Seedance 2.5 vs Seedance 2.0, Fast and Mini: price per clip on Sume
Per 5-second 720p clip on Sume: Seedance 2.5 about $2.89, Seedance 2.0 $1.89, Fast $1.51, Mini $0.95. Token rates and limits side by side.
On Sume a 5-second 720p 16:9 clip costs about $2.89 on Seedance 2.5, $1.89 on Seedance 2.0, $1.51 on Seedance 2.0 Fast and $0.95 on Seedance 2.0 Mini. All four bill per video token at provider list x 1.25. The 2.5 premium buys the 30-second ceiling and 1080p on a longer clip; Fast and Mini top out at 720p.
Rates and limits
Provider list rates in Sume's rate card are $0.0214, $0.014, $0.0112 and $0.007 per 1,000 video tokens for 2.5, 2.0, Fast and Mini. The fal page for 2.5 states $0.0214; the others come from Sume's rate card in the repo and were not re-read on vendor pages. Limits come from the Video Router docs: Seedance 2.5 accepts 4-30 s at 480p/720p/1080p, Seedance 2.0 4-15 s at up to 1080p, Fast and Mini 4-15 s at 480p/720p.
| Model id | Rate per 1,000 tokens (list) | 5 s 480p | 5 s 720p | 10 s 720p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| seedance-2.5 | $0.0214 | $1.343 | $2.889 | $5.778 |
| seedance-2 | $0.014 | $0.879 | $1.890 | $3.780 |
| seedance-2-fast | $0.0112 | $0.703 | $1.512 | $3.024 |
| seedance-2-mini | $0.007 | $0.439 | $0.945 | $1.890 |
Picking one
Sume's docs note that seedance-2 and seedance-2-mini are no longer picked by any default or routing preset but stay routable when you request them by id. For drafts, Mini at 480p is the cheapest row; for anything longer than 15 seconds only 2.5 qualifies. For the 2.5 numbers at other lengths see the price table.
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