Seedream 5 Lite pricing.
Prices checked
ByteDance publishes no price of its own for Seedream 5 Lite; the cheapest price is 5¢ per image at Venice, checked .
ByteDance's own price
ByteDance publishes the model and no price for it, so the spread across its hosts is the whole answer.
Cheapest price
Venice
The least you pay per image of the 2 providers selling it.
Every provider selling Seedream 5 Lite
How we count
Every price is what one job costs, so two providers' numbers stand beside each other. One 1024 x 1024 image at the model's default steps, standard mode, no upscaling and no editing. Prices are in US dollars per image.
- No maker price
- The lab publishes no price of its own, so there is nothing to measure the row against.
Similar image models
Image models from other labs priced for the same job, cheapest first. Each percentage is against Seedream 5 Lite's cheapest, 5¢ per image.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image
text to image · 4 providers
Google Vertex AI3.4¢ per image33% lessFLUX1.1 [pro]
text to image · 3 providers
Vercel AI Gateway4¢ per image20% lessRecraft V4
text to image · 2 providers
Vercel AI Gateway4¢ per image20% lessGen 4 Image
text to image · 1 provider
Runway5¢ per imageSame price
Frequently asked
- Who sells Seedream 5 Lite cheapest?
- Venice, at 5¢ per image, checked 13 Nov 2026.
- What does Seedream 5 Lite cost for one image?
- ByteDance publishes no price of its own for Seedream 5 Lite, so there is nothing to measure the other rows against. 2 providers sell it, from 5¢ per image, and the spread between them is the answer.
- Is Seedream 5 Lite open weights?
- No. ByteDance keeps the weights, so every price here is ByteDance's own or a resale of it.
- How current are these Seedream 5 Lite prices?
- They come from the public catalogs we read every 3 days; the readings on this page are from 13 Nov 2026.
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