Provider · verified 16 Oct 2026
BytePlus 模型方舟
BytePlus ModelArk is the international way to call ByteDance’s Seed text models, Seedance video, and Seedream image. It is not the Doubao phone app, and it is not automatically the same invoice as a China console.
The OpenRouter rows below are list prices for Seed text ids. On 16 Oct 2026 several of those headlines matched the ModelArk pay-as-you-go table. Seedance and Seedream are not in that OpenRouter text table. Read the signup guide before you treat a bar here as a video price.
Models on the latest OpenRouter snapshot
| Model | Input | Output | vs Opus |
|---|---|---|---|
bytedance-seed/seed-2-1-turbo | $0.500 | $2.50 | 88% cheaper |
bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-code | $0.500 | $3.00 | 86% cheaper |
bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite | $0.250 | $2.00 | 91% cheaper |
bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-mini | $0.100 | $0.400 | 98% cheaper |
bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash | $0.075 | $0.300 | 98% cheaper |
bytedance-seed/seed-1.6 | $0.250 | $2.00 | 91% cheaper |
bytedance/ui-tars-1.5-7b | $0.100 | $0.200 | 98% cheaper |
Guides
- BytePlus ModelArk from outside China: signup, payment, and the USD table
- Chinese image models against the OpenAI rows on a public board
- Chinese text-to-speech prices, on one unit, against ElevenLabs
- Chinese AI video, against the Sora and Veo rows we can cite
- Free Chinese AI for video and image, without a made-up credit count
- Paying for Chinese AI from abroad: what the docs show, and what they do not