API pricing
ByteDance Seed API pricing
ByteDance Seed API prices run from $0.10 per million input tokens (UI-TARS 7B) to $0.50 (Seed 2.0 Pro). Its highest-ranked model, Seed 2.0 Pro, costs $0.50 input and $3 output per million tokens.
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| Cached input | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UI-TARS 7B (open weights) | $0.10 | $0.20 | $0.10 | $0.13 | 128K | — |
| Seed 1.6 Flash | $0.075 | $0.30 | — | $0.13 | 262K | — |
| Seed-2.0-Mini | $0.10 | $0.40 | $0.02 | $0.18 | 256K | — |
| Seed 1.6 | $0.25 | $2 | — | $0.69 | 262K | — |
| Seed-2.0-Lite | $0.25 | $2 | — | $0.69 | 262K | — |
| Seed 2.1 Turbo | $0.50 | $2.50 | — | $1 | 262K | — |
| Seed 2.0 Pro | $0.50 | $3 | $0.10 | $1.13 | 256K | 43.2 |
| Seed-2.0-Code | $0.50 | $3 | $0.10 | $1.13 | 256K | — |
Prices on other platforms
The same models are often sold through clouds and resellers at different rates.
| Model | Route | Input | Output | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed 2.0 Pro | deepinfra | $0.50 | $3 | 2026-10-10 |
| Seed 1.6 | openrouter | $0.25 | $2 | 2026-10-10 |
| Seed 1.6 Flash | openrouter | $0.075 | $0.30 | 2026-10-10 |
| Seed-2.0-Code | deepinfra | $0.50 | $3 | 2026-10-10 |
| openrouter | $0.50 | $3 | 2026-10-10 | |
| Seed-2.0-Lite | openrouter | $0.25 | $2 | 2026-10-10 |
| Seed-2.0-Mini | deepinfra | $0.10 | $0.40 | 2026-10-10 |
| openrouter | $0.10 | $0.40 | 2026-10-10 | |
| Seed 2.1 Turbo | openrouter | $0.50 | $2.50 | 2026-10-10 |
| UI-TARS 7B | openrouter | $0.10 | $0.20 | 2026-10-10 |
Frequently asked questions
How much does the ByteDance Seed API cost?
ByteDance Seed API prices run from $0.10 per million input tokens (UI-TARS 7B) to $0.50 (Seed 2.0 Pro). Its highest-ranked model, Seed 2.0 Pro, costs $0.50 input and $3 output per million tokens.
Does ByteDance Seed discount cached input?
Yes. Cached input is billed at a lower rate on 4 of the 8 priced models; the cached rate is listed next to each model.