Kolors
Kuaishou's image generator, released with open weights and integrated into Kling's web app.
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Kolors vs Seedream
Kolors (Kuaishou) and Seedream (ByteDance) both sit in Image. Seedream is the cheaper entry point at from $0.02/mo. Seedream shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (6 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Kolors Kuaishou | Seedream ByteDance |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Image | Image |
| Version | 2.1 | 5.0 pro / flash |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $10/mo | from $0.02/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Free credits free · Standard $10 | Doubao app free · API per image $0.02 |
| Model stack | Kolors 2.1 | Doubao Seedream 5.0 flash · Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro · Seedream 4.5 |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 6 |
| Origin | China | China |
| Capabilities | Photoreal portraits, Virtual try-on, Open weights, Inpainting | 4K output, Chinese text rendering, Image editing, Multi-reference, Image Generation, Interactive Editing, Image Generation API, image generation |
Seedream
Seedream powers image generation in Doubao and Jimeng, with API access via Volcano Engine.
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