VEED vs Wave.video (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, VEED grades higher than Wave.video: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
VEED grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
VEED
Browser-based AI video generator and editor for social video
Wave.video
Video editor, hosting and live streaming in one browser tool
Which one is for you
Pick VEED if
- Fits if you make short social videos and edit in a browser or on a phone
- Works for adding styled subtitles and translations to existing footage
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free, because exports are 720p with a watermark that can't be removed
- Pricey if you have several editors, since web plans multiply the price by every seat
- Skip it if you dislike metered plans, as AI credits refresh on renewal and unused ones don't carry over
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $25 for Creator against $146.99 a year
- Watch out: the pricing page shows local currency, the dollar prices here are App Store ones, and there's no desktop app
Pick Wave.video if
- Fits if you want editing, live streaming and video hosting under one login
- Works for people who'll test the editor on the free plan first
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: watermarked exports and the FAQ says MP4 downloads need a paid plan
- Skip it if you need separate team logins, as the FAQ describes shared credentials
- Watch out: extra hosted embeds on Business cost 20 cents each a month past 200
- Watch out: captioning past 200 minutes costs 5 cents a minute, and the pages disagree on Business storage (500 GB or 200 GB)
- Not for you if you want a desktop or phone app, as it's web only
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAVEEDFair | 2.0GPAWave.videoFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CCreator is $146.99 a year, about $12 a month, which is just over this category's $10 middle. Pay by the month and it's $25, above almost everything here, and web plans are per seat with credits that don't carry over. | CStreamer is $16 a month on yearly billing ($20 monthly), above the category's middle of $12.99. Business is $48. |
| Free plan and trial | CThe free plan does trim, crop, resize, text and music, but exports are 720p with a VEED watermark that can't be moved or removed, and the AI tools are one-time trials. A look round, not a working plan. | CA free plan with a basic editor, live streaming with a watermark, 5 hosted embeds and 10 GB of storage. Downloading MP4s needs a paid plan. |
| Features | BA browser timeline, cutting by deleting words from the transcript, animated auto subtitles, translation, text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing, video from a prompt, a screen recorder and brand kits. The listing shows no gap in the core job. | CEditor, stock library, streaming, hosting, captions and webinars, but teams share one login and the pages disagree about Business storage. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and the work is the editing itself, in a browser, with AI credits and voice-hour allowances to keep track of. Starting a video from a typed idea is the easy part. | CNo store rating on record. A web app where you build each video yourself. |
| Platforms and integrations | BBrowser plus iPhone and Android on the same account, and a public API. No desktop app, which is what caps it, and the listing shows no integrations with other tools. | CWeb only. No integrations are listed in the pages read. |
| Best for | AI-assisted social video in a browser | video, live streaming and hosting in one place |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: VEED and Wave.video. How we grade
Price against what you get
VEED starts at $12.25 a month when paid by the year for each person and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Wave.video starts at $16 a month and scores 2.0.
VEED scores higher and starts $3.75 a month lower. Of the other screen recording and video tools on the chart, 8 score higher than VEED for less, and 39 score higher than Wave.video for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- VEED also covers transcription, noise cancellation and screen recording.
- Wave.video also covers text to speech, webinars and multistreaming.
At a glance
| VEED | Wave.video | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $25 per month or $146.99 per year for Creator (US App Store prices) | $16 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Basic editing such as trim, crop, resize, text and music, 720p exports that carry a VEED watermark, and one-time trials of AI tools such as Auto Edits, AI B-roll and audio cleanup. | Basic editor and live streaming with a watermark, 5 hosted-video embeds, 10 GB storage. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | VEED Ltd | Animatron Inc. |
| Price read from | apps.apple.com | wave.video |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
VEED
- Free exports are limited to 720p and carry a VEED watermark that cannot be moved or removed.
- Web plans are billed per seat, so the plan price is multiplied by the number of editors in the workspace.
- AI credits refresh when the subscription renews and unused credits do not carry over.
- The pricing page shows local-currency prices; the dollar prices here come from the US App Store listing and web checkout prices may differ.
Wave.video
- Free exports carry a Wave.video watermark; the FAQ says downloading MP4 files needs a paid plan.
- Teams share a login; the FAQ describes multiple user logins as shared credentials.
- Extra hosted embeds on Business cost 20 cents each a month past 200, and captioning past 200 minutes costs 5 cents a minute.
- Pages disagree on Business storage (500 GB in the plan table, 200 GB in the FAQ).
Key features
VEED
- AI video generation
- Type an idea and get a draft video as a talking character or a faceless format, using models such as VEED Fabric and Google Veo. Each generation spends AI credits from the plan.
- Browser video editor
- Trim, crop and arrange clips on a timeline, add text and music, or cut footage by deleting words from the transcript. It runs in Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox without a download.
- Subtitles and translation
- Auto-generated subtitles with animated styles. Paid plans include unlimited subtitles under a 50-hour monthly fair-use limit, while translation minutes count against the plan's allowance.
- AI voices, avatars and dubbing
- Text-to-speech, voice cloning, AI dubbing and AI characters for talking-head videos. AI voice time is capped by plan.
- Screen and webcam recorder
- Record a browser tab, a window or the whole screen with webcam and microphone in a chosen layout, then open the recording in the editor.
- Brand kits and templates
- Store brand fonts, colors, logos and watermarks for reuse across projects. Multiple brand kits start on Pro and custom templates on Studio.
Wave.video
- Video editor
- Browser editor with templates, layouts, an advanced text editor and a thumbnail maker; editing length and resolution rise by plan.
- Stock library
- Plans include a stock library of clips, images and soundtracks; the page cites 2M assets on lower plans and 200M on higher ones.
- Live streaming
- Streams to several channels with guests, scenes, shared presentations and pre-recorded video streaming on paid plans.
- Video hosting
- Host and embed videos with customization; each plan sets embeds, monthly traffic and storage.
- Captions and voice
- Creator and Business add styled captions and subtitles, image background removal and text to speech.
- Webinars and recording
- Paid streaming plans include webinars and recording with pause and resume, up to 4 or 12 hours.
Plans
VEED
Free$0
Basic editing tools, 720p exports with a VEED watermark and one-time trials of the AI editing tools.
Creator$25
per month, or $146.99 per year, as US App Store in-app purchases
No watermark, unlimited auto subtitles, the full audio and video catalog and 15+ AI tools. The yearly web plan lists 6,000 AI credits.
Pro$49
per month, or $289 per year, as US App Store in-app purchases
Everything in Creator plus multiple brand kits, translation into 50+ languages and up to 144 hours a year of AI voice. The yearly web plan lists 30,000 AI credits.
Studio$79
per month, or $464.99 per year, as US App Store in-app purchases
Everything in Pro plus custom templates and up to 960 hours a year of AI voice. The yearly web plan lists 180,000 AI credits.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom AI credits, central team and data management, review mode, privacy controls and customer success. Trials through sales need at least 3 users.
Wave.video
Free$0
Basic editor and streaming with a watermark, 2 channels, 6 guests, up to 1 hour a stream.
Streamer$16
per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly)
Videos up to 5 minutes, 5 channels, 10 guests, streams up to 4 hours at 1080p, webinars.
Creator$24
per month, billed annually ($30 billed monthly)
Edits up to 30 minutes, captions, background removal, text to speech, 20 embeds, 30 GB storage.
Business$48
per month, billed annually ($60 billed monthly)
Edits up to 2 hours at 60fps, 10 channels, 12 guests, 12-hour streams, 200 embeds, shared login.
Ways to pay less
VEED
- Annual discount
Save up to 51% with yearly billing
VEED's pricing page labels its Pay yearly option as saving up to 51% compared with paying monthly.
Wave.video
- Annual discount
Annual billing is 20% cheaper
Wave.video's pricing page labels its annual toggle as 20% off, with monthly prices shown at a higher rate.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, VEED or Wave.video?
As of Nov 12, 2026, VEED starts at $25 per month or $146.99 per year for Creator (US App Store prices), and Wave.video starts at $16 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly). One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, VEED or Wave.video?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both VEED and Wave.video have a free plan.
Which platforms do VEED and Wave.video run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only VEED lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.