Seedream
Seedream powers image generation in Doubao and Jimeng, with API access via Volcano Engine.
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Seedream vs Stable Diffusion
Seedream (ByteDance) and Stable Diffusion (Stability AI) both sit in Image. Seedream is the cheaper entry point at from $0.02/mo. Stable Diffusion shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (8 vs 6). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Seedream ByteDance | Stable Diffusion Stability AI |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Image | Image |
| Version | 5.0 pro / flash | Stable Diffusion 3.5 |
| Entry cost | from $0.02/mo | from $19/org/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Doubao app free · API per image $0.02 | Trial free · Creator $19 · Core $50 |
| Model stack | Doubao Seedream 5.0 flash · Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro · Seedream 4.5 | more · Nano Banana · Seedream · Stable Audio 3.0 · Stable Diffusion · Stable Diffusion 3.5 |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 6 | 8 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | 4K output, Chinese text rendering, Image editing, Multi-reference, Image Generation, Interactive Editing, Image Generation API, image generation | Open weights, LoRA fine-tuning, ControlNet ecosystem, Local inference, Commercial licence, Text-to-image, Sketch-to-image, Inpainting |
Stable Diffusion
A family of downloadable image models with a large ecosystem of fine-tunes and tooling.
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