Seedance 1 Lite
by ByteDance
The cheapest way to generate video.
Seedance 1 Lite turns prompts and reference images into solid short clips for a few cents. The budget lane for experiments, drafts and high-volume workflows.
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Seedance 1 Lite by ByteDance is a fast-speed AI video generation model. Seedance 1 Lite turns prompts and reference images into solid short clips for a few cents. The budget lane for experiments, drafts and high-volume workflows. Key capabilities include text-to-video, image-to-video, clips of 5, 10 seconds, output up to 720p, 5 aspect ratios.
Seedance 1 Lite is priced from $0.01 per second of generated video (up to $0.02 per second at the highest resolution) — a 5-second 720p clip costs about $0.11. You can generate videos with Seedance 1 Lite on idapt.app alongside 200+ AI models in one workspace.
Pricing
Cost per second
from $0.01
Price range
$0.01 – $0.02
Varies by resolution & audio
| Resolution | Audio | Per second | Per 5s clip |
|---|---|---|---|
| 480p | — | $0.01 | $0.05 |
| 720p | — | $0.02 | $0.11 |
Capabilities
Speed
Fast: Usually under a minute
Generation modes
Text to video, Image to video
Clip length
5s, 10s
Aspect Ratios
16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4
Audio output
Silent output
Resolutions
480p, 720p
How to generate videos
In chat
Use Seedance 1 Lite to make a 5-second video of a sunset over the oceanAPI
POST /api/v1/videos/generations
{"prompt": "A sunset over the ocean", "model": "seedance-1-lite"}CLI
idapt video generate --model seedance-1-lite --prompt "A sunset over the ocean"Video generation runs in the background. Poll the returned operation until the clip is ready.
