Review of WaveSpeed

Every figure in this table comes from the provider's own public pages, read on 07/09/2026, in the currency the provider itself uses. Prices in this category change often and without notice.

Privacy and security (30%)

The provider publishes no retention period for the images and no location of processing. No tool in the catalogue reaches full marks on this criterion, because none documents the complete life cycle of the uploaded file. Bank cards; further options depending on the region.

Output quality (25%)

Quality is judged on the samples the provider itself circulates, looking at the finish along the edge of the mask, at anatomical coherence and at consistency across successive generations. No photograph of a real person was uploaded at any point in the process.

Price and free tier (20%)

Pay-as-you-go, with no subscription; credit top-ups that do not expire. $1 USD of trial credit for eligible new accounts, with no card. What we mark is not the amount but whether the cost of a single generation can be worked out from the public page without signing up.

Speed (15%)

The provider publishes no concrete generation times on the page consulted. The check consisted of reading the provider's pricing, terms, help and data-policy pages, and setting what it advertises against what its own terms allow.

Support and transparency (10%)

English (interface and documentation). A translated interface changes neither the applicable jurisdiction nor the handling of the data, two things that depend on where processing happens and not on the language it is read in. The full breakdown of the method, with the weight of each criterion, is published separately.