Seedream
by ByteDance
At a glance
Image generation model family from ByteDance that unifies text-to-image synthesis and image editing in a single architecture.
text-to-image image-editing unified-model
- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- Image Generation
- Business model
- Paid
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2025
Overview
Seedream is ByteDance's image generation model family, unifying text-to-image synthesis and image editing in a single architecture. It is known for strong text rendering, high resolution, and fast generation, and competes with frontier image models. Seedream is offered through ByteDance products like Doubao and Jimeng and via API on Volcano Engine and third-party platforms.
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Key features
- Unified text-to-image generation and image editing
- High-resolution output with strong text rendering
- Multi-image reference and batch generation
- API access via Volcano Engine and partner platforms
Use cases
- Marketing and e-commerce visuals with accurate text
- Iterative image editing from natural-language instructions
- High-volume creative generation through APIs
Pricing
Seedream is offered commercially via API (priced per image) and inside ByteDance apps; some consumer access is free within Doubao and Jimeng quotas.
Record details
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Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- CN
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/seedream/
Selection profile
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- Tasks it fits
- Image generation
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- Web app
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- Web
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- Vendor cloud
Vendor-hosted product; no self-hosted option is recorded.
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- Not recorded
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- Global
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Suggest a correction - Public API
- Yes
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- proprietary
Commercial product; no source licence is published in the record.
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- Not recorded
Commercial product; the terms reviewed here do not state a non-commercial restriction, but that was not verified.
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- Not recorded
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- Works offline
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- Public API
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- Licence
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- Commercial use
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- Interface languages
- Unknown
Frequently asked questions
What is Seedream?
Seedream is ByteDance's image model family that unifies text-to-image generation and editing in one architecture.
How can I use Seedream?
Seedream is available inside ByteDance apps such as Doubao and Jimeng, and via API on Volcano Engine and partner platforms.
What is Seedream good at?
Seedream is noted for accurate text rendering, high resolution, and fast unified generation and editing.
What does Seedream not record?
No Seedream documentation or pricing page is recorded: its site loaded normally, but no same-site page could be confirmed as the product's own docs or pricing page.
Similar products
- Reve — Text-to-image platform from Reve AI for generating and editing images with natural-language instructions.
- DALL·E — OpenAI's earlier text-to-image model family; OpenAI's current image models are the GPT-Image line, and DALL·E no longer appears in its public model list.
- Ideogram — Text-to-image generator noted for rendering legible text within generated images.
- Imagen — Google's text-to-image model family, available through Gemini and Vertex AI.
- Midjourney — Text-to-image generation service known for high-quality artistic output.
- Krea — Real-time AI image and video generation tool with an interactive canvas.
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Related guides
Sources
- Official website ↗
- SCMP: ByteDance unveils new AI image model to rival Google DeepMind's Nano Banana ↗
This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-10.
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