ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Lite

BYTEDANCE-SEED Developer Architecture Profile

Intelligence (ELO)1150Chatbot Arena Verified

Max Context262,144Tokens

API Cost / 1M$2.25Blended Prompt + Completion

Model Capabilities

Vision

Seed-2.0-Lite is a versatile, cost‑efficient enterprise workhorse that delivers strong multimodal and agent capabilities while offering noticeably lower latency, making it a practical default choice for most production workloads across text, vision, and tools. Engineered for high-frequency visual understanding and agentic workflows, it's an ideal choice for deployment at scale with minimal latency.

Granular Pricing Matrix

Input Tokens (Prompt)$0.25 / 1M

Output Tokens (Completion)$2.00 / 1M

Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 3/16/2026

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