ByteDance Seed · video model · Released Jul 31, 2026Seedance 2.5
ByteDance multimodal audio-video model with up to 30-second single-pass generation, multi-round extension, reference inputs and timestamp-level editing.
- Arena score
- 1,477#4 of 48 · image to video
- Starting price
- $0.103per second · 480p
- Longest clip
- 30 s4–30 s
- Resolution
- 720pWith native audio
How it rates and what it costs
- Text to video arena
- 1,474 ±9#7 of 48 · 8,001 votes
- Image to video arena
- 1,477 ±7#4 of 48 · 15,729 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
- $0.103/s
Billed per video token ($10.70 per million); higher at 720p. Shown as starting rates.
A 10-second clip at the starting rate costs about $1.03.
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
- Jul 31, 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
- Clip length
- 4–30 s
- Sound
- Optional
- Frame control
- First and last frame
- References
- Up to 50 image, video and audio assets
- Weights
- Proprietary
- Availability
- 1 API host
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About Seedance 2.5
How good is Seedance 2.5?
In blind side-by-side votes, Seedance 2.5 scores 1,474 for text to video (#7 of 48) and 1,477 for image to video (#4 of 48). Higher is better; scores within about 18 points of each other are effectively tied.
Who makes Seedance 2.5?
Seedance 2.5 is a video model from ByteDance Seed, released Jul 31, 2026.
What can Seedance 2.5 do?
Seedance 2.5 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 2.5 open source?
No. Seedance 2.5 is proprietary; you use it through an API or partner apps.
Where can I use Seedance 2.5?
It is listed by 1 API host we track.
How much does Seedance 2.5 cost?
Seedance 2.5 costs from $0.103/s (480p). A 10-second clip at the starting rate is about $1.03. Prices checked Nov 2, 2026.
How long can Seedance 2.5 videos be?
Seedance 2.5 generates clips of 4–30 s at 480p or 720p. Sound: optional.
What are the alternatives to Seedance 2.5?
The closest video models from other labs, by release date, are MiniMax H3 (MiniMax, Jul 31, 2026), FLUX 3 Video (Black Forest Labs, Aug 4, 2026), Wan v3.0 Video (Alibaba (Qwen), Aug 23, 2026) and Grok Imagine Video 1.5 (xAI, May 30, 2026).