# Seed Character API pricing

No price from the maker itself is on record for Seed Character. The lowest of 3 providers is Volcengine Ark: $0.11875 per 1M input tokens and $0.29687 per 1M output tokens (as of 2026-11-12). Context window: 256K tokens, up to 256K output tokens per request.

- Type: Text
- Context: 256K
- Max output: 256K
- Released: 2026-06-23
- Open weights: No

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

| Provider | Model id | Input | Output | Cached | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Volcengine Ark](https://www.volcengine.com/docs/82379/1330310) | doubao-seed-character-260628 | $0.11875 | $0.29687 | $0.02375 | Lowest, Tiered pricing |
| [NanoGPT](https://docs.nano-gpt.com) | bytedance/doubao-seed-character | $0.15 | $0.37 | $0.03 |  |
| [Ofox](https://ofox.ai/docs) | volcengine/doubao-seed-character | $0.177 | $0.884 | $0.024 |  |

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-character/