ByteDance Seed · video model · Released Feb 12, 2026Seedance 2.0
ByteDance unified multimodal audio-video model supporting text, image, video and audio references, editing, extension and synchronized stereo sound.
- Arena score
- 1,479#5 of 48 · text to video
- Starting price
- $0.067per second · 480p
- Longest clip
- 15 s4–15 s
- Resolution
- 4KWith native audio
How it rates and what it costs
- Text to video arena
- 1,479 ±8#5 of 48 · 56,318 votes
- Image to video arena
- 1,475 ±7#5 of 48 · 121,427 votes
Arena scores come from blind, side-by-side human votes on the same prompts (higher is better; ± is the 95% range). Boards updated Sep 22, 2026.
Listed prices
- 480p
- $0.067/s
Billed per video token; higher at 1080p and 4K. Shown as starting rates.
A 10-second clip at the starting rate costs about $0.673.
Specs and prices checked Nov 2, 2026: OpenRouter, image-to-video models compared (Oct 15, 2026) . Labs change prices often.
The details
- Lab
- ByteDance Seed
- Type
- Video model
- Released
- Feb 12, 2026
- Inputs
- Text prompts, Reference images, Audio, Video
- Output
- Video with sound
- Can do
- Text to video, Image to video, Video editing, Audio input, Native audio
- Resolutions
- 480p · 720p · 1080p · 4K
- Clip length
- 4–15 s
- Sound
- Optional
- Frame control
- First and last frame
- References
- Image, video and audio
- Weights
- Proprietary
- Availability
- 2 API hosts
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About Seedance 2.0
How good is Seedance 2.0?
In blind side-by-side votes, Seedance 2.0 scores 1,479 for text to video (#5 of 48) and 1,475 for image to video (#5 of 48). Higher is better; scores within about 16 points of each other are effectively tied.
Who makes Seedance 2.0?
Seedance 2.0 is a video model from ByteDance Seed, released Feb 12, 2026.
What can Seedance 2.0 do?
Seedance 2.0 accepts text prompts, reference images, audio and video and produces video with sound. In practice: text to video, image to video, video editing, audio input and native audio.
Is Seedance 2.0 open source?
No. Seedance 2.0 is proprietary; you use it through an API or partner apps.
Where can I use Seedance 2.0?
It is listed by 2 API hosts we track.
How much does Seedance 2.0 cost?
Seedance 2.0 costs from $0.067/s (480p). A 10-second clip at the starting rate is about $0.673. Prices checked Nov 2, 2026.
How long can Seedance 2.0 videos be?
Seedance 2.0 generates clips of 4–15 s at 480p, 720p, 1080p or 4K. Sound: optional.
What are the alternatives to Seedance 2.0?
The closest video models from other labs, by release date, are Kling v3.0 (Kling AI, Feb 5, 2026), Grok Imagine Video (xAI, Jan 28, 2026), Wan v2.7 (Alibaba (Qwen), Apr 7, 2026) and Veo 3.1 Lite (Google, Mar 31, 2026).