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Seedream 4.5 API Pricing

Seedream 4.5 costs $0.0309 per image, depending on size. That's up to 23% below ByteDance's official list price. No subscription needed; failed generations are free.

Per image from
$0.0309
2K
2K image
$0.031
official $0.04
1,000 images
$30.88
2K
Below official
up to 23%
Create with Seedream 4.5Get API keyAPI docs

Try it

Try Seedream 4.5 — see the price before you run

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 list

Seedream 4.5 price per image

Every tier with ByteDance's official list price, our price and what common batches cost.

Seedream 4.5 pricing for every tier
TierOfficialCheaperGenSave100 imagesImages / $10
2K
≈4 MP
$0.04/image$0.0309/image
With a monthly plan: Pro $0.0307Max $0.0305
−23%$3.09323
4K
≈16 MP
$0.04/image$0.0309/image
With a monthly plan: Pro $0.0307Max $0.0305
−23%$3.09323

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.

  • Official price: 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.
  • Requests with enable_safety_checker: false (API only) are billed at $0.04 per image.

By task

Seedream 4.5 pricing by endpoint

Each Seedream 4.5 endpoint is billed on the same per-image rates. Starting price per endpoint:

Seedream 4.5 Text to Imageup to −23%
$0.0309/image · 2K

Input: A prompt · bytedance/seedream-4.5/text-to-image

Seedream 4.5 Image Editup to −23%
$0.0309/image · 2K

Input: Input images (+ prompt) · bytedance/seedream-4.5/edit

Cost examples

What Seedream 4.5 images cost

Worked examples at today's prices, against the official list price.

Seedream 4.5 cost examples
Use caseRequestTierOfficialCheaperGenSaved
Single image1 image2K$0.04$0.031$0.009
Hero image1 image2K$0.04$0.031$0.009
Product catalog500 images2K$20.00$15.44$4.56
Monthly production10,000 images2K$400.00$308.75$91.25

Estimate your monthly Seedream 4.5 bill

Pick a tier and your monthly volume. Switch models to compare — same live prices as the tables above.

Model
Size

Drag the slider — or pick a model — to try your own numbers.

Seedream 4.5 at 2K: 10,000 images per month costs $400 at the official list price and $309 on CheaperGen — you save $91 a month.

Billing

How Seedream 4.5 billing works

The same rules apply in the API, the Playground and the Studio. Full details in the billing docs.

  • Unit. Per image. Requests with enable_safety_checker: false (API only) are billed at $0.04 per image.
  • Official reference. 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.
  • Hold, then settle. The quoted price is held from your prepaid balance when you submit and becomes the final charge on success. The exact cost is returned with every generation.
  • Failed = free. Failed generations, and jobs you cancel while queued, are refunded in full automatically.
  • Price before you run. POST /v1/quote/bytedance/seedream-4.5/text-to-image returns the price, the official price and your discount for any input — free.

FAQ

Seedream 4.5 API Pricing questions

Seedream 4.5 costs from $0.0309/image at 2K to $0.0309/image at 2K per generated image. The official list price is $0.04–$0.04 per image (BytePlus ModelArk international list price for seedream-4-5-251128). Requesting several images costs the per-image price times the count.

Per image, from prepaid credits in US dollars. Requests with enable_safety_checker: false (API only) are billed at $0.04 per image. The exact cost is shown on the Generate button in the Studio and returned with every API generation.

No. The quoted price is held when you submit and refunded in full, automatically, if the generation fails or you cancel it before it starts.

See Seedream 4.5 API cost for finished pieces, monthly budgets and what drives the bill, and price per image for the rate at every size.

No subscription is needed: CheaperGen is prepaid — add credits, spend them on any model in the API or the Studio, and failed generations are refunded automatically. Optional monthly plans add credits every month, and Pro and Max also lower prices. The quote endpoint (POST /v1/quote/{endpoint}) is free, so you can price any request before you run it.