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model: bytedance-seed/seedream-5-0-liteModel ID
bytedance-seed/seedream-5-0-liteRequest example
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bytedance-seed/seedream-5-0-lite.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "bytedance-seed/seedream-5-0-lite", not the LLMReference slug "seedream-v5".
Compare Seedream 5.0 Lite Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Volcengine | — | — |
| fal API | — | — |
| Vercel AI Gateway | — | — |
| OpenRouter | — | — |
| BytePlus | — | — |
Pricing
| Type | Rate |
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| Image input | $0.04 |
Capabilities
Multimodal
About Seedream 5.0 Lite
Seedream 5.0 Lite is ByteDance Seed's image creation model, launched 2026-02-13, with deeper reasoning and online search. It does text-to-image, single and multi-image-to-image, and sequential image sets (reference images plus outputs up to 15), with 2K/3K/4K output, streaming, and web search. Proprietary API model: Volcengine Ark doubao-seedream-5-0-260128 (also doubao-seedream-5-0-lite-260128); fal fal-ai/bytedance/seedream/v5/lite/text-to-image.
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Model Specs
Released2026-02-13