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Seedream 5.0 Lite Pricing

One Seedream 5.0 Lite image costs $0.032 at 1K. 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
$0.0317
1K
$10 buys
315
1K images
Below official
up to 9%
Subscription
Optional
pay as you go
Create with Seedream 5.0 LiteGet API keyAPI docs

Try it

Try Seedream 5.0 Lite — 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.

Open the full-screen Studio

Price per image

What Seedream 5.0 Lite images cost

By size, for one image and for a batch.

Seedream 5.0 Lite price per image by size
Size1 image4 images10 images100 imagesSave
1K
≈1 MP
$0.032$0.13$0.32$3.17−9%
2K
≈4 MP
$0.032$0.13$0.32$3.17−9%

Official: BytePlus ModelArk international list price for seedream-5-0-lite ($0.035 per image), verified October 18, 2026. Our prices are live. Per image for every tier: Seedream 5.0 Lite API Pricing .

Credits

What your credits buy

Top up once and spend it on Seedream 5.0 Lite or any other model. Counted in images.

Seedream 5.0 Lite: images per top-up amount
Size$10$25$50$100
1K3157881,5773,154
2K3157881,5773,154

Pay as you go

How Seedream 5.0 Lite pricing works

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

Use in Studio Get API key
  • 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 9% 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 4.52K · from $0.0309/image$0.031

FAQ

Seedream 5.0 Lite Pricing: questions

$0.0317 at 1K up to $0.0317 at 1K per image, up to 9% 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 315 1K images. Failed generations are refunded automatically.

No. CheaperGen is prepaid and pay-as-you-go: add credits with a card, spend them on Seedream 5.0 Lite 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 5.0 Lite 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-5-0-lite ($0.035 per image), verified October 18, 2026.

Seedream 5.0 Lite API pricing lists every tier and endpoint per image; Seedream 5.0 Lite API cost prices real projects and monthly budgets.