Cheapest ByteDance Seed Models

Quick answer · Updated June 2026

The cheapest ByteDance Seed model is Seed 1.6 Flash at $0.075 per million input tokens. Seed-2.0-Mini ($0.100) and Seed-2.0-Lite ($0.250) round out the top three.

$0.075Input /M

64 t/sSpeed

262KContext

AI models ranked by input token price. The most affordable large language model APIs, from budget open-weight models to discounted frontier models.

1B
seed-1.6-flash
ReasoningToolsJSON+164 t/s · 878ms ttft · 262K ctx
$0.075
Input /M
2B
seed-2.0-mini
ReasoningToolsJSON+154 t/s · 458ms ttft · 262K ctx
$0.100
Input /M
3B
seed-2.0-lite
ReasoningToolsJSON+180 t/s · 1.9s ttft · 262K ctx
$0.250
Input /M
4B
seed-1.6
ReasoningToolsJSON+132 t/s · 963ms ttft · 262K ctx
$0.250
Input /M

Frequently asked

What is the cheapest ByteDance Seed model?

The cheapest ByteDance Seed model is Seed 1.6 Flash at $0.075 per million input tokens. Seed-2.0-Mini ($0.100) and Seed-2.0-Lite ($0.250) round out the top three.

What's a good alternative to Seed 1.6 Flash?

Seed-2.0-Mini ($0.100) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by Seed-2.0-Lite ($0.250). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.

How many ByteDance Seed models are there?

modelgrep tracks 4 ByteDance Seed models with live benchmarks, speed, latency and per-provider pricing. 4 of them qualify for this ranking.

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