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Seedream 4.5 API Pricing Per Image

Seedream 4.5 costs $0.0309 per image, by size. That's 23% below the official price.

Per image from
$0.0309
2K
At 2k
$0.0309/image
official $0.04/image
Per 1,000 from
$30.88
2K
Below official
up to 23%
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Per image

Seedream 4.5 price per image by size

Our price with the official list price struck through, and what 1,000 images cost.

Seedream 4.5 price per image
SizePer imagePer 1,000
2K
≈4 MP
$0.0309$0.04−23%
With a monthly plan: Pro $0.0307Max $0.0305
$30.88
4K
≈16 MP
$0.0309$0.04−23%
With a monthly plan: Pro $0.0307Max $0.0305
$30.88

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; our prices are live.

Calculator

What Seedream 4.5 costs for your volume

Pick a size and a monthly volume. Every figure is a live quote, so per-image billing is exact.

Size
Tries per keeper

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

At volume

From per image to per batch

Totals at 2K and 4K.

Seedream 4.5 cost per batch size
Images2K4K
1$0.031$0.031
10$0.31$0.31
100$3.09$3.09
1,000$30.88$30.88
10,000$308.75$308.75

Billing

How Seedream 4.5 images are billed

Full details in the billing docs.

  • Unit. One output image, at the size you pick.
  • Edits. Edits are billed like generated images of the same size.
  • Notes. Requests with enable_safety_checker: false (API only) are billed at $0.04 per image.
  • Failed = free. Failed generations, and jobs cancelled while queued, are refunded in full.
  • Price first. POST /v1/quote/bytedance/seedream-4.5/text-to-image returns the exact price of any request, free.

Compare

Seedream 4.5 per image vs other image APIs

Every image model we offer at 2k, cheapest first — each at its lowest price for that size. Seedream 4.5 is number 8 of 19.

image models ranked by price per image at 2k
#ModelTierPer imageOfficial
1FLUX.2 [klein] 4B
Black Forest Labs
2K$0.0038/image$0.0172/image
2FLUX 3 Image Klein
Black Forest Labs
2K$0.0074/image$0.014/image
3Z-Image Turbo
Alibaba
2K$0.0108/image$0.015/image
4GPT Image 2.5
OpenAI
2K · low$0.0114/image$0.0124/image
5GPT Image 2.5 Flare
OpenAI
2K · low$0.0114/image$0.0124/image
6Seedream 5.0 Flash
ByteDance
2K$0.0154/image$0.018/image
7Qwen-Image 3.0
Alibaba
2K$0.0228/image$0.03/image
8Seedream 4.5
ByteDance
2K$0.0309/image$0.04/image
9Seedream 5.0 Lite
ByteDance
2K$0.0317/image$0.035/image
10Nano Banana 2.1
Google
2K$0.0479/image$0.0584/image

Price per image is one input; quality, speed and features differ. Quality levels differ between models; the tier column names each.

FAQ

Seedream 4.5 price per image questions

2K: $0.0309/image; 4K: $0.0309/image. The official list price is $0.04–$0.04 per image.

Yes. An edit is billed like a generated image of the same size, from $0.0309 per output image.

$30.88 at 2K and $30.88 at 2K; 10,000 images at 2K cost $308.75.

At 2K, Seedream 4.5 is $0.0309/image, number 8 of 19 image models we offer at that size; the cheapest is FLUX.2 [klein] 4B at $0.0038/image. Compare quality and features too: the table lists each model's tier, and Seedream 4.5 alternatives weighs them up.

Seedream 4.5 is developed by ByteDance. CheaperGen provides API access and does not own the model. Trademarks belong to their respective owners.