ByteDance Seed · video model · Released Dec 16, 2025Seedance v1.5 Pro
Seedance v1.5 Pro is a video model from ByteDance Seed, released Dec 16, 2025. It handles text to video, image to video and native audio.
- Arena score
- 1,307#24 of 48 · image to video
- Starting price
- $0.011per second · 480p
- Longest clip
- 12 s4–12 s
- Resolution
- 1080pWith native audio
How it rates and what it costs
- Text to video arena
- 1,256 ±7#22 of 48 · 76,171 votes
- Image to video arena
- 1,307 ±7#24 of 48 · 245,206 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
- $0.011/s
- 480p, with audio
- $0.023/s
Billed per video token; higher at 720p and 1080p. Shown as starting rates.
A 10-second clip at the starting rate costs about $0.115.
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
- Dec 16, 2025
- Inputs
- Text prompts, Reference images
- Output
- Video with sound
- Can do
- Text to video, Image to video, Native audio
- Resolutions
- 480p · 720p · 1080p
- Clip length
- 4–12 s
- Sound
- Optional
- Frame control
- First and last frame
- Weights
- Proprietary
- Availability
- 1 API host
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About Seedance v1.5 Pro
How good is Seedance v1.5 Pro?
In blind side-by-side votes, Seedance v1.5 Pro scores 1,256 for text to video (#22 of 48) and 1,307 for image to video (#24 of 48). Higher is better; scores within about 14 points of each other are effectively tied.
Who makes Seedance v1.5 Pro?
Seedance v1.5 Pro is a video model from ByteDance Seed, released Dec 16, 2025.
What can Seedance v1.5 Pro do?
Seedance v1.5 Pro accepts text prompts and reference images and produces video with sound. In practice: text to video, image to video and native audio.
Is Seedance v1.5 Pro open source?
No. Seedance v1.5 Pro is proprietary; you use it through an API or partner apps.
Where can I use Seedance v1.5 Pro?
It is listed by 1 API host we track.
How much does Seedance v1.5 Pro cost?
Seedance v1.5 Pro costs from $0.011/s (480p), up to $0.023/s (480p, with audio). A 10-second clip at the starting rate is about $0.115. Prices checked Nov 2, 2026.
How long can Seedance v1.5 Pro videos be?
Seedance v1.5 Pro generates clips of 4–12 s at 480p, 720p or 1080p. Sound: optional.
What are the alternatives to Seedance v1.5 Pro?
The closest video models from other labs, by release date, are Wan v2.6 (Alibaba (Qwen), Dec 16, 2025), Kling v2.6 (Kling AI, Dec 3, 2025), Grok Imagine Video (xAI, Jan 28, 2026) and Veo 3.1 (Google, Oct 15, 2025).