WaveSpeedAI vs Runware vs Replicate vs RunPod

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

Your tool
WaveSpeedAI
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Competitor 1
Runware
Competitor 2
Replicate
Competitor 3
RunPod
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool 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 Runware
runware.ai
Runware is AI infrastructure that gives developers one API for hundreds of thousands of models, along with the compute to run them.
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Competitor Replicate
replicate.com
Run open-source AI without managing servers
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Competitor RunPod
runpod.io
Cheap GPUs on demand
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.9Mvisits/mo
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1Mvisits/mo
2.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 3.0%
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▼ 3.1%
▲ 14.2%
6-month growth
-8.5%
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-30.2%
+19.0%
Global rank web
#25,205
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#39,584
#19,060
Avg. last 3 months
1.9M
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1.1M
2.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
38%
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35%
32%
Pages / visit
5.3
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5.6
7.4
Visit duration
5m 10s
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5m 09s
8m 19s
Traffic sources
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
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● Direct 92% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 21%
WaveSpeedAIRunwareReplicateRunPod
0701.3K1.4M2.1M2.8MWaveSpeedAI · 894.5KWaveSpeedAI · 1.4MWaveSpeedAI · 1.7MWaveSpeedAI · 1.8MWaveSpeedAI · 2MWaveSpeedAI · 2.2MWaveSpeedAI · 2.2MWaveSpeedAI · 2MWaveSpeedAI · 1.9MWaveSpeedAI · 1.9MReplicate · 1.6MReplicate · 1.7MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.2MReplicate · 1.1MReplicate · 1MRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8M100K1M10MWaveSpeedAI · 894.5KWaveSpeedAI · 1.4MWaveSpeedAI · 1.7MWaveSpeedAI · 1.8MWaveSpeedAI · 2MWaveSpeedAI · 2.2MWaveSpeedAI · 2.2MWaveSpeedAI · 2MWaveSpeedAI · 1.9MWaveSpeedAI · 1.9MReplicate · 1.6MReplicate · 1.7MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.2MReplicate · 1.1MReplicate · 1MRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
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Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreePay-as-you-go $0.00/usage-based
Pay as you go (API) CustomServerless GPU (RTX PRO 6000) $1.99Bare metal Custom
Public Models Custom/usage-basedPrivate Models Custom/usage-based
Pods (Community Cloud) Custom/hourServerless Custom/hourClusters Custom/hourStorage Custom/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
VideoTextImages
TextImages
ImagesText
CodeData
Output
3DVideoTextImagesAudio
VideoTextImagesAudio3D
VideoTextImagesAudio
Apps
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeImage GenerationVideo CreationAI API+3 more
Development & CodeAI API
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsOpen Source AI Models
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
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9
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APIs
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GPU infrastructure
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Developer tools
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Image generation
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Video generation
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Development
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Cloud infrastructure
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Image to video
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Inference
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Models
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LLM development
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Reviews
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Prompts
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.