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Seed 2.1 Pro
Flagship ByteDance Seed 2.1 model for complex multimodal reasoning, coding, and agents
Line
Seed
Weights
API only
Released
2026-06-23
Context
256K
Input
$0.8906 / 1M
Output
$4.45 / 1M
Max output
256K
Coverage
not covered yet
Overview
Seed 2.1 Pro is ByteDance's flagship model in the Seed line, designed for complex multimodal reasoning, coding, and agents. It has a 256,000-token context window and a 256,000-token maximum output. It accepts image, text, and video inputs and returns text. It supports reasoning mode and tool calling. The model is not open-weights. Pricing starts at $0.8906 per million input tokens and $4.45 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.1781 per million tokens.
Specs
Pricing
Against Seed 2.0 Pro: input $0.475 to $0.8906, output $2.37 to $4.45, cached input $0.095 to $0.1781.
Strengths
- Accepts image, text, and video inputs
- Supports reasoning mode for complex tasks
- Supports tool calling for agent workflows
- 256k token context and output windows
- Designed for coding and multimodal reasoning
Best for
- Reach for it for complex multimodal reasoning
- Reach for it for coding tasks with large context
- Reach for it for agentic workflows with tool calling
How to access
1 host serve this model at the price above · the maker's documentation
Seed: every version
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FAQ
- What is the context window?
- 256,000 tokens for both input and output.
- Is the model open-weights?
- No, it is not open-weights.
- What is the pricing?
- From $0.8906 per million input tokens and $4.45 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.1781 per million tokens.