Seed 2.0 Pro

ByteDance SeedMCP Tool CallReasoning
bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-proClosed API

Flagship ByteDance Seed 2.0 model for complex multimodal reasoning and long-horizon agent workflows

Benchmark Pricing$0.47 / 1M in$2.37 / 1M out$0.10 cache read
Context: 256,000 tokens•Max Output: 128,000 tokens•Released: 2026-02-14

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Context Window256,000256K tokens
Max Output128,000128K tokens
LicenseProprietaryCloud API only
Input Modalities
TextVisionVideo
Function / Tool CallingSupported (MCP Ready)
Structured OutputsGuaranteed Schema

MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) READINESS

✓ Seed 2.0 Pro natively supports OpenAI / Anthropic format tool calling and is fully compatible with MCP servers and agent loops.

MCP Context Window Recommendations

With a context capacity of 256,000 tokens, this model can handle moderately large MCP tool definitions and multi-turn conversation logs comfortably.

API CALL INVOCATION EXAMPLE

// Example: Calling Seed 2.0 Pro via OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.BYTEDANCE-SEED_API_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-pro",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! Can you inspect MCP tools?" }],
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

PRICING BY PROVIDER

8 providers
Volcengine Arkdoubao-seed-2-0-pro-260215
$0.47 / $2.37$0.10 cache
Ofoxvolcengine/doubao-seed-2.0-pro
$0.67 / $3.36$0.14 cache
Merge Gatewaybytedance/dola-seed-2.0-pro
$0.50 / $3.00
ZenMuxvolcengine/doubao-seed-2.0-pro
$0.45 / $2.24$0.09 cache
Deep InfraByteDance/Seed-2.0-pro
$0.50 / $3.00$0.10 cache
Requestyseed-2.0-pro
$0.50 / $3.00$0.10 cache
Qiniudoubao-seed-2.0-pro
$0.46 / $2.32$0.09 cache
EmpirioLabs AIseed-2-0-pro
$0.63 / $3.79$0.63 cache

Rates in USD per 1M tokens. Rates synchronized from models.dev public catalog.

Prompt Caching Active

This model supports prompt caching at $0.10 / 1M tokens, saving up to 80% on repetitive MCP tool definitions and system instructions.