ByteDance Seedance 1.0 Lite
APIByteDance Seedance 1.0 Lite is a video model from ByteDance. Provider list price is $0.14 per video; on Allocate you pay $0.15 with the 7% transaction fee. It is a closed model served over API; the weights are not published.
Pricing
Token usage bills at the provider list price plus the 7% transaction fee. Prices checked 2026-07-08.
Price against its peers
Provider list prices per video, ByteDance Seedance 1.0 Lite against its nearest video peers by price.
What a real workload costs
Generating 100 clips costs 100 × $0.14 = $14.30 at list (720p / 5s), or $15.30 billed on Allocate with the 7% transaction fee included.
ByteDance Seedance 1.0 Lite is served over API. Route traffic to it by name, meter every token, and swap it out in one click when a better fit ships.
Example usage
Point a route at bytedance/seedance-1.0-lite and the endpoint never changes; swap the model behind it whenever you want.
curl https://api.allocate.network/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $ALLOCATE_KEY" \ -d '{ "model": "bytedance/seedance-1.0-lite", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Summarise the attached contract."}] }'
Common questions
How much does ByteDance Seedance 1.0 Lite cost?
Provider list price is $0.14 per video (720p / 5s). On Allocate you pay list plus the 7% transaction fee: $0.15.
Can I fine-tune ByteDance Seedance 1.0 Lite?
No. ByteDance Seedance 1.0 Lite is a closed model served over API; the weights are not published. If you want a model you can train and own, start from an open-weights base in the catalog and fine-tune that.
How do I call ByteDance Seedance 1.0 Lite on Allocate?
Send bytedance/seedance-1.0-lite in the model field of the OpenAI-compatible endpoint at api.allocate.network/v1, or point a route name (like prod/support-agent) at it so you can swap the model later without a deploy.