Seedance pricing in 2026: what Seedance 2.5 and 2.0 cost per second
ByteDance's Seedance 2.5, 2.0, 2.0 Fast, 2.0 Mini and Lite priced in dollars at 480p, 720p and 1080p, what a 5, 15 and 30-second clip costs, and which Seedance to pick for ads.
Short answer: Seedance 2.5 costs about $0.23 a second at 720p and about $0.57 at 1080p, with sound. A 15-second clip is about $3.50 at 720p, and a full 30-second ad in one take about $7. The cheaper Seedance 2.0 Fast is about $0.12 a second, and Seedance 2.0 Mini about $0.08.
Seedance prices per second
ByteDance's model prices as of October 2026, rounded, with sound unless noted.
| Model | 480p | 720p | 1080p | Longest clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seedance 2.5 | about $0.11 | about $0.23 | about $0.57 | 30 seconds |
| Seedance 2.0 | about $0.07 | about $0.15 | about $0.38 | 15 seconds |
| Seedance 2.0 Fast | about $0.06 | about $0.12 | Not offered | 15 seconds |
| Seedance 2.0 Mini | about $0.04 | about $0.08 | Not offered | 15 seconds |
| Seedance Lite (silent) | about $0.01 | about $0.02 | about $0.05 | 12 seconds |
Seedance 2.0 also renders 4K, at about $1.57 a second. Seedance 2.5 Edit, which changes one object, face or setting in a clip you already have, is about $0.61 a second at 720p.
What a Seedance clip costs
| Clip | Seedance 2.5, 720p | Seedance 2.5, 1080p | Seedance 2.0 Fast, 720p | Seedance 2.0 Mini, 720p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 seconds | about $1.17 | about $2.86 | about $0.61 | about $0.38 |
| 10 seconds | about $2.33 | about $5.72 | about $1.22 | about $0.76 |
| 15 seconds | about $3.50 | about $8.58 | about $1.83 | about $1.14 |
| 30 seconds | about $7.00 | about $17.16 | Not offered | Not offered |
Which Seedance to use for ads
Seedance 2.5: people, and long single takes
The one to use when a real-looking person is on camera. In our side-by-side test of ten video models it gave the most complete performance: picked up the bottle, took a sip, said the line to camera and smiled, in that order. It's also the only Seedance that holds a whole 30-second spot in one unbroken take, with synced sound. We wrote about that in 30-second ads in one take.
Seedance 2.0 and 2.0 Fast: products, food and b-roll
Cheaper, with sound, up to 15 seconds. They're great for objects, food, places and stylised clips. People tend to come out looking visibly AI on 2.0 (smoother, glossier skin), so for faces, step up to 2.5.
Seedance 2.0 Mini and Lite: drafts
Mini is the cheapest Seedance with sound and Lite the cheapest video model in our catalog, silent. Both are for rough cuts and volume tests, not for the version you'll run.
Same prompt, one take each. Seedance 2.0 Fast did the whole action too, but swapped the bottle for a mason jar. All ten models from that test are in 10 AI video models, one prompt.
Where to use Seedance
ByteDance offers Seedance in its own creative apps and to developers through its own cloud, priced per second, and it's in most multi-model video tools. Price differences between those come down to the markup a tool adds on top. On Hermoso there's none: Seedance runs at ByteDance's price, with no markup on models, and Hermoso picks Seedance 2.5 by default for product, lifestyle and talking-to-camera ads.
A few things that help Seedance specifically:
- Test at 480p or 720p. 1080p costs about two and a half times as much on 2.5.
- Give it a real product photo. Seedance keeps a product close to the photo you give it, which saves retakes on labels and shapes.
- Use one long take instead of stitching. A single 30-second take avoids the seams and repeated shots that stitched clips often have.
For how Seedance compares with Veo and Kling, read Veo vs Seedance vs Kling. For other low-cost options, the cheapest AI video generators, and for full budgets, what an AI video ad costs to make.
Questions people ask
How much does Seedance cost?
At ByteDance's price in October 2026, Seedance 2.5 is about $0.23 a second at 720p and about $0.57 at 1080p, with sound. Seedance 2.0 Fast is about $0.12 and Seedance 2.0 Mini about $0.08 a second at 720p.
How much does a 30-second Seedance video cost?
Seedance 2.5 holds 30 seconds in one take: about $7 at 720p and about $17 at 1080p.
What is the Seedance API price?
ByteDance prices Seedance per second of output. Seedance 2.5 works out to about $0.11 at 480p, $0.23 at 720p and $0.57 at 1080p per second with sound (October 2026).
Seedance 2.5 or Seedance 2.0?
Seedance 2.5 for real-looking people and takes up to 30 seconds. Seedance 2.0 or 2.0 Fast for products, food and b-roll at about half the price, where people tend to look visibly AI.
What is the cheapest Seedance model?
Seedance Lite, silent, at about 2 cents a second at 720p. The cheapest with sound is Seedance 2.0 Mini at about 8 cents.