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Seed 1.6

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Model	Variant	Provider	Input, $	Output, $	Your cost/mo, $	Subscription, $/mo	Region	Context	Max output	Accepts	Last checked
= Seed 1.6×		Provider aihubmix 2 aiml 1 edenai 1 kilo 1 ofox 1 openrouter 1 qiniu-ai 1 trustedrouter 1 vercel 1				Pricing pay per use 10	Region APAC 1			Input image 5 image/bmp 1 image/gif 1 image/heic 1 image/jp2 1 image/jpeg 1 image/png 1 image/sgi 1 image/tiff 1 image/webp 1 image/x-icns 1 image/x-icon 1 text 7 video 4 video/mp4 1 video/quicktime 1 video/x-msvideo 1	Status Active 10
Doubao-Seed 1.6 Seed 1.6		qiniu-ai ↗	$0.12	$1.16	—			256K	32K	multi: image/bmp, image/gif, image/heic +12	4 Nov 12:26
Seed 1.6 Seed 1.6		ofox ↗	$0.12	$0.29	—			256K	64K	text	4 Nov 12:00
Doubao Seed 1.6 Seed 1.6		aihubmix ↗	$0.18	$1.80	—			256K	32K	multi: image, text, video	4 Nov 12:00
Doubao Seed 1.6 250615 Seed 1.6		aihubmix ↗	$0.18	$2.52	—			256K	64K	text, image/jpeg, image/png +12	4 Nov 12:00
Seed 1.6 Seed 1.6	via ByteDance	edenai ↗	$0.25	$2.00	—		APAC	262K	64K	multi: image, text, video	4 Nov 12:00
ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 (retires Nov 11)Seed 1.6		kilo ↗	$0.25	$2.00	—			262K	33K	multi: image, text, video	4 Nov 12:00
ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Seed 1.6		openrouter ↗	$0.25	$2.00	—			262K	33K	multi: image, text, video	4 Nov 12:00
Seed 1.6 Seed 1.6		vercel ↗	$0.25	$2.00	—			256K	32K	multi: image, text	4 Nov 12:00
Seed 1.6 Seed 1.6	via Atlas Cloud	trustedrouter ↗	$0.26	$2.11	—			256K	64K	text, image/jpeg, image/png +12	4 Nov 12:00
Seed 1.6 Seed 1.6		aiml ↗	$0.26	$2.12	—			256K	64K	text, image/jpeg, image/png +12	4 Nov 12:00

Ranges in one field: "from-to" - "0.5-3", "-3" (up to), "128k-" (from); a colon works too. Several ticked values of one column are ORed, columns are ANDed.

Input price history, $/1M

Latest: minimum $0.12, median $0.19 (Nov 4, 2026)

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Seed 1.6 API cost?

From $0.12 input and $0.29 output per 1M tokens, at qiniu-ai.

Which provider offers Seed 1.6 cheapest?

qiniu-ai offers the lowest price, $0.12 per 1M tokens, among 9 providers.

What is the context window of Seed 1.6?

256K tokens.

Where is Seed 1.6 available?

Available in: APAC.

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Source: AI Rate Card, https://airatecard.com/en/model/bytedance-seed/seed-1-6, prices checked 2026-11-04