Seedream
Seedream powers image generation in Doubao and Jimeng, with API access via Volcano Engine.
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Seedream vs GPT Image
Seedream (ByteDance) and GPT Image (OpenAI) both sit in Image. Seedream is the cheaper entry point at from $0.02/mo. GPT Image shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (5 vs 2). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Seedream ByteDance | GPT Image OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Image | Image |
| Version | 5.0 pro | gpt-image-2.5-sunburst |
| Entry cost | from $0.02/mo | from $20/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Doubao app free · API per image $0.02 | ChatGPT Free free · ChatGPT Plus $20 · API free |
| Model stack | Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro · Seedream 4.5 | DALL-E · DALL-E 3 · GPT Image 1.5 · GPT-4o · gpt-5.6 · gpt-6-astra · gpt-image-2 · gpt-image-2.5-sunburst |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 2 | 5 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | 4K output, Chinese text rendering, Image editing, Multi-reference, Image Generation, Interactive Editing, Image Generation API, image generation | Text rendering, Image editing, Reference images, Transparent backgrounds, Streaming previews, Image generation, Vision / Image analysis, Multimodal processing |
GPT Image
Text-to-image and editing with strong instruction following and text rendering.
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