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Seed-2.0-Code Pricing

ByteDance Seed · bytedance-seed-seed-2-0-code

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Input / 1M tokens

$0.500

Output / 1M tokens

$3.00

Context window

262,144 tokens

≈ 350 pages of text

Max output

131,072 tokens

What it costs in practice

Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out tokens)$0.0018

1,000 requests / month$1.80/mo 10,000 requests / month$18.00/mo 100,000 requests / month$180.00/mo

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What it excels at

Handles code generation and repository-scale analysis with large context and vision inputs for diagrams or UI references.

The business tradeoff

Limited third-party benchmarks and ecosystem maturity compared to established coding models; high output token allowance increases cost exposure on extended generations.

Cheaper from ByteDance Seed

Seed 2.1 TurboByteDance Seed$0.0016/ typical request Seed 1.6ByteDance Seed$0.0011/ typical request

Same tier from other providers

GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI$0.0027/ typical request Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic$0.0096/ typical request Llama 4 MaverickMeta$0.0005/ typical request

Head-to-head

Seed-2.0-Code vs GPT-5.4 Mini →Seed-2.0-Code vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 →Seed-2.0-Code vs Llama 4 Maverick →

Vendor list rates, as of Aug 11, 2026 · source: openrouter · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.