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# Seedance 2.5 Moves to the SeeDance25 Group, Pricing Tracks the Official Generation Gap

> Seedance 2.5 moves off SeeDance2 onto its own SeeDance25 group (shown as SeeDance2.5 in the console). Tokens need that group enabled to call it, with no code changes. Pricing now tracks the real gap between the two generations, at roughly 1.5x the 2.0 standard model. The four 2.0-family models are unaffected.

**2026/8/30 11:33 (UTC+8)** · Price Update · ByteDance

💸 **Seedance 2.5 moves to its own `SeeDance25` group, with pricing aligned to the official generation gap**

The reason is that **Volcengine prices the two generations differently** — 2.5's token rate is about 1.5x 2.0's — so the two have to be billed on separate groups. `SeeDance25` runs at **0.27x** and appears as `SeeDance2.5` in the console's token settings. **Groups and prices for the four 2.0-family models are unaffected.**

A token calling `doubao-seedance-2-5-260628` **needs the `SeeDance25` group enabled**, otherwise it fails with "no available channel for this model". To use both generations, enable `SeeDance25` and `SeeDance2` on the same token — one Key then reaches all four models, and **the model name, endpoint, request shape, and your code all stay as they are**.

Measured prices after the change (\$12.42 per million tokens for 480p / 720p, \$13.77 for 1080p):

* 720p / 5s: \$1.3525 (was \$0.9017)
* 480p / 5s: \$0.6016 (was \$0.4011)
* 1080p / 5s: \$3.3740 (was \$2.2493)
* 720p / 30s: \$8.0593 (was \$5.3729)

Against \$0.9074 for 720p/5s on the 2.0 standard model, **2.5 runs about 1.5x higher** — matching the gap in Volcengine's own list prices, not an APIYI markup. If 1080p is all you need, the 2.0 standard model already supports it; go to 2.5 for 30-second clips, more than 9 reference images, mov output, or video editing / extension.

If both generations can later be priced separately inside one group, 2.5 will be **merged back into `SeeDance2`, announced in advance** — and again, the only change would be ticking a group on your token.

Full group notes and pricing tables are on the [Seedance overview](/en/api-capabilities/seedance2/overview).

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