ByteDance SeedSeed-2.0-Mini pricing
$0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.40 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is 0.04¢ per chat answer and 0.16¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
What Seed-2.0-Mini costs per task
Token counts estimated from a measured model of the same lab (Claude Haiku 5.5), rescaled by tokenizer. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
| Task | Cost | Tokens used | Price rank | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer a chat question | 0.04¢$0.41 / 1,000 | 44 in · 768 out · 244 reasoning | 48 of 336 | estimated |
| Reply to a customer email | 0.02¢$0.25 / 1,000 | 263 in · 211 out · 346 reasoning | 68 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | 0.11¢$1.12 / 1,000 | 65 in · 2,594 out · 200 reasoning | 24 of 336 | estimated |
| Write 10 product descriptions | 0.15¢$1.50 / 1,000 | 330 in · 1,313 out · 2,342 reasoning | 47 of 336 | estimated |
| Translate 1,000 words | 0.08¢$0.76 / 1,000 | 1,335 in · 1,568 out | 51 of 336 | estimated |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | 0.05¢$0.46 / 1,000 | 719 in · 665 out · 304 reasoning | 45 of 336 | estimated |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 0.16¢$1.55 / 1,000 | 13,119 in · 489 out · 118 reasoning | 46 of 336 | estimated |
| Extract data from an invoice | 0.04¢$0.44 / 1,000 | 397 in · 418 out · 591 reasoning | 42 of 336 | estimated |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | ≥0.67¢$6.73 / 1,000 | 3,959 in · 412 out · 15,434 reasoning | 84 of 336 | estimated |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 0.10¢$1.00 / 1,000 | 3,777 in · 798 out · 753 reasoning | 53 of 336 | estimated |
| Classify 100 support tickets | 0.07¢$0.67 / 1,000 | 1,273 in · 389 out · 961 reasoning | 16 of 336 | estimated |
| Review 500 lines of code | 0.49¢$4.88 / 1,000 | 5,186 in · 2,374 out · 8,532 reasoning | 85 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a SQL query | 0.06¢$0.58 / 1,000 | 132 in · 612 out · 810 reasoning | 55 of 336 | estimated |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | 24¢$244 / 1,000 | 2,259,875 in · 15,150 out · 29,550 reasoning | 118 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving Seed-2.0-Mini through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S Seedfp8 | $0.10 / $0.40 | - | 262K | 100% |
Price history
First seen in our price history on Mar 3, 2026 at $0.10 input / $0.40 output. The list price has not changed since.
FAQ
How much does Seed-2.0-Mini cost?
Seed-2.0-Mini costs $0.10 per 1 million input tokens and $0.40 per 1 million output tokens (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about 0.04¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 0.16¢.
Where is Seed-2.0-Mini cheapest?
Among 1 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at Seed: $0.10 input and $0.40 output per 1M tokens.
Does Seed-2.0-Mini charge for reasoning tokens?
Yes. Reasoning (thinking) tokens are billed as output tokens. That is why the cost per task can be much higher than the visible answer suggests - our task costs include them.
Is the Seed-2.0-Mini cost per task measured or estimated?
Estimated: Seed-2.0-Mini was not run directly. Tokens come from Claude Haiku 5.5 and are rescaled by the tokenizer of ByteDance Seed. Real usage can differ.