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Seedream 5.0 Lite API Pricing Per Image

Seedream 5.0 Lite costs $0.0317 per image, by size. That's 9% below the official price.

Per image from
$0.0317
1K
At 1K
$0.0317/image
official $0.035/image
Per 1,000 from
$31.70
1K
Below official
up to 9%
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Runs on your balance at the price on the button; failed runs are refunded. Results are saved to your account.

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Per image

Seedream 5.0 Lite price per image by size

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

Seedream 5.0 Lite price per image
SizePer imagePer 1,000
1K
≈1 MP
$0.0317$0.035−9%$31.70
2K
≈4 MP
$0.0317$0.035−9%$31.70
  • Official price: BytePlus ModelArk international list price for seedream-5-0-lite ($0.035 per image). Verified October 18, 2026; our prices are live.

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What Seedream 5.0 Lite 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

3.17

$3.50 at the official price

Per image
0.032
Per kept image
0.032
Saved per month
$0.33
Saved per year
$3.96

Live prices · failed generations are free

At volume

From per image to per batch

Totals at 1K and 2K.

Seedream 5.0 Lite cost per batch size
Images1K2K
1$0.032$0.032
10$0.32$0.32
100$3.17$3.17
1,000$31.70$31.70
10,000$317.00$317.00

Billing

How Seedream 5.0 Lite 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 $0.035 per image.
  • Failed = free. Failed generations, and jobs cancelled while queued, are refunded in full.
  • Price first. POST /v1/quote/bytedance/seedream-5.0-lite/text-to-image returns the exact price of any request, free.

Compare

Seedream 5.0 Lite per image vs other image APIs

Every image model we offer at 1K, cheapest first — each at its lowest price for that size. Seedream 5.0 Lite is number 9 of 20.

image models ranked by price per image at 1K
#ModelTierPer imageOfficial
1FLUX.2 [klein] 4B
Black Forest Labs
1K$0.001/image$0.014/image
2FLUX 3 Image Klein
Black Forest Labs
1K$0.0019/image$0.009/image
3Z-Image Turbo
Alibaba
1K$0.0048/image$0.015/image
4GPT Image 2.5
OpenAI
1K · low$0.0061/image$0.0064/image
5GPT Image 2.5 Flare
OpenAI
1K · low$0.0061/image$0.0064/image
6Seedream 5.0 Flash
ByteDance
1K$0.0154/image$0.018/image
7Qwen-Image 3.0
Alibaba
1K$0.0228/image$0.03/image
8FLUX.2 [pro]
Black Forest Labs
1 MP$0.0276/image$0.03/image
9Seedream 5.0 Lite
ByteDance
1K$0.0317/image$0.035/image
10FLUX 3
Black Forest Labs
1K$0.0317/image$0.048/image

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

FAQ

Seedream 5.0 Lite price per image questions

1K: $0.0317/image; 2K: $0.0317/image. The official list price is $0.035–$0.035 per image.

Yes. An edit is billed like a generated image of the same size, from $0.0317 per output image.

$31.70 at 1K and $31.70 at 1K; 10,000 images at 1K cost $317.00.

At 1K, Seedream 5.0 Lite is $0.0317/image, number 9 of 20 image models we offer at that size; the cheapest is FLUX.2 [klein] 4B at $0.001/image. Compare quality and features too: the table lists each model's tier, and Seedream 5.0 Lite alternatives weighs them up.

Seedream 5.0 Lite is developed by ByteDance. CheaperGen provides API access and does not own the model. Trademarks belong to their respective owners.