Seed 2.0 Pro API Pricing
ByteDance Seed (BytePlus) · 256K context · API model ID seed-2-0-pro-260328
Seed 2.0 Pro by ByteDance Seed (BytePlus) API pricing: $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $3.00 per 1M output tokens (verified against the official pricing page, Oct 9, 2026).
Prices
| Price | USD per 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.50 |
| Output | $3.00 |
| Cache read | $0.10 |
| Cache write | Not published |
| Batch input | $0.25 |
| Batch output | $1.50 |
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
$600.00
per month
- per day
- $20.00
- per request
- $0.002
Cannot estimate: a needed price is not published.
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.
Long-context prices
Prompts longer than the threshold are billed at a higher rate.
| Prompts over | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128,000 tokens | $1.00 | $6.00 | $0.20 | Not published |
Monthly cost by workload
| Workload | Per month |
|---|---|
| Chatbot1,000 in / 500 out tokens, 10,000 requests a day | $600.00/mo |
| RAG8,000 in / 500 out tokens, 5,000 requests a day | $825.00/mo |
| Coding agent50,000 in / 2,000 out tokens, 1,000 requests a day, 80% cached input | $450.00/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
- No
Capabilities and limits as listed in ByteDance Seed (BytePlus)'s model list.
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Price history
No price changes since we started tracking on Oct 8, 2026.
Questions
- How much does Seed 2.0 Pro cost per month?
- For a chatbot handling 10,000 requests a day with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens each, Seed 2.0 Pro costs about $600.00 per month at the provider's official prices (verified) ($0.50 per 1M input tokens, $3.00 per 1M output tokens).
- Does Seed 2.0 Pro support prompt caching?
- Yes. Cached input costs $0.10 per 1M tokens, compared with $0.50 for regular input.
- How long is Seed 2.0 Pro's context window?
- Seed 2.0 Pro accepts up to 256,000 tokens (256K) of context and returns up to 128,000 tokens per response.
- Does Seed 2.0 Pro have a batch price?
- Yes. Asynchronous batch requests cost $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens.