Doubao API pricing
How Doubao API charges, what to know before you commit, and what you'd pay at your usage — next to what the alternatives would cost for the same thing.
How it charges
Checked 2026-10-07 on docs.byteplus.com ↗ · USD, list pricesIn short
Pay per token on BytePlus ModelArk, from $0.10 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens on Seed 2.0 Mini to $0.50 / $3 on Seed 2.0 Pro.
- Free plan
- Yes
- Side project
- $0.90/mo Seed 2.0 Mini
- Growing
- $9.00/mo Seed 2.0 Mini
- Scaling
- $180/mo Seed 2.0 Mini
What the model leaves out
International (BytePlus) prices for the lowest input-length tier. Flex (off-peak) online inference and batch inference cost about half. Mainland prices (Volcano Engine Ark) are in yuan.
Before you commit
- Prices are tiered by input length: Seed 2.0 Pro is $0.50 / $3 up to 128K input and $1 / $6 from 128K to 256K.
- Cached tokens are charged for storage, $0.0083 per million tokens per hour.
- The newest Seed 2.1 Pro and Lite are sold only on the mainland platform (Volcano Engine), in yuan.
- Audio input on Lite and Mini is priced separately (Seed 2.0 Lite $3.75 per million audio tokens).
| Plan | Monthly fee | Input tokens per month | Output tokens per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed 2.0 Pro | None | $0.5 per million tokens | $3 per million tokens |
| Seed 2.1 Turbo | None | $0.5 per million tokens | $2.5 per million tokens |
| Seed 2.0 Lite | None | $0.25 per million tokens | $2 per million tokens |
| Seed 2.0 Mini | None | $0.1 per million tokens | $0.4 per million tokens |
What you'd pay
Seed 2.0 Mini50 million tokens × $0.1 per million tokens + 10 million tokens × $0.4 per million tokens$9.00/mo
Cost as you grow
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