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Seedream 5.0 Lite Pricing

Seedream 5.0 Lite costs $0.0303 per image, depending on size. That's up to 13% below ByteDance's official list price. No subscription; failed generations are free.

Per image from
$0.0303
1K
1K image
$0.03
official $0.035
1,000 images
$30.30
1K
Below official
up to 13%
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Price list

Seedream 5.0 Lite price per image

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

Seedream 5.0 Lite pricing for every tier
TierOfficialCheaper Gen.Save100 imagesImages / $10
1K
≈1 MP
$0.035/image$0.0303/image−13%$3.03330
2K
≈4 MP
$0.035/image$0.0303/image−13%$3.03330
  • Official price: BytePlus ModelArk official price ($0.035 per image). Verified October 16, 2026.

By task

Seedream 5.0 Lite pricing by endpoint

Each Seedream 5.0 Lite endpoint is billed on the same per-image rates. Starting price per endpoint:

Seedream 5.0 Lite Text to Imageup to −13%
$0.0303/image · 1K

Input: A prompt · bytedance/seedream-5.0-lite/text-to-image

Seedream 5.0 Lite Image Editup to −13%
$0.0303/image · 1K

Input: Input images (+ prompt) · bytedance/seedream-5.0-lite/edit

Cost examples

What Seedream 5.0 Lite images cost

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

Seedream 5.0 Lite cost examples
Use caseRequestTierOfficialCheaper Gen.Saved
Single image1 image1K$0.035$0.03—
Hero image1 image1K$0.035$0.03—
Product catalog500 images1K$17.50$15.15$2.35
Monthly production10,000 images1K$350.00$303.00$47.00

Estimate your monthly Seedream 5.0 Lite 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 5.0 Lite at 1K: 10,000 images per month costs $350 at the official list price and $303 on Cheaper Gen. — you save $47 a month.

Billing

How Seedream 5.0 Lite billing works

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

  • Unit. Per image.
  • Official reference. BytePlus ModelArk official price ($0.035 per image), verified October 16, 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-5.0-lite/text-to-image returns the price, the official price and your discount for any input — free.

FAQ

Seedream 5.0 Lite pricing questions

How Seedream 5.0 Lite compares on price

Seedream 5.0 Lite costs from $0.0303/image at 1K to $0.0303/image at 1K per generated image. The official list price is $0.035–$0.035 per image (BytePlus ModelArk official price). Requesting several images costs the per-image price times the count.

Per image, from prepaid credits in US dollars. 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.

There is no subscription and no monthly fee. Cheaper Gen. is prepaid: add credits from $10, spend them on any model in the API or the Studio, and failed generations are refunded automatically. The quote endpoint (POST /v1/quote/{endpoint}) is free, so you can price any request before you run it.