Image model · ByteDance
Seedream 5.0 Lite in llmwise: what each image costs on every plan
ByteDance's Seedream 5.0 Lite in llmwise: how many Seedream 5.0 Lite images each plan makes, what llmwise asks Seedream 5.0 Lite for, and where a Seedream 5.0 Lite prompt goes, priced before you make one.
Seedream 5.0 Lite's price checked against kie.ai's price list. Updated .
Short answer
Seedream 5.0 Lite is ByteDance's image model, made through kie.ai. On a paid plan each Seedream 5.0 Lite image counts as 2 Claude Haiku 4.5 messages, so a month makes up to 125 on Pro ($20), 400 on Max ($50), 900 on Ultra ($100) or 2,000 on Studio ($200) Seedream 5.0 Lite images if it all goes to Seedream 5.0 Lite. Free makes no Seedream 5.0 Lite images.
Seedream 5.0 Lite images on every plan
A Seedream 5.0 Lite image counts as 2 Claude Haiku 4.5 messages, taken from the same monthly allowance as your messages.
| Plan | Price | Seedream 5.0 Lite images |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | No Seedream 5.0 Lite images on Free |
| Pro | $20 a month | Up to 125 Seedream 5.0 Lite images a month |
| Max | $50 a month | Up to 400 Seedream 5.0 Lite images a month |
| Ultra | $100 a month | Up to 900 Seedream 5.0 Lite images a month |
| Studio | $200 a month | Up to 2,000 Seedream 5.0 Lite images a month |
| Top-up | $10 once | Up to 100 more Seedream 5.0 Lite images, valid 12 months |
Prices don't include tax, which is added where it applies and shown before you pay. Each Seedream 5.0 Lite image counts as 2 Claude Haiku 4.5 messages of the monthly allowance every model shares; each count assumes all of it goes to Seedream 5.0 Lite images. How pricing works.
Every limit is published. Paid plans also have a monthly fair-use limit on AI cost: Pro $7.50, Max $20, Ultra $42, Studio $85. Using every message on your plan at typical sizes stays under it; very large messages and heavy research use it faster. Every limit, explained.
What llmwise asks Seedream 5.0 Lite for
What llmwise sends with every Seedream 5.0 Lite request, besides your prompt: the settings its price is for.
| Made by | ByteDance · via kie.ai |
|---|---|
| Made through | kie.ai |
| Output size | 2K |
| Aspect ratios | square 1:1, portrait 2:3, landscape 3:2 |
| File format | JPEG |
| Quality setting | basic |
| Content check | on |
| Longest prompt | 3,000 characters |
| Model id at kie.ai | seedream/5-lite-text-to-image |
Where your Seedream 5.0 Lite prompts go
When you ask for a Seedream 5.0 Lite image, the chat model writes a Seedream 5.0 Lite prompt from your request. Only that prompt, up to 3,000 characters, and the image's size go to kie.ai.
Seedream 5.0 Lite is made through kie.ai, which resells access to ByteDance's Seedream 5.0 Lite, under kie.ai's own terms and arrangements, which llmwise doesn't control.
llmwise downloads each Seedream 5.0 Lite image as soon as it's made and keeps it with your chat.
What kie.ai may do with a Seedream 5.0 Lite prompt, and how long it keeps it, is in the Privacy Policy's section on kie.ai.
Seedream 5.0 Lite or another image model?
llmwise doesn't rank Seedream 5.0 Lite against the others: judge its pictures yourself, with one prompt on Seedream 5.0 Lite and on one of these.
The same 2 Claude Haiku 4.5 messages as Seedream 5.0 Lite, so the same 125 images on Pro: GPT Image 2.5 Flare (OpenAI), Nano Banana 2 (Google), FLUX.2 Pro (Black Forest Labs) and Ideogram 3.0 (Ideogram).
Cheaper than Seedream 5.0 Lite, so more than its 125 images on Pro: Qwen-Image 2.1 (Alibaba).
Dearer than Seedream 5.0 Lite, so fewer than its 125 images on Pro: Nano Banana Pro (Google).
Questions
Is Seedream 5.0 Lite free in llmwise?
No: Seedream 5.0 Lite images need a paid plan. On Pro ($20 a month) each Seedream 5.0 Lite image counts as 2 Claude Haiku 4.5 messages, up to 125 Seedream 5.0 Lite images a month if the whole allowance goes to Seedream 5.0 Lite.
Does Seedream 5.0 Lite see my chat?
No: only the prompt the chat model writes for the Seedream 5.0 Lite image, and its size. Your chat, files, memory and account details never reach kie.ai or ByteDance.
What does "via kie.ai" mean for Seedream 5.0 Lite?
llmwise doesn't call ByteDance for Seedream 5.0 Lite: kie.ai, which resells many makers' image models through one API of its own, makes each Seedream 5.0 Lite image, and llmwise downloads it straight away, so your copy of a Seedream 5.0 Lite image never depends on kie.ai.
How do I make a Seedream 5.0 Lite image?
In the chat, open the Tools menu, choose Create image and pick Seedream 5.0 Lite. The Seedream 5.0 Lite price, 2 Claude Haiku 4.5 messages, shows before you send, and it's what each Seedream 5.0 Lite image counts as.
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