Seed-2.0-Lite

by ByteDance

Zero data retention
bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite
Input
$0.35/1M tokens
Output
$2.80/1M tokens
Context
262Ktokens
Max output
131Ktokens
Knows to
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Released
10 Mar 2026

About

Seed-2.0-Lite is a versatile, cost‑efficient enterprise workhorse that delivers strong multimodal and agent capabilities while offering noticeably lower latency, making it a practical default choice for most production workloads across...

Pricing

Input$0.35per 1M prompt tokens
Output$2.80per 1M generated tokens, reasoning included
Input over 128K$0.70the whole prompt is billed at this rate once it passes the threshold
Output over 128K$5.60applies to replies to those prompts

What a request costs

Typical requestEachPer 1,000
Short chat reply1,500 in · 400 out$0.0016$1.65
Question over a long document40,000 in · 800 out$0.016$16.24
Agent tool step20,000 in · 1,200 out$0.010$10.36
Very long prompt (over 128K)160,000 in · 1,500 out$0.120$120.40

At the developer-API rate, before any provider promotion or prompt-cache saving. In the app, the model picker shows what a message costs on your plan before you send it.

Call it from code

OpenAI-compatible: point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.privateer.pro/v1 and set model. Keys are created in the app under Settings.

cURL
curl https://api.privateer.pro/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PRIVATEER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }],
    "reasoning": { "effort": "medium" }
  }'
Python
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.privateer.pro/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["PRIVATEER_API_KEY"],
)
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(reply.choices[0].message.content)
JavaScript
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.privateer.pro/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.PRIVATEER_API_KEY,
});
const reply = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(reply.choices[0].message.content);

Parameters this model accepts

frequency_penaltyinclude_reasoningmax_tokensreasoningreasoning_effortresponse_formatstopstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_p

API reference → · How API billing works →

Prices are USD at the developer-API rate, as of 16 Oct 2026, rebuilt daily from the providers’ live catalogues. ← All models