# Wave.video review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Video editor, hosting and live streaming in one browser tool

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Wave.video combines a browser video editor with stock media, video hosting with embeds, and live streaming to several channels. A free plan covers basic editing and streaming with a watermark. Paid plans lift length, resolution, guest and channel limits, and larger plans add hosting and marketing tools.

- **Category:** Screen Recording & Video
- **Made by:** Animatron Inc.
- **Website:** https://wave.video
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free: watermarked exports and the FAQ says MP4 downloads need a paid plan.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Wave.video has a free plan, and paid plans start at $16 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Basic editor and live streaming with a watermark, 5 hosted-video embeds, 10 GB storage.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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. |

Read from https://wave.video/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Wave.video before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Annual billing is 20% cheaper** (Annual discount): Wave.video's pricing page labels its annual toggle as 20% off, with monthly prices shown at a higher rate. Source: https://wave.video/pricing

## Key features

- **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.

## Good for

- Marketers who want editing, hosting and streaming in one account
- Small teams sharing one login across social video work
- Agencies managing several clients' brand settings

## Worth knowing

- 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).

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Wave.video combines a video editor, stock library, live streaming and video hosting from $16 a month on yearly billing. The free plan puts a watermark on exports, and the FAQ says MP4 downloads need a paid plan.

- **Value for money: C.** Streamer is $16 a month on yearly billing ($20 monthly), above the category's middle of $12.99. Business is $48.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A 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: C.** Editor, stock library, streaming, hosting, captions and webinars, but teams share one login and the pages disagree about Business storage.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. A web app where you build each video yourself.
- **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only. No integrations are listed in the pages read.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Wave.video's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among screen recording and video tools

- Wave.video's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 6 of the 84 other screen recording and video tools we grade, and level with 12.
- Its paid plans start at $16 a month, against a middle price of $12 for the category: 42 of the 62 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 39 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/video

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Wave.video you would be making a video editor. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 66 of the 84 other screen recording and video tools grade higher. It costs $192 a year.

- You could make: Templates: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: A video editor.
- You could not: One live stream sent to several platforms at once.
- You could not: Live video to hundreds of people at once.
- You could not: A voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

**Tags:** Video editing, Multistreaming, Webinars, Text to speech, Templates

## Alternatives

- [FlexClip](https://toolgpa.com/tools/flexclip): Online video maker and editor with templates and AI tools. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/flexclip-vs-wave-video)
- [Biteable](https://toolgpa.com/tools/biteable): Template-based online video maker for work videos. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/biteable-vs-wave-video)
- [Renderforest](https://toolgpa.com/tools/renderforest): AI video, image, audio and website maker with templates. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/renderforest-vs-wave-video)
- [StreamYard](https://toolgpa.com/tools/streamyard): Browser-based studio for live streaming and recording with guests. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/streamyard-vs-wave-video)
- [VEED](https://toolgpa.com/tools/veed): Browser-based AI video generator and editor for social video. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/veed-vs-wave-video)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://wave.video/pricing

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/wave-video
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