ByteDanceSeedream 4.5 API Cost
A 2K Seedream 4.5 image costs $0.031, against $0.04 at the official price. What you spend depends on image size, how many images you make and how many you keep — here is what real work costs, what a monthly budget buys and how to spend less.
- 2K image
- $0.031
- official $0.04
- 1,000 images
- $30.88
- 2K
- 1,000 images / month
- $30.88
- 2K
- Below official
- up to 23%
- failed runs: $0
Try it
Try Seedream 4.5 — the price is on the button
Runs on your balance at the price on the button; failed runs are refunded. Results are saved to your account.
Calculator
Calculate your Seedream 4.5 cost
Pick the size, your monthly volume and how many tries you keep. Every figure is a live quote.
Per month · 100 generations
3.09
$4.00 at the official price
- Per image
- 0.031
- Per kept image
- 0.031
- Saved per month
- $0.91
- Saved per year
- $10.94
Live prices · failed generations are free
Cost drivers
What drives the Seedream 4.5 API cost
3 things set your bill. Prices are live; the full tier list is on the Seedream 4.5 API pricing page.
Image size
The biggest lever. An image costs 1.0× as much at 2K as at 2K.
- 2K
- $0.031
- 1.0×
- 4K
- $0.031
- 1.0×
Task
Text to image and image edit cost the same: the input doesn't change the rate.
Takes you keep
Every successful image is billed, including takes you discard. Keeping one in three makes each kept 2K image cost $0.093 instead of $0.031. Failed generations are refunded.
Real work
What images cost with Seedream 4.5
Typical jobs priced end to end at today's per-image prices.
| Deliverable | Generations | Tier | Official | CheaperGen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concept exploration | 20 images | 2K | $0.62 With a monthly plan: Max $0.61 | |
| Product photo set | 12 images | 2K | $0.38 With a monthly plan: Max $0.37 | |
| Ad creative variations | 50 images | 2K | $1.55 With a monthly plan: Pro $1.54Max $1.53 | |
| Blog illustrations for a month | 100 images | 2K | $3.09 With a monthly plan: Pro $3.07Max $3.05 | |
| Catalog of 1,000 products × 3 shots | 3,000 images | 2K | $92.63 With a monthly plan: Pro $91.95Max $91.26 | |
| Hero images | 4 images | 2K | $0.13 |
Monthly plans lower prices on most models (shown under each price); you can still pay as you go. Pro $499/month · Max $4,999/month. Plan prices don't apply to requests with the safety checker off.
Budgets
What a Seedream 4.5 budget buys
Images per budget at each size.
| Size | $10 | $50 | $100 | $500 | $1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2K $0.031 per image | 323 | 1,619 | 3,238 | 16,194 | 32,388 |
4K $0.031 per image | 323 | 1,619 | 3,238 | 16,194 | 32,388 |
Yearly difference
Seedream 4.5 cost vs the official price
The same monthly volume at 2K, priced here and at the official price (verified October 18, 2026).
1,000 images / month
$30.88
$40.00 official
$109.50 less a year
10,000 images / month
$308.75
$400.00 official
$1,095 less a year
100,000 images / month
$3,088
$4,000 official
$10,950 less a year
Compare
A 2K image on other models
The same request on Seedream models and the cheapest similar models, at each model's lowest price for that size.
| Model | Tier | Cost | vs. Seedream 4.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLUX.2 [klein] 4B Black Forest Labs | 2K | $0.004 | −88% |
| FLUX 3 Image Klein Black Forest Labs | 2K | $0.008 | −76% |
| Z-Image Turbo Alibaba | 2K | $0.011 | −65% |
| GPT Image 2.5 OpenAI | 2K · low | $0.012 | −63% |
| Seedream 5.0 Flash Seedream family | 2K | $0.016 | −50% |
| Seedream 4.5 ByteDance | 2K | $0.031 | — |
| Seedream 5.0 Lite Seedream family | 2K | $0.032 | +3% |
| Seedream 5.0 Pro Seedream family | 2K | $0.067 | +115% |
Price is one input; quality, speed and features differ. Each model's cost page has its own breakdown.
Cost control
Keep Seedream 4.5 spend predictable
The same rules in the API, the Playground and the Studio. Details in the billing docs.
- Price it first.
POST /v1/quote/bytedance/seedream-4.5/text-to-imagereturns the exact price of any request, free. - Cap a request. Send
max_cost_usdand a request priced above it is refused without charge. - Prepaid only. You can't spend more than your balance; auto top-up is optional and you set its amount.
- Failed = free. Failed generations, and jobs you cancel while queued, are refunded in full.
- Every charge itemized. Each generation returns its exact cost, and the dashboard lists every charge.
FAQ
Seedream 4.5 API cost questions
Our prices are live; official prices were verified October 18, 2026. Seedream 4.5 is developed by ByteDance. CheaperGen provides API access and does not own the model. Trademarks belong to their respective owners.