Vidu
Vidu's reference-to-video mode conditions on several images at once for consistent characters and props.
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Vidu vs Seedance
Vidu (Shengshu AI) and Seedance (ByteDance) both sit in Video. Vidu is the cheaper entry point at Free tier available with free credits; paid plans available (pricing not fully disclosed in text).. Vidu shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (7 vs 6). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Vidu Shengshu AI | Seedance ByteDance |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Video | Video |
| Version | S1 | Doubao Seedance 2.5 |
| Entry cost | Free tier available with free credits; paid plans available (pricing not fully disclosed in text). | from $0.15/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Free Tier free | Jimeng app free · API per 5s clip $0.15 |
| Model stack | GPT2 · Vidu Q1 · Vidu Q1 Image · Vidu Q2 · Vidu Q2 Image · Vidu Q3 · Vidu S1 | Doubao Seedance 2.0 · Doubao Seedance 2.5 · Seedance 1.5 |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 7 | 6 |
| Origin | China | China |
| Capabilities | Multi-image reference, Anime styles, Start and end frames, Audio generation, Text to Video, Image to Video, Reference to Video, AI Sound Effect Generator | Multi-shot sequences, 1080p, Image to video, Native audio, 视频生成, video-generation, video generation, Video Generation |
Seedance
Seedance handles multi-shot sequences and is priced well below Western video APIs.
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