---
title: "Seedance API — All variants, pricing, code samples | RunAPI"
url: "https://runapi.ai/models/seedance.md"
canonical: "https://runapi.ai/models/seedance.md"
locale: "en"
model: "Seedance"
provider: "Bytedance"
modality: "video"
variant_count: 6
price_from_cents: 2
---

# Seedance

Text and image-to-video with native audio-video joint synthesis, up to 15-second multi-shot clips.

**Provider:** Bytedance
**Modality:** Video
**Catalog:** 6 variants

Seedance is Bytedance's video generation model featuring audio-video joint synthesis and support for multi-shot clips up to 15 seconds. It maintains temporal coherence and scene continuity across generated sequences.

## Variants

| Version | Variant | Pricing | Billing | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| seedance-1.5-pro | `1.5-pro` | $0.040 | second | https://runapi.ai/models/seedance/1.5-pro.md |
| seedance-2.0 | `2.0` | $0.410 | second | https://runapi.ai/models/seedance/2.0.md |
| seedance-2.0-fast | `2.0-fast` | $0.330 | second | https://runapi.ai/models/seedance/2.0-fast.md |
| seedance-v1-lite | `v1-lite` | $0.020 | second | https://runapi.ai/models/seedance/v1-lite.md |
| seedance-v1-pro | `v1-pro` | $0.030 | second | https://runapi.ai/models/seedance/v1-pro.md |
| seedance-v1-pro-fast | `v1-pro-fast` | $0.020 | second | https://runapi.ai/models/seedance/v1-pro-fast.md |


## Install

```sh
npm install @runapi.ai/seedance
# or
gem install runapi-seedance
```

## Quickstart

```sh
curl -X POST https://runapi.ai/api/v1/seedance/text_to_video \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RUNAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "model": "seedance-1.5-pro", "prompt": "..." }'
```

## Context

Seedance is Bytedance's Seed team video model, supporting text-to-video and image-to-video with native audio synthesis. Through RunAPI, all Seedance variants share unified API access.

## FAQ

### Which variant should I start with?

Pick the cheapest variant that meets your quality bar. Most teams start on the fast variant and graduate to pro for production.

### Is there a free tier?

New accounts get free first calls on every model. After that, pay per call.

### Do you stream results?

Where streaming is available, RunAPI streams end-to-end.

### How are failures billed?

Failed generations are not charged.

### Are outputs cached?

Generated outputs are stored and retrievable by task ID. Inputs are not cached.

### Can I use commercially?

Yes — commercial use is included for every variant unless a model license explicitly restricts it, which is called out on the variant page.

### What about rate limits?

Per-key rate limits scale with usage tier. See pricing page for current limits.

### Where can I report issues?

Open an issue on the public GitHub repo or email support.