Overview
Seed 1.6 was released on December 23, 2025. Pricing starts at $0.250 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens. The model supports a context window of up to 262K tokens. API access is available through Bytedance-seed.
Context Window
262K
tokens
Pricing
Input$0.250
Output$2.00
per 1M tokens
Speed
Output-
TTFT-
median latency
Capabilities
VisionTools
Pricing Comparison
Compare Seed 1.6 with 10 similar models by price.
Current Pricing (per 1M tokens)
11 models
Provider | Model | Input $/M | Output $/M | Context | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$0.250 | $2.000 | 262,144 | |||
$0.200 | $0.200 | 32,768 | |||
$0.200 | $0.200 | 8,192 | |||
$0.200 | $0.200 | 32,768 | |||
QW | $0.210 | $0.630 | 7,500 | ||
DS | $0.210 | $0.320 | 163,840 | ||
DS | $0.210 | $0.790 | 163,840 | ||
QW | $0.220 | $0.950 | 262,144 | ||
TN | $0.250 | $0.850 | 163,840 | ||
$0.250 | $1.000 | 128,000 | |||
$0.250 | $1.000 | 128,000 |
* Some models use tiered pricing based on prompt length. Displayed prices are for prompts ≤ 200k tokens.
Compare Providers
Seed 1.6 is available from multiple providers with different pricing and availability.
1
Providers
$0.250
Cheapest Input/M
$2.000
Cheapest Output/M
Seed
Best Price
Provider Pricing
1 models
Provider | Input $/M | Output $/M | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|
S Seed Best Price | $0.250 | $2.000 | - |
Provider pricing data sourced from OpenRouter and Helicone
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