Doubao Seed 2.0 API
$0.083 - 0.250(~ 6 - 18 credits) per 1M input tokens; $0.500 - 1.500(~ 36 - 108 credits) per 1M output tokens
$0.017(~ 1.2 credits) per 1M cache read tokens
Cache storage charged separately per hour.
Highest stability with guaranteed 99.9% uptime. Recommended for production environments.
Use the same API endpoint for all versions. Only the model parameter differs.
Doubao Seed 2.0 Lite API pricing and access
Use Doubao Seed 2.0 Lite through one EvoLink API key. This page focuses on the Lite variant for cost-efficient production traffic, balanced quality, and transparent pricing when you don't need the flagship Pro profile.

What can you build with Doubao Seed 2.0 Lite?
Cost-Efficient Chat and Support
Use Seed 2.0 Lite for support automation, internal assistants, and everyday production chat where stable cost matters more than premium reasoning depth.

Content and Workflow Automation
Generate summaries, rewrite content, classify tickets, and automate repetitive language tasks with a lower-cost API model that still fits mainstream product workloads.

Scalable Production Traffic
Choose Lite when you need a model that keeps API spend under control across sustained daily traffic, especially in products where response quality only needs to be reliably good, not maximal.

Why teams choose Doubao Seed 2.0 Lite
Seed 2.0 Lite is the practical choice when your buying decision is driven by cost efficiency, stable production traffic, and easy access through one API gateway.
Better fit for cost-sensitive traffic
Use Lite for high-volume production workloads where premium-model pricing would be unnecessary overhead.
One gateway, lower friction
Keep the same EvoLink integration while switching between Lite and other Seed 2.0 variants as workload requirements change.
Transparent production pricing
Compare Lite pricing directly below and decide when its lower-cost profile is enough for your workload.
How to integrate Doubao Seed 2.0 Lite API
Use the EvoLink API with the Lite model enum. Migration is usually a base URL swap plus `doubao-seed-2.0-lite` in your existing OpenAI-compatible workflow.
Step 1 — Authenticate
Create an EvoLink API key and send requests with Bearer token authentication from your app, agent, or backend service.
Step 2 — Use the Lite model ID
Set model to `doubao-seed-2.0-lite` when you want the Lite variant on EvoLink.
Step 3 — Tune outputs
Adjust temperature, top_p, max_tokens, stream, and other parameters. Prompt-length tiers and cache billing are applied automatically in the API pricing model.
Core Doubao Seed 2.0 Lite API capabilities
Model facts for the cost-efficient Seed 2.0 variant, plus EvoLink pricing and access signals
Cost-efficient general text
Lite is designed for everyday production text workloads where stable quality is enough and API cost matters more than peak model performance.
256K Context Window
Keep long prompt support while using a lower-cost variant for mainstream production workloads.
Prompt-Length Pricing
Lite pricing scales by prompt length, helping teams keep cost aligned to actual context use.
Cache Hit Billing
Reduce repeated prompt cost in support, operations, and content workflows with reusable prompt structures.
OpenAI-Compatible Access
Use Lite through the same EvoLink gateway and existing OpenAI-compatible client stack.
Balanced production coverage
Lite works well for customer support, operational chat, content automation, and other reliable day-to-day traffic.
Doubao Seed 2.0 Lite API FAQs
Everything you need to know about the product and billing.