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Seed 1.6

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MedianThe median blended price among comparable offers: one price per provider (its cheapest route), standard tier, current prices only. Priority tiers and prices converted from points are not counted.
$0.688
Most expensiveThe highest blended price among comparable offers: one price per provider (its cheapest route), standard tier, current prices only. Priority tiers and prices converted from points are not counted.
$0.688
Offers
9
Providers
7

Cheapest right now

Vercel AI Gateway

The provider's published policy: prompts are not used for training.

$0.688 blended / 1M tokens

No change7D
in
$0.25
out
$2.00
Cached input
$0.05
Go to offer Go to offer at Vercel AI Gateway (opens in a new tab)via Vercel AI Gateway

Seed 1.6 costs from $0.688 per million tokens (at a 3:1 input:output mix): the lowest current price, at 3 providers, checked on ; 9 offers are listed.

Listed offers, by price

Comparable offersOther offersSolid steps are comparable offers; dashed steps are the other offers, which are not counted in cheapest, median or most expensive.

Offers not counted in cheapest, median or most expensive (6)

  • $0.165 · Qiniu · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.688 · ByteDance via Eden AI · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.688 · Seed via Kilo Gateway · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.688 · Glama via Glama · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.688 · Martian via Martian · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.688 · Nous Portal via Nous Portal · cannot be designated the cheapest

Price historyThe cheapest offer each day, against the lab's official list price when it publishes one. Each day at 00:00 UTC, the offer the API would have selected as the cheapest, with the same exclusions as /cheapest. Blended price, promotions included.

Cheapest offer and official list price, by day, 30 days
DayCheapest offerOfficial list price
2026-10-02$0.164, Qiniu–
2026-10-03$0.164, Qiniu–
2026-10-04$0.164, Qiniu–
2026-10-05$0.164, Qiniu–
2026-10-06$0.164, Qiniu–
2026-10-07$0.164, Qiniu–
2026-10-08$0.164, Qiniu–
2026-10-09$0.164, Qiniu–
2026-10-10$0.164, Qiniu–
2026-10-11$0.164, Qiniu–
2026-10-12$0.164, Qiniu–
2026-10-13$0.164, Qiniu–
2026-10-14$0.164, Qiniu–
2026-10-15$0.164, Qiniu–
2026-10-16$0.164, Qiniu–
2026-10-17$0.165, Qiniu–
2026-10-18$0.165, Qiniu–
2026-10-19$0.688, ByteDance–
2026-10-20$0.688, ByteDance–
2026-10-21$0.688, ByteDance–
2026-10-22$0.688, ByteDance–
2026-10-23$0.688, ByteDance–
2026-10-24$0.688, ByteDance–
2026-10-25$0.688, Vercel AI Gateway–
2026-10-26$0.688, Vercel AI Gateway–
2026-10-27$0.688, Vercel AI Gateway–
2026-10-28$0.688, Vercel AI Gateway–
2026-10-29$0.688, Vercel AI Gateway–
2026-10-30$0.688, Vercel AI Gateway–
2026-10-31$0.688, Vercel AI Gateway–

Cheapest offer

Offers

9 of 9 offers

Offers for Seed 1.6, one row per offer, sorted by blended price.
RankProvider · viaYou buy access through an aggregator: one account and one API that forward your requests to other providers. "Via" names the aggregator; the price is the one it charges you. When "via" says "hosted API", no aggregator is involved: the model belongs to a lab and another provider sells it.Input $/1MOutput $/1MBlended $/1MA single price that mixes input and output: 3 input tokens for 1 output token, per million tokens. It makes offers easy to rank; your real cost depends on your own mix. ContextThe maximum amount of text, counted in tokens, the model can take in and write in a single request. Past this limit, the request is refused or cut.ConditionsWhat a provider says about how it handles your data and who can sign up: training on prompts, processing region, sign-up requirements. Each comes from the provider's published documents; when nothing is published, it stays unknown.SignalsOffer
1 Qiniu 0.12 0.301 0.165 256k Unverified. Neither seller nor price found on its page for 72 hours: listed, not designated cheapestprompt up to 32K tokens: up to 32K: $0.12 / $0.301; up to 32K: $0.12 / $1.20; up to 128K: $0.18 / $2.41; above that: $0.361 / $3.61 (Input / Output, per million tokens)
See pricing at Qiniu (opens in a new tab)
2 ByteDancevia Eden AI 0.25 2.00  0.688 262k Unverified. No public page for this offer: listed, not designated cheapest
: Eden AI (opens in a new tab). No public price page for this model
3 Seedvia Kilo Gateway 0.25 2.00  0.688 262k Unverified. No public page for this offer: listed, not designated cheapest
: Kilo Gateway (opens in a new tab). No public price page for this model
4 Glama 0.25 2.00  0.688 262k Unverified. No public page for this offer: listed, not designated cheapest
: Glama (opens in a new tab). No public price page for this model
5 Martian 0.25 2.00  0.688 – worldwide Unverified. Neither seller nor price found on its page for 72 hours: listed, not designated cheapest
See pricing at Martian (opens in a new tab)
6 Nous Portal 0.25 2.00  0.688 262k Unverified. Neither seller nor price found on its page for 72 hours: listed, not designated cheapest
See pricing at Nous Portal (opens in a new tab)
7 Vercel AI Gateway 0.25 2.00  0.688 –
Go to offer at Vercel AI Gateway (opens in a new tab)
8 ByteDancevia LLM Gateway 0.25 2.00  0.688 – Fee 5%: LLM Gateway adds a 5% fee on credit usage, plus 1.5% for cards issued outside the US (read on llmgateway.io/pricing on Oct 31). Offers are ranked with the 5% included.
Go to offer at LLM Gateway (opens in a new tab)
9 Seedvia OpenRouter 0.25 2.00  0.688 262k Fee 5.5%: OpenRouter adds a 5.5% fee when you buy credits (read on openrouter.ai/pricing on Oct 31). Offers are ranked with this fee included.prompt up to 128K tokens: up to 128K: $0.25 / $2.00; above that: $0.50 / $4.00 (Input / Output, per million tokens)
Go to offer at OpenRouter (opens in a new tab)

No training on promptsPrompts may be used for trainingTraining terms not published

backend not named. The router bills this price itself without naming who serves the model.

  • Qiniu

    $0.165

    direct

    in
    $0.12
    out
    $0.301
    Context
    256k

    Training terms not publishedUnverified. Neither seller nor price found on its page for 72 hours: listed, not designated cheapestprompt up to 32K tokens: up to 32K: $0.12 / $0.301; up to 32K: $0.12 / $1.20; up to 128K: $0.18 / $2.41; above that: $0.361 / $3.61 (Input / Output, per million tokens)

    See pricing See pricing at Qiniu (opens in a new tab)at Qiniu

  • ByteDance

    $0.688

    Eden AI

    in
    $0.25
    out
    $2.00 
    Context
    262k

    Prompts may be used for trainingUnverified. No public page for this offer: listed, not designated cheapest

    Seller's site: Eden AI (opens in a new tab)No public price page for this model

  • Seed

    $0.688

    Kilo Gateway

    in
    $0.25
    out
    $2.00 
    Context
    262k

    Training terms not publishedUnverified. No public page for this offer: listed, not designated cheapest

    Seller's site: Kilo Gateway (opens in a new tab)No public price page for this model

  • Glama

    $0.688

    Glama

    in
    $0.25
    out
    $2.00 
    Context
    262k

    No training on promptsUnverified. No public page for this offer: listed, not designated cheapestbackend not named: The router bills this price itself without naming who serves the model.

    Seller's site: Glama (opens in a new tab)No public price page for this model

  • Martian

    $0.688

    Martian

    in
    $0.25
    out
    $2.00 
    Context
    –

    Training terms not publishedworldwideUnverified. Neither seller nor price found on its page for 72 hours: listed, not designated cheapestbackend not named: The router bills this price itself without naming who serves the model.

    See pricing See pricing at Martian (opens in a new tab)via Martian

  • Nous Portal

    $0.688

    Nous Portal

    in
    $0.25
    out
    $2.00 
    Context
    262k

    Prompts may be used for trainingUnverified. Neither seller nor price found on its page for 72 hours: listed, not designated cheapestbackend not named: The router bills this price itself without naming who serves the model.

    See pricing See pricing at Nous Portal (opens in a new tab)via Nous Portal

  • Vercel AI Gateway

    $0.688

    Vercel AI Gateway

    in
    $0.25
    out
    $2.00 
    Context
    –

    No training on prompts

    Go to offer Go to offer at Vercel AI Gateway (opens in a new tab)via Vercel AI Gateway

  • ByteDance

    $0.688

    LLM Gateway

    in
    $0.25
    out
    $2.00 
    Context
    –

    Training terms not publishedFee 5%: LLM Gateway adds a 5% fee on credit usage, plus 1.5% for cards issued outside the US (read on llmgateway.io/pricing on Oct 31). Offers are ranked with the 5% included.

    Go to offer Go to offer at LLM Gateway (opens in a new tab)via LLM Gateway

  • Seed

    $0.688

    OpenRouter

    in
    $0.25
    out
    $2.00 
    Context
    262k

    Training terms not publishedFee 5.5%: OpenRouter adds a 5.5% fee when you buy credits (read on openrouter.ai/pricing on Oct 31). Offers are ranked with this fee included.prompt up to 128K tokens: up to 128K: $0.25 / $2.00; above that: $0.50 / $4.00 (Input / Output, per million tokens)

    Go to offer Go to offer at OpenRouter (opens in a new tab)via OpenRouter

Blended = (3 × input + output) / 4, per million tokens. Prices in USD, converted at the ECB rate when the provider bills in another currency.

Method

Monthly cost for your workload

Computed by the API for the three cheapest offers, per 30-day month.
  1. Vercel AI Gateway$45.00per month
  2. ByteDance$45.00per month+$0.00 vs the cheapest
  3. Seed$45.00per month+$0.00 vs the cheapest

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