pricing — one router, three ways to run it
Same classifier, the same $0.0001/decision, whichever topology you pick. What changes across topologies is where inference runs and how you settle — never the advertised rate. No free tier; a card is required (7-day trial). Machine-readable: /pricing.json.
deployment topologies
Cloud edge live
rate $0.0001/decision
inference your local pool + your frontier keys — only the classifier runs on the WAVE edge
data egress the prompt embedding for classification (skippable — send a precomputed vector)
settlement live-metered: Stripe account billing, or x402 per-call settled via the WAVE delegate when configured (api.wave.online)
license floor none — live-metered while connected
offline no (connected)
Hybrid rolling out
rate $0.0001/decision
inference entirely on your infra (worker + models) — WAVE never executes inference
data egress none — classification runs in your account; only signed usage reports sync to WAVE
settlement usage-reported + reconciled while connected (a short offline window is allowed)
license floor none — live-metered while connected
offline windowed
Sovereign rolling out
rate $0.0001/decision
inference entirely inside your perimeter
data egress none
settlement prepaid Ed25519 license floor + signed monotonic usage reports; reconciled on reconnect
license floor prepaid (per-node, set at license issuance)
offline yes
plans — monthly-included + overage
Starter $9/mo · 50k/mo included, then $0.0002/decision · 15,000/day burst cap
Pro $29/mo · 200k/mo included, then $0.0002/decision · 50,000/day burst cap · full orchestration
Scale $99/mo · 750k/mo included, then $0.0002/decision · 200,000/day burst cap
Enterprise custom · self-managed · volume · SLA · support · details →
Pay-per-use $0.0001/decision via account · $0.001/decision via x402 on-chain (covers Base USDC settlement gas)
Dispatch+ $0.0005/decision · full orchestration (pool · verify-gate · edge exec · savings ledger)
WAVE customers: enter code WAVE at checkout for 30% off.
meters
dispatch is a control-plane (BYOK): the only live billed meter is decisions. Voice + transcription are rolling out (provider registries shipped; metered endpoints not yet live). Storage / bandwidth / stream are WAVE platform meters — dispatch does not bill them.
decisions live account $0.0001 · x402 $0.001 · dispatch_plus $0.0005 · overage $0.0002 / decision · included/mo: starter 50000 · pro 200000 · scale 750000
local ($0): your self-hosted pool · WAVE edge-local exec (Pro/Scale) · frontier (paid): your frontier key (Claude · GPT · Gemini · …)
voice_synthesis_minutes rolling out standard $0.05 · premium $0.25 / minute · included/mo: starter 15 · pro 60 · scale 250
local ($0): piper · say · frontier (paid): playht $0.03 · elevenlabs $0.18
transcription_minutes rolling out standard $0.015 · premium $0.03 / minute · included/mo: starter 120 · pro 600 · scale 2500
local ($0): whisper-cpp · faster-whisper · frontier (paid): deepgram $0.0043 · openai-whisper $0.006 · assemblyai $0.0062
x402 agents pay $0.001/decision on-chain — the same $0.0001 service plus ~$0.0009 to cover the Base USDC settlement gas of a per-call transfer (the 10× gap is the gas premium, by design). Settles via the WAVE delegate when configured (api.wave.online). See /.well-known/x402 · /payments · /sovereign · /enterprise.
BYOK — your API keys + data + inference stay on your infra. WAVE only ever returns a routing decision.