Seedream 5.0 Pro API Pricing: Official vs Resellers (September 2026)
Seedream 5.0 Pro is an image generation model from ByteDance. We track 16 published prices for it from 10 providers (2 official, 4 aggregators, 4 resellers), last checked 2026-09-28.
Official prices from BytePlus ModelArk range from $0.0450/image (Pro · <=2.61MP (<=1.5K)) to $0.0900/image (Pro · >2.61MP (>1.5K)), depending on the configuration.
The lowest published price is $0.0350/image from Kie.ai (reseller; Pro · 1K). 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 (14)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kie.ai | Reseller | Pro · 1KListed as: seedream 5 Pro, text-to-image, 1K | $0.035 / image | $0.0350 | — | Pricing page | kie.ai | NoteKie credits: standard rate $0.005/credit (stated in kie.ai billing UI text; $1,250 top-up gets +10% bonus). 7 credits/image. Kie-listed official/fal reference $0.045. |
| BytePlus ModelArk | Official | Pro · <=2.61MP (<=1.5K)Listed as: Dola Seedream 5.0 Pro (dola-seedream-5-0-pro-260628) | $0.045 / image | $0.0450 | 1.00× | Pricing page | docs.byteplus.com | NoteSingle-image generation, output <=2.61 MP (1.5K or lower). Input images: first free, from 2nd USD 0.003/image. Layer decomposition: USD 0.0225 (<=2.61MP) / 0.045 (>2.61MP) per layer. Same price for t2i and image-to-image; failed/moderated outputs not billed. China (火山方舟): CNY 0.3/image; CNY number = 6.67x the USD number (no FX stated). |
| OpenRouter | Aggregator | ProListed as: ByteDance Seed: Seedream 5.0 Pro | $0.045 / image | $0.0450 | — | Pricing API | openrouter.ai | NoteHigh-resolution variant $0.09/image; input image $0.003 |
| Runware | Aggregator | Pro · 1.5KListed as: Seedream 5.0 Pro | $0.04815 / image | $0.04815 | — | Pricing API | content.runware.ai | Note2K (>2.36MP) $0.0963; extra input images $0.00321 each after the first. |
| DeepInfra | Aggregator | Pro · 1.5KListed as: ByteDance/Seedream-5.0-Pro | $0.0495 / image | $0.0495 | — | Pricing API | api.deepinfra.com | Note'$0.0495/image up to 1.5K, $0.099/image above; plus $0.0033 per input image after the first'. |
| fal.ai | Aggregator | Pro · <=1536×1536Listed as: Seedream 5.0 Pro Text to Image | $0.0675 / image | $0.0675 | — | Pricing page | fal.ai | Note"Tentative pricing"; $0.135 for area between 1536x1536 and 2048x2048. |
| GoAPI | Reseller | Pro · 1KListed as: Seedream 5 Pro (1K) | $0.068 / image | $0.0680 | — | Pricing page | goapi.ai | Notegoapi.ai/pricing 'API Service' tab (client-rendered). |
| PiAPI | Reseller | Pro · 1KListed as: seedream-5-pro 1K | $0.068 / image | $0.0680 | — | Pricing page | piapi.ai | Notepiapi.ai/pricing. |
| Kie.ai | Reseller | Pro · 2KListed as: seedream 5 Pro, text-to-image, 2K | $0.07 / image | $0.0700 | — | Pricing page | kie.ai | NoteKie credits: standard rate $0.005/credit (stated in kie.ai billing UI text; $1,250 top-up gets +10% bonus). 14 credits/image. Kie-listed official/fal reference $0.09. |
| BytePlus ModelArk | Official | Pro · >2.61MP (>1.5K)Listed as: Dola Seedream 5.0 Pro (dola-seedream-5-0-pro-260628) | $0.09 / image | $0.0900 | 1.00× | Pricing page | docs.byteplus.com | NoteSingle-image generation, output >2.61 MP (higher than 1.5K). Input images: first free, from 2nd USD 0.003/image. Same price for t2i and image-to-image; failed/moderated outputs not billed. China (火山方舟): CNY 0.6/image; CNY number = 6.67x the USD number (no FX stated). |
| Infer | Reseller | 2KListed as: Seedream 5.0 Pro | $0.09 / image | $0.0900 | — | Pricing page | tryinfer.com | NotePrice read from the model page catalog data (per tier); Infer does not publish a credit unit. |
| fal.ai | Aggregator | Pro · 2048×2048Listed as: Seedream 5.0 Pro Text to Image | $0.135 / image | $0.135 | — | Pricing page | fal.ai | Note"Tentative pricing". |
| GoAPI | Reseller | Pro · 2KListed as: Seedream 5 Pro (2K) | $0.136 / image | $0.136 | — | Pricing page | goapi.ai | Notegoapi.ai/pricing 'API Service' tab (client-rendered). |
| PiAPI | Reseller | Pro · 2KListed as: seedream-5-pro 2K | $0.136 / image | $0.136 | — | Pricing page | piapi.ai | Notepiapi.ai/pricing. |
× 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 (2)
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) | Pro · <=2.61MP (<=1.5K)Listed as: doubao-seedream-5-0-pro (doubao-seedream-5-0-pro-260628) | CNY 0.3 / image | CNY 0.3/image | $0.0450/imageBytePlus ModelArk | 6.67 | volcengine.com | NoteCNY 0.3/image (China list price, 火山方舟 输出图单价); no USD conversion stated. 单图生成 ≤261万像素 (1.5K及以下). 输入图首张免费, 第2张起 0.02 元/张. 图层拆分 0.15/0.30 元. vs BytePlus USD 0.045/image (CNY/USD number ratio 6.67). |
| Volcano Engine Ark (China) | Pro · >2.61MP (>1.5K)Listed as: doubao-seedream-5-0-pro (doubao-seedream-5-0-pro-260628) | CNY 0.6 / image | CNY 0.6/image | $0.0900/imageBytePlus ModelArk | 6.67 | volcengine.com | NoteCNY 0.6/image (China list price, 火山方舟 输出图单价); no USD conversion stated. 单图生成 >261万像素 (1.5K以上). 输入图首张免费, 第2张起 0.02 元/张. vs BytePlus USD 0.09/image (CNY/USD number ratio 6.67). |
FAQ
- What is the official Seedream 5.0 Pro API price?
- Official prices from BytePlus ModelArk range from $0.0450/image (Pro · <=2.61MP (<=1.5K)) to $0.0900/image (Pro · >2.61MP (>1.5K)), depending on the configuration. Official configurations: $0.0450/image (Pro · <=2.61MP (<=1.5K)); $0.0900/image (Pro · >2.61MP (>1.5K)).
- What is the cheapest Seedream 5.0 Pro API?
- The lowest published price is $0.0350/image from Kie.ai (reseller; Pro · 1K). 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.