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Doubao

ByteDance · #7 most active of 26 in Writing

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ByteDance's assistant, bundled across its apps and priced aggressively on Volcano Engine.

Current version

Doubao 1.8

Entry cost

Free consumer app, Volcano Engine per-token

Changes / 30d

1

Capabilities

  • Voice mode
  • Image generation
  • Real-time camera
  • Browser extension
  • Long docs

Pricing

  • App

    Free

  • Volcano Engine API

    per token

    Free

Entry price over time

Not enough pricing history yet — we start charting from the second observation.

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • Doubao 1.8 Pro

    ByteDance

    disclosed

  • Seedream

    ByteDance

    disclosed

Context window

256K tokens

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

yes

Stack signals

  • Volcano Engine
  • Multimodal routing

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.

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unknown

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.

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Change history

  • version

    Doubao 1.8 Pro rolled out across the consumer app

    1.61.8

    source