Seedance 2.0 API
Cinematic multi-shot video with native audio, up to 4K
Try Seedance 2.0
Runs on your balance at the price shown on the button. Results are saved to your account.
Output frame shape.
Output resolution. Higher resolutions cost more per second.
Length of the generated clip in seconds (4–15s). You pay per second.
Create a free account with Google or email — pay only for what you generate.
Your video will appear here
Write a prompt, pick your settings and hit Run. You only pay for successful generations.
What is Seedance 2.0?
ByteDance Seedance 2.0 generates cinematic 4–15s videos with synchronized audio from text, images or reference assets, at 480p up to 4K.
Director-level control
Seedance 2.0 accepts text, images, audio and video references in a single request. It keeps characters, products and style consistent across shots, follows camera instructions closely and renders fine detail such as fabric, hair and reflections.
Native audio
Every clip can be generated with synchronized sound — ambience, effects and dialogue — at no extra cost.
What it's good at
- Ad spots and product videos from a few reference images
- Short-drama and story scenes with consistent characters
- Image-to-video with first and last frame control
- High-resolution delivery up to 4K (10-bit)
Seedance 2.0 pricing
Pay per second of video. No subscription. Failed generations are refunded automatically.
| Tier | Official price | Cheaper Gen. | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
480p 16:9 · 24 fps | $0.061/s | −14% | |
720p 16:9 · 24 fps | $0.13/s | −14% | |
1080p 16:9 · 24 fps | $0.325/s | −13% | |
4K 16:9 · 24 fps | $0.663/s | −15% |
- Official price: BytePlus ModelArk official price ($7 / 1M tokens at 480p–720p, $7.7 at 1080p, $4 at 4K; with video input $4.3 / $4.7 / $2.4). Prices verified 2026-10-14.
- Billed by video tokens; per-second figures assume 16:9 and no input video.
- With reference videos, (reference video seconds + output seconds) are billed at the lower with-video token rate.
- Aspect ratio changes the price by less than 3%.
Specifications
- Resolutions
- 480p · 720p · 1080p · 4K
- Duration
- 4–15 s
- Aspect ratios
- 16:9 · 9:16 · 1:1 · 4:3 · 3:4 · 21:9
- Frame rate
- 24 fps
- Audio
- Yes (included)
- Inputs
- Text, first/last frame, up to 9 reference images, 3 videos and 3 audio clips
- Released
- Apr 14, 2026
Use Seedance 2.0 via API
One request to start a job, one to fetch the result. Same shape for every model.
import os, time, requests
API = "https://cheapergen.com/api/v1"
headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['CHEAPERGEN_API_KEY']}"}
# 1. Submit the job
job = requests.post(f"{API}/run/bytedance/seedance-2.0/text-to-video", headers=headers, json={
"prompt": "A slow dolly-in on a ceramicist shaping a vase at golden hour, dust in the light, shallow depth of field",
"aspect_ratio": "16:9",
"resolution": "720p",
"duration": 5
}).json()
# 2. Poll until it finishes (or pass "webhook_url" and skip polling)
while job["status"] in ("queued", "running"):
time.sleep(3)
job = requests.get(f"{API}/generations/{job['id']}", headers=headers).json()
print(job["status"], job["output"]["video"]["url"] if job["status"] == "succeeded" else job["error"])Example prompts
Copy a prompt into the playground above to try it.
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Seedance 2.0 is developed by ByteDance. Cheaper Gen. provides API access through official upstream endpoints and does not own the model. Trademarks belong to their respective owners. · Markdown · OpenAPI
