Seed-2.0-Lite
ByteDance Seed Seed-2.0-Lite — pricing, 262k context window, API cost calculator and alternatives.
Specs
- Provider
- ByteDance Seed
- Slug
- bytedance-seed/seed-2-0-lite
- Capabilities
- vision, tools, json_mode
Pricing freshness
- Tier
- standard
- Currency
- USD
- As of
- 2026-05-08 17:08 UTC
Pricing history
Tracking Seed-2.0-Lite pricing since 2026-05-08. We'll plot the chart here once it changes.
Quickstart — call Seed-2.0-Lite from your app
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"model": "bytedance-seed/seed-2-0-lite",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
}'Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs
# pip install openai
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
api_key=os.environ["OPENROUTER_API_KEY"],
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="bytedance-seed/seed-2-0-lite",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs
// npm install openai
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
apiKey: process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY,
});
const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "bytedance-seed/seed-2-0-lite",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs
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Frequently asked questions
What is Seed-2.0-Lite?
Seed-2.0-Lite is a large language model API from ByteDance Seed with a 262k-token context window. It costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $2 per 1M output tokens.
How much does Seed-2.0-Lite cost?
Seed-2.0-Lite is priced at $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $2 per 1M output tokens via the ByteDance Seed API. A 50/50 input/output workload of 1M total tokens costs about $1.125.
What is the context window of Seed-2.0-Lite?
Seed-2.0-Lite supports up to 262k tokens of context per request — roughly 524 pages of English text or 32768 lines of code at a typical density.
Does Seed-2.0-Lite support vision, tool use, or JSON mode?
Seed-2.0-Lite supports vision, tool/function calling, and structured JSON mode.
Who makes Seed-2.0-Lite?
Seed-2.0-Lite is built and operated by ByteDance Seed. Pricing, context window, and capabilities on this page are refreshed nightly from ByteDance Seed's public catalog.
Can I self-host Seed-2.0-Lite?
Seed-2.0-Lite is API-only — its weights are not publicly distributed by ByteDance Seed, so it cannot be self-hosted today.