The Manus alternative for creative work

Your ideas. Every model. One key.

Fast, affordable Seedance 2.5, Veo 3.1, Nano Banana Pro and 1,000+ more, in your browser or inside the agent you already use. Pay per use, no monthly plan.

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Why creators pick WaveSpeedAI over Manus

Fast.

Blazing-fast inference on every model. Your images and videos come back fast, in the studio and through the API.

Affordable.

Images from $0.024, videos from $0.05 per run. Pay only for what you generate, with no subscription and no monthly fee.

AI models: 1,041+
Model makers: 43
Monthly fee: $0
Studio, API and agents: 1 key

Pay per result, not per month

Pay only for the images, clips and tracks you actually generate. No monthly plan, no allowance racing the calendar.

Manus: Monthly or annual plans with a monthly credit allowance.

You call the shots on models

Seedance 2.5, Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2.5 and 1,000+ more. Pick per job and switch the day a better one ships.

Manus: Image and music generation built into its own product.

Supercharge the agent you love

The CLI, Agent Skill, MCP server and REST API hand Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode every media model. No new agent to learn.

Manus: Its own agent, with an API and workplace integrations such as Slack.

Brains and media, one key

One key runs every image, video and audio model plus an OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible LLM API for your agent.

Manus: Credits are spent inside its own agent and plan.

Give your agent superpowers

Keep the agent you trust and hand it image, video, audio and 3D skills. One key covers every model.

WaveSpeed CLI

One open-source command for 1,000+ models. Search the catalog, inspect inputs, generate and check prices without leaving your terminal or coding agent.

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Agent Skill

Teach Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode to find, inspect and run any WaveSpeedAI model. Install once, create forever.

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MCP Server

Plug every model into any MCP client: typed tools for search, schemas, generation with local-file upload and price quotes.

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LLM API for agents

OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible endpoints with drop-in configs for Codex, Claude Code, OpenClaw, OpenCode and Hermes.

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$ npm install -g @wavespeed/cli && wavespeed login
$ wavespeed skill install
$ claude mcp add wavespeed -- npx -y @wavespeed/mcp

Made with WaveSpeedAI

Real images and clips, generated with models on the platform.

A young foreign woman wearing an elegant one-piece swimsuit and a light linen cover-up, sitting gracefully on a large smooth beach rock near the ocean, one leg relaxed naturally, one hand resting on the linen fabric, hair softly moved by the sea breeze, calm confident expression, soft daylight, tasteful and non-provocative fashion editorial photography, refined composition, luxury resort atmosphere, realistic, artistic, cinematic

A professional young foreign woman standing in a futuristic AI studio, front-facing upper body portrait, wearing a clean white blazer, calm confident expression, direct eye contact, subtle smile, blue holographic technology background, soft cinematic lighting, realistic skin texture, premium corporate campaign style, photorealistic, high detail, 9:16

A young foreign female chef standing in a simple kitchen, wearing a clean white chef jacket, friendly confident expression, realistic lifestyle photography, soft indoor lighting, clear face, 9:16

WaveSpeedAI vs Manus, side by side

	WaveSpeedAI	Manus
What it is	Image, video, audio, 3D and language models, with browser studios and developer access	A general-purpose AI agent that works on tasks for you
Billing	Pay as you go: credits are spent per generation	Monthly or annual plans with a monthly credit allowance
Media generation	Choose the model for every image, clip, voice or song	Image and music generation as part of its product
Use from your own agent	CLI, Agent Skill, MCP server, SDKs and REST API	API and workplace integrations available

Questions

Is WaveSpeedAI an AI agent like Manus?

No, and that is the point. WaveSpeedAI is the creative engine: 1,000+ image, video, audio, 3D and language models you can use in the browser or plug into any agent through the CLI, Agent Skill, MCP server or API.

Can my agent generate images and videos with WaveSpeedAI?

Yes. Install the WaveSpeed CLI and skill, or add the MCP server, and Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or OpenCode can search, run and price any model in the catalog, right from a chat.

Do I need a subscription?

Never. WaveSpeedAI is pay per use: add credits and pay only for what you generate. No monthly fees, no commitments.

Can I try it for free?

Yes. Eligible new accounts get $1 in free credits to start creating, with no credit card needed. Some premium models may not be available with trial credits.

Which language models can my agent use?

Frontier models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, DeepSeek, Moonshot and more, through OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible endpoints on the same key. See the LLM catalog for the current list.

Stop planning. Start making.

$1 in free credits for eligible new accounts. No card needed.

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