Doubao Seed 2.1 Lite is ByteDance's language model with a 1.0M context window and up to 256K output tokens, starting at $0.115 / 1M input and $0.388 / 1M output. A lightweight large language model in ByteDance's Doubao Seed series, optimized for efficient general-purpose text generation.
Specifications
Canonical IDbytedance-doubao-seed-2-1-lite
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorByteDanceByteDance
Providers
Context Window1.0M tokens
Max Output256K tokens
Input ModalitiesAudioImage
Output ModalitiesText
Reasoning Effortsdefault

Capabilities

Input2/5
Text·
Image✓
Audio✓
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities3/13
Reasoning✓
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling✓
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching✓
Assistant Prefill·

Pricing by Provider

US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Cache Read
$ / 1M
Audio In
$ / 1M
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Volcengine (ByteDance)
volcengine/doubao-seed-2-1-lite-260915
$0.115$0.388$0.023$1.73

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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
Doubao Seed 2.1 Lite—1.0M$0.115$0.388Current
Doubao Seed 2 Lite—256K$0.090$0.542Available

Other Models

ModelTierReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1M
Doubao Seed 2 Code Preview——256K$0.482$2.41
Doubao Seed 2 Mini——256K$0.030$0.301
Doubao Seed 2 ProPro—256K$0.482$2.41
Doubao Seed 2.1 ProPro—1.0M$0.863$4.31
Doubao Seed Code—————

Model IDs

bytedance-doubao-seed-2-1-lite
volcengine/doubao-seed-2-1-lite-260915