Seedance pricing

Plans

Weekly and monthly plans add their credits with every paid invoice. Yearly plans are billed once a year, cost about two months less than paying monthly, and add credits every month of the year; their monthly allowance is a little smaller than the monthly plan's, as the plan cards show. Unused subscription credits roll over to the next period, up to one period's allowance (one week's credits on weekly plans, one month's on monthly and yearly plans); anything above that expires when the next credits arrive. There is no unlimited plan: every plan is a credit amount you can check against the estimator below.

What each plan includes

Without a plan you can still open the generator, try every setting and see the exact cost. Options that need Pro are shown with a lock and a Pro badge rather than hidden, so you can see what an upgrade adds before you buy it.

Credit packs for subscribers

Subscribers who need more credits within a period can buy one-time credit packs from the billing page. Packs are only sold while you have an active subscription. Pack credits do not expire and are used after your subscription credits. If you cancel, pack credits stay in your account but can only be spent again once you resubscribe.

Switching and cancelling

Plan changes and cancellations go through the Stripe billing portal, which changes your existing subscription rather than adding a second one. You can cancel at any time: the plan and its credits stay usable until the end of the period you paid for, and it does not renew.

Estimate the cost of a generation

Pick a model, duration, resolution and audio setting. The estimator runs the same cost function the generator uses, so the number here equals the credits that would be reserved for that generation, and shows roughly how many such generations each monthly plan covers, or that the settings need Pro.

Example costs per generation

Three representative configurations for every active model, computed from the model registry at the current pricing version: the shortest, cheapest draft; a 10-second 720p social clip with audio; and the longest clip at the model's top resolution with audio.

How the price is calculated

Credits = duration in seconds × the model's credits per second × a resolution multiplier × an audio multiplier, plus a charge for an attached reference video that grows with the clip's length (with a flat minimum), rounded up and never below the model's minimum charge. Higher resolutions cost more per second and 4K (Seedance 2.0 only) carries the largest multiplier. Native audio is free on the Seedance 2.x models (the provider does not charge for it) and doubles the rate on Seedance 1.5 Pro. Reference images and audio files are free. Choosing automatic duration is quoted at the model's maximum length.

• Seedance 2.5 has the highest base rate per second, reflecting 30-second output and reference control.
• Seedance 2.0 has a lower base rate but is the only model with a 4K multiplier.
• Seedance 2.0 Fast and 2.0 Mini are the cheapest per second and are capped at 720p; Mini also has the lowest minimum charge.
• Seedance 1.5 Pro sits between Mini and 2.0 and offers 1080p on the Pro plan.

Refunds and failed generations

Credits are handled as an append-only ledger. When you start a generation, the quoted credits are reserved, not spent. If the provider reports success, the reservation is captured. If the generation fails for any reason, including provider errors, moderation rejection after submission, or a timeout, the reservation is released automatically and the credits are back in your balance without a support ticket. You can see every reservation, capture and release in your billing history.

Purchases of subscriptions and credit packs are covered by the refund policy, and subscriptions can be cancelled at any time and remain active until the end of the paid period. Credits already consumed by successful generations are not refundable, because the provider has already been paid for them.

What affects the cost

Free access and the API

There is no free plan and no free generation. Anyone can configure a shot and see its exact cost without an account; generating needs a subscription, from $4.99 a week for Starter. The developer API is in early access: while it is open, Pro workspaces can create API keys, and API generations use the same credit pricing and automatic refunds as the workspace.