Seedream 5.0 Flash API Pricing: Official vs Resellers (September 2026)
Seedream 5.0 Flash is an image generation model from ByteDance. We track 3 published prices for it from 3 providers (2 official, 1 aggregator), last checked 2026-09-28.
BytePlus ModelArk lists Seedream 5.0 Flash at $0.0180/image (Flash).
The lowest published price is $0.0180/image from BytePlus ModelArk (official; Flash). No listed price is below the official price for a matching spec.
Published prices — not yet independently tested. Figures are copied from each provider's public pricing page or pricing API on 2026-09-28. We have not run test generations yet, so a listed price says nothing about reliability or output quality. Every price links to its source.
All published prices (2)
Sorted by normalized price (US dollars per image). Rows without a normalized figure (clip length or unit not stated) are listed last.
| Provider | Type | Spec | Published price | $ / image | × official | Confidence | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BytePlus ModelArk | Official | FlashListed as: Dola Seedream 5.0 Flash (dola-seedream-5-0-flash-260915) | $0.018 / image | $0.0180 | 1.00× | Pricing page | docs.byteplus.com | NoteFlat per output image; input images free. Newest (Sept 2026) cheapest Seedream tier. Same price for t2i and image-to-image; failed/moderated outputs not billed. China (火山方舟): CNY 0.12/image; CNY number = 6.67x the USD number (no FX stated). |
| fal.ai | Aggregator | FlashListed as: Seedream 5.0 Flash | $0.027 / image | $0.0270 | 1.50× | Pricing page | fal.ai |
× official = normalized price ÷ the cheapest official price for the same model and spec. ~ marks a relaxed match: tier, resolution or audio is unspecified on one side, and every compatible official spec costs the same. — = no unambiguous official price to compare.
Confidence: “Pricing page” = read on the provider’s own pricing or docs page; “Pricing API” = read from a public API response. “BYO” tiers are bring-your-own-account estimates, not per-call prices.
China (CNY) list prices (1)
Prices published on Chinese-market platforms in yuan. We do not convert them to dollars because the pages state no exchange rate. The last column divides the CNY price by the international official USD price for the same spec; a value below the market CNY/USD exchange rate means the China list price is lower in dollar terms.
| Provider | Spec | China list price | CNY per second / image | Int’l official (USD, same spec) | CNY per $1 of int’l price | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volcano Engine Ark (China) | FlashListed as: doubao-seedream-5-0-flash (doubao-seedream-5-0-flash-260915) | CNY 0.12 / image | CNY 0.12/image | $0.0180/imageBytePlus ModelArk | 6.67 | volcengine.com | NoteCNY 0.12/image (China list price, 火山方舟 输出图单价); no USD conversion stated. 输出图单价, 输入图免费. vs BytePlus USD 0.018/image (CNY/USD number ratio 6.67). |
FAQ
- What is the official Seedream 5.0 Flash API price?
- BytePlus ModelArk lists Seedream 5.0 Flash at $0.0180/image (Flash). Official configurations: $0.0180/image (Flash).
- What is the cheapest Seedream 5.0 Flash API?
- The lowest published price is $0.0180/image from BytePlus ModelArk (official; Flash). No listed price is below the official price for a matching spec. Prices were checked on 2026-09-28; they are published prices, not results of our own test generations.