# ByteDance Seedream 5.0 Lite

ByteDance Seedream 5.0 Lite is a image model from ByteDance. Provider list price is $0.035 per item; on Allocate you pay $0.037 with the 7% transaction fee. It is a closed model served over API; the weights are not published.

## Pricing

| | Provider list | On Allocate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price, per item | $0.035 | $0.037 |

Token usage bills at the provider list price plus the 7% transaction fee. Prices checked 2026-07-08.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Lab | ByteDance |
| Modality | Image |
| License | Proprietary API |
| Open weights | No |
| Fine-tunable | No |
| Catalog id | bytedance/seedream-5.0-lite |

## What a real workload costs

Generating 1,000 one-megapixel images costs 1,000 × $0.035 = $35 at list, or $37.45 billed on Allocate with the 7% transaction fee included.

## Common questions

### How much does ByteDance Seedream 5.0 Lite cost?

Provider list price is $0.035 per item (Pricing is $0.035 for both 2K & 3K outputs). On Allocate you pay list plus the 7% transaction fee: $0.037.

### Can I fine-tune ByteDance Seedream 5.0 Lite?

No. ByteDance Seedream 5.0 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 Seedream 5.0 Lite on Allocate?

Send bytedance/seedream-5.0-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.

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[HTML page](https://allocate.network/models/bytedance-seedream-5-0-lite) · [Machine-readable catalog](https://allocate.network/catalog.json)