Seedream 5.0 Lite API

Model details

Context window

2K tokens

Max output

4K tokens

Input

Text

Output

Text, images

Capabilities

—

Interfaces

OpenAI-style Image Generation, Image editing, OpenAI-style Chat Completions, Anthropic-style Messages, OpenAI-style Responses

Why teams pick it

• Seedream 5.0 Lite for OpenAI-style Image Generation, Image editing, OpenAI-style Chat Completions, Anthropic-style Messages, OpenAI-style Responses.

Call Seedream 5.0 Lite

Seedream 5.0 Lite answers on any of the APIs below — pick the one your code already speaks and just swap in your Inferray key.

curl https://api.inferray.com/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer inferray_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "seedream-5-0-lite",
  "prompt": "A quartz crystal on a workbench"
}'

curl https://api.inferray.com/v1/images/edits \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer inferray_..." \
  -F 'model=seedream-5-0-lite' \
  -F 'prompt=Make the background blue' \
  -F 'image=@input.png'

curl https://api.inferray.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer inferray_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "seedream-5-0-lite",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Hello"
    }
  ]
}'

curl https://api.inferray.com/v1/messages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer inferray_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "seedream-5-0-lite",
  "max_tokens": 1024,
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Hello"
    }
  ]
}'

curl https://api.inferray.com/v1/responses \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer inferray_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "seedream-5-0-lite",
  "input": "Hello"
}'

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Questions about this model

How much does the Seedream 5.0 Lite API cost?

Seedream 5.0 Lite costs from $0.035 per image on Inferray, the list price with no gateway fee on top.

Is there a free tier for Seedream 5.0 Lite?

No. You add credit and pay Seedream 5.0 Lite'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 Seedream 5.0 Lite included in Token Plans?

No. Seedream 5.0 Lite is pay-as-you-go only; Token Plans cover the other models in the catalog.

Is it the real Seedream 5.0 Lite?

Yes. A request for seedream-5-0-lite is answered by Seedream 5.0 Lite from ByteDance, billed at its published list price. Inferray never substitutes a different or smaller model.