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Using Seed 1.6 on OpenRouter

Implementation guide · Seed · ByteDance

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OpenRouter exposes Seed 1.6 through model ID bytedance-seed/seed-1.6. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

Last refreshed 2026-07-10. Next refresh: weekly.

Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at OpenRouter and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the OpenRouter SDK or REST API to call bytedance-seed/seed-1.6 — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $0.25/1M input, $2.00/1M output tokens. See full pricing.
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Code Examples

See OpenRouter documentation for integration details.

Pricing on OpenRouter

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.25
Output tokens$2.00

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalReasoningJSON / Tool useStructured Outputs

About Seed 1.6

Seed 1.6 is a general-purpose multimodal model from ByteDance Seed supporting text, image, and video inputs. It incorporates multimodal capabilities and deep thinking for complex tasks at 256K context.

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Model Specs

Released2026-03-01
Context256k
ArchitectureDecoder Only

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Provider

OpenRouter
OpenRouter

OpenRouter, Inc.

New York, NY, USA