Is there a free tier for Seedance 2.5?

No. You add credit and pay Seedance 2.5's list rate for each request — seats, projects, and API keys are free, and pay-as-you-go credit never expires.

Am I charged for failed requests?

No. A request that fails without returning a result is not billed. If a response fails part-way, the tokens already processed before the failure are charged.

Is Seedance 2.5 included in Token Plans?

No. Seedance 2.5 is pay-as-you-go only; Token Plans cover the other text models in the catalog.

Does Seedance 2.5 support tool calling and vision?

Seedance 2.5 takes text in and returns text.

Is it the real Seedance 2.5?

Yes. A request for seedance-2-5 is answered by Seedance 2.5 from ByteDance, billed at its published list price. Inferray never substitutes a different or smaller model.

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Seedance 2.5

Seedance 2.5 for Video generation.

Explore Seedance 2.5 for Video generation through the unified API. Supported interfaces and current availability are shown below.

Video generation

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Model details

Context window: 2K tokens
Max output: 1 tokens
Input: Text
Output: Video
Capabilities: —
Interfaces: OpenAI-style Video Generation

Pricing

Per second of generated video. The Inferray price is what you are charged — no gateway fee is added on top of it.

Seedance 2.5 pricing.
Output	Price
Standard, with audio	$0.2311 / second
Standard, no audio	$0.2311 / second
480p, with audio	$0.1028 / second
480p, no audio	$0.1028 / second
1080p, with audio	$0.52 / second
1080p, no audio	$0.52 / second

Why teams pick it

Seedance 2.5 for Video generation.

Call Seedance 2.5

Seedance 2.5 answers on the API below — pick the one your code already speaks and just swap in your Inferray key.

/v1/videosOpenAI-style Video Generation · openai SDK or plain HTTP

curl https://api.inferray.com/v1/videos \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer inferray_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data-binary @- <<JSON
{
  "model": "seedance-2-5",
  "prompt": "A quartz crystal on a workbench",
  "seconds": ${VIDEO_SECONDS:?Set a supported duration for this model}
}
JSON

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Questions about this model

Is there a free tier for Seedance 2.5?: No. You add credit and pay Seedance 2.5's list rate for each request — seats, projects, and API keys are free, and pay-as-you-go credit never expires.
Am I charged for failed requests?: No. A request that fails without returning a result is not billed. If a response fails part-way, the tokens already processed before the failure are charged.
Is Seedance 2.5 included in Token Plans?: No. Seedance 2.5 is pay-as-you-go only; Token Plans cover the other text models in the catalog.
Does Seedance 2.5 support tool calling and vision?: Seedance 2.5 takes text in and returns text.
Is it the real Seedance 2.5?: Yes. A request for seedance-2-5 is answered by Seedance 2.5 from ByteDance, billed at its published list price. Inferray never substitutes a different or smaller model.