Seedream V5 Lite API: Pricing, Specs and Examples

Seedream V5 Lite API

Seedream V5 Lite is an image generation and image editing model by ByteDance Seed, available on the Venice API as seedream-v5-lite. Requests are anonymized, so the provider never sees your identity.

Seedream V5 Lite API pricing

Model ID	Variant	Privacy	Price
`seedream-v5-lite`	Generate	Anonymized	$0.05 / image
`seedream-v5-lite-edit`	Edit	Anonymized	$0.05 / edit

Seedream V5 Lite specifications

Spec	Value
Provider	ByteDance Seed
Released	Feb 23, 2026
Privacy	Anonymized
Status	Stable
Aspect ratios	1:1, 3:2, 16:9, 21:9, 9:16, 2:3, 3:4, 4:5, 4:3
Prompt limit	10,000 characters

How to use the Seedream V5 Lite API

Send requests to POST https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/image/generate with "model": "seedream-v5-lite" and your API key.

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

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