# Seed 1.6 Flash API pricing

No price from the maker itself is on record for Seed 1.6 Flash. The lowest of 3 providers is AI/ML API: $0.07935 per 1M input tokens and $0.3174 per 1M output tokens (as of 2026-11-12). Context window: 256K tokens, up to 32K output tokens per request.

- Type: Text
- Context: 256K
- Max output: 32K
- Released: 2025-08-28
- Open weights: No

## Price by provider (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Model id | Input | Output | Cached | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [AI/ML API](https://docs.aimlapi.com) | bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash | $0.07935 | $0.3174 | — | Lowest |
| [Qiniu](https://developer.qiniu.com/aitokenapi) | doubao-seed-1.6-flash | $0.021739 | $0.217391 | — | Tiered pricing, Deprecated |
| [Volcengine Ark](https://www.volcengine.com/docs/82379/1330310) | doubao-seed-1-6-flash-250828 | $0.02227 | $0.22265 | $0.00445 | Tiered pricing, Deprecated |

Providers are those listed by models.dev. This site has not vetted them one by one; each provider's own page has the binding price.

Prices and specs come from models.dev (MIT licence), updated 2026-11-12. Each provider's name links to its official docs. A provider priced at 0 usually includes the model in a subscription; it is not necessarily a free API.

https://apibook.ai/models/bytedance-seed/seed-1-6-flash/