Seedream 5.0 Lite: API pricing, providers and specs
Seedream 5.0 Lite is a image model by ByteDance. 15 providers serve it, from $0.028 to $0.05 /img; the lowest price is at Kie.ai.
How Seedream 5.0 Lite compares
Against the 117 image models on the site priced the same way.
- Mid-priced: its lowest price is $0.028 /img against a median of $0.031; 37% of comparable models cost less.
- Its 4K-token context window is larger than 0% of them (median 4K), about 10 pages of text.
- 15 providers serve it; 98% of comparable models have fewer.
Seedream 5.0 Lite prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Task | Output |
|---|---|---|
 Kie.ai | image-to-image | $0.028/img |
| Kie.ai | text-to-image | $0.028/img |
| APIMart | image | $0.028/img |
 CometAPI | — | $0.028/run |
| Atlas Cloud | image-to-image | $0.032/img |
| Atlas Cloud | text-to-image | $0.032/img |
 AIHubMix | — | $0.034/img |
| BytePlusOfficial | — | $0.035/img |
| Vercel AI Gateway | — | $0.035/img |
| WaveSpeedAI | image-to-image | $0.035/run |
| WaveSpeedAI | text-to-image | $0.035/run |
 Fal | image-to-image | $0.035/img |
| Fal | text-to-image | $0.035/img |
 APIYI | — | $0.035/run |
 LaoZhang API | — | $0.035/run |
 FastRouter | — | $0.035/img |
 EmpirioLabs AI | — | $0.035/img |
| Replicate | — | $0.035/img |
 Venice AI | — | $0.05/img |
- Kie.ai$0.028
- APIMart$0.028
- Atlas Cloud$0.032
- AIHubMix$0.034
- BytePlusOfficial$0.035
- Vercel AI Gateway$0.035
- Fal$0.035
- FastRouter$0.035
- EmpirioLabs AI$0.035
- Replicate$0.035
- Venice AI$0.05
Specs
- Type
- Image
- Maker
- ByteDance
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Image
- Capabilities
- —
- Released
- Feb 13, 2026
- License
- —
- Open weights
- —
- Monthly searches
- 8K
Alternatives to Seedream 5.0 Lite
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
| Model | Lowest price | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedream 5.0 Litethis model | $0.028/img | — | 15 |
 Nano Banana 2 | $0.067/img | — | 1 |
 Qwen-Image-2.1 | $0.02/img | 1362 | 2 |
| Qwen Image Edit | $0.03/img | 1241 | 7 |
| Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo | $0.014/img | — | 1 |
| FLUX 3 Image | $0.02/img | — | 5 |
| FLUX.2 [pro] | $0.024/img | 1153 | 12 |
| Nano Banana 2 Lite | $0.034/img | — | 1 |
| Qwen Image 2 | $0.02/img | — | 9 |
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Kie.ai, at $0.028 /img. 15 providers serve Seedream 5.0 Lite; the table above lists every one with its price.
Seedream 5.0 Lite reads up to 4K tokens per request.
We have not found Seedream 5.0 Lite's weights published by its maker.
15 API providers serve Seedream 5.0 Lite. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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