Seedance 2.0 is available through five distinct API providers, and the price difference between them is not marginal — fal.ai charges 3x what WaveSpeedAI charges for the same 720p standard clip. This article documents every verified rate from our dataset, with clip cost examples at each resolution.
All prices verified July 30, 2026.
Provider Comparison Table
| Provider | Tier | Resolution | Mode | Billing | $/s | 5s clip | 10s clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WaveSpeedAI | Standard | 720p | T2V | per-clip | $0.100 | $0.50 | $1.00 |
| WaveSpeedAI | Fast | 720p | T2V | per-second | $0.100 | $0.50 | $1.00 |
| WaveSpeedAI | Standard | 1080p | T2V | per-clip | $0.150 | $0.75 | $1.50 |
| BytePlus (official) | Standard | 720p | T2V | per-token | $0.151 | $0.76 | $1.51 |
| Replicate | Standard | 480p | T2V | per-second | $0.080 | $0.40 | $0.80 |
| Replicate | Standard | 720p | T2V | per-second | $0.180 | $0.90 | $1.80 |
| fal.ai | Fast | 720p | T2V | per-second | $0.242 | $1.21 | $2.42 |
| fal.ai | Standard | 720p | I2V | per-second | $0.302 | $1.51 | $3.02 |
| fal.ai | Standard | 720p | T2V | per-second | $0.303 | $1.52 | $3.03 |
| fal.ai | Standard | 1080p | T2V | per-second | $0.682 | $3.41 | $6.82 |
| Novita.ai | Standard | 720p | T2V | per-second | $0.052 | $0.26 | $0.52 |
Sources: fal.ai, WaveSpeedAI, Replicate, BytePlus, Novita.ai
Confidence note: The Novita.ai rate ($0.052/s) is based on the published Seedance 1.5 Pro rate and is classified as "reported" confidence — Seedance 2.0 pricing on Novita is not separately confirmed. WaveSpeedAI and fal.ai rates are fully verified from their own pricing pages. The BytePlus rate is the normalized output of the token formula (see below) verified via secondary source.
WaveSpeedAI vs fal.ai: 3x Price Gap for the Same Clip
At 720p standard T2V, WaveSpeed charges $0.10/s and fal.ai charges $0.3034/s (fal.ai source). For a 10-second clip, that is $1.00 vs $3.03 — a $2.03 difference on a single generation.
At scale:
- 1,000 clips × 10s: WaveSpeed = $1,000 / fal.ai = $3,034
- 10,000 clips × 10s: WaveSpeed = $10,000 / fal.ai = $30,340
fal.ai justifies its premium through reliability, developer trust, and unified billing (one API key for 30+ video models). WaveSpeed is cheaper but is Singapore-based with unverified official model lab partnerships. See /methodology for trust tier details.
For 1080p, the gap is smaller in ratio but larger in dollars: WaveSpeed $0.15/s vs fal.ai $0.682/s — a 4.55x spread. A 10-second 1080p clip costs $1.50 at WaveSpeed or $6.82 at fal.ai.
The BytePlus Token Formula Explained
BytePlus (the official Seedance API) does not charge per second. It charges per token, where tokens are calculated as:
tokens = (width × height × fps × duration_seconds) / 1024
At 24fps (the default), one second of Seedance video at each resolution generates the token counts below. Applying the flat $0.014/1k-token rate directly, the $/s column follows the same formula the worked example uses:
| Resolution | Pixels | Tokens/second | Rate at $0.014/1k tokens | $/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 480p | 854×480 = 409,920 | ~9,600 | $0.014 | ~$0.13 |
| 720p | 1,280×720 = 921,600 | ~21,600 | $0.014 | ~$0.30 |
| 1080p | 1,920×1,080 = 2,073,600 | ~48,600 | $0.014 | ~$0.68 |
| 4K | 3,840×2,160 = 8,294,400 | ~194,400 | $0.014 | ~$2.72 |
The 4K rate is approximately 20x the 480p rate, exactly the pixel ratio, because the token rate is flat (methodology: market-map.md). This is not linear-in-resolution scaling; it is pixel count times frame rate. Most third-party providers flatten this into a per-second or per-clip rate, hiding the resolution penalty. Note that our one verified BytePlus point ($0.1512/s at 720p) sits about half of the formula's $0.30/s, so BytePlus likely applies a lower effective token rate at that tier; treat these rows as the formula's arithmetic, not a quoted BytePlus price.
Worked example: 5 seconds at 1080p on BytePlus (formula)
- Tokens: 1,920 × 1,080 × 24 × 5 ÷ 1024 = 243,000 tokens
- Cost: 243,000 / 1,000 × $0.014 = $3.40 ($0.68/s, matching the table)
Same clip on WaveSpeed: $0.15/s × 5s = $0.75. At the formula rate, BytePlus 1080p would be roughly 4.5x more expensive ($3.40 vs $0.75).
The BytePlus token formula is documented at docs.byteplus.com. The practical takeaway: for high-resolution or long-clip workflows, token billing is expensive relative to per-clip aggregators.
Fast vs Standard: Speed Premium
fal.ai is the only provider in our dataset offering a verified Fast tier for Seedance 2.0:
| Standard 720p | Fast 720p | Fast savings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| fal.ai (T2V) | $0.3034/s | $0.2419/s | −20% |
WaveSpeed lists both standard and fast in their documentation, but our data shows the same $0.10/s for both (WaveSpeed pricing page). No meaningful fast-tier premium is visible in their public rates.
The fast tier reduces generation latency but does not change output resolution or duration limits. For bulk generation pipelines where you are making thousands of clips, the latency difference matters less than the per-clip cost. For real-time or near-real-time applications, fal.ai Fast at $0.2419/s is the verified fastest-latency option.
I2V vs T2V Pricing
Image-to-video (I2V) is priced at a slight discount to text-to-video on fal.ai: $0.3024/s vs $0.3034/s at 720p standard (source). That is $0.001/s — ignore it.
On Replicate, I2V adds a surcharge: 720p standard goes from $0.18/s (T2V) to $0.22/s (I2V with video reference). Input media duration adds to the token count on BytePlus, which can increase cost further. The practical rule: on per-second aggregators (fal.ai, Replicate) the I2V delta is small and predictable, but on token-billed BytePlus your input clip is metered too — a 5-second reference image-to-video generation is not billed like a 5-second text-to-video one.
Seedance Bundles Audio Free; Kling Taxes It
One detail the headline numbers hide: Seedance 2.0 includes native audio at no surcharge on every provider in our dataset. fal.ai's $0.3034/s at 720p is the same whether audio is on or off; WaveSpeed's $0.10/s bundles it; the normalization notes confirm audio is free across the board. That reframes the comparison against models that tax audio. Kling 3.0 charges +50% for audio at every tier: its $0.084/s "cheap" rate becomes $0.126/s the moment you need sound. Sora 2 and Hailuo 2.3 carry no audio flag in our dataset (audio support unconfirmed). Seedance bundles native audio free on every provider we track, so WaveSpeed Seedance at $0.10/s undercuts audio-on Kling ($0.126/s) by 21%.
Which Provider for Which Use Case
High-volume 720p T2V on a budget: WaveSpeedAI at $0.10/s per-clip (wavespeed.ai). Cheapest fully verified rate in the dataset for this configuration. Per-clip billing means no latency-based cost variation.
1080p production work at lowest cost: WaveSpeedAI at $0.15/s (reported confidence). If you can verify this directly, it is 4.5x cheaper than fal.ai at $0.682/s.
Developer trust + multiple model access: fal.ai. Higher price buys SOC 2 compliance, documented partnerships, and one API key for 30+ models including exclusive Kling 3.0 Pro access.
Official API compliance or enterprise billing: BytePlus ModelArk. Token billing, prepaid packs available. Understand the token formula before budgeting. Price-competitive at 720p ($0.151/s) vs third parties, but 1080p and 4K costs escalate sharply.
Lowest verified floor: Replicate at $0.08/s for 480p T2V, or Novita at $0.052/s if you can confirm the Seedance 2.0 rate independently (our confidence is "reported" based on 1.5 Pro pricing).
Use /calculator to run cost projections for your clip volume and target resolution. See /models/seedance-2.0 for live-updated rates.
Prices verified July 30, 2026. Rates change frequently — check the live tracker before committing to a provider. Some links on this site may be referral links.