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seedream-5.0-lite API

4 hosts currently serve seedream-5.0-lite through VideoRouter. The lowest price is $0.0315 / image (Price) at Atlas Cloud; at Price the spread between the cheapest host (Atlas Cloud) and the priciest (WaveSpeedAI) is 10%.

seedream-5.0-lite pricing by provider

HostPrice
Atlas Cloud atlas-cloud$0.0315
MachGen machgen$0.0323
WaveSpeedAI wavespeedai$0.035
Pika pika$0.035

USD per image, before the 2% platform fee. Bold = cheapest at that tier. — = host does not offer that tier. Built 2026-10-02.

What it costs per batch

At the cheapest current host:

Cheapest host1 image100 images1,000 images
Atlas Cloud$0.032$3.15$31.50

How to call seedream-5.0-lite

Model id: bytedance/seedream-5.0-lite. Preferring the cheapest host right now:

curl https://videorouter.sh/api/v1/images \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VIDEOROUTER_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "bytedance/seedream-5.0-lite/atlas-cloud", "prompt": "a red panda astronaut floating in space"}'

Drop the host suffix (bytedance/seedream-5.0-lite) to let the router pick the cheapest healthy host and fail over automatically. Full examples in the quickstart.

Frequently asked questions

How much does the seedream-5.0-lite API cost?

The lowest current price is $0.0315 / image (Price) at Atlas Cloud; the full host-by-host table is on this page, before VideoRouter's 2% platform fee.

What is the seedream-5.0-lite API model id?

Use bytedance/seedream-5.0-lite. Add a host suffix such as bytedance/seedream-5.0-lite/atlas-cloud to pin a specific provider.

Which provider is cheapest for seedream-5.0-lite?

Right now Atlas Cloud at Price. Prices change, so unpinned requests route to the cheapest healthy host instead of hard-coding one.

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