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Media AI,
one request away

Fast, affordable pay-per-request APIs for Seedance 2.5, Nano Banana Pro, MiniMax H3 and the rest of the top tier, plus studios and one-click tools for your whole team. Nothing to tune or host.

Runware alternative

Type a prompt and run it on the latest models. Whatever works here ships to the API at the same price.

Why teams switch from Runware

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.

Model makers
43
Language models
113+
Model studios
11
Ready-made tools and apps
30

Studios for your whole team

Browser generators for image, video, audio and 3D, so designers and marketers ship with the same models and credits as your API.

Runware: A web playground for testing models alongside its API.

Finished tools, not just models

One-click upscaling, background and watermark removal, face swap, AI video editing and ad templates. Each one is also a single API call.

Runware: Built around model inference and raw GPU compute that you build on.

Hand-picked, production-ready

Seedance 2.5, Nano Banana Pro, MiniMax H3, Rodin and more from the top labs, each with a schema, examples, a live price and its own playground.

Runware: Hundreds of thousands of hosted, partner, community and uploaded models under one addressing scheme.

Zero tuning. Zero hosting.

Pick a model, send a prompt, done. Defaults come tuned, and there are no VAEs, containers or GPUs to babysit.

Runware: On open models you control every parameter, and you can run your own models and containers on its GPUs.

● One request format

Submit. Poll. Ship.

One JSON-in, prediction-out flow for every model. Poll the result or register a webhook. Python and JavaScript SDKs, or any HTTP client. Learn it once.

POSThttps://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/bytedance/seedance-2.5/text-to-video

curl -X POST "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/bytedance/seedance-2.5/text-to-video" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $WAVESPEED_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "prompt": "A drone shot over a misty pine forest at sunrise",
  "duration": 5,
  "resolution": "720p",
  "aspect_ratio": "16:9"
}'

# → {"data": {"id": "<prediction id>", ...}}
curl "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/<prediction id>/result" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $WAVESPEED_API_KEY"

Generated on WaveSpeedAI

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

WaveSpeedAI vs Runware

WaveSpeedAIRunware
Model APIsImage, video, audio, 3D and LLM endpointsImage, video, audio, 3D and LLM endpoints
BillingPay as you go, a listed price per run, no monthly feesPay as you go, no contracts
Raw computeNot offered: models are fully managedGPU compute for your own inference workloads
Custom modelsCurated hosted models, nothing to upload or configureHosted, community and uploaded models on one endpoint
Try in the browserImage, video, audio and 3D studios plus a playground per modelWeb playground
IntegrationREST: submit, then poll or receive a webhookREST or WebSockets, with webhooks per task

FAQ

Is WaveSpeedAI a good Runware alternative?

If you want ready-to-call image, video, audio and 3D models with pay-per-request pricing and one API key, yes. And you can test every model in the browser before writing a line of code.

How is usage billed?

Every model has a listed per-run price on its model page. Pay per request, no monthly fees, no commitments.

How do I integrate?

POST JSON to https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/<model> with your API key, then poll the result or pass a webhook. The wavespeed SDKs for Python and JavaScript make it a few lines.

Can I try before integrating?

Absolutely. Use the prompt box above or any studio in the browser. Eligible new accounts get $1 in free credits, and no card is needed to sign up.

Your first request is one POST away

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

Runware is a trademark of its respective owner. WaveSpeedAI is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Runware. Comparisons reflect publicly available information at the time of writing and may change.