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ByteDance vs MiniMax
Seedance 2.5 vs MiniMax H3
Two models line by line: prices from the official rates this site has confirmed, capabilities from the vendor's own page. Generation quality is not compared — we have no same-prompt samples we can publish, so anything said about it would be a guess.
The short answer
50 seconds of generation a month: 10 videos × 5 seconds each × 1 (average attempts per video).
- At this volume MiniMax H3 costs less: $3 a month through fal, against ¥75.50 for Seedance 2.5 through Volcengine Ark.
- Clip length: Seedance 2.5 4–30 seconds, MiniMax H3 4–15 seconds.
- Highest resolution: Seedance 2.5 1080p, MiniMax H3 2K — Seedance 2.5 goes higher.
- Seedance 2.5 can also do: Edit video, Extend video.
- Channels this site can price: 16 for Seedance 2.5, 14 for MiniMax H3.
Line by line
| Item | Seedance 2.5ByteDance | MiniMax H3MiniMax |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Developer | ByteDance | MiniMax |
| Status | Active | Active |
| Last confirmed | Sep 17, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| At your usage | ||
| Cheapest per month | approx.¥75.50/mo Volcengine Ark · Pay as you go | $3/mo fal · Pay as you go |
| Pricing | ||
| Lowest subscription cost per second | $0.122/s Luma · 480p | $0.056/s Luma · 768p |
| Lowest API price per second | approx.$0.100/s Volcengine Ark · 480p · Not specified | $0.050/s fal · 480p · Not specified |
| Official specs | ||
| Clip length | 4–30 seconds | 4–15 seconds |
| What it can do | Text to video, Image to video, First/last frame, Reference to video, Edit video, Extend video | Text to video, Image to video, First/last frame, Reference to video |
| Highest resolution | 1080p | 2K |
| Audio | Generates its own audio | Not stated |
| Specs (from the price lists) | ||
| Resolution | 480p · 720p · 1080p | 480p · 768p · 1440p (2K) · 4K |
| Audio | With audio | With audio |
| Billing | Per second, Per 5s clip | Per second |
| Where to buy | ||
| Subscription tools | Luma, Runway, InVideo AI, Pika, PixVerse, Krea, Magnific | Luma, Hailuo AI, PixVerse, Krea |
| With an exact published rate | Luma, Pika | Luma |
| API | Runway API, fal, Volcengine Ark | fal, MiniMax API, MiniMax API CN |
| Source | ||
| Official page | Official source page | Official source page |
The "at your usage" row uses this site's default volume; with your own numbers the answer can change. Compare at your own usage ↗