Seedream 5 pricing: pay per image, by tier
Start with free credits and move to a plan once you are generating every week.
Lite
For a regular flow of drafts and social images.
~$0.010 / credit
From ~$0.062 per image
Includes
- 9,600 credits a year, about 800 monthly
- About 133 Flash images a month
- Seedream 5 Flash, Lite and Pro, plus GPT Image 2
- Up to 4K with Lite, 15 aspect ratios
- Text to image and edits with up to 10 references
- Commercial use included
Pro
For weekly campaigns, listings and client rounds.
~$0.008 / credit
From ~$0.050 per image
All of Lite, and also
- 24,000 credits a year, about 2,000 monthly
- About 333 Flash images a month
Ultra
For teams running image sets and layer splits often.
~$0.007 / credit
From ~$0.042 per image
All of Pro, and also
- 72,000 credits a year, about 6,000 monthly
- About 1,000 Flash images a month
Prices include any applicable tax.
Credit packs
No subscription needed. Packs last 12 months, and plan holders get 25% more on each one.
$10
640 credits
Subscribers get 800 (+25%)
$50
3,520 credits
Subscribers get 4,400 (+25%)
$100
7,680 credits
Subscribers get 9,600 (+25%)
What a Seedream 5 image costs
The cost depends on the tier and, on Pro, the size. The Generate button shows it before you start, and failed images are refunded.
Seedream 5 Flash
6
credits per image · Flash at 1K, the default
Pro starts at 9 credits an image
- Lite
- ~133 images/mo
- Pro
- ~333 images/mo
- Ultra
- ~1,000 images/mo
| Models | 1K | 2K | 4K |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedream 5 Flash | 6 | 6 | - |
| Seedream 5 Lite | - | 7 | 7 |
| Seedream 5 Pro | 9 | 18 | - |
| GPT Image 2 (Medium) | 12 | 20 | 36 |
Pro adds about 0.7 credits for each extra reference image, up to 10. Flash and Lite charge nothing for extras. A Lite set costs 7 credits per image. A layer split costs 92 on Flash or 153 on Pro at 1K.
FAQ
Pricing FAQ
Monthly plan credits last 30 days. Yearly plan credits and credit packs both last 12 months from the day you get them.
No. You keep every credit you hold until its date passes. Cancelling only stops future billing.
The credits for that run are returned to your balance automatically, and you can try again.
From 1K: Flash 6 / Lite 7 / Pro 9 credits per image. Pro at 2K costs double, and a layer split costs more than a single render. The full table is above, and the button always shows the cost first.
Yes. Packs of $10 / $50 / $100 need no subscription and last 12 months. If you have a plan, each pack comes with 25% extra credits.
No. Every plan gets all three Seedream 5 tiers, image sets, layer splits, reference edits and commercial use. Plans differ only in how many credits you get.