ERNIE Bot
BaiduChina
25
Baidu's flagship assistant, now on open-weight ERNIE models.
- Version
- 5.0-thinking-preview
- Cost
- Pay-as-you-go API pricing based on tokens. Token Plan Personal Edition and some free trials available.
- Model
- DeepSeek-V3.1
Doubao
ByteDance · #12 most active of 27 in Writing
ByteDance's assistant, bundled across its apps and priced aggressively on Volcano Engine.
100
Trust score · Verified
1 data point checked · 2026-09-12
Current version
Seedance 2.5
Entry cost
Pricing varies by model (pay-as-you-go API). Refer to the Volcano Ark pricing console.
Changes / 30d
4
The short answers · verified September 16, 2026
- What is the latest version of Doubao?
- The current shipped version of Doubao is Seedance 2.5, as of September 16, 2026.
- How much does Doubao cost?
- Doubao has no published flat entry price. Pricing varies by model (pay-as-you-go API). Refer to the Volcano Ark pricing console.
- What AI model does Doubao use?
- Doubao runs primarily on DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash.
Source: ByteDance — www.volcengine.com · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow
Capabilities
- Voice mode
- Image generation
- Real-time camera
- Browser extension
- Long docs
- Text Generation
- Video Generation
- Image Generation
- 3D Generation
- Function Calling
- Agent/Bot API
- Context Cache
- Batch Inference
- Multimodal Understanding
- Vectorization
- Tool Calling
- Context Caching
- Fine-tuning
- Agentic Workflow
- 文本生成
- 多模态理解
- 图片理解
- 视频理解
- 视频生成
- 图片生成
- 3D生成
- 深度思考
- 上下文缓存
- Web Search
- Vector Search
- 3D 生成
- 向量化
- 工具调用
- 模型精调
- 知识库
- 文本向量化
- Deep Thinking
- Speech/Audio Understanding
- Model Fine-tuning
- text-generation
- multimodal-understanding
- video-generation
- image-generation
- 3d-generation
- vectorization
- function-calling
- fine-tuning
- agent-framework
- Fine-Tuning
- Search Plugin
- Web Search Tool
Pricing
App
Free
Volcano Engine API
per token
Free
Entry price over time
Geek mode
Models under the hood
- disclosed
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash
DeepSeek
- disclosed
Doubao 1.8 Pro
ByteDance
- disclosed
Doubao Seedance 2.0
ByteDance
- disclosed
Doubao Seedance 2.5
ByteDance
- disclosed
Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro
ByteDance
- disclosed
Seed-Evolving Agent
ByteDance
- disclosed
Seedream
ByteDance
Context window
256K tokens
Public API
yes
Multi-model routing
yes
Stack signals
- API
Shared model stack
Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.
- SeedreamByteDance · 3 products
- DeepSeek-V4.1-FlashDeepSeek · 2 products
- Doubao Seedance 2.0ByteDance · 2 products
- Doubao Seedance 2.5ByteDance · 2 products
- Doubao Seedream 5.0 proByteDance · 2 products
- Doubao 1.8 ProByteDance · 1 product
- Seed-Evolving AgentByteDance · 1 product
green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.
Reported scale
Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.
- Third-party estimate
Monthly active users
382M
monthly users
China AI-native app ranking, May 2026.
as of May 2026·QuestMobile H1 2026 report via TechNode ·inferred
- Third-party estimate
Monthly active users
150M
monthly users
China-market analyst estimate.
as of Mar 2025·QuestMobile China app report ·inferred
Also in Writing
All WritingHunyuan
TencentChina
16
Tencent's multimodal model family and assistant.
- Version
- Hunyuan-role-latest
- Cost
- Free trial up to 1 million tokens. Pay-as-you-go pricing applies afterward.
- Model
- Hunyuan-a13b
ChatGPT
OpenAI
12
General-purpose assistant
- Version
- GPT-6 Astra
- Cost
- Pricing not published in the provided documentation
- Model
- GPT Image
Kimi
Moonshot AIChina
10
Long-context assistant and agentic K-series models.
- Version
- Kimi K3
- Cost
- API access with pay-as-you-go pricing based on token consumption. File APIs are currently free.
- Model
- Kimi K2.6
Notion AI
Notion
10
AI inside your workspace
- Version
- 3.7
- Cost
- Free tier · from $10/mo
- Model
- Claude Sonnet 4.5
Qwen Chat
AlibabaChina
10
Alibaba's assistant on the widely forked Qwen model family.
- Version
- Qwen3-2507
- Cost
- Free to chat on official website
- Model
- Qwen3
Elsewhere on the same models
Products in other segments that name one of Doubao's models in their stack.
Change history
- model
Doubao added DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash to its model stack
Doubao 1.8 Pro, Doubao Seedance 2.0, Doubao Seedance 2.5, Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro, Seed-Evolving Agent, SeedreamDeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, Doubao 1.8 Pro, Doubao Seedance 2.0, Doubao Seedance 2.5, Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro, Seed-Evolving Agent, Seedream
source - capability
- model
Doubao added Seed-Evolving Agent to its model stack
Doubao 1.8 Pro, Doubao Seedance 2.0, Doubao Seedance 2.5, Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro, SeedreamDoubao 1.8 Pro, Doubao Seedance 2.0, Doubao Seedance 2.5, Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro, Seed-Evolving Agent, Seedream
source - capability
New capabilities: Fine-Tuning, Search Plugin
48 tracked50 tracked · +Fine-Tuning, Search Plugin
source - capability
New capabilities: text-generation, multimodal-understanding, video-generation
39 tracked48 tracked · +text-generation, multimodal-understanding, video-generation, image-generation, 3d-generation, vectorization, function-calling, fine-tuning, agent-framework
source - capability
New capabilities: Speech/Audio Understanding, Model Fine-tuning
37 tracked39 tracked · +Speech/Audio Understanding, Model Fine-tuning
source - capability
- version
- capability
- version
- capability
- capability
- capability
- version
- capability
New capabilities: 文本生成, 多模态理解, 图片理解
19 tracked28 tracked · +文本生成, 多模态理解, 图片理解, 视频理解, 视频生成, 图片生成, 3D生成, 深度思考, 上下文缓存
source - version
- capability
New capabilities: Multimodal Understanding, Vectorization, Tool Calling
13 tracked19 tracked · +Multimodal Understanding, Vectorization, Tool Calling, Context Caching, Fine-tuning, Agentic Workflow
source - version
- model
Doubao added Doubao Seedance 2.5, Doubao Seedance 2.0, Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro to its model stack
Doubao 1.8 Pro, SeedreamDoubao 1.8 Pro, Doubao Seedance 2.0, Doubao Seedance 2.5, Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro, Seedream
source - capability
- version
Doubao compared
Straight head-to-head pages against the busiest products in Writing.
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Tomorrow. (2026). Doubao — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-09-17, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/doubao
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-doubao,
author = {{Tomorrow}},
title = {Doubao — version, pricing and model stack},
year = {2026},
publisher = {AlienSquad},
howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/doubao}},
note = {Accessed: 2026-09-17}
}