Seed 2.0 Mini (260215) API Pricing

ByteDance Seed (BytePlus) · 256K context · API model ID seed-2-0-mini-260215

Seed 2.0 Mini (260215) by ByteDance Seed (BytePlus) API pricing: $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.40 per 1M output tokens (verified against the official pricing page, Oct 9, 2026).

Prices

Seed 2.0 Mini (260215) prices, USD per 1M tokens
PriceUSD per 1M tokens
Input$0.10
Output$0.40
Cache read$0.02
Cache writeNot published
Batch input$0.05
Batch output$0.20

Verified against the provider's official pricing page on Oct 9, 2026. Official pricing page

The same official pricing page also bills cache storage at $0.0083 per 1M tokens per hour. It is not included in the prices or cost estimates here.

Estimated monthly cost

$90.00

per month

per day
$3.00
per request
$0.0003

Cost = input tokens × input price + output tokens × output price, 30 days a month. Cached input uses the cache read price. Cache write fees are not included.

Compare this workload across models

Long-context prices

Prompts longer than the threshold are billed at a higher rate.

Prompts overInputOutputCache readCache write
128,000 tokens$0.20$0.80$0.04Not published

Monthly cost by workload

WorkloadPer month
Chatbot1,000 in / 500 out tokens, 10,000 requests a day$90.00/mo
RAG8,000 in / 500 out tokens, 5,000 requests a day$150.00/mo
Coding agent50,000 in / 2,000 out tokens, 1,000 requests a day, 80% cached input$78.00/mo

Context and capabilities

Context
256,000 tokens
Max output
128,000 tokens
Input
text, image, video
Output
text
Knowledge cutoff
Not published
Open weights
No
Tool calling
Yes
Reasoning
Yes
Structured outputs
Yes

Capabilities and limits as listed in ByteDance Seed (BytePlus)'s model list.

Similarly priced models

Price history

No price changes since we started tracking on Oct 8, 2026.

Questions

How much does Seed 2.0 Mini (260215) cost per month?
For a chatbot handling 10,000 requests a day with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens each, Seed 2.0 Mini (260215) costs about $90.00 per month at the provider's official prices (verified) ($0.10 per 1M input tokens, $0.40 per 1M output tokens).
Does Seed 2.0 Mini (260215) support prompt caching?
Yes. Cached input costs $0.02 per 1M tokens, compared with $0.10 for regular input.
How long is Seed 2.0 Mini (260215)'s context window?
Seed 2.0 Mini (260215) accepts up to 256,000 tokens (256K) of context and returns up to 128,000 tokens per response.
Does Seed 2.0 Mini (260215) have a batch price?
Yes. Asynchronous batch requests cost $0.05 per 1M input tokens and $0.20 per 1M output tokens.