Ideogram
Ideogram
12
Image generation with legible text
- Version
- 4.5
- Cost
- from $8/mo
- Model
- GPT Image
Seedream
ByteDance · #5 most active of 19 in Image
Seedream powers image generation in Doubao and Jimeng, with API access via Volcano Engine.
100
Trust score · Verified
2 data points checked · 2026-11-01
Current version
5.0 pro / flash
Entry cost
from $0.02/mo
Changes / 30d
6
The short answers · verified November 7, 2026
- What is the latest version of Seedream?
- The current shipped version of Seedream is 5.0 pro / flash, as of November 7, 2026.
- How much does Seedream cost?
- Seedream starts at $0.02 per month on its cheapest paid tier, as of November 7, 2026.
- What AI model does Seedream use?
- Seedream runs primarily on Doubao Seedream 5.0 flash.
Source: ByteDance — www.volcengine.com · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow
Capabilities
- 4K output
- Chinese text rendering
- Image editing
- Multi-reference
- Image Generation
- Interactive Editing
- Image Generation API
- image generation
- interactive image editing
- 图片生成
- 交互编辑
- image editing
- API
- 图片生成API
- text-to-image
- 多模态理解
- Image Editing
- API Support
- Image generation
- Interactive editing
- 图片编辑
- 文本生成
- image-generation
- interactive-editing
Pricing
Doubao app
Free
API per image
$0.02
Entry price over time
Geek mode
Models under the hood
- disclosed
Doubao Seedream 5.0 flash
ByteDance
- disclosed
Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro
ByteDance
- disclosed
Seedream 4.5
ByteDance
Context window
n/a
Public API
yes
Multi-model routing
yes
Stack signals
- Volcano Engine
- Jimeng app
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.
- Doubao Seedream 5.0 flashByteDance · 3 products
- Doubao Seedream 5.0 proByteDance · 3 products
- Seedream 4.5ByteDance · 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.
No public usage figure on record for this product.
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Change history
- capability
New capabilities: image-generation, interactive-editing
22 tracked24 tracked · +image-generation, interactive-editing
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- capability
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Seedream moved to Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro / flash
5.0 pro / flashDoubao Seedream 5.0 pro / flash
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- version
Seedream moved to Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro / flash
5.0 pro / flashDoubao Seedream 5.0 pro / flash
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- version
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New capabilities: Image generation, Interactive editing
18 tracked20 tracked · +Image generation, Interactive editing
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New capabilities: Image Editing, API Support
16 tracked18 tracked · +Image Editing, API Support
source - version
- version
- version
- model
Seedream added Doubao Seedream 5.0 flash to its model stack
Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro, Seedream 4.5Doubao Seedream 5.0 flash, Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro, Seedream 4.5
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- version
- capability
- version
- version
- version
- version
- version
- capability
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Seedream added Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro to its model stack
Seedream 4.5Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro, Seedream 4.5
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- version
Seedream compared
Straight head-to-head pages against the busiest products in Image.
How to cite this page
Free to cite and reuse under CC BY 4.0. Permalink: https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/seedream
APA
Tomorrow. (2026). Seedream — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-11-08, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/seedream
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-seedream,
author = {{Tomorrow}},
title = {Seedream — version, pricing and model stack},
year = {2026},
publisher = {AlienSquad},
howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/seedream}},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-08}
}