Seed Character Pricing, Benchmarks & Channels
Seed Character is a 2026-06-23 model from ByteDance Seed (Doubao) featuring a 256K context window and extended reasoning capabilities. Lowest rate on Volcengine Ark (CN) ($0.1187 in / $0.2969 out per 1M tokens).
Input Price / 1M
$0.11875
Output Price / 1M
$0.29687
Cache Read / 1M
$0.02375
Context Window
256K
Generation Speed
118 TPS
Access Grade
A · CN Direct
F.A.R.E. Four-Dimension Score Breakdown
Scenario Capability Breakdown (0–100):
💻 Coding
71/100
✍️ Writing
71/100
📚 Long-Doc RAG
76/100
👁️ Vision OCR
74/100
F.A.R.E. CAPABILITY RADAR
Seed Character Multi-Platform Price Comparison (1 Verified Channels)
All prices are in USD per 1M tokens. Domestic developers can prioritize channels marked "Direct in CN" for compliant access and local billing.
| Platform / Gateway | Network Access | Input ($/1M) | Output ($/1M) | Cache Hit ($/1M) | Billing & Notes | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volcengine Ark (CN) Lowest Price | Direct in CN | $0.1187 | $0.2969 | $0.0238 | Direct CN access · RMB billing | Visit Official → |
✅ Core Strengths & Ideal Workloads
- Ultra-low token cost, ideal for high-volume batch workloads
- Direct access in mainland China with RMB enterprise billing
⚠️ Limitations & Practical Caveats
- Hosted on ByteDance Volcengine Ark with massive concurrency limits and aggressive token pricing.
- Extended thinking generates internal reasoning tokens (~1.8x output multiplier)