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Bytedance Seed: Seed Character

ByteDance Seed model optimized for character-driven dialogue and consistent conversational behavior

Source-linked seed Closed weights Released 2026-06-23
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InputT
OutputT
Input price$0.119/M
Output price$0.297/M
Context256K
Max output256K
Providers2
Inference availability

Providers

Provider-specific identifiers, limits, and listed prices per million tokens. Every row links back to the provider's own documentation.

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Providers offering Seed Character
ProviderProvider model IDContextMax outputInputOutputCache readCapabilitiesDocs
Volcengine Ark doubao-seed-character-260628 256K 256K $0.119 $0.297 $0.024 ReasoningToolsJSON Docs ↗
Ofox volcengine/doubao-seed-character 256K 256K $0.177 $0.884 $0.024 ReasoningToolsJSON Docs ↗

Capability badges appear only where the provider catalog explicitly lists support. A blank cell means the source is silent, not that the feature is absent.

Listed rates

Price across providers

Input price per million tokens as published by each provider. Bars are drawn from listed rates only — no traffic weighting, since the catalog observes no requests.

Lowest input $0.119/M

Across 2 priced providers

Median input $0.148/M

Midpoint of listed rates

Highest input $0.177/M

1.5× the lowest listed rate

Output range $0.297 – $0.884

Per million output tokens

Volcengine Ark $0.119/MLowest
Ofox $0.177/M
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Specification

Capabilities

Recorded from the source catalog and provider listings.

Reasoning Yes
Tool calling Yes
Structured output Yes
Attachments Yes
Vision input Yes
× Open weights No
Model family
seed
Knowledge cutoff
Not documented
License
Not documented
Release date
2026-06-23
Model ID
bytedance-seed/seed-character
Published evaluations

Benchmarks

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Catalog activity

Change log

Field-level changes detected between successful source imports.

Full change log
Price Completion0.884 → 0.29687
Price Prompt0.177 → 0.11875
Public API

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API documentation
Endpoint
GET https://model.kyssta.lol/api/v1/models/bytedance-seed/seed-character
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curl "https://model.kyssta.lol/api/v1/models/bytedance-seed/seed-character"
Common questions

Frequently asked questions

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What is Seed Character?

ByteDance Seed model optimized for character-driven dialogue and consistent conversational behavior. It is published by Bytedance Seed and catalogued here from Models.dev.

How much does Seed Character cost?

Listed input pricing starts at $0.119 per million tokens from Volcengine Ark, rising to $0.177 across 2 listed providers.

What is the context length of Seed Character?

Seed Character accepts up to 256K tokens of context and returns up to 256K output tokens.

Does Seed Character support tool calling and structured output?

Provider catalogs list support for tool calling, structured output, reasoning, and image input.

Which providers serve Seed Character?

2 providers list this model: Volcengine Ark, Ofox.

Are the weights for Seed Character open?

No. This model is served through hosted APIs only.

When was Seed Character released?

The catalog records a release date of 2026-06-23, last verified Sep 11, 2026.

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