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Seedream 4.5 Pricing

One Seedream 4.5 image costs $0.031 at 2K (official $0.04). You pay as you go per image from a prepaid balance, with no subscription required (monthly plans are optional), and failed generations are free.

Per image from
$0.0309
2K
$10 buys
323
2K images
Below official
up to 23%
With Max
$0.0305
per image from · monthly plan
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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.

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Price per image

What Seedream 4.5 images cost

By size, for one image and for a batch.

Seedream 4.5 price per image by size
Size1 image4 images10 images100 imagesSave
2K
≈4 MP
$0.031$0.13$0.31$3.09−23%
4K
≈16 MP
$0.031$0.13$0.31$3.09−23%

Official: BytePlus ModelArk international list price for seedream-4-5-251128 ($0.04 per output image at 2K and 4K; input images free), verified October 18, 2026. Our prices are live. Per image for every tier: Seedream 4.5 API Pricing .

Monthly plans lower prices on most models; you can still pay as you go. Per image from $0.0307 on Pro ($499/month), $0.0305 on Max ($4,999/month). Plan prices don't apply to requests with the safety checker off.

Credits

What your credits buy

Top up once and spend it on Seedream 4.5 or any other model. Counted in images.

Seedream 4.5: images per top-up amount
Size$10$25$50$100
2K3238091,6193,238
4K3238091,6193,238

Pay as you go

How Seedream 4.5 pricing works

One balance and one price list for the Studio, the API and MCP.

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  • Pay as you go. No subscription needed and no seats. Add credits with a card; optional monthly plans add credits every month, and Pro and Max lower prices.
  • The price before you run. The exact cost is on the Generate button in the Studio, and the API's free quote endpoint returns it for any request.
  • Failed = free. A failed generation, or a job you cancel before it starts, is refunded in full automatically.
  • Same price everywhere. The Studio (no code), the API and MCP cost the same; size and quality are the only things that change the price.
  • Below the official price. Up to 23% less, for the same official model.

Seedream

Other Seedream models

One image on each, at its lowest tier. All of them side by side: Seedream Pricing .

Seedream 5.0 Flash1K · from $0.0154/image$0.016Seedream 5.0 Pro1K · from $0.0333/image$0.034Seedream 5.0 Lite1K · from $0.0317/image$0.032

FAQ

Seedream 4.5 Pricing: questions

$0.0309 at 2K up to $0.0309 at 2K per image, up to 23% below ByteDance's official price. Four images cost four times the per-image price.

No — every image has a cost, but you only pay for what you generate, with no subscription needed: $10 of credits buys 323 2K images. Failed generations are refunded automatically.

No. CheaperGen is prepaid and pay-as-you-go: add credits with a card, spend them on Seedream 4.5 or any other model, in the Studio (no code) or through the API. If you generate every month, optional monthly plans add credits automatically, and Pro and Max also lower the price.

They cost the same. The Studio, the API and MCP use one balance and one price list; the exact price is on the Generate button before you run, and the API's free quote endpoint returns it for any request.

It's the same official Seedream 4.5 model. Direct partnerships with model labs, our own GPU inference for open-source models and automatic routing to the most cost-effective healthy channel lower what serving costs, and most of that saving is passed on. Official: BytePlus ModelArk international list price for seedream-4-5-251128 ($0.04 per output image at 2K and 4K; input images free), verified October 18, 2026.

Seedream 4.5 API pricing lists every tier and endpoint per image; Seedream 4.5 API cost prices real projects and monthly budgets.