Paid first-party run
Miniature train reveal
A close tracking shot turns into a gentle crane reveal while the wheels, steam and miniature set stay in motion.
- Model
- 2.0 Fast · 720p
- Site charge
- 122 credits
- Observed
- 151.0 seconds
New Seedance 2.5 testProfessional Seedance 2.5 guide with a paid output and exact cost
Make Better Seedance Videos With Fewer Paid Takes
Generate in your browser with Seedance 1.0, 2.0 and 2.5. See the exact credit cost before every run, test the shot at five seconds, and spend on the final tier only when it works.
25 starter credits on signup — enough for one free 5-second draft on Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast (18 credits) · no card · eligible provider failures refund automatically
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Paid first-party evidence · August 12, 2026
Watch the outputs before you choose a model
These are real five-second Seedance 2.0 Fast runs paid for and recorded by First Take Lab—not stock footage or provider gallery media. Each card keeps the prompt intent, site charge and observed provider time visible.
Paid first-party run
Paper boat crosses changing weather
A low tracking shot follows one subject from rain and fallen leaves into a warm patch of sunlight.
- Model
- 2.0 Fast · 720p
- Site charge
- 122 credits
- Observed
- 121.0 seconds
Paid first-party run
Two dancers exchange momentum
A full-body wide shot tests weight transfer, foot contact and one restrained lateral camera move.
- Model
- 2.0 Fast · 720p
- Site charge
- 122 credits
- Observed
- 151.4 seconds
Paid first-party run
Barista dialogue with rack focus
A medium two-shot tests a spoken exchange, a single rack focus and natural café ambience without cuts.
- Model
- 2.0 Fast · 720p
- Site charge
- 122 credits
- Observed
- 151.3 seconds
What is Seedance?
Seedance is ByteDance Seed's video generation family. First Take Lab currently offers Seedance 1.0, Seedance 2.0 Fast and Standard, and Seedance 2.5 modes. Each version serves a different cost, duration, resolution or audio need.
Three versions, one decision tree
Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast is the current low-cost 720p draft tier and 1.0 Pro provides 1080p. Seedance 2.0 adds Fast and Standard 720p paths with native audio. Seedance 2.5 adds 480p, 720p, photo-to-video and 30-second modes. Picking the right path is most of the saving.
Strong camera and motion control
Seedance accepts camera direction such as push in, orbit and handheld. Describe one dominant move and what changes in the shot, not only the subject.
Text-to-video and photo-to-video
Build a scene from a sentence, or start from your own image and add motion. Starting from a photo gives you far more control over what you get back.
The cost is on every page
Seedance 2.5 costs roughly $0.22 per second at 480p and $0.47 at 720p in real inference time. We publish that instead of hiding it, because it explains every limit on this site.
Why generate Seedance video here
The expensive part of AI video is not the price per clip — it is the clips you throw away.
Most sites list every model and let you guess. Newer is not always better for your shot: a 5-second 720p test on Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast costs a fraction of the same test on 2.5, and it tells you whether your prompt works at all. Get the shot right cheap, then re-run it expensive.
How to make a Seedance video
Four steps, and the order matters more than any single prompt.
1
Start from text or a photo
Upload an image to animate it, or go straight to a prompt if the scene does not exist yet. Photo-to-video is the more predictable of the two.
2
Describe the motion, not the picture
"Camera slowly pushes in, her hair moves in the wind" beats "a beautiful woman". If you gave it an image, the model can already see the subject — tell it what changes.
3
Test at 5 seconds on the cheap tier
This is the step people skip and it is the one that saves money. A short draft tells you whether the prompt, the framing and the motion work. Re-run the winner on Seedance 2.5.
4
Generate and download
Roughly 1–3 minutes. The credit cost is shown before you press generate, never after.
What the Seedance family can do
The specifications that actually change your output—and which version owns them.
One-take 30 seconds
The headline feature: a single continuous generation up to 30 seconds. Costs about six times a 5-second clip, and drifts more. Worth it once the shot is locked.
480p and 720p
Draft at 480p (~$0.22/s), deliver at 720p (~$0.47/s). Roughly a 2× cost difference. For 1080p, Seedance 1.0 Pro is cheaper than 2.5 at ~$0.124/s.
Camera direction that lands
Push in, pull out, orbit, handheld, crane. Seedance follows shot language better than most models in its price band.
16:9, 9:16 and 1:1
Landscape for YouTube, vertical for Shorts and Reels, square for feeds. Pick before you generate — reframing afterwards costs another take.
Photo-to-video that keeps your subject
Your image stays recognisable — the model adds motion rather than reinventing the scene. This is the highest hit-rate way to use it.
A cheaper sibling for drafts
Seedance 1.0 Pro Fast uses token pricing; the current fixed 720p/24fps/5s draft is about $0.108 in configured provider cost. It exists so prompt failures can be tested before a higher-cost final tier.
Seedance AI Video Generator FAQ
What Seedance costs, which version to use, and what "free" actually means here.
Make your first take count
Starter credits on signup. No card, no install. The credit cost is shown before you generate.