Seedream
Seedream powers image generation in Doubao and Jimeng, with API access via Volcano Engine.
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Seedream vs FLUX
Seedream (ByteDance) and FLUX (Black Forest Labs) both sit in Image. FLUX is the cheaper entry point at Pay-as-you-go API pricing with no subscriptions/seat fees. Pricing varies per image resolution, video second, or megapixel.. FLUX shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (9 vs 6). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Seedream ByteDance | FLUX Black Forest Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Image | Image |
| Version | 5.0 pro / flash | FLUX 3 |
| Entry cost | from $0.02/mo | Pay-as-you-go API pricing with no subscriptions/seat fees. Pricing varies per image resolution, video second, or megapixel. |
| Pricing tiers | Doubao app free · API per image $0.02 | Pay as you go free |
| Model stack | Doubao Seedream 5.0 flash · Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro · Seedream 4.5 | FLUX 1.1 [pro] · FLUX 3 · FLUX 3 Action · FLUX 3 Image · FLUX 3 Image Klein · FLUX 3 Max · FLUX 3 Video · FLUX 3 Video Draft · FLUX.1 [dev] · FLUX.1 [pro] · FLUX.1 Kontext · FLUX.1 Kontext [max] · FLUX.1 Kontext [pro] · FLUX.2 · FLUX.2 [dev] · FLUX.2 [flex] · FLUX.2 [klein] · FLUX.2 [klein] 4B · FLUX.2 [klein] 9B · FLUX.2 [max] · FLUX.2 [pro] · FLUX1.1 [pro] Ultra |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 6 | 9 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | 4K output, Chinese text rendering, Image editing, Multi-reference, Image Generation, Interactive Editing, Image Generation API, image generation | Open weights, Image editing, Multi-reference, Character consistency, High resolution, Text-to-Image, Multi-reference image editing, Outpainting |
FLUX
Image generation and editing models available both as open weights and hosted API.
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