when neither tool hosts them. A · means that tool does not host the model.
Nano Banana 2
Google · 1K
✓
Nano Banana 2
Google · 2K
✓
Nano Banana 2
Google · 4K
✓
Nano Banana Pro
Google · 1K
✓
Nano Banana Pro
Google · 2K
✓
Nano Banana Pro
Google · 4K
✓
GPT Image 2
OpenAI · 1K
✓
GPT Image 2
OpenAI · 2K
✓
GPT Image 2
OpenAI · 4K
✓
Recraft V3
Recraft · 1K
✓
Recraft V4
Recraft · 1K
✓
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large
Stability AI · 1K
✓
FLUX.2 Klein 9B
Black Forest Labs
FLUX.2 Max
Black Forest Labs
FLUX.2 Pro
Black Forest Labs
Seedream 4
ByteDance
Midjourney v7
Midjourney
Z-Image
Qwen Image
Alibaba · 1K
✓
Dreamina 3.1
ByteDance · 1K
✓
Seedream 4.5
ByteDance · 1K
✓
Seedream 5.0 Lite
ByteDance · 1K
✓
Remove Background
fal.ai · 1K
✓
Imagen 4
Google · 1K
✓
Imagen 4
Google · 2K
✓
Imagen 4 Fast
Google · 1K
✓
Imagen 4 Ultra
Google · 1K
✓
Imagen 4 Ultra
Google · 2K
✓
Ideogram Character
Ideogram · 1K
✓
Ideogram v2
Ideogram · 1K
✓
Ideogram v2 Turbo
Ideogram · 1K
✓
Ideogram v2a
Ideogram · 1K
✓
Ideogram v2a Turbo
Ideogram · 1K
✓
Ideogram v3 Quality
Ideogram · 1K
✓
Ideogram v3 Turbo
Ideogram · 1K
✓
Leonardo Lucid Origin
Leonardo.AI · 1K
✓
Leonardo Phoenix 1.0
Leonardo.AI · 1K
✓
Luma Photon
Luma AI · 1K
✓
GPT Image 1.5
OpenAI · 1080p
✓
Recraft V4 Pro
Recraft · 1K
✓
Riverflow 2.0 Pro
Shengshu · 1K
✓
Riverflow 2.0 Pro
Shengshu · 2K
✓
Riverflow 2.0 Pro
Shengshu · 4K
✓
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large Turbo
Stability AI · 1K
✓
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium
Stability AI · 1K
✓
Veo 3.1
Google · 720p
✓
Veo 3.1
Google · 1080p
✓
Veo 3.1
Google · 4K
✓
Ray 2
Luma AI · 720p
✓
Sora 2
OpenAI · 720p
✓
Grok Imagine Video
xAI · 480p
✓
Grok Imagine Video
xAI · 720p
✓
Kling 3.0 Video Pro
Kuaishou
Kling 3.0 Video Standard
Kuaishou
Magnific Creative Video Upscaler
Magnific
Runway Gen-4
Runway
Wan 2.2
Alibaba · 480p
✓
Wan 2.2
Alibaba · 1080p
✓
Wan 2.5
Alibaba · 480p
✓
Wan 2.5
Alibaba · 720p
✓
Wan 2.5
Alibaba · 1080p
✓
Wan 2.6
Alibaba · 720p
✓
Wan 2.6
Alibaba · 1080p
✓
Wan 2.7
Alibaba · 720p
✓
Wan 2.7
Alibaba · 1080p
✓
Seedance 1.5 Pro
ByteDance · 480p
✓
Seedance 1.5 Pro
ByteDance · 720p
✓
Seedance 1.5 Pro
ByteDance · 1080p
✓
Seedance 2.0
ByteDance · 480p
✓
Seedance 2.0
ByteDance · 720p
✓
Seedance 2.0
ByteDance · 1080p
✓
Seedance 2.0 Fast
ByteDance · 480p
✓
Seedance 2.0 Fast
ByteDance · 720p
✓
Seedance 2.0 Fast
ByteDance · 1080p
✓
Veo 3
Google · 720p
✓
Veo 3
Google · 1080p
✓
Veo 3 Fast
Google · 720p
✓
Veo 3 Fast
Google · 1080p
✓
Veo 3.1 Fast
Google · 720p
✓
Veo 3.1 Fast
Google · 1080p
✓
Veo 3.1 Fast
Google · 4K
✓
Veo 3.1 Lite
Google · 720p
✓
Veo 3.1 Lite
Google · 1080p
✓
HappyHorse 1.0
HappyHorse · 720p
✓
HappyHorse 1.0
HappyHorse · 1080p
✓
HeyGen Avatar IV
HeyGen · 1080p
✓
HeyGen Avatar V
HeyGen · 1080p
✓
HeyGen Avatar V
HeyGen · 4K
✓
HeyGen Standard Avatar
HeyGen · 720p
✓
HeyGen Standard Avatar
HeyGen · 1080p
✓
HeyGen Video Agent
HeyGen · 1080p
✓
HeyGen Video Translation
HeyGen · 1080p
✓
Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro
Kuaishou · 1K
✓
Kling 2.6 Pro
Kuaishou · 1K
✓
Kling 3.0 Pro
Kuaishou · 1K
✓
Kling 3.0 Std
Kuaishou · 1K
✓
Leonardo Motion 2.0
Leonardo.AI · 1K
✓
LTX-2 Fast
Lightricks · 1K
✓
LTX-2 Pro
Lightricks · 1K
✓
LTX-2 Retake
Lightricks · 1K
✓
Lucy Edit Pro
Lightricks · 480p
✓
Lucy Edit Pro
Lightricks · 720p
✓
Lipsync 2 Pro
Lipsync · 1K
✓
MiniMax Hailuo 02
MiniMax · 1K
✓
Sora 2 Pro
OpenAI · 720p
✓
Sora 2 Pro
OpenAI · 1080p
✓
Fabric 1.0
Veed · 480p
✓
Fabric 1.0
Veed · 720p
✓
Voice Changer
ElevenLabs · 1K
✓
Last verified
May 20, 2026
May 31, 2026
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