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Seed 1.6 Flash Pricing
ByteDance Seed · bytedance-seed-seed-1-6-flash
Input / 1M tokens
$0.075
Output / 1M tokens
$0.300
Context window
262,144 tokens
≈ 350 pages of text
Max output
32,768 tokens
What it costs in practice
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out tokens)$0.0002
1,000 requests / month$0.21/mo10,000 requests / month$2.10/mo100,000 requests / month$21.00/moEstimate your own workloadOpens the calculator with Seed 1.6 Flash preloaded — adjust volume and token counts there.
Price history
Only one price point recorded so far.
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What it excels at
Handles large-context text and vision inputs at very low cost, supporting high-volume workloads with 256k context and 32k output limits.
The business tradeoff
Reasoning depth and output consistency lag behind established flagships; minimal third-party tooling and ecosystem support compared to major providers.
Head-to-head
Vendor list rates, as of Jun 15, 2026 · source: openrouter · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.