ByteDance (BytePlus / Dreamina) · Model / API
Seedance (ByteDance): pricing, free plan & limits
Free plan not verifiedAPINative audio
Last verified 2026-10-11 against docs.byteplus.com
Facts from official pages
| Status | Verified active |
|---|---|
| Models | Verified Dreamina Seedance 2.5; Seedance 2.0 / 2.0 Fast / 2.0 Mini |
| Type | Our note Video model |
| Pricing model | Verified API billed by video tokens on BytePlus ModelArk (listed per-second equivalents) |
| Free plan | Not verified |
| Credits | Not verified |
| Starting price | Verified Seedance 2.5: $0.103/sec (480p), $0.231/sec (720p), $0.569/sec (1080p), for 16:9, 5 sec, no video input. Seedance 2.0 Mini from $0.04/sec (480p). |
| Max resolution | Verified 1080p (2.5); 4K (2.0 at $0.78/sec) |
| Max clip length | Not verified |
| Aspect ratios | Not verified |
| Audio | Verified Yes. Luma's price table lists Seedance 2.0 and 2.5 output with audio. |
| References & control | Verified Video-to-video and reference video input (input video up to 30 sec on 2.5) |
| Watermark on free plan | Not verified |
| Commercial use | Not verified |
| API | Verified Yes: BytePlus ModelArk |
| Platforms | Verified API (BytePlus); Dreamina by CapCut; many third-party studios |
| Key features | Verified Draft mode (cheap preview, then finalize); available inside Runway, Luma, Pika, Higgsfield and PixVerse |
| Limitations | Verified Requests with video input have minimum token charges. Per-second prices are estimates; you're billed on actual tokens. |
| Latest news | Verified BytePlus: "Official Dreamina Seedance 2.5 API is now live" (pricing page updated 2026-10-08) |
Verified Cheapest listed API rate: $0.040/sec (Seedance 2.0 Mini, 480p; Seedance 2.5 from $0.103/sec (BytePlus)).