Doubao SEED 2.1 Pro Pricing
ByteDance · Released June 28, 2026 as the replacement for the retired SEED 2.0 Pro. Doubao S
Save up to 70% on Doubao SEED 2.1 Pro API cost
Same model, same quality — pay less per token than the official API. Pay-as-you-go, no credit card required.
Other ByteDance Models
Doubao SEED 2.1 TurboDoubao SEED 2.0 ProDoubao SEED 2.0 LiteDoubao SEED 2.0 MiniDoubao SEED 2.1 Pro Pricing Context
Pricing position within ByteDance
Doubao SEED 2.1 Pro is the most expensive active model from ByteDance at $0.83/1M input — the premium tier. The cheapest sibling costs $0.03/1M (96% less). Reserve Doubao SEED 2.1 Pro for tasks where its capabilities justify the premium; route bulk traffic to cheaper siblings.
When Doubao SEED 2.1 Pro is worth the cost
Doubao SEED 2.1 Pro is used for document understanding, image-based Q&A, OCR-free receipt/invoice parsing, and screenshot analysis. Route pure text workloads to a cheaper non-vision sibling — the vision capability adds cost that's wasted on text-only tasks.
Cost vs sibling models
What makes Doubao SEED 2.1 Pro different from sibling models: compared to Doubao SEED 2.1 Turbo ($0.41/1M cheaper, same 256K context); Doubao SEED 2.0 Lite ($0.75/1M cheaper, 128K vs 256K context (smaller)); Doubao SEED 2.0 Mini ($0.80/1M cheaper, 128K vs 256K context (smaller)). Choose Doubao SEED 2.1 Pro when vision input is needed.
Real-world cost scenarios
Real-world deployments: OCR-free receipt and invoice parsing, screenshot analysis for support tickets, image-based content moderation, and visual Q&A for accessibility tools. Doubao SEED 2.1 Pro reads images directly — no separate OCR step needed.