Seedance 2.5 Pricing: Every Rate and the Rules That Change Them
Seedance 2.5 pricing is per second, but three rules make the billed seconds differ from the duration you asked for. Here is the full table and the arithmetic.
From $0.07 per second, 480p with a reference clip
How Seedance 2.5 pricing is structured
Seedance 2.5 pricing has one variable that everyone knows about and three that catch people out. Resolution sets the rate; reference video, the billing floor and auto-duration change the seconds.
480p, 720p and 1080p each carry their own per-second figure. Seedance 2.5 pricing has no 4K row because the model has no 4K tier, on this host or any other.
Supply a source clip and Seedance 2.5 pricing charges its full length on top of your output. A six-second source with a five-second output bills eleven seconds.
Any request containing video is charged at least five thirds of the output duration. A two-second source with a five-second output bills nine seconds, not seven.
Passing -1 lets the model choose the length, so Seedance 2.5 pricing reserves credits at the 30-second ceiling and refunds the difference once the clip lands.
Reference photographs and reference audio tracks add nothing to the bill. Only output seconds and reference video length enter Seedance 2.5 pricing.
No generator here. Rates come from the published model page and change when they change it, so treat any figure quoted with a date attached.
Seedance 2.5 pricing at each resolution
Two rates per tier: generation only, and with a reference clip supplied.
480p
$0.118589 per second generating from scratch, $0.071153 with a reference video. The cheapest entry into Seedance 2.5 pricing and fine for testing whether references are accepted.
720p
$0.266824 generation only, $0.160094 with a reference clip. The default resolution and the middle row of Seedance 2.5 pricing.
1080p
$0.461856 generation only, $0.275904 with a reference clip. This is the ceiling, and Seedance 2.5 pricing goes no higher because the model stops here.
Refunds
Failed jobs return credits in full, including moderation refusals. Nothing in seedance 2.5 pricing charges you for output you never received, which matters when a batch of similar prompts gets reviewed.
Working out Seedance 2.5 pricing for one clip
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Start with the output length
Ten seconds at 1080p with no reference video is ten billable seconds. That is the simple case in seedance 2.5 pricing and it comes to $4.62.
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Add any reference clip
Six seconds of source plus ten of output is sixteen billable seconds. At the 1080p reference rate that is about $4.41, cheaper than generating from scratch.
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Apply the floor
Compare your total against five thirds of the output duration and take the larger. This is the step most Seedance 2.5 pricing calculators skip.
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Multiply by the rate
Billable seconds times the per-second figure for your resolution. Credits are the unit on the hosted API, at a thousand to the dollar, and seedance 2.5 pricing rounds the credit figure up rather than down.
Seedance 2.5 pricing, answered
At 1080p generating from scratch, about $4.62. At 720p, about $2.67. At 480p, about $1.19. Supplying a reference clip lowers the per-second rate but adds the source length to the billable seconds, so the total depends on how long the source runs.
Because you pay for more seconds. Seedance 2.5 pricing charges a reduced rate across a larger billable window when a source clip is involved, which usually works out cheaper per finished second for short sources and dearer for long ones.
A four-second 480p clip with no reference video, around $0.47. That is the floor of Seedance 2.5 pricing and it is the sensible way to test whether your reference material passes review before committing to a longer run.
Not on the hosted API. Seedance 2.5 pricing is pay-per-use with no monthly fee and no minimum, which is a different model from the resellers offering unlimited plans backed by a queue.
There is no 4K. Seedance 2.5 pricing stops at 1080p because the model does, and any page listing a 4K rate is quoting a specification that was announced early and never delivered.
One thousand credits to the dollar on the hosted API, and the credit figure for a job is the per-second rate multiplied by billable seconds, rounded up. Seedance 2.5 pricing in credits is exact rather than an approximation of the dollar amount.
They do, which is why the figures on this page carry the date they were read from the model page. Treat any Seedance 2.5 pricing quoted without a date as unverified, including in comparison articles.
Different rates and a 15-second ceiling instead of 30. If you are choosing between versions on cost alone, compare seedance 2.5 pricing against the 2.0 figures at the resolution you actually ship rather than at the top tier, because the gap narrows considerably at 480p.
No. All six ratios plus adaptive cost the same per second, and audio generation is included rather than billed separately. Only resolution, output length and reference video length move the number.
Check Seedance 2.5 pricing at the source
Live per-second rates, credits at a thousand to the dollar, no subscription, and full refunds when a render fails.
Related: Seedance 2.5 API