Doubao
ByteDance's assistant, bundled across its apps and priced aggressively on Volcano Engine.
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Doubao vs Grok
Doubao (ByteDance) and Grok (xAI) both sit in Writing. Doubao is the cheaper entry point at Pricing varies by model. Paid API usage billed via Volcengine.. Grok shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (10 vs 8). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Doubao ByteDance | Grok xAI |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Writing | Writing |
| Version | Doubao Seedance 2.5 | Grok 4.7 |
| Entry cost | Pricing varies by model. Paid API usage billed via Volcengine. | from $2/mo |
| Pricing tiers | App free · Volcano Engine API free | Grok 4.7 Input (per 1M tokens) $2 · Grok 4.7 Output (per 1M tokens) $6 |
| Model stack | DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash · Doubao Seedance 2.0 · Doubao Seedance 2.5 · Doubao Seedream 5.0 flash · Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro · Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro / flash · Seed-Evolving | grok-4.5 · grok-4.6 · grok-4.7 · grok-imagine-image · grok-imagine-image-2.0 · grok-imagine-image-quality · grok-imagine-video · grok-imagine-video-1.5 |
| Context window | 256K tokens | 500000 |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 8 | 10 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | Voice mode, Image generation, Real-time camera, Browser extension, Long docs, Text Generation, Video Generation, Image Generation | Real-time X search, Think and Big Brain modes, Voice mode, Image generation, API access, text generation, agentic coding, voice agent |
Grok
Grok pairs xAI's in-house models with live access to the X firehose, sold standalone and bundled into X Premium tiers.
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