Seed 1.6 API pricing
As of October 22, 2026, ByteDance Seed Seed 1.6 costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens on ByteDance Seed's own API.
Seed 1.6 benchmarks and specs · Every ByteDance Seed model's price
- Input, per million tokens$0.25
- Output, per million tokens$2.00
- Cached input, per millionNo cache price listed
- Context window262K tokens
- Max output33K tokens
- Output speedNot measured
What a request costs
Three fixed token mixes at the list price, without cache or batch discounts. For a whole month, use the calculator.
| Workload | Tokens | One request | 1,000 requests | Fits the context window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat turn | 1K input + 500 output tokens | $0.0013 | $1.25 | Yes |
| Repository review | 50K input + 3K output tokens | $0.018 | $18.50 | Yes |
| Agent loop | 200K input + 10K output tokens | $0.070 | $70.00 | Yes |
| Solved coding task | One SWE-bench Verified attempt, divided by the share that succeed | Not computable | Not computable |
Price history
We have read ByteDance Seed's own price every day since October 21, 2026. It has not changed yet; any change will be listed here with its date.
- October 21, 2026 First recorded: $0.25 input, $2.00 output
Cheaper models as good as Seed 1.6
Seed 1.6 has no overall or coding score, so we make no quality claim against it.
Seed 1.6 pricing questions
- How much does Seed 1.6 cost per million tokens?
- $0.25 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens, as listed on OpenRouter on October 22, 2026.
- Does Seed 1.6 support prompt caching?
- OpenRouter lists no cached input price for this model, so assume every input token is billed at the full rate.
- Has the price of Seed 1.6 changed?
- Not since we started recording it daily on October 21, 2026.