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ByteDance SeedAdded Nov 10, 2026Image generation and editingAnonymizedUncensoredNew

Seedream V5.5

Seedream V5.5 is ByteDance Seed’s Seedream 5.5, generating high-quality images at 1K, 1.5K, or 2K with improved realism and text rendering. It pairs with Seedream V5.5 Edit.

seedream-v5-5POST https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/image/generate
Price per image
$0.03 – $0.05
1K to 2K
Resolution
1K · 1.5K · 2K
default 1K
Aspect ratios
8 ratios
default 1:1
Reference images
Up to 10
combined in one edit
Prompt limit
10,000
characters

Pricing

USD per image
1K generation
$0.03
1.5K generation
$0.03
2K generation
$0.05
Edit
$0.03
Similar models1K1.5K2KEdit2K, relative
Seedream V5.5$0.03$0.03$0.05$0.03
Grok Imagine$0.03—$0.04$0.03
Qwen Image 3$0.04—$0.04$0.04
Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo$0.02—$0.02$0.02
Krea 2 Turbo$0.04—$0.06—

Optional upscale: $0.02 at 2x and $0.08 at 4x.

Examples

In-image textA retro travel poster with the bold headline “VENICE” in large condensed serif type, sunset color palette, clean layout
PhotorealismPhotorealistic close-up portrait of a weathered fisherman at golden hour, 85mm lens, shallow depth of field, natural skin texture
Instruction-followingA small red cube balanced on top of a large glossy blue sphere, with a green cone to the right, plain light-grey studio background
Illustration styleCozy watercolor illustration of a hillside village in autumn, warm tones, soft paper texture

Specs

Model ID
seedream-v5-5
Edit model ID
seedream-v5-5-edit
Endpoint
POST /api/v1/image/generate
Resolutions
1K, 1.5K, 2K (default 1K)
Aspect ratios
1:13:216:921:99:162:33:44:3
Prompt limit
10,000 characters
Steps
default 20, max 50
Added
Nov 10, 2026

Capabilities

Modalities
Text
Input
Image
Input and output
Features
Image editing
seedream-v5-5-edit
Multi-image editing
up to 10 images
Web-grounded generation
Not supported
Style references
Not supported
Upscale
2x and 4x

API

Get an API key
POST/api/v1/image/generateRecommended
curl https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/image/generate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VENICE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "seedream-v5-5",
    "prompt": "A retro travel poster with the bold headline \"VENICE\" in large condensed serif type, sunset color palette",
    "resolution": "1K",
    "aspect_ratio": "1:1"
  }'

Privacy

Tier 1 · this model
Anonymized

Venice hides your identity and stores no prompts. ByteDance Seed still sees the content.

Tier 2
Private

Not available

Tier 3
TEE

Not available

Tier 4
End-to-end encrypted

Not available

Variants

VariantModel IDPrivacyPriceAdded
seedream-v5-5Anonymized$0.03 / imageNov 2026
seedream-v5-5-editAnonymized$0.03 / editNov 2026