Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro
Pricing as of October 2026$0.880/1M input · $4.41/1M output · 262K context · ByteDance
Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro costs $0.880 per 1M input tokens and $4.41 per 1M output tokens from ByteDance, with a 262K-token context window. A typical chat reply (1,500 tokens in, 400 out) costs $0.0031, or $30.84 per 10,000 requests. On that workload it is cheaper than 80 of the 171 other buyable models tracked here.
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What Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro Costs Per Request
At $0.880 per 1M input and $4.41 per 1M output tokens, before caching or batch discounts.
| Workload | Input / output tokens | Per request | Per 10,000 requests |
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| Chat reply | 1,500 / 400 | $0.0031 | $30.84 |
| RAG answer over retrieved docs | 8,000 / 600 | $0.0097 | $96.86 |
| Coding-agent step | 30,000 / 2,000 | $0.035 | $352.20 |
Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro vs Similarly Priced Models
Nearest buyable models by price, with the RAG answer above (8,000 in / 600 out) priced on each.
| Model | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context | RAG answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro ByteDance | $0.880 | $4.41 | 262K | $0.0097 |
| Doubao Seed 2.1 Turbo ByteDance | $0.440 | $2.21 | 262K | $0.0048 |
| GPT-5.4 Mini OpenAI | $0.750 | $4.50 | 400K | $0.0087 |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Live Google | $0.750 | $4.50 | 1.0M | $0.0087 |
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Pricing Details
ByteDanceOfficial pricing is yuan-only: ¥6 input / ¥30 output / ¥1.2 cache-hit input per 1M. USD shown here is converted at ~6.80 CNY/USD (late June 2026) and floats with the exchange rate; ByteDance has not published a USD rate card. Cache-hit input ~$0.18. Multimodal input (text, image, video), text out. Closed weights. Volcano Engine claims ~80% lower TCO than Claude Opus 4.6. Benchmarks largely self-reported without published scores; only hard numbers are SciCode 59.8 and Code Arena rank 8 (1539). China access via Volcano Engine Ark; international via BytePlus ModelArk (USD billing). Not yet on OpenRouter. Context 256K carried from Seed 2.0 spec, not reconfirmed for 2.1.
Input / 1M tokens
$0.88
Output / 1M tokens
$4.41
Context Window
262K
Max Output
131K
Price History
No price change recorded since 2026-08-11, when this site started tracking this model; it launched on 2026-06-24.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro pricing and usage
How much does Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro cost?
Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro costs $0.88 per 1 million input tokens and $4.41 per 1 million output tokens. This pricing is set by ByteDance.
What tokenizer does Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro use?
Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro uses the cl100k_base tokenizer. This tokenizer has a vocabulary of ~100,000 tokens and is widely used across many models.
What is Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro's context window?
Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro supports a context window of 262K tokens (262,144 tokens). The maximum output length is 131K tokens.
How does Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro compare to other models?
On an 8,000-token-in, 600-token-out RAG answer, Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro costs $0.0097 per request. The nearest-priced alternatives cost: Doubao Seed 2.1 Turbo (ByteDance) $0.0048, GPT-5.4 Mini (OpenAI) $0.0087, Gemini 3.1 Flash Live (Google) $0.0087. The table above lists their full rates and context windows.
How do I count tokens for Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro?
Use the token counter at the top of this page or visit the homepage calculator. Paste your text and it will show the exact token count and cost for Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro using the cl100k_base tokenizer.