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Seed 1.6

Seed 1.6 by ByteDance Seed costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $2 output. It is available outside China via OpenRouter. Last checked 2026-10-27.

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$0.25 in · $2 out

USD per 1M tokens · Last updated · Pricing source · openrouter-fallback

OpenRouter fallback: lowest listed provider. Not an official price.

How to use it from outside China

  1. Send requests through OpenRouter. https://openrouter.ai/bytedance-seed/seed-1.6
  2. Confirm the price on the source before you rely on it. Checked 2026-10-27. Pricing source

Usable outside China?

No official international API listed.

OpenRouter: https://openrouter.ai/bytedance-seed/seed-1.6

Questions

Can I use Seed 1.6 from outside China?

Official international API: Unknown — not on the record yet. OpenRouter: https://openrouter.ai/bytedance-seed/seed-1.6.

How much does Seed 1.6 cost per 1M tokens?

$0.25 input and $2 output per 1M tokens. openrouter-fallback. Checked 2026-10-27.

Is the Seed 1.6 API OpenAI-compatible?

Unknown — not on the record yet

Are Seed 1.6 weights open, and under which license?

No. The record marks the weights closed.

Sources

https://openrouter.ai/bytedance-seed/seed-1.6

A dash means we don’t know. This page does not fill gaps.

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