# Seedream 5.0 Lite API — pricing & specs

Seedream 5.0 Lite is a ByteDance model that generates images from text prompts. On KeepRouter, Seedream 5.0 Lite costs $0.0350 per image, billed pay-as-you-go with no monthly fee; actual request cost depends on measured usage. Call it through a compatible KeepRouter endpoint supported by its active route, with the model id `seedream-5-0-lite`.

| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Maker | ByteDance |
| Modality | Text-to-image |
| Pricing | $0.0350 per image |
| Capabilities | Image generation (text-to-image) |
| Endpoint | POST /v1/images/generations |
| Model id | `seedream-5-0-lite` |

## Call it via the images endpoint

Send image-generation requests to POST /v1/images/generations.

### cURL

```bash
curl https://keeprouter.com/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KEEPROUTER_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"seedream-5-0-lite","prompt":"a red bicycle on a beach"}'
```

### Python

```python
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://keeprouter.com/v1", api_key="$KEEPROUTER_KEY")
img = client.images.generate(model="seedream-5-0-lite", prompt="a red bicycle on a beach")
```

### JavaScript

```js
const res = await fetch("https://keeprouter.com/v1/images/generations", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer " + process.env.KEEPROUTER_KEY, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({ model: "seedream-5-0-lite", prompt: "a red bicycle on a beach" }),
});
```

## Source and verification boundary

[Official ByteDance website](https://www.bytedance.com/en/). KeepRouter's live catalog is authoritative for the customer price and enabled endpoint shown here; the maker remains authoritative for upstream model capabilities and limits.

## Related models

- [Doubao 1.5 Lite](https://keeprouter.com/models/doubao-1.5-lite.md) by ByteDance — $0.1000 per 1M input tokens and $0.2000 per 1M output tokens
- [Seedream 4.5](https://keeprouter.com/models/seedream-4-5.md) by ByteDance — $0.0400 per image
- [Doubao 1.5 Pro](https://keeprouter.com/models/doubao-1.5-pro.md) by ByteDance — $0.2500 per 1M input tokens and $0.6000 per 1M output tokens
- [Doubao 2.0 Pro](https://keeprouter.com/models/doubao-2.0-pro.md) by ByteDance — $1.60 per 1M input tokens and $8.00 per 1M output tokens
- [Doubao 2.0 Mini](https://keeprouter.com/models/doubao-2.0-mini.md) by ByteDance — $0.1500 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens
- [MiniMax M2.7](https://keeprouter.com/models/MiniMax-M2.7.md) by MiniMax — $0.2700 per 1M input tokens and $1.08 per 1M output tokens

## More

- [All models & pricing](https://keeprouter.com/models.md)
- [Quickstart](https://keeprouter.com/docs/quickstart.md)
- [Get an API key](https://keeprouter.com/login?returnTo=%2Fconsole%2Fkeys%3Fmodel%3Dseedream-5-0-lite)

_Catalog facts and prices last changed 2026-08-01._