Seed-2.0-Lite API pricing
ByteDance · Mid-range price tier · Proprietary · released 2026-03. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-12.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $137.50 on Seed-2.0-Lite. Seed-2.0-Lite shares the lowest price we track in the Mid-range price tier with 2 other models, and its list price has not moved since 2026-08-15. Only one host, Seed, sells it, so there is no second price to shop. No Arena score is published for it, so it carries no Efficiency score and cannot hold the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $0.25 per 1M tokens
- Output: $2.00 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: Not published
- Context window: 262K tokens
- Arena ELO: Not published
Market position
On blended price ($1.475 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is the cheapest of 113 models in the Mid-range price tier, tied with 2 others. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 47% of priced text models in the catalogue: 159th cheapest of 303, tied with 2 others. No Arena score has been published for Seed-2.0-Lite, so this page does not rank it on quality and OptimNow's quality bars do not apply to it. 66 of the 113 models we list in the Mid-range price tier carry one. An unranked model is unmeasured, not poor: the benchmark needs votes, and a recent release has not had time to collect them.
Licence, size and capabilities
Seed-2.0-Lite is recorded here as proprietary: access is through an API, priced by the token. Its parameter count is not published. Listed capabilities: Text, Vision, Reasoning, Agents. Filling its 262K context window once costs $0.0655 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
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Seed is the only host with a published rate, $0.25 input / $2.00 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. It serves a quantized fp8 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Precision |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed (model maker, price we quote) | $0.25 | $2.00 | fp8 |
List prices as published on 2026-11-12, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
Monthly cost at 100K requests, by business use case
From the after-discounts figure (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where ByteDance publishes those rates), which assumes you implement both, to the list price. One figure means no discount is published.
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Monthly (after discounts – list) |
|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $138 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $210 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $490 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $422 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $475 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $158 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $190 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $750 |
Price history
Seed-2.0-Lite has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.25 input / $2.00 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
Alternatives to Seed-2.0-Lite
Seed-2.0-Lite carries no Arena score, so this page cannot place it against models of comparable quality. The alternatives below are its nearest neighbours on price in the Mid-range price tier.
- Next more expensive: Devstral 2 2512 (Mistral) at $1.52 blended, 3% more.
Other models from ByteDance
ByteDance has 3 other models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- UI-TARS 7B: $0.10 / $0.20
- Seed-2.0-Mini: $0.10 / $0.40
- Seed 2.1 Turbo: $0.50 / $2.50
All 4 ByteDance models and prices
Common questions about Seed-2.0-Lite pricing
- How much does Seed-2.0-Lite cost?
- Seed-2.0-Lite costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $2.00 per 1M output tokens. That is the model maker's own rate (Seed). Prices as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Which host is cheapest for Seed-2.0-Lite?
- Seed is the only host with a published rate, $0.25 input / $2.00 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. It serves a quantized fp8 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does Seed-2.0-Lite offer batch or cached pricing?
- No. Neither a batch rate nor a prompt-cache rate is published for Seed-2.0-Lite as of 2026-11-12.
- What would Seed-2.0-Lite cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $138 on Seed-2.0-Lite at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can Seed-2.0-Lite be self-hosted?
- No, as far as this site records. Seed-2.0-Lite is recorded here as proprietary: access is through an API, priced by the token.
- Has the price of Seed-2.0-Lite changed?
- Seed-2.0-Lite has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.25 input / $2.00 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
It exposes a thinking budget, so its output volume is what the bill turns on: what thinking models charge for output.
These are list prices. Your real cost also depends on caching and batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and the contracts you already have. OptimNow audits exactly that.
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