The closest alternative to Seed-2.0-Lite is Seed-2.0-Mini — comparable intelligence (— vs —); for a cheaper option, MiMo-V2.5 runs $0.140/M vs $0.250/M; for more speed, Morph V3 Large hits 3.1k t/s; and the best open-weight substitute is MiniMax M3.
Seed-2.0-Mini is the closest alternative to Seed-2.0-Lite, with an Intelligence Index of — (Seed-2.0-Lite scores —) at $0.100 per million input tokens.
Yes — MiMo-V2.5 costs $0.140 per million input tokens versus $0.250 for Seed-2.0-Lite, while staying within ~8 points of its Intelligence Index.
MiniMax M3 is the strongest open-weight alternative to Seed-2.0-Lite — downloadable from Hugging Face and self-hostable, scoring 54.7 on intelligence.