Cheapest at your usage
¥75.50/mo
Volcengine Ark · Pay as you go
For 10 videos a month, 5 s each
Channels that sell it
11
Subscriptions: 8 · APIs: 3
Official specs
1080p · 4–30 seconds
Generates its own audio
Last confirmed
Sep 17, 2026
Next review Oct 17, 2026
ByteDance's video model, listed on the official pricing pages of Luma, Runway and InVideo AI. Luma publishes a per-second rate that includes audio by default; Runway lists it in the Pro plan, with no rate on the page we read; InVideo AI offers it from the Plus plan up and gives only an approximate cost, which we don't use as an exact rate. Pika's official pricing page lists it too: 122 credits per 5-second clip at 720p. PixVerse's site has a page for it too.
Cheapest place to buy it at your volume
50 seconds of generation a month: 10 videos × 5 seconds each × 1 (average attempts per video). At least 720p, no audio needed. Change usage ↗
| Where to buy | Setting | How to buy | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volcengine Ark API | 720p Not specified · Per second | Pay as you go ¥1.51 per second · stated as approximate | approx. ¥75.50 |
| Runway API API | 720p Not specified · Per second | Pay as you go $0.30 per second | $15 |
| fal API | 720p Not specified · Per second | Pay as you go $0.473 per second · stated as approximate | approx. $23.65 |
| Luma Subscription | 720p With audio · Per second | Plus plan uses 65% of the plan's credits | $30 |
| Pika Subscription | 720p Not specified · Per 5s clip | Creator plan uses 39% of the plan's credits | $35 |
Does the cheapest way to pay change with volume?
One line per channel: an API is a straight line; a subscription is the cheapest plan that covers the month, so it climbs in steps and stops past the largest plan (extra credit packs are not counted).
At 10 videos a month, each channel costs:
- Volcengine Ark · API$11.32/moCheapest
- Runway API$15/mo
- fal · API$23.65/mo
- Luma · Subscription$30/mo
- Pika · Subscription$35/mo
- 1–500 videos a month: Volcengine Ark · API is cheapest
Official specs
| Clip length | 4–30 seconds |
|---|---|
| What it can do | Text to video, Image to video, First/last frame, Reference to video, Edit video, Extend video |
| Highest resolution | 1080p |
| Audio | Generates its own audio |
References can be images, video and audio, in any combination.
From ByteDance's own page, confirmed on Sep 20, 2026. This is what the model can do; whether a given channel sells it, and at which settings, is in the prices below. Official spec page
Where it is available
| Tool | Type | Lowest monthly price | Price status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luma | Creative agent and video generation | $30 | Price verified |
| Runway | Creative shorts | $15 | Price verified |
| InVideo AI | AI video workflow | $20 | Price verified |
| Pika | Creative shorts and effects | $10 | Price verified |
| PixVerse | Creative shorts | $10 | Manually recorded price |
| Krea | Multi-model platform | $9 | Manually recorded price |
| Magnific | Multi-model platform | $20 | Price verified |
"Lowest monthly price" is the cheapest confirmed monthly plan for that tool. It does not mean that plan includes this model — premium models are often limited to pricier plans. Each tool's official pricing page is the authority.
Pay-as-you-go API prices
| API provider | API model name | Resolution | Audio | Official price | Per second | Minimum per generation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volcengine Ark | doubao-seedance-2.5 | 480p | Not specified | ¥0.67/s | approx.$0.100 | — |
| Runway API | seedance2_5 | 480p | Not specified | 20 credits/s | $0.200 | 80 credits $0.80 |
| fal | bytedance/seedance-2.5/text-to-video | 480p | Not specified | $0.221/s | approx.$0.221 | — |
| Volcengine Ark | doubao-seedance-2.5 | 720p | Not specified | ¥1.51/s | approx.$0.226 | — |
| Runway API | seedance2_5 | 720p | Not specified | 30 credits/s | $0.300 | 80 credits $0.80 |
| fal | bytedance/seedance-2.5/text-to-video | 720p | Not specified | $0.473/s | approx.$0.473 | — |
| Volcengine Ark | doubao-seedance-2.5 | 1080p | Not specified | ¥3.74/s | approx.$0.561 | — |
| Runway API | seedance2_5 | 1080p | Not specified | 68 credits/s | $0.680 | 80 credits $0.80 |
| fal | bytedance/seedance-2.5/text-to-video | 1080p | Not specified | $1.164/s | approx.$1.16 | — |
Prices as each provider's official pricing page states them, confirmed Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 19, 2026. No subscription: you pay for the seconds generated. Prices exclude tax.
Mainland China subscriptions (yuan)
| Subscription | Resolution | Audio | Per second | Lowest monthly price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimeng CN | 480p | Not specified | 12 Credits/s | ¥69 |
| Jimeng CN | 720p | Not specified | 26 Credits/s | ¥69 |
| Jimeng CN | 1080p | Not specified | 64 Credits/s | ¥69 |
Copied from the official subscription pages, confirmed on Sep 19, 2026. Each month's credits last until used up, and bigger plans cost less per second; the calculator works out which plan covers your usage.
How much Seedance 2.5 video the credits buy
On Luma
| Resolution | Audio | Billing | Credits per second | Plus 10,000 credits | Pro 40,000 credits | Ultra 150,000 credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 480p | With audio | Per second 61 credits | 61 | 164 s ≈16 clips of 10s | 656 s ≈65 clips of 10s | 2459 s ≈245 clips of 10s |
| 720p | With audio | Per second 130 credits | 130 | 77 s ≈7 clips of 10s | 308 s ≈30 clips of 10s | 1154 s ≈115 clips of 10s |
| 1080p | With audio | Per second 319 credits | 319 | 31 s ≈3 clips of 10s | 125 s ≈12 clips of 10s | 470 s ≈47 clips of 10s |
Rates come from Luma's official pricing page; seconds are the plan's credits divided by the rate. That is the ceiling if you do nothing else — credits also go to images, voice, upscaling and more, so the real total is lower. Where a model has several rows, the vendor prices clip lengths separately — the per-second rates really differ; it is not a typo. Models without an exact official rate we could find are left out; we don't estimate for them.
On Pika
| Resolution | Audio | Billing | Credits per second | Starter 900 credits | Creator 3,150 credits | Fancy 8,550 credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 720p | Not specified | Per 5s clip 122 credits | 24.4 | 37 s ≈7 clips of 5s | 129 s ≈25 clips of 5s | 350 s ≈70 clips of 5s |
Rates come from Pika's official pricing page; seconds are the plan's credits divided by the rate. That is the ceiling if you do nothing else — credits also go to images, voice, upscaling and more, so the real total is lower. Where a model has several rows, the vendor prices clip lengths separately — the per-second rates really differ; it is not a typo. Models without an exact official rate we could find are left out; we don't estimate for them.
This model is included in plans on Runway, InVideo AI, PixVerse, Krea, Magnific, but we found no exact official rate for it there, so no durations are listed — we don't estimate on a vendor's behalf.
How the status is checked
Whether a model still runs is checked separately from prices: prices change monthly, but a model can disappear between two price syncs, quietly making every page that mentions it wrong. So each model record has its own confirmation date and review deadline; overdue records are flagged, never assumed to still be running.
Last confirmed on Sep 17, 2026; due to be rechecked by Oct 17, 2026.
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