ByteDance video family · Mini tier · 480p and 720p only

Seedance 2.0 Mini Video Generator

Run 4–15 second clips at 480p or 720p on the lowest-priced tier of the Seedance 2.0 family, where the capability list is unchanged and the resolution ceiling is the concession.

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Create with Seedance 2.0 Mini

Pick text or a single image, set duration, resolution, and aspect ratio, then read the point estimate before you submit.

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02 / Overview

Seedance 2.0 Mini specifications

Facts reviewed:

Developer
ByteDance / Volcano Engine
Official model ID
doubao-seedance-2-0-mini-260615
Family and tier
Seedance 2.0 series · Mini
Official positioning
Lowest cost, per the series guide
Official resolution
480p and 720p, 8-bit only
Official clip length
4–15 seconds
Official frame rate
24 fps
Official container
MP4
Platform route
seedance-2.0-mini

Documented model abilities next to this page’s controls

The official tables describe the model. This page runs one platform route, and the two boundaries are wider apart here than on any other Seedance tier, so they are listed side by side rather than blended.

OFFICIAL

Documented for the official model

  • Text-to-video, first-frame image-to-video, and first-and-last-frame video
  • Multimodal reference with text, image, video, and audio in one request
  • Up to 9 images, 3 videos, and 3 audio clips as references
  • Video editing and video extension
  • Generated audio, described for the family as two-channel output
  • Web search tool and last-frame return
  • 24 fps, 4–15 seconds, MP4, six aspect ratios
  • 480p and 720p output at 8-bit
  • No 1080p, no 4K, no offline inference tier, no sample-footage mode
LIVE PLATFORM

Exposed by this workspace today

  • Text-to-video and image-to-video with one image; first-and-last-frame is not exposed
  • A 2–15 second selector driven by the current provider route
  • A resolution selector that lists 720p and 1080p, although the official ceiling is 720p
  • Five fixed aspect ratios, without the official 21:9 option
  • No reference-image upload in reference mode, and no generated-audio switch
  • Points quoted before submission on the live estimate

Two of these differences matter more than the rest. The resolution selector on this page offers 1080p, which the official Mini tier does not document, so treat 720p as the ceiling this tier is bought for. Reference upload is also not exposed in the reference mode of this workspace, which makes the official nine-image limit a model capability rather than a control here.

Model brief

Where Seedance 2.0 Mini sits in the Seedance 2.0 family

Seedance 2.0 Mini is the lowest-cost tier of ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 family. Volcano Engine registers it as doubao-seedance-2-0-mini-260615, next to doubao-seedance-2-0-260128 and doubao-seedance-2-0-fast-260128. One detail in that triplet is easy to miss and impossible to argue with: the Mini identifier ends in 260615 while the other two end in 260128, so the same official table that names all three also records that Mini joined the family later.

The official series guide divides the three tiers in three consecutive lines. It recommends the standard tier for the highest generation quality, Fast for work that balances cost and generation speed, and Mini for lower cost. Those lines are the reason this page does not claim Mini is the fastest option. The guide assigns speed to Fast and gives Mini only the cost argument, so a claim that Mini runs faster than Fast has no support in the reachable official documentation, even though reseller pages repeat it.

What Mini does keep is the capability list. The official comparison table runs twelve rows across all three tiers, covering text-to-video, first-frame and first-and-last-frame image-to-video, multimodal reference, combination reference, video editing, video extension, generated audio, the web search tool, and last-frame return. Mini is marked supported on every one of them. Only the sample-footage row is marked unsupported, and it is unsupported for all three tiers. Mini is therefore a resolution-and-price decision, not a feature decision.

The concessions are specific. Mini caps at 480p and 720p at 8-bit, so 1080p and 4K are unavailable on this tier; both belong to the standard model. Mini shares the family’s 24 fps frame rate, its 4–15 second clip range, its six aspect ratios, its MP4 container, its input ceiling of 9 images, 3 videos, and 3 audio clips, and the same two excluded input combinations, which are text plus audio and audio on its own. Going down a tier removed resolution options and nothing else.

The pricing is where Mini separates itself most clearly. Volcano Engine lists doubao-seedance-2.0-mini at 23.00 per million tokens when the input contains no video and 14.00 when it does, against 37.00 and 22.00 for Fast and 46.00 and 28.00 for the standard tier. On top of that, the published promotion covers Mini at 40 percent of list price for 480p and 720p between 7 August and 7 October 2026, Beijing time, which the price page describes as reaching roughly 0.2 yuan per second at 720p. Set beside Fast at 75 percent and Seedance 2.5 at 72 percent for 1080p only, the Mini discount is the deepest in the family, and the standard tier sits outside the promotion altogether.

This page runs the platform route seedance-2.0-mini rather than a direct account on Volcano Engine. Two margins are wider here than on the Fast tier. The workspace exposes 2 to 15 seconds against an official 4 to 15 seconds, and its resolution selector lists 1080p even though the official Mini tier documents only 480p and 720p. Both are stated separately throughout this page so the official ceiling is never confused with what a dropdown happens to offer.

03 / Capabilities

What the Mini tier keeps

Mini is worth choosing when the capability list is the part you cannot compromise on and the resolution ceiling is the part you can.

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The full family capability list

The official comparison table marks text-to-video, both image-to-video modes, multimodal reference, editing, extension, generated audio, the search tool, and last-frame return as supported on Mini. Nothing on that list is trimmed away for this tier.

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Text to video

Describe subject, action, camera movement, lighting, and sound in one instruction and get a usable 4–15 second clip back.

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Image to video

Animate one still while holding its composition, then direct the movement, performance, and ambience inside the shot.

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Multimodal reference

The official model accepts up to 9 images, 3 videos, and 3 audio clips together, so a role, a location, a camera rhythm, and a voice can arrive as separate references.

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Video editing and extension

Documented capabilities for replacing or removing an element inside existing footage and for continuing a clip forward or backward while style and subject stay put.

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Generated audio

Sound is generated with the picture rather than added afterwards. The launch announcement describes the 2.0 family output as two-channel audio.

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The lowest token price in the family

At 23.00 per million tokens for 480p or 720p without video input, Mini is priced below Fast at 37.00 and the standard tier at 46.00, and its promotion goes deeper than either.

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The same 24 fps and the same clip range

Mini matches the rest of the family on frame rate, clip length, container format, and aspect ratios, so a draft cut here is interchangeable with one cut on another tier.

04 / Scene ideas

When Seedance 2.0 Mini is the right pick

Mini is worth choosing when the capability list is the part you cannot compromise on and the resolution ceiling is the part you can.

High-volume concept screening

Push many directions through a first pass at the lowest token price in the family, then take only the survivors further.

Storyboard and edit-timing checks

Confirm that a sequence holds together and that each shot lasts as long as the cut needs, before any higher-resolution render exists.

Vertical and square social cuts

Produce the aspect-ratio variants a campaign needs without paying delivery-resolution rates on each one.

Camera and pacing comparisons

Change one variable at a time across a slow push, a steady lateral track, and a locked-off frame to see which reading the scene supports.

Editing and extension rehearsals

Test how cleanly an element can be replaced or removed, and how far a clip can be continued, before committing a final take.

Budget-capped experimentation

Keep an exploration cycle inside a fixed spend, because both the token price and the promotional rate sit below the other two tiers at the same resolutions.

05 / Prompt lab

Prompts suited to the Mini tier

These follow the official prompt order: precise subject, action detail, scene environment, light and colour, camera movement, visual style, image quality, then constraints. One camera movement per shot, no forced timecodes.

SCENE 01text to video

Product insert at 480p

Use the cheapest resolution for a lighting and reflection test where the framing is already decided.

View prompt
Shot 1: a brushed steel coffee grinder on a slate counter, hard side light from the left, dust visible in the air. Shot 2: slow push in as a hand turns the crank once, grounds fall into a glass jar, low mechanical clicks. Keep the grinder shape, the slate grain, and the jar level unchanged. Restrained industrial look, no logos, no captions.
SCENE 02image to video

Portrait move check

Confirm that a supplied portrait survives a small move and a natural performance before a longer pass.

View prompt
Preserve the uploaded person’s identity, hairstyle, wardrobe, lighting direction, and background layout. Add one natural breath, a slow turn of the head toward camera, and a gentle five-percent push in. Keep facial proportions stable and skin texture realistic. Quiet room ambience, no added objects, no text.
SCENE 03text to video

Two-shot dialogue with braces

Use the official brace convention so spoken lines are separated from ambience and music.

View prompt
Shot 1: medium shot of a courier in a wet jacket under a shop awning, steady lateral track right, rain on the pavement. He checks his watch and says {five more minutes}. Shot 2: cut to a wider frame as the shop light switches off behind him, he looks up and says {seriously}. Keep both shots consistent in colour and face. Cool evening light, realistic rain, no subtitles.
SCENE 04text to video

Kitchen texture study

Isolate one camera movement to see how the tier renders material and geometry at 480p.

View prompt
One continuous shot, no cuts. A cast-iron pan of onions on a gas ring, locked-off camera at hob height. Steam rises and bends to the left as the flame holds steady. Keep the pan shape, the onion colour, and the flame size unchanged for the whole clip. Soft kitchen room tone, no hands, no other camera movement, no text.
SCENE 05image to video

Location continuity test

Check whether a place established in one clip can be extended without the light shifting.

View prompt
Extend the uploaded clip forward. Keep the same street, the same parked car, the same colour grade, and the same camera energy. The walker completes the step already in progress, passes the parked car, and stops at the corner. No new characters, no cut, no change in light direction, consistent traffic ambience.
SCENE 06reference to video

Reference blend rehearsal

Combine separate references for look, place, and sound, then judge whether they read as one scene.

View prompt
Use the uploaded images as references for the jacket and the workshop, and the uploaded audio as the ambience bed. A figure in the referenced jacket crosses the workshop floor from right to left at a steady pace, then lifts a tool from the bench. Steady lateral track, no cuts, industrial overhead light, machine hum matching the supplied ambience, no captions.
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Seedance 2.0 Mini, Fast, and standard side by side

All three tiers are listed on one official model list, one series guide, and one price page. Every row below is read from those three documents rather than assembled from third-party comparisons.

Seedance 2.0 Mini, Fast, and standard side by side
ComparisonSeedance 2.0 MiniSeedance 2.0 FastSeedance 2.0
Official model IDdoubao-seedance-2-0-mini-260615doubao-seedance-2-0-fast-260128doubao-seedance-2-0-260128
Official positioningLower costBalances cost and generation speedHighest generation quality
Output resolution480p, 720p (8-bit)480p, 720p (8-bit)480p, 720p, 1080p (8-bit), 4K (10-bit)
Frame rate24 fps24 fps24 fps
Clip duration4–15 seconds4–15 seconds4–15 seconds
Aspect ratios21:9, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:1621:9, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:1621:9, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16
Reference inputsUp to 9 images, 3 videos, 3 audio clipsUp to 9 images, 3 videos, 3 audio clipsUp to 9 images, 3 videos, 3 audio clips
Editing and extensionSupportedSupportedSupported
Generated audioSupportedSupportedSupported
Search tool and last-frame returnSupportedSupportedSupported
Token price, no video input¥23.00 per million tokens¥37.00 per million tokens¥46.00 per million tokens
Published limited-time rate40% of list price for 480p and 720p75% of list price for 480p and 720pNot listed in the promotion
Offline inference tierNot supportedNot supportedNot supported
LIVE PRICING

How Seedance 2.0 Mini is billed

Volcano Engine charges by tokens, at ¥23.00 per million tokens for 480p or 720p output without video input and ¥14.00 with video input. The published 5-second 16:9 examples come to ¥1.16 at 480p (0.23 per second) and ¥2.48 at 720p (0.50 per second). Between 7 August and 7 October 2026, Beijing time, 480p and 720p are both billed at 40 percent of list price, which the price page describes as reaching about ¥0.2 per second at 720p. Billing applies only to clips that generate successfully. This site charges platform points instead, so the live estimate in the workspace is the price that applies here.

Open the workspace to see the current estimate
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Platform points

The workspace quotes points before you submit. Points are set by this site and are not the official token price.

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Resolution and duration

The official tier documents 480p and 720p from 4 to 15 seconds. This workspace exposes 2 to 15 seconds and lists 1080p in its selector, which has no official equivalent for this tier.

06 / Workflow

Running a Mini generation end to end

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    Start from text or one image

    Text-to-video and single-image image-to-video are the two modes this route exposes. First-and-last-frame is an official capability of the model but not a control here.

  2. 02

    Write the prompt in the official order

    Precise subject, action detail, scene environment, light and colour, camera movement, visual style, image quality, then constraints.

  3. 03

    Hold the subject definition steady

    Give each subject two or three fixed static traits and reuse the same label, so a multi-reference shot does not blur two characters into one.

  4. 04

    Sequence the shots and skip the timecodes

    Number shots in event order, keep one camera movement per shot, and mark dialogue, effects, and music with the official brace, angle, and bracket conventions.

  5. 05

    Treat 720p as the ceiling and review before promoting

    Judge identity, geometry, on-screen text, motion, and audio at 480p or 720p, then move an approved direction to a tier that documents 1080p or 4K only if the delivery specification demands it.

Review before publishing

Mini tier boundaries, billing, and disclosure

Lower cost does not remove the usual failure modes. Identity drift, unstable geometry, unintended cuts, inaccurate on-screen text, and audio that drifts from the picture can all appear. The official launch notes that the family still needs work on multi-person lip synchronisation and occasional audio distortion. Every draft is review material, and the full clip plus its complete soundtrack should be watched before publication.

Two service boundaries on this page are not interchangeable, and one of them is unusual. The official Mini tier documents 480p and 720p from 4 to 15 seconds, while the resolution selector in this workspace also offers 1080p. That dropdown entry has no documented counterpart for this tier, so budget and judge work at 720p. Duration is the second boundary, with the workspace exposing 2 to 15 seconds against an official 4 to 15 seconds.

Price and promotion statements here are dated. Mini is billed at 40 percent of list price for 480p and 720p from 7 August to 7 October 2026, Beijing time, as published by Volcano Engine, and the promotion is the deepest in the family. After that date the rate returns to list price and this section needs re-checking. The standard tier is not listed in the promotion at all.

Upload only material you are authorised to use. Do not impersonate people, mislead viewers, violate privacy or intellectual-property rights, or omit disclosures required for synthetic media. The official demonstration material uses AI-generated or licensed subjects for exactly this reason.

Sources

Sources and how these facts were checked

Official model identity, capabilities, limits, and pricing are separated from this platform’s controls, points, and availability. Where the two differ, the difference is stated rather than smoothed over.

07 / FAQ

Questions about Seedance 2.0 Mini

Is Seedance 2.0 Mini faster than Seedance 2.0 Fast?
The official documentation does not support that claim. The series guide assigns generation speed to Fast, describing it as balancing cost and generation speed, and gives Mini only the lower-cost argument. Several third-party pages state that Mini is twice as fast, but none of the reachable official pages publishes a speed comparison or any performance figure.
What is missing from Seedance 2.0 Mini compared with the other tiers?
Resolution and price, and nothing else that is documented. The official comparison table runs twelve capability rows across all three tiers, and Mini is marked supported on every row that is supported for the family. Only the sample-footage mode is unsupported, and it is unsupported for all three tiers.
Does Seedance 2.0 Mini support 1080p or 4K?
No. The official model list records 480p and 720p at 8-bit for doubao-seedance-2-0-mini-260615. The 1080p and 4K options belong to the standard tier. Note that the resolution selector on this page also lists 1080p, which is a platform control rather than a documented Mini capability.
How much does Seedance 2.0 Mini cost?
Volcano Engine lists ¥23.00 per million tokens for output at 480p or 720p when the input contains no video, and ¥14.00 when it does. A published 5-second 16:9 example comes to ¥1.16 at 480p and ¥2.48 at 720p. Between 7 August and 7 October 2026, Beijing time, both resolutions are billed at 40 percent of list price.
Is the 40 percent promotion still running?
It runs from 7 August to 7 October 2026, Beijing time, and covers 480p and 720p. The price page describes the discounted 720p rate as reaching about ¥0.2 per second. After 7 October 2026 the rate returns to list price, and this answer needs to be re-checked against the official price page at that point.
What frame rate and clip length does the Mini tier output?
24 fps and 4 to 15 seconds, identical to the other two Seedance 2.0 tiers. The container is MP4, and the aspect ratios are 21:9, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, and 9:16.
Which model ID do I use in the API?
doubao-seedance-2-0-mini-260615. The date suffix is worth noticing: it reads 260615 while the standard and Fast tiers read 260128, which is how the official table itself records that Mini was added to the family later.
How many reference images can I supply?
The official model accepts up to 9 images, 3 videos, and 3 audio clips in one request, and the guide suggests staying under the ceiling with roughly four to five assets split across character, scene, camera-reference, and audio roles. This workspace does not currently expose reference-image upload in its reference mode.
Can Seedance 2.0 Mini edit or extend a video?
Both are documented for all three tiers of the family, including Mini. Editing covers replacing, adding, or removing an element inside existing footage, and extension continues a clip forward or backward while holding style, subject, and narrative. This workspace has no separate control for either, so they are model capabilities rather than buttons here.
Does the Mini tier generate audio?
Yes, audio-video joint generation is supported on all three tiers, and the launch announcement describes the 2.0 family as producing two-channel audio. Two input combinations are excluded: text plus audio, and audio on its own. This workspace does not currently show a generated-audio switch on this route.
Is Mini the cheapest tier in the family?
At ¥23.00 per million tokens for 480p and 720p without video input, Mini is priced below Fast at ¥37.00 and the standard tier at ¥46.00, and its 40 percent promotion is deeper than the 75 percent promotion applied to Fast. Whether it is the right purchase depends on whether 720p is enough for the delivery target.
Can I use Seedance 2.0 Mini for final delivery?
For social, review, and many internal uses, 720p at 24 fps is workable. If the delivery specification names 1080p or 4K, this tier cannot meet it and the approved direction needs a second pass on the standard Seedance 2.0 route. Check identity, geometry, on-screen text, motion, and audio before promoting a draft.

Other video models on this platform

01

Seedance 2.0 Fast

Compare the middle tier, which trades a higher token price for the same 720p ceiling.

02

Seedance 2.0

Move here when the delivery target needs 1080p or 4K rather than a low-cost draft.

03

Seedance 2.5

Compare the flagship tier with 1080p at 10-bit, clips to 30 seconds, and MOV output.

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Text to Video

Open the general prompt-led video workspace with model selection.

Render your next scene

Start a Seedance 2.0 Mini generation

Return to the live workspace, choose text or a single image, and review the current point estimate before generating.

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