Seedance 2.0
ByteDance
Seedance 2.0 costs $0.14 per second of generated video — the 13th cheapest of the 18 video APIs tracked here. A 10-second clip runs about $1.40, and the rate is 2.8× the cheapest option (Veo 3.1 Lite at $0.05/sec), while still coming in 65% under the priciest (Veo 3.1). It outputs up to 1080p with a maximum single clip of 12 seconds, and generates a synchronised audio track itself.
Video-editing mode is cheaper (¥28 per million tokens); third-party resellers vary wildly ($0.06-0.68/sec).
Per second
$0.14
Per second
10-sec clip
$1.40
5 sec: $0.70
Resolution
1080p
max 12 sec per call
Native audio
Yes
9 peers offer it
Pricing basis
Volcengine lists ¥46 per million tokens for pure generation, which works out to about ¥1 ($0.14) per second.
ByteDance's second-generation Seedance — standout multi-shot narrative coherence, and it edits existing footage from natural language.
Capabilities
Price verified 2026-08-06 · source: manual
What it costs on a real workload
| Scenario | Monthly cost | Gen-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Social short-form6-second clips, 300 per month | $252 | $216 |
| Ad creative testing10-second clips, 60 variants per month | $84 | $72 |
| E-commerce product loops8-second clips, 1,000 per month | $1,120 | $960 |
| Side project / prototyping5-second clips, 40 per month | $28 | $24 |
Alternatives
- Gen-4$0.12/s
14% cheaper per second than Seedance 2.0.
- Veo 3.1 Fast$0.15/s
1.1× the per-second rate of Seedance 2.0.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does Seedance 2.0 cost per video?
- Seedance 2.0 is billed per second, normalised to $0.14 per second of output. A 5-second clip costs about $0.70, a 10-second clip about $1.40. Volcengine lists ¥46 per million tokens for pure generation, which works out to about ¥1 ($0.14) per second.
- What would Seedance 2.0 cost for a real workload?
- At 6-second clips, 300 per month, Seedance 2.0 comes to roughly $252 per month. The same workload on Gen-4 would be $216.
- Does Seedance 2.0 generate audio?
- Yes — Seedance 2.0 produces a synchronised audio track as part of generation, as do 9 other models tracked here.
- How long a clip can Seedance 2.0 produce in one call?
- Up to 12 seconds per generation at 1080p. Vidu Q3-Pro goes furthest at 16 seconds, so longer sequences here mean stitching multiple generations.