Seedance API
Seedance and Seedream API pricing and API key: one balance
Seedance for video, Seedream for images: one account, one key, one balance, with no ByteDance account to open, and more than 100 models alongside. Top up with mobile money from 1,000 F CFA. As of November 3, 2026, the Seedance API costs from 11.7 F CFA (Seedream 5.0 Flash) per image, up to 30.4 F CFA (Seedream 5.0 Pro); from 58.7 F CFA (Seedance 2.0 Fast) per second of video, up to 76.7 F CFA (Seedance 2.5) on Tchavi.
7
ByteDance models on Tchavi
From
11.7 F CFA
per image
more than 100 models
1 key · 1 balance
No ByteDance account to open
Seedance API pricing per model
Every ByteDance model available on Tchavi, with its pay-as-you-go price.
| Model | Type | Input (1M tokens) | Output (1M tokens) | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Seedream 5.0 Proseedream-5-pro | Image | from 30.4 F CFA / image | — | |
Seedream 4.5seedream-4.5 | Image | from 26.1 F CFA / image | — | |
Seedream 5.0 Liteseedream-5-lite | Image | from 25 F CFA / image | — | |
Seedream 5.0 Flashseedream-5-flash | Image | from 11.7 F CFA / image | — | |
Seedance 2.5seedance-2.5 | Video | from 76.7 F CFA / second | — | |
Seedance 2.0seedance-2 | Video | from 73 F CFA / second | — | |
Seedance 2.0 Fastseedance-2-fast | Video | from 58.7 F CFA / second | — | |
Prices as of November 3, 2026. Amounts are shown in your selected currency; you are billed in credits (1 credit ≈ 0.33 F CFA), converted at the day's rate.
Seedance API key: get one and generate through the API
Seedance models are image / video models: they have their own guide, with parameters and code examples.
- Create a Tchavi account.
- Top up, from 1,000 F CFA.
- Create your sk-tch-… key in the dashboard.
The sk-tch-… key is a Tchavi key, not a ByteDance key.
Seedance API questions
Pricing, API key, payment: the short answers.
As of November 3, 2026, the Seedance API costs from 11.7 F CFA (Seedream 5.0 Flash) per image, up to 30.4 F CFA (Seedream 5.0 Pro); from 58.7 F CFA (Seedance 2.0 Fast) per second of video, up to 76.7 F CFA (Seedance 2.5) on Tchavi. You pay per use in credits, from a 1,000 F CFA top-up. The table above lists all 7 models with their price.
It depends on the model. Without a discount, you pay a Tchavi margin above ByteDance's list price; a discounted model can come out at or even below that list price while the discount lasts. The exact price of every ByteDance model is in the table. What you get for it: one account, one key and one balance for more than 100 models, images and video included; top-ups by mobile money, no bank card needed, with the operator fee absorbed by Tchavi; credits that do not expire.
Create a Tchavi account, top up from 1,000 F CFA, then generate a key in your dashboard. It is a Tchavi key (it starts with sk-tch-), not a ByteDance key: you do not need a ByteDance account. The same key calls Seedream 5.0 Pro and every other model on Tchavi.
No. Seedance is billed per second of video and Seedream per image, from your balance. Top up from 1,000 F CFA; credits do not expire.
Top up with mobile money, no bank card needed: for example M-Pesa in Kenya, MTN MoMo or Airtel Money in Uganda and Rwanda, MTN MoMo in Zambia. Each generation is taken from your balance, per second of video or per image.
Call Seedance with your Tchavi key (sk-tch-…), like any other model. The guides in the docs give the parameters and code examples for each model type.
Seedance for video, Seedream for images. In the table, Seedream 5.0 Pro is the highest-priced model and Seedream 5.0 Flash has the lowest entry price. Try a short clip first: video is billed per second.
No: Tchavi does not store your prompts, including the ones you send to Seedance. Usage logs hold token counts only.
Seedance generates video, Seedream generates images. Both are ByteDance models and both are in the table with their price.
One account, one key, one balance for Seedance
Create your account, top up with mobile money from 1,000 F CFA (+150 bonus credits on your first top-up) and call Seedance with your Tchavi key.
Create my accountTchavi is not affiliated with ByteDance. Seedance is a trademark of ByteDance.