Seedream
Seedream powers image generation in Doubao and Jimeng, with API access via Volcano Engine.
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Seedream vs Nano Banana
Seedream (ByteDance) and Nano Banana (Google DeepMind) both sit in Image. Nano Banana is the cheaper entry point at Free tier available for developers on Google AI Studio.. Nano Banana shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (4 vs 2). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Seedream ByteDance | Nano Banana Google DeepMind |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Image | Image |
| Version | 5.0 pro | 2 |
| Entry cost | from $0.02/mo | Free tier available for developers on Google AI Studio. |
| Pricing tiers | Doubao app free · API per image $0.02 | Free Tier free · Paid Tier free |
| Model stack | Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro · Seedream 4.5 | Gemini 3 Pro Image · gemini-2.5-flash-image · gemini-3.1-flash-image · gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image · Nano Banana (gemini-2.5-flash-image) · Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3.1-flash-image) · Nano Banana 2 Lite (gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image) · Nano Banana Pro (gemini-3-pro-image) |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 2 | 4 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | 4K output, Chinese text rendering, Image editing, Multi-reference, Image Generation, Interactive Editing, Image Generation API, image generation | Conversational editing, Character consistency, Text rendering, Multi-image blending, 4K output, text-to-image, image editing, multi-turn image editing |
Nano Banana
Gemini-based image generation and editing with strong character consistency.
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