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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

Released2026-06-23
LineByteDance · Seed
WeightsAPI only
Context256K tokens
Max output256K tokens
Inputimage, text, video
Outputtext
ReasoningYes
Tool callingYes
Knowledge cutoffnot stated
API iddoubao-seed-2-1-pro-260628

Pricing

Input$0.8906 / 1M tokens
Cached input$0.1781 / 1M tokens
Output$4.45 / 1M tokens

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

ProviderModel id
Volcengine Arkdoubao-seed-2-1-pro-260628

1 host serve this model at the price above · the maker's documentation

Seed: every version

VersionReleasedContextInput
Seed 2.1 ProCurrent2026-06-23256K$0.8906
Seed 2.1 Turbo2026-06-23256K$0.4453
Seed 2.0 Code2026-02-14262K$0.475
Seed 2.0 Lite2026-02-14256K$0.08
Seed 2.0 Mini2026-02-14256K$0.0297
Seed 2.0 Pro2026-02-14256K$0.475

The registry keeps the six most recent versions of a line. Older ones stay in the file and can be surfaced without a rebuild.

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.
ProprietaryReasoning256K context