Seedance
Seedance handles multi-shot sequences and is priced well below Western video APIs.
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Seedance vs Pika
Seedance (ByteDance) and Pika (Pika Labs) both sit in Video. Seedance is the cheaper entry point at from $0.15/mo. Seedance shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (6 vs 3). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Seedance ByteDance | Pika Pika Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Video | Video |
| Version | Doubao Seedance 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Entry cost | from $0.15/mo | Free tier · from $8/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Jimeng app free · API per 5s clip $0.15 | Free free · Basic (Annually) $8 · Basic (Monthly) $10 · Standard (Annually) $28 · Standard (Monthly) $35 · Pro (Annually) $76 · Pro (Monthly) $95 |
| Model stack | Doubao Seedance 2.0 · Doubao Seedance 2.5 · Seedance 1.5 | Pika 2.5 · Pro · Pro model · Turbo · Turbo model |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 6 | 3 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | Multi-shot sequences, 1080p, Image to video, Native audio, 视频生成, video-generation, video generation, Video Generation | Pikaffects, Pikaframes, Lip sync, Image to video, Scene ingredients, Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video, Video-to-Video |
Pika
Effects-driven video generation aimed at social content creators.
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