ByteDance Seed · Model
Seed-2.0-Mini pricing, context window and specs
Seed-2.0-Mini costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens, and reads up to 262,144 tokens per request. By blended price it is number 2 of ByteDance Seed’s 6 current models here, counting from the cheapest.
- Input / 1M
- $0.10
- Output / 1M
- $0.40
- Cached / 1M
- –
- Context
- 262,144
- Max output
- 131,072
- Released
- 2026-02-26
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Pricing
Seed-2.0-Mini API pricing
| Price per 1M tokens | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | $0.10 | $0.40 |
| Prompts of 128,000+ tokens | $0.20 | $0.80 |
Output costs 4.0× the input price, so long replies drive the bill more than long prompts. No cached-input price is published, so repeated prompt prefixes are billed at the full input price. Once a single prompt reaches 128,000 tokens, the whole request is billed at the higher long-context rate shown above.
Examples
What Seed-2.0-Mini costs in practice
| Workload | Tokens in / out | Requests/day | Per request | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support chatbot | 1,500 / 400 | 1,000 | $0.00031 | $9.43 |
| RAG app | 6,000 / 500 | 500 | $0.0008 | $12.17 |
| Coding agent | 40,000 / 2,000 | 200 | $0.0048 | $29.20 |
| Document summariser | 8,000 / 600 | 300 | $0.00104 | $9.49 |
Change any number in the cost calculator.
Context
Context window
Seed-2.0-Mini accepts up to 262,144 tokens per request, roughly 196,608 English words or 393 pages. That budget is shared between your prompt and the reply, and a single reply is capped at 131,072 tokens.
Filling the whole window with one prompt costs about $0.0524 at list price, so for repeated long-document work, retrieval (sending only the relevant parts) or prompt caching is usually much cheaper.
Features
Capabilities
- Image input
- Yes
- Tool / function calling
- Yes
- Reasoning mode
- Yes
- Prompt caching
- Yes
- Structured output
- Yes
- Open weights
- No
- Accepts
- text, image, video
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not published
As declared by the provider’s API. It shows a feature exists, not how well it works.
API
Seed-2.0-Mini model ID
- OpenRouter
bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-mini
Use the OpenRouter ID when calling it through OpenRouter; ByteDance Seed’s own API may name it differently. See the model ID reference for the providers we document.
ByteDance Seed
Where Seed-2.0-Mini sits in ByteDance Seed’s line-up
Ranked by blended price (three parts input to one part output, $0.175 per 1M for Seed-2.0-Mini), it is number 2 of ByteDance Seed’s 6 current models here, counting from the cheapest. One step down, Seed 1.6 Flash costs $0.1312 blended (25% less). Unlike Seed-2.0-Mini, it caps a reply at 32,768 tokens (131,072 here). One step up, Seed 1.6 costs $0.6875 (3.9× as much). Unlike Seed-2.0-Mini, it caps a reply at 32,768 tokens (131,072 here). See every ByteDance Seed model and price
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed 1.6 Flash | $0.075 | $0.30 | 262,144 | 2025-12-23 |
| Seed-2.0-Mini (this page) | $0.10 | $0.40 | 262,144 | 2026-02-26 |
| Seed 1.6 | $0.25 | $2 | 262,144 | 2025-12-23 |
| Seed-2.0-Lite | $0.25 | $2 | 262,144 | 2026-03-10 |
| Seed 2.1 Turbo | $0.50 | $2.50 | 262,144 | 2026-08-12 |
| Seed-2.0-Code | $0.50 | $3 | 262,144 | 2026-08-12 |
ByteDance Seed’s current models with a page here, cheapest first. Older and superseded models are listed on the provider page and in the comparison table.
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Cheaper alternatives
- Qwen3.5-9BQwen36% cheaper
- Seed 1.6 FlashByteDance Seed25% cheaper
Current models from major providers, one per provider, that keep image input, tool calling, a reasoning mode, a usable context window and output limit. Compared by blended price.
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FAQ
Seed-2.0-Mini questions
How much does Seed-2.0-Mini cost?
Seed-2.0-Mini costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens. A typical chatbot reply (1,500 tokens in, 400 out) costs about $0.00031. Use the LLM cost calculator for your own workload.
What is Seed-2.0-Mini’s context window?
262,144 tokens, about 196,608 English words or 393 printed pages, shared between your prompt and the reply. A single reply can be up to 131,072 tokens.
Does Seed-2.0-Mini support prompt caching and batch requests?
No cached-input price is published for it. No batch price is published for it.
What are cheaper alternatives to Seed-2.0-Mini?
With the same essentials (image input and tool calling), the cheapest options are Qwen3.5-9B (36% cheaper), Seed 1.6 Flash (25% cheaper). Cheaper doesn’t mean equivalent, so test them on your own prompts.
What is the API model ID for Seed-2.0-Mini?
On OpenRouter it is bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-mini. ByteDance Seed’s own API may use a different name, so check its model list before you deploy. Pass the ID as the model value in each request.
Is Seed-2.0-Mini open source?
No, Seed-2.0-Mini is only available through ByteDance Seed’s API and partners; its weights aren’t published.