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Seed 1.8


Seed 1.8 is ByteDance's language model with a 256K context window and up to 64K output tokens, starting at $0.250 / 1M input and $2.00 / 1M output. A multimodal LLM optimized for agent scenarios with enhanced agent capabilities, upgraded multimodal comprehension, and flexible context management.
Specifications
Canonical IDbytedance-seed-1-8
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorByteDanceByteDance
Providers
Context Window256K tokens
Max Output64K tokens
Input ModalitiesImage
Output ModalitiesText
Reasoning Effortsdefault
Release Date · 9 months ago

Capabilities

Input1/5
Text·
Image
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities2/13
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

ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Cache Read
$ / 1M
Vercel AI Gateway logo
Vercel AI Gateway
bytedance/seed-1.8
$0.250$2.00$0.050

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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
Seed 2 Lite262K$0.250$2.00Available
Seed 2 Mini262K$0.100$0.400Available
Seed 2 CodeAvailable
Seed 2 ProAvailable
Seed 1.6262K$0.250$2.00Available
Seed 1.6 Flash262K$0.075$0.300Available
Seed 1.8256K$0.250$2.00Current

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