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Model provider7 models

BytePlus

BytePlus serves 7 models on LLM API: 1 image model and 6 video models, all from ByteDance.

Models and prices

Prices when BytePlus serves the request.

Image 1

Price per image

Image models on BytePlus and their prices on LLM API
ByteDanceDola-Seedream-5.0-probyteplus/dola-seedream-5-0-pro-260628$0.003/ 1M output tokensGenerate, Edit

Video 6

Price per second of video; a range covers its resolutions

Video models on BytePlus and their prices on LLM API
ByteDanceDreamina-Seedance-2.5dreamina-seedance-2-5-260628$0.1028–0.5686before discount $0.1028–0.5686Text, Image, Reference480p–1080p
ByteDanceDreamina-Seedance-2.0-Minidreamina-seedance-2-0-mini-260615$0.0352–0.0756Text, Image, Reference480p–720p
ByteDanceDreamina-Seedance-2.0-Fastdreamina-seedance-2-0-fast-260128$0.0562–0.121before discount $0.0562–0.121Text, Image, Reference480p–720p
ByteDanceDreamina-Seedance-2.0dreamina-seedance-2-0-260128$0.0703–0.7776before discount $0.0703–0.7776Text, Image, Reference480p–4k
ByteDanceByteDance-Seedance-1.5-proseedance-1-5-pro-251215$0.02–0.1Text480p–1080p
ByteDanceByteDance-Seedance-1.0-proByteDance-Seedance-1.0-pro$0.024–0.12Text480p–1080p

Send requests to BytePlus

Put byteplus/ before a model ID and the request goes to BytePlus. If BytePlus’s uptime over the last 5 minutes is below 90%, it goes to another provider of the model, unless it sends X-No-Fallback: true. Routing docs

Example: Dola-Seedream-5.0-pro

POST /v1/images/generationsSet LLMAPI_KEY to your LLM API key.Generate docs

import base64
import os

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.llmapi.ai/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["LLMAPI_KEY"],
)

result = client.images.generate(
    model="byteplus/dola-seedream-5-0-pro-260628",
    prompt="A lighthouse at dawn, watercolor",
    response_format="b64_json",
)
with open(f"image.{result.output_format}", "wb") as f:
    f.write(base64.b64decode(result.data[0].b64_json))

Prices synced October 27, 2026.

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