ByteDance · 4 models
Seedream Pricing
What every Seedream model costs: from $0.0154/image, up to 26% below official. Billed per image from a prepaid balance, with no subscription required (monthly plans are optional), and failed generations are free.
- Models
- 4
- image
- From
- $0.0154/image
- Seedream 5.0 Flash
- Below official
- up to 26%
- Subscription
- Optional
- pay as you go
Image models
Seedream image pricing, model by model
Per image from the lowest size.
| Model | Official from | CheaperGen from | Save | 1 image | $10 buys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seedream 5.0 Flash The fastest, lowest-cost Seedream | $0.018/image | $0.0154/image | −14% | $0.016 1K | 649 |
| Seedream 5.0 Pro Production-grade image generation and precise editing | $0.045/image | $0.0333/image | −26% | $0.034 1K | 300 |
| Seedream 5.0 Lite High-quality Seedream images at a lower price | $0.035/image | $0.0317/image | −9% | $0.032 1K | 315 |
| Seedream 4.5 2K and 4K images and multi-image edits at one price | $0.04/image | $0.0309/image With a monthly plan: Pro $0.0307Max $0.0305 | −23% | $0.031 2K | 323 |
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.
Every tier
Seedream price list
Each model's tiers with ByteDance's official price and ours. The full per-endpoint list is on each model's API pricing page.
| Tier | Official | CheaperGen |
|---|---|---|
| 1K | $0.0154/image | |
| 2K | $0.0154/image |
| Tier | Official | CheaperGen |
|---|---|---|
| 1K | $0.0333/image | |
| 2K | $0.0665/image |
| Tier | Official | CheaperGen |
|---|---|---|
| 1K | $0.0317/image | |
| 2K | $0.0317/image |
| Tier | Official | CheaperGen |
|---|---|---|
| 2K | $0.0309/image With a monthly plan: Pro $0.0307Max $0.0305 | |
| 4K | $0.0309/image With a monthly plan: Pro $0.0307Max $0.0305 |
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Seedream 5.0 Flash
From $0.0154/image
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