Shotstack vs WaveSpeedAI vs CometAPI vs Hal

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Shotstack
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Competitor 1
WaveSpeedAI
Competitor 2
CometAPI
Competitor 3
Hal
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Shotstack
shotstack.io
Shotstack is a cloud video editing API that turns data and templates into rendered videos.
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Competitor WaveSpeedAI
wavespeed.ai
WaveSpeedAI is a media generation platform that puts more than 1,000 image, video, audio, 3D and language models behind one API key.
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Competitor CometAPI
cometapi.com
CometAPI functions as an aggregation layer that sits between your application and hundreds of AI model providers
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Competitor Hal
hal9.com
Hal9 is a powerful platform for quickly building and deploying fully customizable AI chatbots, powered by your data with complete privacy. In just under 5 minutes, you can create a tailored chatbot t
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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1.9Mvisits/mo
302.3Kvisits/mo
3.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 3.0%
▲ 9.9%
▼ 10.9%
6-month growth
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-8.5%
-16.5%
+60.6%
Global rank web
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#25,205
#157,147
#6,156,551
Avg. last 3 months
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1.9M
295.7K
3.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
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38%
46%
39%
Pages / visit
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5.3
2.9
1.1
Visit duration
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5m 10s
38s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 30%
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ShotstackWaveSpeedAICometAPIHal
0556.8K1.1M1.7M2.2MWaveSpeedAI · 894.5KWaveSpeedAI · 1.4MWaveSpeedAI · 1.7MWaveSpeedAI · 1.8MWaveSpeedAI · 2MWaveSpeedAI · 2.2MWaveSpeedAI · 2.2MWaveSpeedAI · 2MWaveSpeedAI · 1.9MWaveSpeedAI · 1.9MCometAPI · 834.4KCometAPI · 619.7KCometAPI · 437.2KCometAPI · 362.2KCometAPI · 355.5KCometAPI · 362.7KCometAPI · 309.5KCometAPI · 275.2KCometAPI · 302.3KHal · 934Hal · 2.1KHal · 1.3KHal · 2.1KHal · 6.4KHal · 6.9KHal · 4.5KHal · 3.8KHal · 3.4K1001K10K100K1M10MWaveSpeedAI · 894.5KWaveSpeedAI · 1.4MWaveSpeedAI · 1.7MWaveSpeedAI · 1.8MWaveSpeedAI · 2MWaveSpeedAI · 2.2MWaveSpeedAI · 2.2MWaveSpeedAI · 2MWaveSpeedAI · 1.9MWaveSpeedAI · 1.9MCometAPI · 834.4KCometAPI · 619.7KCometAPI · 437.2KCometAPI · 362.2KCometAPI · 355.5KCometAPI · 362.7KCometAPI · 309.5KCometAPI · 275.2KCometAPI · 302.3KHal · 934Hal · 2.1KHal · 1.3KHal · 2.1KHal · 6.4KHal · 6.9KHal · 4.5KHal · 3.8KHal · 3.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$39per month
Free tier
$4per month · free tier available
$2,000per month
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Pay as you go $10Starter $39/moPro $99/moScale $199/mo+1 more
Free FreePay-as-you-go $0.00/usage-based
Free Trial FreePay-as-you-go Custom/usage-basedEnterprise Custom/mo
Startups $2,000/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
VideoImagesCode
VideoTextImages
TextImages
TextCode
Output
Video
VideoTextImagesAudio3D
VideoTextImages
Apps
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeVideo EditingAI APIAI Developer Tools+1 more
Development & CodeImage GenerationVideo CreationAI API+3 more
Development & CodeAI API
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
5
4
6
4
APIs
Video generation
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Developer tools
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Image generation
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Chatbot building
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Chatbots
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LLM gateway
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Video editing
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API integrations
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Document chat
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Image to video
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Personalized videos
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