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Why use Seed 2.0 Lite on OpenRouter?
OpenRouter offers Seed 2.0 Lite with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.25/1M input tokens. OpenRouter is a multi-provider LLM aggregator offering unified API access to 300+ models from all major labs and emerging providers, with automatic failover for reliability.
Setup recipe
Docs fallbackUse the provider REST API or SDKCreate a provider API keymodel: bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-litebytedance-seed/seed-2.0-liteRequest example
bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite", not the LLMReference slug "seed-2.0-lite".
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.25 |
| Output tokens | $2.00 |
Capabilities
About Seed 2.0 Lite
ByteDance mid-tier Seed 2.0 agent model balancing strong performance with cost efficiency. Supports multimodal input (text, image, video), tool calling, and a 4-level reasoning effort system. AIME 2025: 93, Codeforces: 2233. Max output: 131K tokens.
FAQ
What does Seed 2.0 Lite cost on OpenRouter?
On OpenRouter, Seed 2.0 Lite costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $2 per 1M output tokens.
What is the context window for Seed 2.0 Lite on OpenRouter?
Seed 2.0 Lite supports a 262k token context window on OpenRouter.
What API model ID do I use for Seed 2.0 Lite on OpenRouter?
Use the model ID bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite when calling OpenRouter's API.
Who created Seed 2.0 Lite?
Seed 2.0 Lite was created by ByteDance as part of the Seed 2 model family.
Is Seed 2.0 Lite open source?
Seed 2.0 Lite is not open source; the seed data lists it as proprietary.